The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the nineteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for men's national teams under the age of 21, organized by the sport's world governing body, FIVB. The tournament was hosted by Czech Republic in the cities of Brno and Ceské Budejovice from 23 June to 2 July 2017. 16 teams participated.
Poland defeated Cuba in the final to capture their third title in the competition. Russia, which won the previously three editions of the tournament, won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil in the third place match. Jakub Kochanowski from Poland was elected the Most Valuable Player.
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Qualification
The FIVB Sports Events Council revealed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships.
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Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of January 2017. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking. The draw was held in Brno, Czech Republic on 31 May 2017. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 35th.
Squads
Venues
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3-0 or 3-1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3-2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
First round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
13th-16th places
13th-16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
9th-12th places
9th-12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th-8th places
5th-8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Awards
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