2025 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship

On 28 March 2024, FIVB opened the bidding process for member associations whose countries were interested in hosting one of the four Age Group World Championships in 2025 (i.e., U19 Boys' and Girls' World Championships and U21 Men's and Women's World Championships). The expression of interest of the member associations had to be submitted to FIVB by 30 April 2024, 18:00 CEST (UTC+2). FIVB announced the hosts for its four Age Group World Championship on 10 September 2024, with Uzbekistan being selected to host the 2025 Boys' U19 World Championship. This will be the first time that Uzbekistan will host an FIVB volleyball event in any category. ==Qualification==

A total of 24 national teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to the host Uzbekistan and defending champions France which qualified automatically, 20 other teams qualified through five separate continental competitions which had to be completed by 31 December 2024 at the latest. Two remaining teams entered the tournament via the Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking (as of 24 September 2024) among the teams not yet qualified. The slot allocation was set as follows: • Defending champion (France): 1 • Host (Uzbekistan): 1 • AVC (Asia & Oceania): 4 • CAVB (Africa): 3 • CEV (Europe): 6 • CSV (South America): 3 • NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean): 4 • Top teams not yet qualified as per Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking: 2 Qualified teams The following twenty-four teams qualified for the tournament. ==Pools composition==

The draw was held on 4 December 2024, 13:30 UTC±0, at the FIVB headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 24 participating teams were split into four pools of six. The hosts Croatia and Serbia, defending champions United States and the top five teams of the Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking ( were seeded in the first two positions of each pool following the serpentine system. FIVB reserved the right to seed the host teams as heads of pools A and B regardless of their position in the World Ranking (with the highest ranked team as head of Pool A and next ranked team as head of Pool B). The remaining 16 non-seeded teams were allocated into four pots according to their position in the same Girls' U19 FIVB World Ranking, in order to be drawn to complete the following four positions in each pool. Seeding Boys' U19 FIVB World Ranking of each team are shown in brackets, except the hosts Uzbekistan who ranked 58th. Draw The draw procedure for the pools composition also followed the serpentine system and was as follows: ==Venues==

On 11 October 2024, FIVB confirmed Tashkent as the host city. The competition is entirely played at the Saxovat Sport Servis sport complex located in the Yunusabad district. ==Competition format and changes==

In June 2023 during a three-day meeting in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the FIVB Board of Administration approved the proposal made by its Volleyball Council to increase the number of participating teams to 24 in its Age Group World Championships (U19 and U21 in both genders). Pool standing procedure The ranking of teams in the preliminary round was established according the following criteria: • Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost); • Match points; • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser • Sets ratio; • Points ratio; • If the tie continues between two teams: result of the last match between the tied teams. If the tie continues between three or more teams: a new classification would be made taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question. ==Squads==

Each national team had to register a long-list roster with up to 25 players, which eventually had to be reduced to a final list of 12 players. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to compete in the tournament. ==Preliminary round==

• All times are Uzbekistan Time (UTC+05:00). Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D ==Final round==

• All times are Uzbekistan Time (UTC+05:00). 17th–24th places 17th–24th quarterfinals 21st–24th semifinals 17th–20th semifinals 23rd place match 21st place match 19th place match 17th place match 1st–16th places Round of 16 9th–16th quarterfinals Quarterfinals 13th–16th semifinals 9th–12th semifinals 5th–8th semifinals Semifinals 15th place match 13th place match 11th place match 9th place match 7th place match 5th place match 3rd place match Final ==Final standing==

The following individual awards were presented at the end of the tournament. • Most valuable player • : Andrej Jokanovic • Best setter • : Maciej Drąg • Best outside spikers • : Andrej Jokanovic • : Noa Duflos Rossi • Best middle blockers • : Tymoteusz Lenik • : Daniel Iyegbekedo • Best opposite spiker • : César Irache • Best libero • : Guillaume Respaut ==Statistics leaders==

The statistics of leaders for each skill are recorded throughout the tournament. ==See also==