In today's world, FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship has gained great relevance in different areas. Its impact has been felt in society, culture, politics, the economy and many other aspects of daily life. From its origins to the present day, FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship has been the subject of study, debate and controversy. In this article, we will analyze the influence of FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship in contemporary society, exploring its main characteristics, as well as the challenges and opportunities it represents. FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship has become a ubiquitous phenomenon that deserves special attention to better understand its role today.
Most recent season or competition: 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 1977 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Continent | International (FIVB) |
Most recent champion(s) | China (4th title) |
Most titles | Brazil (6 titles) |
The FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship is the world championship of volleyball for female players under the age of 21 organized by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
The first tournament was staged in 1977 in Brazil. The second and third tournaments were played at intervals of four years, in 1981 and 1985; with the fourth tournament in 1987 the interval became, and remains, two years. The most recent tournament was jointly hosted by Netherlands and Belgium and won by Italy.
In March 2022, FIVB decides to change the age category of the tournament by moving it from U20 to U21 in order to equate it with the Men's U21 World Championship.
Brazil is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with six titles and five runners-up. China is the second most successful with three titles and three runners-up.
A corresponding tournament for male players is the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
2 | China | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
3 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
8 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Soviet Union | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 |
Team | 1977 (14) |
1981 (15) |
1985 (15) |
1987 (13) |
1989 (16) |
1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (16) |
1997 (16) |
1999 (16) |
2001 (16) |
2003 (16) |
2005 (12) |
2007 (12) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (20) |
2015 (16) |
2017 (16) |
2019 (16) |
2021 (15) |
2023 (16) |
Total |
Algeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 9th | 13th | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
Argentina | 11th | 8th | • | 11th | 10th | 11th | 11th | • | 13th | 13th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 11th | 11th | 9th | 13 |
Australia | • | 12th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Austria | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Belarus | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 2 | |||||
Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 2 |
Bolivia | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Brazil | 4th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 21 |
Bulgaria | • | • | 9th | 7th | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | 9th | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | 7 |
Canada | 7th | 10th | • | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
China | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 9th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 9th | 1st | 7th | • | 1st | 20 |
Chinese Taipei | • | • | • | 9th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 13th | • | • | 6th | 13th | • | • | 5th | • | 10th | 11th | • | • | • | • | 10 |
Colombia | • | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Costa Rica | 8th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Croatia | See Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |||||
Cuba | • | 7th | 1st | • | 2nd | 13th | 1st | 9th | 8th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | 9th | 12th | • | 13th | 15th | 14th | • | 12th | 15 |
Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | 6th | 7th | 9th | • | • | • | 11th | • | 11th | 12th | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||||
Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | 9th | • | 9th | 11th | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 1st | 11th | 13th | 8th | 14th | 13 |
Egypt | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | 12th | • | 15th | 14th | 16th | 16th | 15th | 12th | 13th | 9 |
Finland | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
France | • | • | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Germany | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 5th | 8th | 7th | • | 9th | 5th | • | 7th | 1st | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 |
Greece | • | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Hungary | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
India | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Italy | • | • | 7th | • | 7th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 4th | • | 4th | 5th | • | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 17 |
Japan | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 4th | 6th | • | • | 5th | 3rd | • | 11th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | • | 4th | 18 |
Kenya | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Latvia | Part of Soviet Union | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
Mauritius | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Mexico | 6th | 4th | 11th | • | 16th | • | 13th | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | 8th | • | 15th | 15th | 13th | 10th | • | 8th | 12 |
Netherlands | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | 10th | 5 |
New Zealand | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Nigeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Paraguay | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Peru | 10th | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 4th | 12th | 4th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 12th | 6th | 14th | 12th | • | • | 13 |
Poland | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 9th | 5th | 5th | 13th | 3rd | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | • | 6th | 5th | 6th | 11th | 12 |
Puerto Rico | • | 14th | • | 13th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | • | • | 19th | 14th | • | • | 16th | • | 9 |
Romania | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
Russia | See Soviet Union | • | 3rd | 1st | 1st | • | 8th | 7th | • | • | 10th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | • | 11 | |||||
Rwanda | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 15th | • | 2 |
Serbia | See Yugoslavia | See Serbia and Montenegro | • | • | 13th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 9th | 2nd | 7th | 8 | |||||||||||
Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | ||||||
South Korea | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | 9th | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 |
Spain | 14th | 13th | • | • | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
Thailand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 9th | • | 8th | 14th | • | 18th | • | • | • | 14th | 15th | 7 |
Tunisia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 3 |
Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | 8th | 9th | 6th | • | 7th | • | 5th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 5th | 11 |
Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | 2nd | • | 13th | • | • | 6th | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 | |||||
United States | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 13th | • | 11th | 4th | 12th | 4th | 17th | • | 7th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 12 |
Venezuela | • | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | 13th | 13th | 9th | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
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Czechoslovakia | • | • | 10th | • | • | 6th | • | See Czech Republic | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | See Yugoslavia | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | • | 2nd | See Serbia | 3 | |||||||||||||
Soviet Union | 9th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 9th | 1st | See Russia | 6 |
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