The 17th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship will be held in Tehran, Iran.
Boys U19 2021
Formula
Published 12:05, 18 Aug 2021
The format of the Under 19 World Championship features 20 teams after the tournament was expanded in 2013*. All previous editions featured 16 teams only.
The competition will run over nine days plus one rest day.
The participating teams will be divided into four pools and will play a round-robin tournament. The bottom-ranked team of each pool will play classification matches for 17th-20th place also in a round-robin system.
The other 16 teams will progress to the eighth finals (first of Pool A against fourth of Pool B etc). The winners will advance to the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals to be classified from first to eighth. The losers will participate in playoffs and classification matches for positions 9 to 16.
*Guatemala and the Dominican Republic withdrew from the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship 2021 due to exceptional circumstances.