Indonesia Hosts U-21 Women's Volleyball World Championship 2025

The FIVB age group World Championship match (doc. FIVB).

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) officially appointed Indonesia to host the 2025 U-21 Women's Volleyball World Championships.

The international volleyball parent made the announcement through their official website on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

"The world's achievements of the FIVB age group provide an extraordinary opportunity for these new sports stars to compete at the highest level and show their talents on the international stage," the FIVB wrote on their website.

Indonesia together with four other countries that will hold three different categories will receive a share of the host after going through an open bidding process and then getting approval from the FIVB Administrative Council.

The other four countries appointed to host different world championships in the same year's men's and women's categories are Croatia, Serbia, Uzbekistan, and China.

Croatia and Serbia will host the women's U-19 which will be held on July 7-20 2025. The men's team in the same category will take place from July 21 to August 3, 2024 in Uzbekistan.

"In the U-21 category, the 2025 Women's World Championships will take place in Indonesia on 4-17 August 2024," reads the announcement from the FIVB on their official website.

Meanwhile, the U-21 men's category will take place in China on August 18-31, 2024.

The world championships are held once every two years and have played an important role in producing a number of volleyball athletes who came out as Olympic champions and the world.

In 2025, as many as 24 countries out of all five Confederations of Continental will fight for world champion trophies in every age group category.