2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

2017 Boys' U19 World Championship
بطولة العالم للكرة الطائرة رجال تحت 19 عاما
2017 البحرين
Tournament details
Host nation Bahrain
CityRiffa
Dates18–27 August
Teams20 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Japan
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament awards
MVPIran Amirhossein Esfandiar
Best SetterJapan Shunsuke Nakamura
Best OHIran Amirhossein Esfandiar
Russia Pavel Tetyukhin
Best MBRussia Artem Melnikov
Iran Amir Hossein Toukhteh
Best OPPSouth Korea Im Dong-hyeok
Best LiberoJapan Kenta Ichikawa
Official website
FIVB Boys' U19 World Championship

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship was the fifteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, contested by the men's national teams under the age of 19 of the members of the FIVB, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held in Riffa, Bahrain from 18 to 27 August 2017.[1] 20 teams from the 5 confederations competed in the tournament.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1999.

Iran won its second title in the competition, defeating Russia in the final.[2] Japan defeated South Korea for the bronze medal.[3] Amirhossein Esfandiar from Iran was elected the MVP.

  1. ^ "Four Age Group World Championships hosts confirmed". FIVB. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Yali powers Iran past Russia for Boys' U19 World Championship gold". FIVB. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Miyaura leads Japan past Korea for bronze medal win". FIVB. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.