2021_FIVB_Volleyball_Men's_U21_World_Championship
The 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the 21st edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Italy and Bulgaria from 23 September to 3 October 2021.[1] For the first time, the tournament was jointly hosted by more than one country.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host nations ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nations |  Italy Bulgaria |
| Dates | 23 September – 3 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Champions | Italy (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Russia |
| Third place |  Poland |
| Fourth place |  Argentina |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP | Alessandro Michieletto |
| Best Setter | Paolo Porro |
| Best OH | Manuel Armoa Tommaso Rinaldi |
| Best MB | Karol Urbanowicz Nicola Ciancotta |
| Best OPP | Roman Murashko |
| Best Libero | Damiano Catania |
| Official website | |
| FIVB Men's U21 World Championship | |
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Iran were the defending champions, having won their first title in Bahrain.
Players must have been born on or after 1 January 2001.
A total of 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Italy and Bulgaria who qualified automatically as hosts, another 10 teams qualified via five separate continental tournaments while the remaining 4 teams qualified via the FIVB U21 World Ranking.[2] But, South Korea and China later withdrew and were replaced by Thailand and Poland respectively. In addition, Cameroon withdrew just before the beginning of the tournament. All of Cameroon's matches were forfeited and Cameroon were ranked in last place in the final standing.[3]
More information Means of qualification, Date ...
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualifier |
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| Host Countries | 13 October 2020 |  Lausanne | 2 | Italy |
| Bulgaria | ||||
| 2018 Asian Championship1 | 21–28 July 2018 |  Riffa | 2 |  Iran |
 South Korea Thailand | ||||
| NORCECA Ranking2 | January 2020 |  Santo Domingo | 2 |  Cuba |
 Canada | ||||
| 2020 European Championship | 26 September – 4 October 2020 |  Brno & Kuřim | 2 | Russia |
 Belgium4 | ||||
| 2020 African Championship | 20–24 February 2021 |  Cairo | 2 | Egypt |
 Cameroon | ||||
| World Ranking for CSV3 | 1 March 2021[4] |  Rio de Janeiro | 2 | Brazil |
| Argentina | ||||
| World Ranking | 1 March 2021 | Lausanne | 4 |  China Poland |
 Morocco | ||||
| Bahrain | ||||
| Czech Republic | ||||
| Total | 16 | |||
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- 1.^ On 14 December 2020, AVC announced that the 2020 Asian Championship which was originally the AVC qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top two teams of the 2018 Asian Championship qualified as the AVC representatives.[5]
- 2.^ On 30 November 2020, NORCECA announced that the 2020 NORCECA Championship which was originally the NORCECA qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top two teams of the NORCECA Ranking as of January 2020[6] qualified as the NORCECA representatives.[7]
- 3.^ 2020 South American Championship which was originally the CSV qualifier for the tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic and the top two CSV teams of the World Ranking as of 1 March 2021 qualified as the CSV representatives.
- 4.^ With European runners-up Italy hosting the tournament together with Bulgaria, European 3rd place Belgium joined the field for the tournament as well.[8]
First round
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of 1 March 2021.[4] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pools A and B 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.[9] The draw was held on 15 June 2021.[10] Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts Italy and Bulgaria who ranked 1st and 27th respectively.
More information Seeded teams, Pot 1 ...
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- Draw
Second round
Main article: 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship squads
More information Pool A, E and Final four, Pool B, D, F, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places ...
