# 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship will be the 23rd edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship, contested by the women's national teams under the age of 21 of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. It will be held in Indonesia from 4 to 17 August 2024.
Starting with this edition, the tournament will be expanded to include 24 teams instead of the 16 teams of previous editions following the decision adopted by FIVB in June 2023.

## Host selection

On 28 March 2024, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting one of the four Age Group World Championships in 2025 (i.e., U19 Boys' and Girls' World Championships and U21 Men's and Women's World Championships). The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2).
On 10 September 2024, FIVB announced that Indonesia was selected as the host for the 2024 Girls' U21 World Championship.

## Qualification

A total of 24 national teams will qualify for the final tournament. In addition to the host team and the defending champions who qualified automatically, 21 other teams will qualify through five separate continental competitions which were required to be held no later than 31 December 2024. Two remaining teams will enter the tournament via the Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking (as of 31 December 2024) among the teams not yet qualified.
The slot allocation per confederation was set as follows:
* Defending champion (China): 1
* AVC (Asia & Oceania): 4
* CAVB (Africa): 3
* CEV (Europe): 6
* CSV (South America): 3
* NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 4
* Host: 1
* Top teams not yet qualified as per Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking: 2
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team qualified | Appearances | Appearances | Appearances | Previous best performance |
| Confederation | Qualifying tournament | Team qualified | Total | First | Last | Previous best performance |
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) | Host nation | Indonesia | 1st | Debut | Debut | None |
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) | Defending champions | China | 22nd | 1977 | 2023 | Champions (1995, 2013, 2017, 2023) |
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) | 2024 Asian Women's U20 Championship ( Jiangmen, 1–9 July) | South Korea | 14th | 1977 | 2011 | Champions (1977, 1981) |
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) | 2024 Asian Women's U20 Championship ( Jiangmen, 1–9 July) | Japan | 19th | 1977 | 2023 | Champions (2019) |
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) | 2024 Asian Women's U20 Championship ( Jiangmen, 1–9 July) | Thailand | 8th | 1995 | 2023 | Eighth place (2007) |
| AVC (Asia & Oceania) | 2024 Asian Women's U20 Championship ( Jiangmen, 1–9 July) | Vietnam | 1st | Debut | Debut | None |
| CAVB (Africa) | 2024 Women's U20 African Nations Championship ( Tunis, 24–30 August) | Tunisia | 4th | 1995 | 2023 | Thirteenth place (1995) |
| CAVB (Africa) | 2024 Women's U20 African Nations Championship ( Tunis, 24–30 August) | Egypt | 10th | 2005 | 2023 | Eleventh place 2005 |
| CAVB (Africa) | 2024 Women's U20 African Nations Championship ( Tunis, 24–30 August) | Algeria | 5th | 1993 | 2013 | Ninth place 2001 |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Turkey | 12th | 1999 | 2023 | Fourth place (2017, 2019) |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Italy | 18th | 1985 | 2023 | Champions (2011, 2021) |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Poland | 13th | 1991 | 2023 | Third place (2003) |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Belgium | 3rd | 2011 | 2021 | Eighth place (2011) |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Bulgaria | 8th | 1985 | 2017 | Fourth place (2009) |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Czech Republic | 9th | 1985 | 2015 | Sixth place (1991, 1997) |
| CEV (Europe) | 2024 Women's U20 European Championship ( Sofia and Dublin, 5–17 August) | Croatia | 4th | 2001 | 2007 | Fifth place (2001) |
| CEV (Europe) | Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking | Serbia | 11th | 1997 | 2023 | Runners-up (2005, 2021) |
| CSV (South America) | 2024 Women's U21 South American Championship ( Osorno, 25–29 September) | Brazil | 23rd | 1977 | 2023 | Champions (1987, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007) |
| CSV (South America) | 2024 Women's U21 South American Championship ( Osorno, 25–29 September) | Argentina | 14th | 1977 | 2023 | Seventh place (2001) |
| CSV (South America) | 2024 Women's U21 South American Championship ( Osorno, 25–29 September) | Chile | 1st | Debut | Debut | None |
| NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2024 Women's U21 NORCECA Championship ( Toronto, 25–30 June) | United States | 13rd | 1977 | 2023 | Fourth place (2011, 2007) |
| NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2024 Women's U21 NORCECA Championship ( Toronto, 25–30 June) | Puerto Rico | 10th | 1981 | 2021 | Eighth place (2005) |
| NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2024 Women's U21 NORCECA Championship ( Toronto, 25–30 June) | Dominican Republic | 14th | 1995 | 2023 | Champions (2015) |
| NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2024 Women's U21 NORCECA Championship ( Toronto, 25–30 June) | Canada | 6th | 1977 | 1999 | Seventh place (1977) |
| NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean) | Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking | Mexico | 13th | 1977 | 2023 | Fourth place (1981) |

