2017 Taipei Summer Universiade (World University Games) – Men’s Tournament
- August 19th-30th
- Chinese Taipei
- Schedule
- Teams
- Team USA Roster
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
- Quarterfinals
- Semifinals
- Finals and Bronze Medal
- Event page
Just like in the FIVB Boys’ U19 World Championships, where Iran and Russia battled for gold, Universiade’s gold medal contest once again pitted both teams against each other. And what do you know, the story repeated itself, as Iran upset the former champions and came out on top. Surely, this denotes Iran’s organization and goals towards becoming relevant in the volleyball world.
Below, you’ll find updated brackets and recaps from all of the day’s action, including Team USA’s 17th place finish.
3rd–8th places
Iran beat Russia 3-2 (25-25, 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-13) behind Saed Shiroodghorbai’s 15 points. Anton Botin had 21 points in the losing effort.
| 5th place | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quaterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
 Japan |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Portugal |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portugal |
0 | Japan |
0 | |||||||||||||||
 Argentina |
3 |  Russia |
3 | |||||||||||||||
| Argentina |
2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Argentina |
1 | Russia |
2 | |||||||||||||||
 Brazil |
3 |  Iran |
3 | |||||||||||||||
| Iran |
3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic |
0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th place | Czech Republic |
1 | Iran |
3 | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Brazil |
3 |  Ukraine |
0 | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal |
1 | Brazil |
1 | Japan |
3 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
3 | Ukraine |
3 | Ukraine |
1 | |||||||||||||
Japan beat Ukraine 3-1 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21) behind Takahiko Imamura‘s 25 points. Maksym Drozd and Oleh Plotnytskyi each had 15 points in the losing effort.
Brazil beat Argentina 3-1 (26-24, 25-17, 25-15, 25-22) behind Lailson Santo’s 18 points. Federico Martina had 15 points in the losing effort
Czech Republic beat Portugal 3-1 (22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-22) behind Martin Hladik‘s 25 points. José Gomes had 18 points in the losing effort.
9th–16th places
France beat Switzerland 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 28-26) behind Timothee Carle‘s and Yacine Louati’s 16 points. Joel Roos had 11 points in the losing effort.
Canada beat hosts Taipei 3-1 (25-21, 16-25, 25-17, 25-17) behind Godefroy Veyron-Trudel’s 17 points. Tsung-Hsuan Wu had 15 points in the losing effort.
Korea beat Mexico 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-22) behind Kukmin Han’s 10 points. Jose Camargo had nine points in the losing effort.
Romania beat Hong Kong 3-0 (25-22, 17-25, 25-23, 25-17) behind Silviu Suson’s 15 points. Alex Chan had 19 points in the losing effort.
17th–22nd places
| 17th–22nd place quarterfinals | 17th–20th place semifinals | 17th place match | ||||||||
 United States |
3 | |||||||||
 Australia |
1 | |||||||||
 United Arab Emirates |
0 | |||||||||
| Australia |
3 | |||||||||
| United States |
3 | |||||||||
 Latvia |
0 | |||||||||
| Latvia |
3 | 19th place match | ||||||||
 Cyprus |
1 | |||||||||
| Cyprus |
3 | |||||||||
| Australia |
3 | |||||||||
 Chile |
1 | |||||||||
| Cyprus |
0 | |||||||||
Team USA beat Latvia 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-23) behind Ryan Coenen‘s 13 points. Vitalijs Cinne and Anton Nazarovs each had nine points in the losing effort.
Australia beat Cyprus 3-0 (28-26, 25-19, 25-16) behind Justin Stockton’s 15 points. Gabriel Georgiou had 13 points in the losing effort.
Final Standings
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