2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, for seven days from 5 to 12 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament. China won the tournament and Yao Di was selected Most Valuable Player.

Competition Formula

The competition format saw the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals featured the top two teams from each pool. The FIVB Volleyball Women’s U23 World Championship featured two countries per confederation plus the host Mexico and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case USA.

Qualified teams

Each Confederation was allowed to enter two teams into the competition. The qualification criteria were left to the discretion of each continental confederation.

• Germany was invited as Wild Card after Algeria from the African Confederation withdrew from the competition.

Pool Composition

First six teams were seeded according to their Senior World Ranking number as of October 2013, the other 6 were seeded by draw.

Venues

• High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico – Pool A and Final Round
• Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali, Mexico – Pool B and Final Round

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Final round

5th to 8th bracket

Classification 5th and 8th

Classification 7th

Classification 5th

Championship bracket

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final standing

All-star team

• Most valuable player
• Best setter
• Best Outside Hitters
• Best Opposite
• Best Middle Blockers
• Best libero

References

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