# 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Ankara, Turkey, from 12 to 19 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.

## Competition formula

The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.

## Qualification

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.
| Method of Qualification | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Country | 11 November 2014 | Lausanne | 1 | Turkey |
| 2014 African U23 Championship | 7 – 9 September 2014 | Algiers | 1 | Egypt |
| 2014 U22 South American Championship | 7 – 13 September 2014 | Popayán | 2 | Brazil |
| 2014 U22 South American Championship | 7 – 13 September 2014 | Popayán | 2 | Colombia |
| U19 European Rankings | 18 September 2014 | Luxembourg | 2 | Bulgaria |
| U19 European Rankings | 18 September 2014 | Luxembourg | 2 | Italy |
| 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup | 5 – 10 October 2014 | Ica | 2 | Dominican Republic |
| 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup | 5 – 10 October 2014 | Ica | 2 | Cuba |
| 2015 U23 Asian Championship | 1 – 9 May 2015 | Pasig | 2 | China |
| 2015 U23 Asian Championship | 1 – 9 May 2015 | Pasig | 2 | Thailand |
| U20 World Ranking | as of 1 January 2015 | Lausanne | 2 | Japan |
| U20 World Ranking | as of 1 January 2015 | Lausanne | 2 | Peru |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

## Pools composition

The pool composition was drawn by Serpentine system based on U20 World ranking. Number in the bracket denote the World ranking except the host who ranked 4th.
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Turkey (host) | China (1) |
| Brazil (3) | Japan (2) |
| Italy (5) | Dominican Republic (8) |
| Bulgaria (10) | Peru (9) |
| Colombia (15) | Cuba (16) |
| Egypt (24) | Thailand (18) |

## Venues

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Ankara, Turkey ||
| Ankara Arena | Başkent Volleyball Hall |
| Capacity: 10,400 | Capacity: 7,600 |

## Pool standing procedure

* Number of matches won
* Match points
* Sets ratio
* Points ratio
* Result of the last match between the tied teams
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

## Preliminary round

* All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 429 | 318 | 1.349 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Brazil | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 373 | 300 | 1.243 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 432 | 417 | 1.036 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 370 | 378 | 0.979 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 5 | Colombia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 306 | 363 | 0.843 | |
| 6 | Egypt | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 276 | 410 | 0.673 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 12 Aug | 14:00 | Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–15 | 25–15 | 25–18 | | | 75–48 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | 16:30 | Italy | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 25–23 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | | 75–62 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | 19:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–10 | 25–17 | 25–13 | | | 75–40 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | 14:00 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–22 | 25–17 | 30–28 | | | 80–67 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–6 | 25–15 | 25–11 | | | 75–32 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | 19:00 | Turkey | 3–1 | Italy | 25–15 | 22–25 | 25–18 | 25–22 | | 97–80 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 14:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–19 | 26–24 | 25–21 | | | 76–64 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 16:30 | Bulgaria | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–16 | 25–18 | 25–15 | | | 75–49 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 19:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Brazil | 25–18 | 25–15 | 25–14 | | | 75–47 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 14:00 | Colombia | 3–0 | Egypt | 25–14 | 25–19 | 26–24 | | | 76–57 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–1 | Italy | 30–28 | 16–25 | 25–19 | 25–20 | | 96–92 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 19:00 | Turkey | 3–2 | Bulgaria | 25–20 | 25–22 | 23–25 | 19–25 | 15–8 | 107–100 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 14:00 | Italy | 3–2 | Egypt | 22–25 | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–15 | 15–12 | 109–98 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 16:30 | Brazil | 3–0 | Bulgaria | 25–17 | 25–8 | 30–28 | | | 80–53 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 19:00 | Turkey | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–21 | 25–13 | 25–17 | | | 75–51 | P2 P3 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 405 | 324 | 1.250 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 404 | 339 | 1.192 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2.000 | 428 | 354 | 1.209 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 4 | Thailand | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 0.700 | 380 | 402 | 0.945 | 5th to 8th Classification |
| 5 | Peru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 372 | 407 | 0.914 | |
| 6 | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.000 | 217 | 380 | 0.571 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total | Report |
| 12 Aug | 14:00 | China | 3–1 | Thailand | 25–27 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–23 | 100–90 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | 16:30 | Dominican Republic | 3–1 | Peru | 25–21 | 25–17 | 23–25 | 25–17 | 98–80 | P2 P3 |
| 12 Aug | 19:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–16 | 25–10 | 25–20 | | 75–46 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | 14:00 | Peru | 1–3 | Thailand | 25–21 | 17–25 | 22–25 | 21–25 | 85–96 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | 16:30 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–19 | 25–13 | 25–9 | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |
| 13 Aug | 19:00 | China | 3–1 | Japan | 23–25 | 25–16 | 25–22 | 27–25 | 100–88 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 14:00 | Japan | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–15 | | 75–58 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 16:30 | Peru | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–9 | 25–10 | 25–22 | | 75–41 | P2 P3 |
| 14 Aug | 19:00 | China | 0–3 | Dominican Republic | 19–25 | 19–25 | 18–25 | | 56–75 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 14:00 | Cuba | 0–3 | Thailand | 17–25 | 28–30 | 22–25 | | 67–80 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 16:30 | China | 3–1 | Peru | 22–25 | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–16 | 97–79 | P2 P3 |
| 15 Aug | 19:00 | Japan | 3–1 | Dominican Republic | 25–20 | 25–18 | 16–25 | 25–19 | 91–82 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 14:00 | Dominican Republic | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–22 | 25–21 | 25–13 | | 75–56 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 16:30 | Japan | 3–0 | Peru | 25–18 | 25–20 | 25–15 | | 75–53 | P2 P3 |
| 17 Aug | 19:00 | China | 3–0 | Cuba | 25–6 | 25–8 | 25–8 | | 75–22 | P2 P3 |

