Volleyball News -
At the FIVB Boys u19 World Youth Volleyball (final 16),Tijuana & Mexicali, Mexico

Indian team - ( C=Captain L=Libero )
1 UKKRA PANDIAN MOHAN 15.05.1989 192cms
3 MANDEEP SINGH 17.10.1989 200cms (C)
5 KUMAR LALIT 22.11.1989 191cms
7 JAGADEESH NARAYANAPPA 11.12.1991 194cms
8 SOMNATH GIRIGOUD SANJAMANATH 01.09.1989 202cms
9 BALWINDER SINGH 25.05.1989 191cms
10 SUKHDEEP SINGH 03.07.1991 200cms
11 VINOD NEGI 10.12.1991 178cms (L)
12 NAVJIT SINGH 01.07.1991 203cms
14 ANKIT RAJESH KUMAR 30.09.1989 190cms
17 NAVEEN RAJA JACOB MANIDURAI 10.01.1989 190cms
18 KUMAR GADDAM KUMAR 10.07.1989 197cms

Team manager - Mr. SYAMSUNDAR RAO
Head coach - Dr. BIR SINGH YADAV
Assistant coach - Mr. LINGESWARA RAO

Pool A - #7 Tunisia, #8 India, #21 Mexico, #27 Belgium - Tijuana
Pool B - #1 Brazil, #6 France, #9 Egypt, #25 Germany - Mexicali
Pool C - #2 Russia, #5 Argentina, #10 USA, #22 China - Tijuana
Pool D - #3 Iran, #4 Cuba, #14 Poland #17, Puerto Rico - Mexicali

Format - From 2nd Round

Four pools (E, F, G, H) will be composed of 4 teams each and in each pool the teams will play a Round Robin system to determine the ranking.

Pool E will be composed of - A1, B2, C1, D2
Pool F will be composed of - B1, A2, D1, C2
Pool G will be composed of - A3, B4, C3, D4
Pool H will be composed of - B3, A4, D3, C4

The 1st and 2nd ranked team of Pool E and F will qualify for the Semi Finals.
The 3rd and 4th ranked team of Pool E and F will qualify for the play off 5 – 8.
The 1st and 2nd ranked team of Pool G and H will qualify for the play off 9-12.
The 3rd and 4th ranked team of Pool G and H will qualify for the play off 13-16.

1st Round - Day 1

Pool A -
IND bt TUN 3-0 (25-0 25-0 25-0) Tunisia defaulted.
BEL bt MEX 3-0 (25-17 25-15 25-22)

Pool B -
FRA bt EGY 3-0 (25-9 25-20 25-16)
BRA bt GER 3-1 (14-21 25-12 25-20 25-17)

Pool C -
ARG bt USA 3-1 (25-21 25-19 23-25 25-20)
CHN bt RUS 3-0 (28-26 25-23 25-21)

Pool D -
POL bt CUB 3-2 (25-14 25-13 26-28 22-25 15-11)
IRI bt PUR 3-2 (23-25 25-21 32-30 24-26 15-4)