| Pool A, E and Final four | Pool B, D, F, H, 13th–16th places and 9th–12th places |
Pool C, G and 5th–8th places |
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| Cagliari, Italy |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
Carbonia, Italy |
| PalaPirastu | Levski Sofia Sports Hall | Palazzetto dello Sport |
| Capacity: 2,266 | Capacity: 1,700 | Capacity: 1,560 |
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- 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
Pool A
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 140 | 1.607 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 230 | 212 | 1.085 | |
| 3 | Thailand |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 182 | 245 | 0.743 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Egypt |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 234 | 274 | 0.854 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 23 Sep | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 3–1 | Egypt | 25–20 | 25–16 | 29–31 | 25–23 | 104–90 | P2 | |
| 23 Sep | 19:00 | Thailand | 0–3 | Italy | 12–25 | 15–25 | 13–25 | 40–75 | P2 | ||
| 24 Sep | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–16 | 25–16 | 25–15 | 75–47 | P2 | ||
| 24 Sep | 19:00 | Egypt | 0–3 | Italy | 13–25 | 22–25 | 14–25 | 49–75 | P2 | ||
| 25 Sep | 16:00 | Egypt | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–18 | 23–25 | 22–25 | 25–27 | 95–95 | P2 | |
| 25 Sep | 19:10 | Italy | 3–0 | Czech Republic | 25–16 | 25–15 | 25–20 | 75–51 | P2 | ||
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Pool B
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Poland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 | 270 | 231 | 1.169 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | Bulgaria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 240 | 231 | 1.039 | |
| 3 | Cuba |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 237 | 252 | 0.940 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 211 | 244 | 0.865 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 23 Sep | 13:00 | Cuba | 1–3 | Poland | 16–25 | 19–25 | 25–18 | 19–25 | 79–93 | P2 | |
| 23 Sep | 19:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Bahrain | 25–21 | 25–21 | 25–23 | 75–65 | P2 | ||
| 24 Sep | 16:00 | Poland | 3–0 | Bahrain | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–21 | 75–62 | P2 | ||
| 24 Sep | 19:00 | Cuba | 0–3 | Bulgaria | 21–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 64–75 | P2 | ||
| 25 Sep | 13:00 | Bahrain | 1–3 | Cuba | 25–19 | 20–25 | 18–25 | 21–25 | 84–94 | P2 | |
| 25 Sep | 19:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 29–27 | 25–19 | 23–25 | 25–19 | 102–90 | P2 | |
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Pool C
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgium |
3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 290 | 232 | 1.250 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1.400 | 269 | 256 | 1.051 | |
| 3 | Iran |
3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 288 | 271 | 1.063 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Morocco |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 137 | 225 | 0.609 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 23 Sep | 16:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–13 | 25–16 | 25–23 | 75–52 | P2 | ||
| 23 Sep | 19:00 | Belgium | 3–2 | Iran | 25–20 | 25–23 | 26–28 | 26–28 | 15–8 | 117–107 | P2 |
| 24 Sep | 16:00 | Morocco | 0–3 | Belgium | 16–25 | 12–25 | 16–25 | 44–75 | P2 | ||
| 24 Sep | 19:00 | Argentina | 3–2 | Iran | 25–20 | 20–25 | 24–26 | 25–18 | 19–17 | 113–106 | P2 |
| 25 Sep | 16:00 | Argentina | 1–3 | Belgium | 19–25 | 17–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 81–98 | P2 | |
| 25 Sep | 19:15 | Iran | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–5 | 25–21 | 25–15 | 75–41 | P2 | ||
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Pool D
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
- Cameroon's forfeited matches (25–0, 25–0, 25–0) were not recorded and excluded from the ranking calculation.
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Russia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 200 | 184 | 1.087 | Final eight (Pools E and F) |
| 2 | Brazil |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 177 | 165 | 1.073 | |
| 3 | Canada |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 143 | 171 | 0.836 | 9th–16th places (Pools G and H) |
| 4 | Cameroon |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
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Pool E
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 228 | 183 | 1.246 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 273 | 264 | 1.034 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.625 | 255 | 287 | 0.889 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Belgium |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 254 | 276 | 0.920 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 27 Sep | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 3–2 | Belgium | 14–25 | 22–25 | 25–23 | 25–18 | 15–12 | 101–103 | P2 |
| 27 Sep | 19:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 26–24 | 25–20 | 76–66 | P2 | ||
| 28 Sep | 16:00 | Belgium | 1–3 | Argentina | 21–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 21–25 | 86–98 | P2 | |
| 28 Sep | 19:10 | Italy | 3–0 | Czech Republic | 25–19 | 25–18 | 25–15 | 75–52 | P2 | ||
| 29 Sep | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 2–3 | Argentina | 25–22 | 22–25 | 17–25 | 25–22 | 13–15 | 102–109 | P2 |