## Final round

* All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

### 5th–8th places

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Thailand | 0 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Thailand | 0 | Italy | 0 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Italy | 0 |
| 18 August | 18 August | China | 3 |
| China | 3 | China | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Thailand | 2 |
| | | Bulgaria | 3 |

#### Classification 5th and 8th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 11:00 | Italy | 3–0 | Thailand | 25–23 | 27–25 | 28–26 | | | 80–74 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Aug | 13:30 | China | 3–1 | Bulgaria | 22–25 | 25–21 | 25–20 | 25–19 | | 97–85 | P2 P3 |

#### Classification 7th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 11:00 | Thailand | 2–3 | Bulgaria | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–17 | 12–25 | 8–15 | 91–103 | P2 P3 |

#### Classification 5th

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 13:30 | Italy | 0–3 | China | 21–25 | 20–25 | 25–27 | | | 66–77 | P2 P3 |

### Championship round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Turkey | 3 |
| Turkey | 3 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Japan | 1 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Japan | 1 | Turkey | 1 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Turkey | 1 |
| 18 August | 18 August | Brazil | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | | |
| Brazil | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Japan | 2 |
| | | Dominican Republic | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 18 Aug | 16:00 | Dominican Republic | 2–3 | Brazil | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–15 | 22–25 | 9–15 | 102–99 | P2 P3 |
| 18 Aug | 18:30 | Turkey | 3–1 | Japan | 25–20 | 25–12 | 24–26 | 25–22 | | 99–80 | P2 P3 |

#### Bronze medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 16:00 | Japan | 2–3 | Dominican Republic | 25–21 | 25–17 | 21–25 | 16–25 | 11–15 | 98–103 | P2 P3 |

#### Gold medal match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 19 Aug | 18:30 | Turkey | 1–3 | Brazil | 21–25 | 25–21 | 19–25 | 22–25 | | 87–96 | P2 P3 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Turkey |
| | Dominican Republic |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | China |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Bulgaria |
| 8 | Thailand |
| 9 | Peru |
| 9 | Colombia |
| 11 | Cuba |
| 11 | Egypt |
* 2015 Women's U23 World champions
* Brazil 1st title
* 12–woman roster
* Milka Silva, Naiane Rios, Juma Silva, Saraelen Lima, Ana Paula Borgo, Rosamaria Montibeller (c), Valquiria Dullius, Gabriella Souza, Juliana Fillipelli, Drussyla Costa, Kasiely Clemente, Lorenne Teixeira
* Head coach
* Wagner Coppini Fernandes

## Awards

* Most valuable player
** Juma Silva
* Best setter
** Juma Silva
* Best Outside Spikers
** Brayelin Martinez
** Arisa Inoue
* Best middle blocker
** Kübra Akman
** Sara Bonifacio
* Best opposite spiker
** Rosamaria Montibeller
* Best libero
** Gizem Örge