Peru prepares to host the thrilling action of Women’s Junior World Championship
Two Peruvian Cities, Lima and Trujillo are preparing to host the biggest action of international women’s junior volleyball teams during the last week of this month.
The biennial event of FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship is scheduled to take place in Peru from July 22-31. This is going to be the 16th edition of Women’s Junior World Championship this year. The next generation volleyball stars all over
the world are getting ready to prove their endeavours in front of the international audience in Peru.
According to the set formula of Federation International de Volleyball (FIVB), a total sixteen best U-20 female volleyball teams from all parts of the world will be on board to contest their game-skills and abilities. Women’s National Junior Volleyball Teams
of following countries have qualified for the competition this year:
Belgium Brazil China Cuba Dominican Republic Egypt Italy Japan Korea Peru Poland Russia Serbia Slovakia Tunisia USA
Last time, the Women’s Junior Volleyball World Championship was hosted by Mexico in 2009. Mexican Cities of Tijuana and Mexicali set up excellent arrangements and event was huge success. Ladies from Germany and Dominican Republic settled for the finals,
where Germans emerged as top team of the tournament. Hence, German Team will enter this year’s competition as the defending champion. Brazil finished third, while Bulgaria secured fourth position in the ranking.
This time around, the volleyball action will take centre stage in Peru. City of Lima will have the honour of providing grounds for elite volleyball competition for second time in the history of this event. Back in the day, the 1989 Women’s Junior Volleyball
World Championship was also hosted by Peruvian City Lima.
National team of Peru has secured one Silver-medal in all these years of the tournament. They still have the dream and desire to hold the title trophy. No one knows that may be this is their lucky year. So far Brazil is the most successful team of FIVB Women’s
Junior World Championship with 6 Gold, 3 Silver and one Bronze medal. Russia holds the second spot with 3 Gold and 1 Bronze medal. Likewise, South Korea and Caribbean team of Cuba are considered stronger teams of the competition.
The participating teams of the 2011 Women’s Junior World Championship have been divided into four pools. Peru, Egypt, Tunisia, and Slovakia will play under the tag of Pool A. The Coliseo Gran Chimu Sports Hall in Trujillo will host Pool A matches. Brazil,
Serbia, Italy, and Cuba have been allotted places in Pool B. Coliseo Eduardo Dibos competition hall in Lima is set to stage the Pool B matches.
Pool C includes teams from United States, South Korea, Belgium and Poland. Similarly, Japan, Russia, China, and Dominican Republic will be labelled as Pool D Teams. Trujillo and Lima will serve as hosts of the Pool C and Pool D matches, respectively.
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