The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the international volleyball tournament and the world championship for men's national teams under the age of 19, organized by the sport's world governing body, FIVB. The tournament was hosted by Bahrain in Riffa from 18 to 27 August 2017. 20 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament.
Iran won its second title in the competition, defeating Russia in the final. Japan defeated South Korea for the bronze medal. Amir Hossein Esfandiar from Iran was elected the MVP.
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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
The drawing of lots was held in Manama, Bahrain on 20 May 2017. Bahrain as a host country team were seeded in the top position of pool A, And the top seven teams from World ranking as per January 2017 were seed in serpentine system in first two rows. the twelve remaining teams were drawn in next three rows under the condition that there were not too much country in the same confederation were drawn in the same pool. Numbers in brackets denote the World ranking.
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
Preliminary round
- All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round
- All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00).
Championship bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
5th-8th places
5th-8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
9th-16th places
9th-16th quarterfinals
13th-16th semifinals
9th-12th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
17th-20th places
Final standing
Awards
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