2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the eighteenth edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship, which was hosted by Mexico from 11 to 20 September 2015 in the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana.
Russia, won the tournament after defeating Argentina 3-2 in the final match, thus securing the country's tenth title and the third in a row, after winning the editions of 2011 in Brazil and 2013 in Turkey. Pavel Pankov was elected the Most Valuable Player.
Qualification
The FIVB Sports Events Council confirmed a proposal to streamline the number of teams participating in the Age Group World Championships on 14 December 2013.Pools composition
Teams were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the Serpentine system according to their FIVB U21 World Ranking as of December 2014. FIVB reserved the right to seed the hosts as head of [|Pool A] regardless of the U21 World Ranking. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the U21 World Ranking. The draw was held in Tijuana, Mexico on 25 June 2015. Rankings are shown in brackets except the Hosts who ranked 22nd.| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
 Iran | |||
| Canada | |||
Squads
Venues
Pool standing procedure
- Number of matches won
- Match points
- Sets ratio
- Points ratio
- Result of the last match between the tied teams
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser
First round
- All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
| Qualified for the [|Pool E] or [|Pool F] | |
| Qualified for the [|Pool G] or [|Pool H] |
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round
- All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
| Qualified for the [|Semifinals] | |
| Qualified for the [|5th–8th semifinals] | |
| Qualified for the [|9th–12th semifinals] | |
| Qualified for the [|13th–16th semifinals] |
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Final round
- All times are Pacific Daylight Time.
Classification 13th–16th
13th–16th semifinals
15th place match
13th place match
Classification 9th–12th
9th–12th semifinals
11th place match
9th place match
Classification 5th–8th
5th–8th semifinals
7th place match
5th place match
Final four
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Canada |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Iran |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
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- Best Setter
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- Best Outside Spikers
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- Best Middle Blockers
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- Best Opposite Spiker
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- Best Libero
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