2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
The 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the sixteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, the sport's global governing body. The final tournament was held in Tunisia from 21 to 30 August 2019. Tunisia played hosts for this event for the first time.
The finals involved 20 teams, of which 19 came through qualifying competitions, while the host nation qualified automatically. Of the 20 teams, 13 had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2017, while Colombia and Nigeria made their first appearances at a FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship.
Iran was the defending champions, having won their second title in Bahrain.
Qualification
A total of 20 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Tunisia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 19 teams qualified from five separate continental competitions.Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 1 January 2019. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as heads of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines following the World Ranking. Each pool had no more than three teams from the same confederation. The draw was held in Tunis, Tunisia on 27 June 2019. Rankings as of 1 January 2019 are shown in brackets, except the hosts Tunisia who ranked 17th.;Draw
Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
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 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
Preliminary round
- All times are Central European Time.
Qualified for the [|Round of 16] | |
Qualified for the [|17th–20th places] |
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round
- All times are Central European Time.
17th–20th places
Final sixteen
Round of 16
9th–16th quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
13th–16th semifinals
9th–12th semifinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Setter
- Best Outside Spikers
- Best Middle Blockers
- Best Opposite Spiker
- Best Libero