FIVB Youth and Junior World Rankings

The FIVB Youth and Junior World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's age-group (U- categories) national teams in volleyball. The teams of the member nations of Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), volleyball's world governing body, are ranked based on their ranking in each FIVB appointed international tournaments, like the previous senior world ranking system. The rankings are used in international competitions to define the seeded teams and arrange them in pools. Specific procedures for seeding and pooling are established by the FIVB in each competition's formula, but the method usually employed is the serpentine system.

The FIVB Youth and Junior World Rankings are composed of:

  • FIVB Youth World Rankings for boy's under-19 and women's under-18
  • FIVB Junior World Rankings for men's under-21 and women's under-20

while FIVB under-23 World Rankings are dissolved.

Calculation method

The system of point attribution for the selected FIVB World and Official Competitions below is as follows:[1]

  • World Championship final and qualifying tournaments: included for 2 years and points are also granted for the qualification matches, to the best non-qualified teams.
  • Continental Championship final and qualifying tournaments: included for 2 years and points are also granted for the qualification matches, to the best non-qualified teams.

Points for final qualifiers

Place WJCH WYCH CCH
1 100 100 30
2 90 90 26
3 80 80 22
4 70 70 18
5 60 60 14
6 50 50 10
7 40 40 5
8 30 30 5
9 25 25 3
10 20 20 3
11 18 18 3
12 15 15 3
13 13 13 2
14 12 12 2
15 11 11 2
16 10 10 2
17 8
18 7
19 6
20 5
QT 2
D2 2

Examples

These are example how world ranking works.

Team Round EJCH 2018 WJCH 2019 Total
Rank Point Rank Point
 Italy Final 1 30 2 90 120
Qualification Q 0 0
Total 1 30 2 90 130
 Germany Final 6 10 DNQ 0 10
Qualification Q 0 0
Total 6 10 DNQ 0 10
 Romania Final DNQ 0 DNQ 0 0
Qualification R3-3 2 2
Total 1 2 DNQ 0 2

FIVB Junior World Rankings

Top 20 rankings as of 1 March 2021
Men's U21[2]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Increase 3  Italy 116
2 Decrease 1  Iran 100
2 Increase 1  Russia 100
4 Decrease 2  Brazil 80
5 Steady  Argentina 60
6 Increase 1  China 50
6 Increase 3  Cuba 50
8 Increase 3  Egypt 43
9 Decrease 3  South Korea 40
10 Increase 3  Morocco 33
11 Increase 2  Bahrain 30
12 Decrease 4  Czech Republic 28
13 Increase 21  Cameroon 26
14 Increase 1  Poland 23
15 Increase 2  Belgium 22
16 Increase 13  Congo 18
16 Increase 18  Belarus 18
18 Decrease 6  Canada 15
19 Increase 22  France 14
20 Decrease 10  Tunisia 12
Women's U20[3]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  Japan 100
1 Increase 3  Turkey 100
3 Decrease 1  Italy 93
4 Decrease 1  Russia 83
5 Steady  Poland 74
6 Increase 6  Serbia 51
7 Decrease 1  Brazil 50
8 Decrease 1  China 40
9 Decrease 1  United States 30
10 Increase 21  Belarus 22
11 Decrease 1  Mexico 20
12 Decrease 3  Argentina 18
12 Increase 29  France 18
14 Steady  Peru 15
15 Decrease 3  Dominican Republic 13
16 Steady  Cuba 12
17 Decrease 6  Egypt 11
18 Decrease 3  Rwanda 10
18 Increase 23  Bulgaria 10
20 Increase 21  Slovakia 5
20 Increase 30  Croatia 5
*Change: Men's and Women's versus March 2019

FIVB Youth World Rankings

Top 20 rankings as of 10 March 2021
Boys' U19[4]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Steady  Italy 130
2 Steady  Russia 93
3 Steady  Argentina 80
4 Steady  Egypt 70
5 Steady  Iran 60
6 Increase 2  Bulgaria 58
7 Decrease 1  Japan 50
8 Increase 1  Czech Republic 46
9 Increase 5  Nigeria 42
10 Increase 1  Belarus 35
11 Increase 2  Germany 27
12 Increase 15  Cameroon 26
13 Decrease 6  Brazil 25
14 Increase 9  Gambia 22
14 Increase 34  Poland 22
16 Decrease 5  South Korea 18
16 Increase 56  Morocco 18
18 Decrease 8  Cuba 15
19 Decrease 4  United States 11
20 Decrease 3  Chinese Taipei 10
20 Increase 13  Belgium 10
Girls' U18[5]
Rank Change* Team Points
1 Increase 1  Italy 108
2 Decrease 1  United States 100
3 Steady  Brazil 80
4 Steady  China 70
4 Increase 2  Russia 70
6 Increase 1  Romania 64
7 Decrease 2  Japan 60
8 Increase 2  Turkey 51
9 Increase 6  Cameroon 36
10 Decrease 2  Peru 30
11 Increase 56  Nigeria 26
12 Increase 29  Serbia 22
13 Steady  Bulgaria 21
14 Decrease 5  Egypt 20
15 Decrease 4  Argentina 15
16 Steady  South Korea 13
17 Decrease 5  Canada 12
18 Decrease 4  Thailand 11
18 Increase 1  Belarus 11
20 Increase 7  Puerto Rico 10
20 Increase 29  Poland 10
*Change: Men's and Women's versus August 2019

Notes and references

  1. ^ "FIVB World Ranking system". FIVB. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  2. ^ "FIVB World Ranking – Men's U21 – As per 1 March 2021". FIVB. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ "FIVB World Ranking – Women's U20 – As per 1 March 2021". FIVB. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  4. ^ "FIVB Junior World Ranking – Boys – As per 10 March 2021". FIVB. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  5. ^ "FIVB Junior World Ranking – Girls – As per 10 March 2021". FIVB. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  • Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). "FIVB World Rankings". Retrieved 2011-05-30.


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