JAKARTA The Indonesian U-21 Women's Volleyball National Team met Italy after being declared qualified for the round of 16 of the 2025 U-21 Women's Volleyball World Championship or the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's U-21 World Championship.
Marcos Sugiyama's squad remains in the race for this prestigious event after the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) sanctioned Vietnam on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, evening WIB.
The FIVB in an official statement released on the official website stated that the results of their investigation proved Vietnam was using players who did not qualify for the tournament.
Consequently, all of the Vietnam matches that the players in question participated in were not counted, including the match against Indonesia on August 7, 2025. At that time, the Golden Star Warriors won 3-0.
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Apart from fighting Indonesia, the players in question also appeared in the match against Argentina, Serbia, and Canada. Vietnam's only game without an unauthorized player was against Puerto Rico.
The punishment from the FIVB made Vietnam finally only collect three points from the victory versus Puerto Rico. A significant reduction in points made Vietnam drop to the bottom of Group A.
Before the sanctions were given, Vietnam was in second place with 12 points. Meanwhile, Indonesia was previously ranked fifth in the standings with five points because it only had one win from five matches.
Junaida Santi's points and colleagues then rose to eight and their positions shifted to third place in the standings. Indonesia was finally declared qualified for the round of 16.
In the round of 16 of the 2025 U-21 World Volleyball Championships, Indonesia will also meet Italy. The clash will take place on Wednesday, August 13 at 19:00 WIB.
Italy qualified for the round of 16 as runners-up in Group C. They took second place in the final standings by winning 12 points, resulting from four wins and one loss.
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