China clinched Women’s U20 World Championship title

Cordoba / Boca del Rio, Mexico, July 23. China showed an incredible performance and stayed unbeaten over the tournament, especially prevailing over another strong team Russianin the gold medal match with result 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-16).   The Bronze medal match is the battle between Japan and Turkey and Japan won the bronze medal in a roller-coaster five setter against Turkey 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 18-25, 25-20, 15-12). Chinese middle blocker Hanyu Yang awarded the MVP of the tournament.

Chinese middle blocker Hanyu Yang awarded the MVP of the tournament.

Final Standings:

1. China, 2. Russia, 3. Japan, 4. Turkey, 5. Brazil, 6. Poland, 7. United States, 8. Bulgaria, 9. Italy, 10. Serbia, 11. Dominican Republic, 12. Argentina, 13. Mexico, 14. Peru, 15. Cuba, 16. Egypt.

Dream Team:

Setter:

 Tamaki Matsui (Japan)

Opposite:

 Anna Kotikova (Russia)

Outside Spikers:

 Wu Han (China) and Tugba Senoglu (Turkey)

Middle Blockers: 

Gunes Zehra (Turkey) and Yang Hanyu (China)

Libero:

 Alexandre Costa Nyeme (Brazil)

Source and Photos: FIVB