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2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2015 Men's U21 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Mexico
Dates 11–20 September
Teams 16
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions  Russia (10th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Russia Pavel Pankov
Official website
Official Website

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, which was hosted by Mexico from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana.

Russia, won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3-2 in the final match, thus securing the country's tenth title and the third in a row, after winning the editions of 2011 in Brazil and 2013 in Turkey.Pavel Pankov was elected the Most Valuable Player.

The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.

Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of December 2014. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of Pool A 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. The draw was held in Tijuana, Mexico on 25 June 2015. Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.

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


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