Pools for the Inaugural Girls’ U17 World Championship
May 1, 2024.- The pools for the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball
Girls’ U17 World Championship are now formed as the drawing of lots for
the event was completed on Wednesday.
The 16 national teams from five continents were allocated into four
pools and are now aware of their opponents in the first round of the
tournament, which will be held in Lima, Peru, from August 17-24.
Hosts Peru will be in Pool A, where they will face continental rivals
Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Canada. Pool B will
feature Türkiye, Thailand, China and Ecuador.
Pool C has teams from four different continents in Italy, Argentina,
Egypt and Mexico. Japan leads Pool D, where it will be faced with
Croatia, Puerto Rico and the Chinese Taipei.
The first edition of the Girls’ U17 World Championship, which starting
in 2024 will be held every two years, will have 56 matches during the
seven days of competition.
Teams will face their pool opponents in the first three days in order to
determine their positions ahead of the start of the playoffs. All 16
national teams will advance to the Round of 16, with the winners
progressing for the quarterfinals and the losers battling in the
playoffs to determine positions from 9th-16th. |