July 06, 2023: The 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship begins tomorrow in Manama, Bahrain from through Sunday, July 16 to determine the 22nd junior world champions.
Canada’s first match is Friday, July 07 against Bulgaria.
“We have had really good preparation for this tournament and the team is in good spirits,” said U21 Head Coach Arnd Ludwig.
“With Poland and Bulgaria, we have two top teams in our pool…. We are the underdogs, so we can play free and play the best volleyball we can play against these teams.”
The 16 participating teams are split into four single round-robin pools of four for the first pool stage of the championship to be played over the first three competition days. On each of the three days, the matches in Pool B (Brazil, Egypt, Italy, Mexico) and Pool C (Bulgaria, Canada, India, Poland) will be played during the day session with local starting times of 11:00 and 14:00, while those in Pool A (Bahrain, Iran, Thailand, Tunisia) and Pool D (Argentina, Belgium, Czechia, United States) will take place during the evening session with starting times 17:00 and 20:00.
More info is found on the event website:
https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/men-u21-world-championship-2023/
The matches will be streamed on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/videoFIVB
Roster
# 4 Mason Greves, Calgary, AB
# 2 Samuel Ludwig, Winnipeg, MB
# 5 Josh Jehle, St. Andrews, MB
#11 Cory Schoenherr, Waterloo, ON
#18 Jonah Dueck, Rosenort, MB
#9 Lucas Musschoot. Grenfell, SK
#1 Brendan Mills, London, ON
#12 Reeve Gingera, Calgary, AB
#13 Jacob Sargent, Lethbridge, AB
#7 Kaden Schmidt, Mississauga, ON
#10 Isaiah Mamer, Wilkie, SK
#16 Spencer Grahame, Selkirk, MB
