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Volleyball presents diversified competitive demands according to age group and sex, namely concerning the efficacy of game actions, but few studies have compared male and female volleyball. Also, a great body of research has been conducted with adult teams, but only a few studies have been conducted with younger age groups. Hence, it is the purpose of this paper to analyze the differences between male and female youth volleyball, considering game complex, serve type, attack tempo, attack type, and attack effectiveness, as literature has suggested the existence of differences in these parameters. Nineteen volleyball matches of the Youth World Championships of 2007 were analyzed (11 male, 8 female), totaling 1,816 serve actions and 1,914 attack actions. Multinomial logistic regression was applied to analyze the game actions that could differentiate male and female game profiles. Three variables showed significant differences between male