Women's U21 Volleyball World Championship 2025 Final Rankings and Individual Awards

Final standings

Winner: Italy (3rd time in 2 years)

Runner-up: Japan

3rd place: Brazil

4th place: Bulgaria

5 China
6. Poland
7. Argentina
8. Türkiye

9. United States
10. Czech Republic
11. Croatia
12 Thailand
13. South Korea
14. Serbia
15. Puerto Rico
16. Indonesia
17. Canada
18. Chile
19. Vietnam
20. Dominican Republic
21. Egypt
22. Tunisia
23. Mexico
24. Algeria

Individual Awards

MVP: Merit Adigwe (Italy)

Best Setter: Chisato Hanaoka (Japan)

Best Outside Hitter ①: Sae Omori (Japan)

Best Outside Hitter 2: Teresa Maria Bosso (Italy)

Best Middle Blocker ①: Dalila Marchesini (Italy)

Best Middle Blocker 2: Luana Camila Kuskowski (Brazil)

Best Opposite: Merit Adigwe (Italy)

Best Libero: Ami Uchizawa (Japan)

Japan national team members

1. Niina Kumagai, S, 165cm, 2005, University of Tsukuba

3 Chika Yanagi MB 185cm 2006 Denso Airy Beads

5. Miina Inoue MB 181cm 2006 SAGA Hisamitsu Springs

6 Mayu Watanabe OH 181cm 2006 Tokyo Women's Physical Education University

7 Kazuha Ito MB 179cm 2006 NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki

8. Kokoro Fukumura OH 178cm 2006 Osaka Marvelous

9 Minami Nishimura OH 177cm 2006 Tokai University

10 Mio Kitagawa MB 176cm 2006 Queens Kariya

13 Chisato Hanaoka S 175cm 2006 Toray Arrows Shiga

14 Saki Omori OH 173cm 2006 University of Tsukuba

16 Anna Uemura OH 167cm 2006 PFU Blue Cats Ishikawa Kahoku

19. Akimi Uchizawa, L, 152cm, 2005, Tokyo Women's Physical Education University

Director: Yuji Yamaguchi

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