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U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED

U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCHEDULES ANNOUNCED

Check out the match times in Lima and Sofia

One of the Girls’ U17 World Championship hopefuls, Japan’s middle blocker Aina Mizokami

The match schedules for the inaugural editions of the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ and Boys’ U17 World Championships, set to take place in August 2024 in Lima and Sofia, respectively, have been announced.

All the matches at both competitions will be broadcast for free on VBTV.

Find the match schedules for U17 women here and for U17 men here.

FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U17 World Championship

The teams of Argentina and Egypt will play in the FIVB Volleyball Girls’ U17 World Championship opener. They will hit the court at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos on August 17 at 10:30 local time (15:30 UTC) to get Pool C action underway. The other two Pool C teams, Italy and Mexico, will launch their World Championship campaigns in the second match on that venue’s programme, facing each other at 13:30 (18:30).

The Coliseo Eduardo Dibos will also host the matches in Pool A, starting with Canada v Dominican Republic at 16:30 (21:30) on August 17 and Peru v Brazil at 19:30 (00:30 +1 day).

The other two pools will be played at the Villa Deportiva El Salvador. The competition at that venue will start half an hour later, at 11:00 (16:00) with a Pool B game between Thailand and China. Ecuador will challenge Türkiye in the second Pool B match at 14:00 (19:00).

Croatia and Puerto Rico will open Pool D for business at 17:00 (22:00), before Japan and Chinese Taipei close the first competition day as they face each other at 20:00 (01:00 +1 day).

The pool stage will last three competition days, with hosts Peru always playing at 19:30 (00:30 +1 day).

The same match starting times apply for each competition day, expect for the finals day.

The eighthfinals will be played on August 20. After a day’s rest, the quarterfinals (at all levels of the competition bracket) are set to take place on August 22, the semifinals (at all levels of the competition bracket) – on August 23, and the finals (at all levels of the competition bracket) – on August 24. On that last competition day, the starting times for the matches to determine the places from ninth to 16th at the Villa Deportiva El Salvador will start at 09:00 (14:00), 12:00 (17:00), 15:00 (20:00) and 18:00 (23:00). The matches at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibos will follow the usual schedule, with the bronze medal game set to start at 16:30 (21:30), and the gold medal showdown beginning at 19:30 (00:30 +1…

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