2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship

The 2013 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship was held in Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, for seven days from 5 to 12 October 2013. This was the first edition of the tournament. China won the tournament and Yao Di was selected Most Valuable Player.

Competition Formula
The competition format saw the 12 teams split into two pools of six teams playing in round robin format. The semifinals featured the top two teams from each pool. The FIVB Volleyball Women’s U23 World Championship featured two countries per confederation plus the host Mexico and the highest country in the world rankings not already selected by their confederation, in this case USA.

Qualified teams
Each Confederation was allowed to enter two teams into the competition. The qualification criteria were left to the discretion of each continental confederation.


 * Germany was invited as Wild Card after Algeria from the African Confederation withdrew from the competition.

Pool Composition
First six teams were seeded according to their Senior World Ranking number as of October 2013, the other 6 were seeded by draw.

Venues

 * High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico – Pool A and Final Round
 * Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali, Mexico – Pool B and Final Round

All-star team

 * Most valuable player
 * 🇨🇳 Yao Di (CHN)
 * Best setter
 * 🇨🇳 Yao Di (CHN)
 * Best Outside Hitters
 * 🇩🇴 Brayelin Martinez (DOM)
 * 🇯🇵 Sarina Koga (JPN)
 * Best Opposite
 * 🇩🇴 Jeoselyna Rodriguez (DOM)
 * Best Middle Blockers
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Zhou (CHN)
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Xiaoya (CHN)
 * Best libero
 * 🇩🇴 Brenda Castillo (DOM)