### Notes

    $^1$ Belgium's volleyball federation withdrew its team from the competition citing financial problems and excessive travel costs.
    $^2$ Competed as Czechoslovakia in 1985 and 1991; 7 appearances as Czech Republic.
    $^3$ Competed as Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro in 1997, 1999 and 2005; 8 appearances as Serbia.

## Competition formula changes

In June 2023 during a three-day meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the FIVB Board of Administration approved the proposal made by its Volleyball Council to increase the number of participating teams to 24 in its Age Group World Championships (U19 and U21 in both genders). Consequently, the distribution of quotas by confederation for the Women's U21 World Championship was modified regarding previous editions, ensuring one automatic quota for the defending champion and assigning two quotas based on the corresponding FIVB Age Group World Ranking.
The new competition formula was in line with the one adopted for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, which was also contested by 24 teams.

## Pools composition
### Draw

The draw for the pools composition will held on 4 December 2024 at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 24 participating teams will be split into four single round-robin pools of six with the host nations and the reigning world champions receiving the highest seeds. The rest of the qualified teams are seeded in a serpentine system based on their positions in the respective FIVB World Rankings.
Women's U21 FIVB World Ranking of each team as of 30 September 2024 are shown in brackets, except the hosts Indonesia which does not have a world ranking.
| Seeded teams | Seeded teams | Teams to be drawn | Teams to be drawn | Teams to be drawn | Teams to be drawn | Teams to be drawn | Teams to be drawn |
| Line 1 | Line 2 | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Indonesia (Hosts, assigned to A1) China (1), assigned to B1 Italy (2), assigned to C1 Brazil (3), assigned to D1 | Japan (4), assigned to D2 Turkey (5), assigned to C2 United States (6), assigned to B2 Argentina (7), assigned to A2 | Serbia (8) Mexico (9) Tunisia (10) Egypt (11) | Poland (12) Dominican Republic (13) Thailand (14) Puerto Rico (15) | South Korea (17) Chile (17) Algeria (17) Canada (21) | Czech Republic (25) Vietnam (25) Bulgaria (28) Croatia (31) |
The draw procedure also followed the serpentine system and was as follows:
* Teams from pot 4 were drawn first and were placed in line 6 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
* Teams from pot 3 were then drawn and placed in line 5 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.
* Teams from pot 2 were then drawn and were placed in line 4 of each pool starting from pool D to pool A.
* Teams from pot 1 were then drawn and placed in line 3 of each pool starting from pool A to pool D.
The pools composition after the draw was as follow:
Pool A :
| Pool A PosTeam A1 Indonesia A2 Argentina A3 Serbia A4 Puerto Rico A5 Canada A6 Vietnam | Pool B PosTeam B1 China B2 United States B3 Mexico B4 Dominican Republic B5 South Korea B6 Croatia | Pool C PosTeam C1 Italy C2 Turkey C3 Egypt C4 Poland C5 Algeria C6 Czech Republic | Pool D PosTeam D1 Brazil D2 Japan D3 Tunisia D4 Thailand D5 Chile D6 Bulgaria |

## Format

According to the new competition format, the top four teams from the final standings in each pool will advance to the eighthfinals, while the remaining two will continue their participation in the playoffs for the distribution of the places from 17th to 24th.

## Preliminary round

* All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Indonesia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |