China, Türkiye, Italy and the United States were the teams that went undefeated on pool play
Thailand secured a win over Canada to make it to the Round of 16
The elimination rounds of the 2023 FIVB Girls’ U19 Volleyball World Championship are now set after the pool play stage was completed on Sunday with 60 matches held over the course of six days in Osijek, Croatia, and Szeged, Hungary.
The Round of 16 will be held on Monday in both cities, while the eight teams that didn’t make it out of their pools, finishing fifth and sixth in their groups, will now compete in the playoffs for 17th-24th places.
The tournament is streamed live on the Volleyball World YouTube channel.
The eight Round of 16 duels will be Türkiye vs. Korea, the United States vs. the Dominican Republic, Croatia vs. Poland and Japan vs. Puerto Rico (in Osijek), China vs. Thailand, Italy vs. Egypt, Argentina vs. Brazil and Bulgaria vs. Hungary (in Szeged).
Hosted in Szeged, Pool A entered the last day of the pool stage with the four teams qualified for the Round of 16 already confirmed. Undefeated China topped fourth-placed Egypt 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-14) to confirm the top spot in the pool with 15 points from opposite Jiaqi Gao.
China had no trouble to sweep Egypt in their last pool play match
On the other matches of the pool on Sunday, second-placed Argentina defeated third-placed Hungary 3-2 (25-20, 25-20, 22-25, 15-25, 15-5) while fifth-placed Chile claimed their first win in the tournament, overcoming sixth-placed Cameroon 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-15).
In Pool B, in Osijek, the dispute was still open for two of the four spots in play and Puerto Rico topped Germany 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-15) to advance in third place and send the Europeans to fifth. Their victory also benefited the Dominican Republic, who got a forfeit win over Nigeria and advanced in fourth place.
“We are really happy about this win,” said outside hitter Mar Lopez Villanueva. “Thanks to this victory, we can advance to the next stage of the competition and we will give our best in the next matches. We know that all the teams here are very strong, but we will give everything on the court. We will fight for each point, for each rally. Our blocking efficiency was very important today, and, of course, keeping calm throughout the whole game.”
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