FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
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| Most recent season or competition: 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| First season | 1977 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Iran (2nd title) |
| Most titles |  Russia (6 titles) |
The FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, called the FIVB Volleyball Men's Junior World Championship between 2007 and 2011, is the world championship of volleyball for male players under the age of 21 organized by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
The first edition was staged in 1977 in Brazil and tournaments have been played every four years for the first three editions and every two years since then. The most recent tournament was hosted by Bahrain in the city of Manama and won by Iran.
Russia is the most successful nation in the tournament's history, with six titles and three runners-up. Brazil is the second most successful with four titles and six runners-up.
A corresponding tournament for female players is the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship.
Results summary[edit]
Medal table[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 |  Brazil | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Italy | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  Cuba | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  Argentina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 |  China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 66 | |
Appearance[edit]
| Team |  1977 (16) |  1981 (16) | 1985 (16) |  1987 (16) |  1989 (16) |  1991 (16) | 1993 (16) |  1995 (15) | 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 (16) | 2023 (16) | Total |
 Algeria | • | • | • | 14th | 12th | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Argentina | 9th | 5th | 11th | 7th | 10th | 11th | 4th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 17 |
| Bahrain | • | • | • | 8th | 16th | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 14th | 15th | 6 |
 Belarus | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
 Belgium | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 9th | • | • | • | • | 5th | 7th | 4 |
| Brazil | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 22 |
| Bulgaria | • | • | 5th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 9th | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | 6th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | 6th | 3rd | 10 |
 Cameroon | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | 1 |
 Canada | 10th | 13th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | • | • | 12th | 11th | 12th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 10th | 11th | 13 |
 Chile | • | 14th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| China | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | 11th | • | 15th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | • | • | 16 |
 Chinese Taipei | • | • | • | • | • | 14th | 13th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
 Colombia | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Cuba | • | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | 5th | • | 3rd | 8th | 2nd | • | • | 13th | 2nd | 10th | 11th | • | 14 |
| Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 9th | 8th | 10th | 4 | ||||||
 Dominican Republic | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Egypt | • | 15th | 16th | 13th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 10th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 12th | 13th | 13th | 9th | 14 |
 Estonia | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||
 Finland | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| France | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 7th | • | • | • | 10th | • | 4th | 10th | • | • | • | • | 6 |
 Germany | See  East Germanyand West Germany | 13th | 13th | • | 5th | • | • | 8th | 9th | • | • | 10th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 | ||||
| Greece | • | • | • | 11th | 6th | • | 5th | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
 Haiti | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| India | • | 11th | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | 4th | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | • | 12th | 8 |
 Indonesia | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Iran | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 9th | 8th | • | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 5th | 12th | 5th | 1st | 9th | 1st | 14 |
| Italy | • | • | 2nd | • | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 4th | 13th | • | 4th | • | • | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 16 |
| Japan | 6th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | 11th | • | 12th | 10th | 14th | 13th | • | • | • | 13 |
 Latvia | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
| Malaysia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Mexico | 4th | 12th | 14th | • | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | 16th | • | • | • | 14th | 8 |
| Morocco | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | 9th | 12th | • | • | 18th | • | 16th | 15th | 15th | • | 7 |
 Netherlands | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
 Nigeria | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Paraguay | 14th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Peru | 15th | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Poland | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 8th | 1st | 9th | 9th | 1st | • | • | 9th | • | • | 9th | 1st | 11th | 3rd | 5th | 12 |
 Puerto Rico | • | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | 5 |
| Russia | Part of Soviet Union | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | • | 15 | |||||
 Rwanda | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 20th | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
 Saudi Arabia | 13th | 16th | 13th | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
| Serbia | Part of  Yugoslavia | Part of  FRY / SCG | • | • | 3rd | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||
 Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | ||||||
 Slovenia | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||
| South Korea | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 11th | 6th | 5th | 9th | • | 7th | 6th | 4th | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 13 |
 Spain | 11th | 10th | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| Thailand | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 8th | 3 |
 Tunisia | • | • | 15th | • | • | 15th | 11th | • | 13th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 9th | • | 14th | 14th | 13th | • | • | 14th | • | 16th | 13 |
| Turkey | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 6th | 10th | • | • | • | 3 |
| United States | 7th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 7th | 8th | 4th | 11th | 11th | 14th | • | • | 13th | 10 |
 Ukraine | Part of Soviet Union | • | • | • | 9th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | 3 | |||||
| Venezuela | 11th | • | • | • | • | 16th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 13th | • | • | • | • | 19th | • | • | • | • | • | 9 |
| Discontinued nations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | 3rd | See Czech Republic and Slovakia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro | Part of Yugoslavia | • | • | 7th | • | • | 7th | 7th | See Serbia and  Montenegro | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | See Russia etc. | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany | • | 8th | • | 4th | • | See Germany | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia | • | • | • | • | • | 10th | See FRY / SCG etc. | See Serbia etc. | 1 | ||||||||||||||
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
- – Hosts
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Most valuable player by edition[edit]
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See also[edit]
- FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
References[edit]
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