| 29 Sep | 19:20 | Italy | 3–0 | Belgium | 25–17 | 25–23 | 27–25 | 77–65 | P2 | ||
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Pool F
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Russia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 250 | 223 | 1.121 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.167 | 292 | 295 | 0.990 | |
| 3 | Brazil |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 247 | 231 | 1.069 | 5th–8th semifinals |
| 4 | Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 219 | 259 | 0.846 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 27 Sep | 13:00 | Poland | 3–1 | Brazil | 28–26 | 25–23 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 97–97 | P2 | |
| 27 Sep | 19:00 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | Russia | 21–25 | 22–25 | 19–25 | 62–75 | P2 | ||
| 28 Sep | 13:00 | Russia | 3–0 | Brazil | 27–25 | 25–21 | 31–29 | 83–75 | P2 | ||
| 28 Sep | 19:00 | Poland | 3–2 | Bulgaria | 21–25 | 23–25 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 15–12 | 109–106 | P2 |
| 29 Sep | 13:00 | Poland | 1–3 | Russia | 23–25 | 25–17 | 18–25 | 20–25 | 86–92 | P2 | |
| 29 Sep | 19:00 | Bulgaria | 0–3 | Brazil | 14–25 | 22–25 | 15–25 | 51–75 | P2 | ||
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Pool G
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 153 | 1.471 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Thailand |
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 220 | 218 | 1.009 | |
| 3 | Egypt |
3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 256 | 243 | 1.053 | 13th–16th semifinals |
| 4 | Morocco |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 160 | 247 | 0.648 |
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More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 27 Sep | 16:00 | Thailand | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–12 | 25–15 | 25–22 | 75–49 | P2 | ||
| 27 Sep | 19:00 | Egypt | 0–3 | Iran | 22–25 | 23–25 | 20–25 | 65–75 | P2 | ||
| 28 Sep | 16:00 | Iran | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–9 | 25–14 | 25–13 | 75–36 | P2 | ||
| 28 Sep | 19:00 | Thailand | 3–1 | Egypt | 25–23 | 25–23 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 93–94 | P2 | |
| 29 Sep | 16:00 | Egypt | 3–1 | Morocco | 22–25 | 25–12 | 25–19 | 25–19 | 97–75 | P2 | |
| 29 Sep | 19:00 | Thailand | 0–3 | Iran | 18–25 | 12–25 | 22–25 | 52–75 | P2 | ||
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Pool H
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
- Cameroon's forfeited matches (25–0, 25–0, 25–0) were not recorded and excluded from the ranking calculation.
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Canada |
2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 119 | 1.261 | 9th–12th semifinals |
| 2 | Cuba |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 162 | 172 | 0.942 | |
| 3 | Bahrain |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.167 | 157 | 178 | 0.882 | 13th–16th semifinals |
| 4 | Cameroon |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
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13th–16th places
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
- Cameroon's forfeited matches (25–0, 25–0, 25–0) were not recorded.
| 13th–16th semifinals | 13th place match | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||
| Egypt | 3 | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Bahrain | 2 | |||||
| Bahrain | 3 | |||||
| Morocco | 0 | |||||
| 15th place match | ||||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||
| Morocco | 3 | |||||
13th–16th semifinals
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 2 Oct | 13:00 | Bahrain | 3–0 | Morocco | 25–21 | 25–13 | 25–22 | 75–56 | P2 | ||
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13th place match
9th–12th places
- All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).
| 9th–12th semifinals | 9th place match | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Canada | 3 | |||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||
| Cuba | 1 | |||||
| 11th place match | ||||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Thailand | 1 | |||||
| Cuba | 3 | |||||
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
5th–8th places
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Bulgaria | 3 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||
| 7th place match | ||||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 0 | |||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
More information Date, Time ...
| Date | Time | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
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| 3 Oct | 16:00 | Czech Republic | 0–3 | Brazil | 13–25 | 21–25 | 15–25 | 49–75 | P2 | ||
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5th place match
Final four
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||
| 2 October | ||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||
| 3 October | ||||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| Poland | 3 | |||||
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
More information Rank, Team ...
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- Most valuable player
- Best setter
Paolo Porro
- Best outside spikers
Manuel Armoa- Tommaso Rinaldi
- Best middle blockers
Karol Urbanowicz- Nicola Ciancotta
- Best opposite spiker
Roman Murashko
- Best libero
- Damiano Catania
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