2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship

For this tournament, the first four sets were played over 21 points.[2]

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship will feature two countries per confederation plus the host Brazil and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case Russia.[1]

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
	Host	1	Brazil
CAVB	FIVB Senior Ranking	2	Egypt  Tunisia
AVC	FIVB Senior Ranking	2	Australia  Iran
CEV	FIVB Junior and Youth Ranking	2	Serbia  Bulgaria
NORCECA	2012 U23 Pan-American Cup	2	Mexico  Dominican Republic
CSV		2	Argentina  Venezuela
	Best ranked team	1	Russia

Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB World Ranking as of 22 July 2013.[3] FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of pool A regardless of the World Ranking. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 1st.

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil (Hosts)	Russia (2)
Argentina (8)	Serbia (7)
Bulgaria (9)	Australia (12)
Egypt (14)	Iran (12)
Tunisia (15)	Venezuela (20)
Dominican Republic (41)	Mexico (23)

1. Match points
2. Number of matches won
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. 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

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	14	5	0	15	2	7.500	349	262	1.332
2	Bulgaria	12	4	1	12	4	3.000	329	271	1.214
3	Argentina	9	3	2	12	8	1.500	387	366	1.057
4	Tunisia	6	2	3	8	11	0.727	349	353	0.989
5	Egypt	4	1	4	5	12	0.417	275	326	0.844
6	Dominican Republic	0	0	5	0	15	0.000	213	324	0.657

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	16:30	Argentina	3–2	Tunisia	21–14	21–18	13–21	19–21	16–14	90–88	P2 P3
6 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Dominican Republic	21–12	21–6	21–10			63–28	P2 P3
6 Oct	21:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	21–17	21–17	21–12			63–46	P2 P3
7 Oct	16:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Dominican Republic	21–13	21–11	21–14			63–38	P2 P3
7 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–2	Argentina	19–21	16–21	22–20	21–17	19–17	97–96	P2 P3
7 Oct	21:45	Egypt	2–3	Tunisia	19–21	17–21	21–18	21–19	7–15	85–94	P2 P3
8 Oct	16:30	Tunisia	0–3	Bulgaria	28–30	18–21	12–21			58–72	P2 P3
8 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	21–9	21–15	21–16			63–40	P2 P3
8 Oct	21:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Argentina	14–21	25–27	22–24			61–72	P2 P3
9 Oct	16:30	Egypt	0–3	Argentina	18–21	10–21	13–21			41–63	P2 P3
9 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Bulgaria	21–19	21–14	21–19			63–52	P2 P3
9 Oct	21:30	Tunisia	3–0	Dominican Republic	21–12	21–16	21–15			63–43	P2 P3
11 Oct	16:30	Argentina	1–3	Bulgaria	16–21	21–16	14–21	15–21		66–79	P2 P3
11 Oct	19:00	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	21–18	21–17	21–11			63–46	P2 P3
11 Oct	21:30	Dominican Republic	0–3	Egypt	13–21	16–21	14–21			43–63	P2 P3

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia	15	5	0	15	1	15.000	331	269	1.230
2	Russia	12	4	1	12	4	3.000	318	269	1.182
3	Iran	9	3	2	10	6	1.667	304	259	1.174
4	Venezuela	6	2	3	7	11	0.636	341	347	0.983
5	Australia	3	1	4	4	13	0.308	290	356	0.815
6	Mexico	0	0	5	2	15	0.133	265	349	0.759

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
6 Oct	09:00	Russia	3–0	Mexico	21–11	21–14	21–13			63–38	P2 P3
6 Oct	11:00	Serbia	3–1	Venezuela	15–21	21–18	21–19	21–14		78–72	P2 P3
6 Oct	14:00	Australia	0–3	Iran	11–21	15–21	7–21			33–63	P2 P3
7 Oct	09:00	Mexico	0–3	Iran	12–21	10–21	14–21			36–63	P2 P3
7 Oct	11:00	Russia	3–0	Venezuela	21–16	21–15	22–20			64–51	P2 P3
7 Oct	14:00	Serbia	3–0	Australia	21–18	22–20	21–14			64–52	P2 P3
8 Oct	09:00	Russia	3–1	Iran	22–20	15–21	21–17	21–12		79–70	P2 P3
8 Oct	11:15	Venezuela	3–1	Australia	21–15	21–13	28–30	21–19		91–77	P2 P3
8 Oct	14:00	Mexico	0–3	Serbia	18–21	14–21	19–21			51–63	P2 P3
9 Oct	09:00	Russia	3–0	Australia	21–16	21–13	21–18			63–47	P2 P3
9 Oct	11:00	Iran	0–3	Serbia	13–21	13–21	19–21			45–63	P2 P3
9 Oct	14:00	Venezuela	3–1	Mexico	21–17	21–12	16–21	21–15		79–65	P2 P3
11 Oct	09:00	Australia	3–1	Mexico	21–18	21–17	18–21	21–19		81–75	P2 P3
11 Oct	11:14	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	21–13	21–18	21–17			63–48	P2 P3
11 Oct	14:00	Russia	0–3	Serbia	15–21	16–21	18–21			49–63	P2 P3

• All times are Brasília Time (UTC−03:00).

5th–8th places

	5th–8th semifinals				5th place match
	12 October
	Argentina	0
					13 October
	Venezuela	3
					Venezuela	0
	12 October
					Iran	3
	Iran	3
	Tunisia	1
					7th place match
					13 October
					Argentina	3
					Tunisia	0

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	13:30	Argentina	0–3	Venezuela	18–21	14–21	14–21			46–63	P2 P3
12 Oct	16:00	Iran	3–1	Tunisia	21–13	21–18	18–21	21–17		81–69	P2 P3

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	10:00	Argentina	3–0	Tunisia	21–19	21–15	21–15			63–49	P2 P3

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	12:30	Venezuela	0–3	Iran	14–21	21–23	17–21			52–65	P2 P3

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	12 October
	Brazil	3
					13 October
	Russia	0
					Brazil	3
	12 October
					Serbia	2
	Serbia	3
	Bulgaria	0
					3rd place match
					13 October
					Russia	3
					Bulgaria	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Oct	18:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	21–16	22–20	25–23			68–59	P2 P3
12 Oct	21:00	Serbia	3–0	Bulgaria	21–13	21–18	21–10			63–41	P2 P3

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	15:00	Russia	3–1	Bulgaria	22–24	22–20	27–25	21–15		92–84	P2 P3

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Oct	17:30	Brazil	3–2	Serbia	29–27	15–21	21–17	19–21	15–13	99–99	P2 P3

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