2025 FIVB Volleyball Youth World Championships’ pools to be drawn on 4 December

The drawing of lots for all four FIVB Volleyball Youth World Championships in 2025 will be held on 4 December in Lausanne, Switzerland and will be streamed live and free of charge on VBTV and the Volleyball World YouTube channel.

In each of the four events, the 24 participating teams will be split into four single round-robin pools of six with the host nations and the reigning world champions receiving the highest seeds. The rest of the qualified teams are seeded in a serpentine system based on their positions in the respective FIVB World Rankings.

According to the new competition format, the top four teams from the final standings in each pool will advance to the eighthfinals, while the remaining two will continue their participation in the playoffs for the distribution of the places from 17th to 24th.

FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U19 World Championship will be held from 3 to 13 July in Osijek, Croatia and Belgrade, Serbia with the participation of the following 24 teams: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye and USA.

The drawing of lots will start at 13:00 UTC on 4 December, with the live stream beginning 10 minutes earlier.

FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship will be held from 24 July to 3 August in Tashkent, Uzbekistan with the participation of the following 24 teams: Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Finland, France, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, Tunisia, Türkiye, USA and Uzbekistan.

The drawing of lots will start at 13:30 UTC on 4 December, with the live stream beginning 10 minutes earlier.

FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women’s U21 World Championship will be held from 7 to 17 August in Surabaya, Indonesia with the participation of the following 24 teams: Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Czechia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, USA and Vietnam.

The drawing of lots will start at 14:00 UTC on 4 December, with the live stream beginning 10 minutes earlier.

FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship

The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship will be held from 18 to 31 August in Jiangmen, China with the participation of the following 24 teams: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czechia, Egypt, France, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Morocco, Poland, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine and USA.

The drawing of lots will start at 14:30 UTC on 4 December, with the live stream beginning 10 minutes earlier.