# 2024 Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship

The 2024 Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship was the 26th edition of the Women's U21 South American Volleyball Championship, the biennial international youth volleyball tournament organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV) for the women's under-21 national teams of South America. It was held in Osorno, Chile from 25 to 29 September 2024.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CSV qualifiers for the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship. The top three teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship in Indonesia as the CSV representatives.
Brazil were the sixteen-time defending champions and successfully retained their title after winning the twenty second by beating Argentina 3–2 in the final. Chile completed the podium after defeating Colombia 3–0 in the third-place match.

## Host and venue

| Osorno | Osornoclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city in Los Lagos Region |
| Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo | Osornoclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city in Los Lagos Region |
| Capacity: 5,500 | Osornoclass=notpageimage| Location of the host city in Los Lagos Region |
Chile was named host country of the tournament on 11 April 2024 by the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol. The host city Osorno was confirmed as such during the 76th CSV Annual Congress held on 13 July 2024 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This is only the second time that Chile has hosted the tournament, the only previous event being the 1980 Women's Junior South American Championship.
The competition was entirely played at the Gimnasio Monumental María Gallardo.

## Teams

Six of the twelve CSV member associations entered the tournament.
| Team | App | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | 26th | Runners-up (10 times, most recent 2022) |
| Bolivia | 10th | Fourth place (1976, 1992, 2004) |
| Brazil (holders) | 26th | Champions (21 times, most recent 2022) |
| Chile (hosts) | 16th | Fourth place (1972, 1980, 1982, 2012, 2018) |
| Colombia | 17th | Third place (1984, 2012, 2022) |
| Peru | 26th | Champions (1980, 1982, 1986, 1988) |

### Squads

Each national team had to register a squad of a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 14 players players. Players born on or after 1 January 2005 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Competition format

The competition format depends on the number of participating teams. With 6 teams two groups of three teams were formed, which were played on a single round-robin basis. The group standing procedure was as follows:
* Number of matches won;
* Match points;
** Match won 3–0: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
** Match won 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match point for the loser
** Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match points for the loser
* Sets ratio;
* Points ratio;
* If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams;
* If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches between involved teams.

## Preliminary round

All match times are local times, CLST (UTC-3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 90 | 1.667 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 122 | 151 | 0.808 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Peru | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 126 | 157 | 0.803 | Fifth-place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 25 Sep | 17:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–16 | 25–13 | 25–11 | 75–40 | P2 Report |
| 26 Sep | 18:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Peru | 28–26 | 27–25 | 27–25 | 82–76 | P2 Report |
| 27 Sep | 18:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Peru | 25–18 | 25–12 | 25–20 | 75–50 | P2 Report |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | MAX | 150 | 101 | 1.485 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Chile (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 135 | 117 | 1.154 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Bolivia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 83 | 150 | 0.553 | Fifth-place match |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total | Report |
| 25 Sep | 20:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Argentina | 17–25 | 20–25 | 23–25 | 60–75 | P2 Report |
| 26 Sep | 20:00 | Bolivia | 0–3 | Argentina | 11–25 | 14–25 | 16–25 | 41–75 | P2 Report |
| 27 Sep | 20:00 | Chile | 3–0 | Bolivia | 25–11 | 25–13 | 25–18 | 75–42 | P2 Report |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 September | 28 September | | |
| Argentina | 3 | | |
| Argentina | 3 | 29 September | 29 September |
| Colombia | 0 | 29 September | 29 September |
| Colombia | 0 | Argentina | 2 |
| 28 September | 28 September | Argentina | 2 |
| 28 September | 28 September | Brazil | 3 |
| Chile | 0 | Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | | |
| Fifth-place match | Fifth-place match | Third-place match | Third-place match |
| 29 September | 29 September | 29 September | 29 September |
| Peru | 3 | Chile | 3 |
| Bolivia | 0 | Colombia | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Sep | 18:00 | Chile | 0–3 | Brazil | 10–25 | 10–25 | 21–25 | | | 41–75 | P2 Report |
| 28 Sep | 20:00 | Argentina | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–10 | 25–13 | 25–11 | | | 75–34 | P2 Report |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 28 Sep | 16:00 | Peru | 3–0 | Bolivia | 25–19 | 25–16 | 25–13 | | | 75–48 | P2 Report |

### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | 11:00 | Chile | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–15 | 25–19 | 25–18 | | | 75–52 | P2 Report |

### Final

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | 13:00 | Argentina | 2–3 | Brazil | 10–25 | 26–24 | 25–19 | 21–25 | 8–15 | 90–108 | P2 Report |

## Final standing

* Qualified for 2025 FIVB Women's U21 World Championship.
| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Argentina |
| | Chile |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | Peru |
| 6 | Bolivia |
* 2024 Women's U21 South American Championship champions
* Brazil Twenty-second title

## Individual awards

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament.