| Most recent season or competition: 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  China (4th title) |
| Most titles |  Brazil (6 titles) |
The FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 21 organized by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
The first tournament was staged in 1977 in Brazil. The second and third tournaments were played at intervals of four years, in 1981 and 1985; with the fourth tournament in 1987 the interval became, and remains, two years. The most recent tournament was jointly hosted by Netherlands and Belgium and won by Italy.
In March 2022, FIVB decides to change the age category of the tournament by moving it from U20 to U21 in order to equate it with the Men's U21 World Championship.[1][2]
Brazil is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with six titles and five runners-up. China is the second most successful with three titles and three runners-up.
A corresponding tournament for male players is the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
Results summary[edit]
Medal table[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 |  Italy | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Russia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 |  Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Japan | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Appearance[edit]
| Team | 1977 (14) |
 1981 (15) |
1985 (15) |
1987 (13) |
1989 (16) |
 1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
 1995 (16) |
1997 (16) |
 1999 (16) |
2001 (16) |
2003 (16) |
 2005 (12) |
2007 (12) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (20) |
 2015 (16) |
2017 (16) |
2019 (16) |
  2021 (15) |
2023 (16) |
Total |
 Algeria |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 9th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
 Argentina |
11th | 8th | • | 11th | 10th | 11th | 11th | • | 13th | 13th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 11th | 11th | 9th | 13 |
 Australia |
• | 12th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Austria |
• | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Belarus |
Part of Soviet Union |
• | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 2 | |||||
| Belgium |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 2 |
 Bolivia |
12th | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Brazil |
4th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 21 |
 Bulgaria |
• | • | 9th | 7th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | 7 |
| Canada |
7th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
| China |
2nd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 1st | 7th | • | 1st | 20 |
 Chinese Taipei |
• | • | • | 9th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 13th | • | • | 6th | 13th | • | • | 5th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | • | 10 |
 Colombia |
• | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Costa Rica |
8th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Croatia |
See  Yugoslavia |
• | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||
| Cuba |
• | 7th | 1st | • | 2nd | 13th | 1st | 9th | 8th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | 9th | 12th | • | 13th | 15th | 14th | • | 12th | 15 |
| Czech Republic |
Part of Czechoslovakia |
• | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | • | • | 11th | • | 11th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||
| Dominican Republic |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | 9th | • | 9th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 1st | 11th | 13th | 8th | 14th | 13 |
 Egypt |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | 14th | 16th | 16th | 15th | 12th | 13th | 9 |
 Finland |
• | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 France |
• | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Germany |
• | • | • | • | • | 8th | 5th | 8th | 7th | • | 9th | 5th | • | 7th | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
 Greece |
• | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Hungary |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 India |
• | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Italy |
• | • | 7th | • | 7th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 4th | • | 4th | 5th | • | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 17 |
| Japan |
3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | • | • | 5th | 3rd | • | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | • | 4th | 18 |
 Kenya |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Latvia |
Part of Soviet Union |
13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
 Mauritius |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Mexico |
6th | 4th | 11th | • | 16th | • | 13th | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 15th | 15th | 13th | 10th | • | 8th | 12 |
| Netherlands |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 10th | 5 |
 New Zealand |
• | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Nigeria |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
 Paraguay |
13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Peru |
10th | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 4th | 12th | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 12th | 6th | 14th | 12th | • | • | 13 |
| Poland |
• | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 9th | 5th | 5th | 13th | 3rd | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | • | 6th | 5th | 6th | 11th | 12 |
| Puerto Rico |
• | 14th | • | 13th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | • | • | 19th | 14th | • | • | 16th | • | 9 |
 Romania |
• | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Russia |
See Soviet Union |
• | 3rd | 1st | 1st | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | 10th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | 11 | |||||
 Rwanda |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 15th | • | 2 |
| Serbia |
See Yugoslavia |
See Serbia and Montenegro |
• | • | 13th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 9th | 2nd | 7th | 8 | |||||||||||
 Slovakia |
Part of Czechoslovakia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
| South Korea |
1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 |
 Spain |
14th | 13th | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Thailand |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 9th | • | 8th | 14th | • | 18th | • | • | • | 14th | 15th | 7 |
 Tunisia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 3 |
| Turkey |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 6th | • | 7th | • | 5th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 5th | 11 |
| Ukraine |
Part of Soviet Union |
2nd | • | 13th | • | • | 6th | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||
 United States |
5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 13th | • | 11th | 4th | 12th | 4th | 17th | • | 7th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 12 |
 Venezuela |
• | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | 9th | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| Discontinued nations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia |
• | • | 10th | • | • | 6th | • | See Czech Republic |
2 | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro |
See Yugoslavia |
• | • | 9th | 9th | • | • | 2nd | See Serbia |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Soviet Union |
9th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 1st | See Russia |
6 | |||||||||||||||
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Most valuable player by edition[edit]
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See also[edit]
- FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Girls' U19 World Championship
References[edit]
- ^ "New regulations for age group categories adopted by FIVB". www.norceca.info. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "AVC GOES AHEAD WITH ADJUSTMENT OF 2022 AVC AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS, AS NAKHON PATHOM TO HOST 2 AVC EVENTS IN JUNE". asianvolleyball.net. Asian Volleyball Confederation. 14 April 2022.