COMPETITION FORMULA: 2026 FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U17 World Championship

The 24 participating teams are split into four single round-robin pools (A, B, C and D) of six teams each for the first stage of the championship.

The top four teams in the final standings of each pool advance to the eighthfinals.

The eight eighthfinal winners advance to the quarterfinals.

The eight eighthfinal losers continue their participation in the playoffs for the distribution of the places from ninth to 16^th.

The bottom two teams in the final standings of each pool continue their participation in the playoffs for the distribution of the places from 17th to 24th.

All 24 teams go through another three rounds of direct up-or-down matches (quarterfinals, semifinals and final for the winners; playoffs and classification matches for the losers) to fill all the places from first to 24th in the final competition standings.