2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 24 to 31 August 2015. This was the second edition of the tournament.
Competition formula
The competition format will see the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals will feature the top two teams from each pool.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 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. Rankings are shown in brackets except the hosts who ranked 72nd.| Pool A | Pool B |
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
Preliminary round
- All times are UAE Standard Time.
| Qualified for the [|Semifinals] | |
| Qualified for the [|5th–8th semifinals] |
Pool A
Pool B
Final round
- All times are UAE Standard Time.
5th–8th places
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 | |
| 9 | |
| 9 | |
| 11 | |
| 11 |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Setter
- Best Outside Spikers
- Best Middle Blockers
- Best Opposite Spiker
- Best Libero