FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
Upcoming season or competition: 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| First season | 1977 |
| No. of teams | 24 |
| 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.
In July 2023, FIVB announced the increase of teams from 16 to 24 and that the tournament would be staged in even-numbered years starting in 2026 in combination with the U17 World Championships, to ensure progressive participation of athletes in their respective age group categories.[1] Subsequently, FIVB decided to discard the 2026 edition, so that after 2025 the next tournament would be in 2028 in order not to congest the calendar of the age group championships.[2]
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
| Year | Host | Final | 3rd place match | Teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||||
| 1977 Details |
.svg.png){kind=small} Rio de Janeiro |
 Soviet Union |
Round-robin |  China |
Brazil |
Round-robin |  Mexico |
16 | |||
| 1981 Details |
 Denver |
Soviet Union |
3–0 | Brazil |
.svg.png){kind=small} South Korea |
3–1 | China |
16 | |||
| 1985 Details |
 Milan |
Soviet Union |
3–1 | Italy |
 Cuba |
3–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea |
16 | |||
| 1987 Details |
.svg.png){kind=small} Manama |
South Korea |
3–2 | Cuba |
Soviet Union |
3–1 |  West Germany |
16 | |||
| 1989 Details |
 Athens |
Soviet Union |
3–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan |
Brazil |
3–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria |
16 | |||
| 1991 Details |
 Cairo |
 Bulgaria |
3–0 | Italy |
Soviet Union |
3–0 | Brazil |
16 | |||
| 1993 Details |
 Rosario / Santa Fe |
 Brazil |
3–1 | Italy |
 Czechoslovakia |
3–2 | Argentina |
16 | |||
| 1995 Details |
 Johor Bahru / Kuala Lumpur |
Russia |
3–2 | Brazil |
Italy |
3–1 |  Finland |
15 | |||
| 1997 Details |
Manama |
 Poland |
3–1 | Brazil |
Russia |
3–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Venezuela |
16 | |||
| 1999 Details |
 Sisaket / Ubon Ratchathani |
Russia |
3–1 | .svg.png){kind=small} France |
Brazil |
3–0 | Venezuela |
16 | |||
| 2001 Details |
Wrocław |
Brazil |
3–0 | Russia |
Venezuela |
3–0 | Italy |
16 | |||
| 2003 Details |
Tehran |
Poland |
3–2 | Brazil |
Bulgaria |
3–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} South Korea |
16 | |||
| 2005 Details |
 Visakhapatnam |
Russia |
3–0 | Brazil |
Cuba |
3–0 |  Netherlands |
12 | |||
| 2007 Details |
 Casablanca / Rabat |
Brazil |
3–0 | Russia |
Iran |
3–1 | Italy |
12 | |||
| 2009 Details |
Pune |
Brazil |
3–2 | Cuba |
Argentina |
3–0 | India |
16 | |||
| 2011 Details |
Rio de Janeiro / Niterói |
Russia |
3–2 | Argentina |
 Serbia |
3–1 | United States |
16 | |||
| 2013 Details |
 Ankara / İzmir |
Russia |
3–0 | Brazil |
Italy |
3–1 | France |
20 | |||
| 2015 Details |
Tijuana / Mexicali |
Russia |
3–2 | Argentina |
China |
3–1 | Brazil |
16 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Brno / České Budějovice |
Poland |
3–0 | Cuba |
Russia |
3–0 | Brazil |
16 | |||
| 2019 Details |
 Riffa |
Iran |
3–2 | Italy |
Brazil |
3–0 | Russia |
16 | |||
| 2021 Details |
Cagliari / Carbonia / Sofia |
Italy |
3–0 | Russia |
Poland |
3–0 | Argentina |
16 | |||
| 2023 Details |
Manama |
Iran |
3–2 | Italy |
Bulgaria |
3–0 | Argentina |
16 | |||
| 2025 Details |
Jiangmen |
24 | |||||||||
Medal table
| 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
| 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) |
2025 (24) |
Total |
 Algeria |
• | • | • | 14th | 12th | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Argentina |
9th | 5th | 11th | 7th | 10th | 11th | 4th | • | • | 8th | • | • | • | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 4th | 4th | Q | 18 |
| Bahrain |
• | • | • | 8th | 16th | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 14th | 15th | • | 6 |
 Belarus |
Part of Soviet Union |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | Q | 23 |
| Bulgaria |
• | • | 5th | 5th | 4th | 1st | 9th | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | 6th | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | 6th | 3rd | Q | 11 |
 Cameroon |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
10th | 13th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | 9th | • | • | 12th | 11th | 12th | 8th | 8th | 12th | 10th | 11th | Q | 14 |
 Chile |
• | 14th | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| China |
2nd | 4th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | 11th | • | 15th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | • | • | Q | 17 |
 Chinese Taipei |
• | • | • | • | • | 14th | 13th | • | 13th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
 Colombia |
8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
| Cuba |
• | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 8th | 11th | • | • | • | 5th | • | 3rd | 8th | 2nd | • | • | 13th | 2nd | 10th | 11th | • | Q | 15 |
| Czech Republic |
Part of Czechoslovakia |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 15th | 9th | 8th | 10th | Q | 5 | ||||||
 Dominican Republic |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Egypt |
• | 15th | 16th | 13th | • | 12th | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 10th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 15th | 12th | 13th | 13th | 9th | Q | 15 |
 Estonia |
Part of Soviet Union |
• | • | • | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 17th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||||
| Finland |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| France |
• | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2nd | 7th | • | • | • | 10th | • | 4th | 10th | • | • | • | • | Q | 7 |
| 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 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 2 |
| Iran |
• | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | 9th | 8th | • | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 5th | 12th | 5th | 1st | 9th | 1st | Q | 15 |
| Italy |
• | • | 2nd | • | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 4th | 13th | • | 4th | • | • | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 17 |
| Japan |
6th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | 11th | • | 12th | 10th | 14th | 13th | • | • | • | Q | 14 |
 Kazakhstan |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | Q | 1 |
 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 | • | Q | 8 |
| 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 | Q | 13 |
 Puerto Rico |
• | • | • | • | 14th | • | • | 13th | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | • | 16th | • | • | Q | 6 |
| 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 .svg.png){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
Part of .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | • | • | Q | 14 |
 Spain |
11th | 10th | • | • | 13th | • | 13th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6 |
| Thailand |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 9th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 12th | 8th | Q | 4 |
 Tunisia |
• | • | 15th | • | • | 15th | 11th | • | 13th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 9th | • | 14th | 14th | 13th | • | • | 14th | • | 16th | Q | 14 |
| Turkey |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 6th | 6th | 10th | • | • | • | Q | 4 |
| United States |
7th | 7th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 7th | 8th | 4th | 11th | 11th | 14th | • | • | 13th | Q | 11 |
 Ukraine |
Part of Soviet Union |
• | • | • | 9th | 13th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 11th | • | • | • | Q | 4 | |||||
| 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.
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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
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See also
- FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship
- FIVB Volleyball Boys' U17 World Championship
References
- ^ "FIVB Board of Administration approves key proposals from FIVB Commissions and Councils". FIVB. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023.
- ^ "The U17 FIVB Volleyball World Championships draws to be streamed live on 1 May". FIVB. 25 April 2024. Archived from the original on 25 April 2024.