2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 2003 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Suphanburi, Thailand from September 6 to 14, 2003. 16 teams participated in the tournament.

2003 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	September 6–14, 2003
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in Suphanburi host cities)
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Official website
fivb.org

Qualification process

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Thailand
CSV	2002 South American Junior Championship	May 8 – 12, 2002	La Paz, Bolivia	2	Brazil Venezuela
CEV	2002 European Junior Championship	May 22 – 25, 2002	Zagreb, Croatia	1	Poland
AVC	2002 Asian Junior Championship	September 1 – 8, 2002	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	3	China Chinese Taipei South Korea
CAVB	2002 African Junior Championship	September 9 – 14, 2002	Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia	1	Algeria
NORCECA	2002 NORCECA Junior Championship	September 13 – 19, 2002	Humacao, Puerto Rico	2	Puerto Rico Cuba
CEV	2003 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship Qualification	May 22 – 25, 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	6	Ukraine
			Braila, Romania		Belarus
			Bardejov, Slovakia		Netherlands
			Istanbul, Turkey		Germany Turkey*
			Montesilvano, Italy		Russia
Total				16

• Turkey qualified as the best second place of the 2003 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship Qualification's groups.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Thailand Netherlands Venezuela Algeria	Russia South Korea Puerto Rico Belarus	China Germany Ukraine Chinese Taipei	Cuba Brazil Poland Turkey

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	226	147	1.537	Quarterfinals
2	Venezuela	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	252	263	0.958
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	239	263	0.909
4	Algeria	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	216	260	0.831	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Venezuela	25–21	25–22	25–9			75–52
6 Sep	Thailand	3–1	Algeria	25–13	25–21	16–25	25–22		91–81
7 Sep	Venezuela	3–1	Algeria	25–22	19–25	25–20	25–21		94–88
7 Sep	Netherlands	3–0	Thailand	25–11	26–24	25–13			76–48
8 Sep	Algeria	0–3	Netherlands	20–25	9–25	18–25			47–75
8 Sep	Thailand	2–3	Venezuela	25–22	25–19	17–25	22–25	11–15	100–106

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	275	245	1.122	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	277	254	1.091
3	Belarus	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	268	266	1.008
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	171	246	0.695	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Sep	Puerto Rico	0–3	South Korea	20–25	18–25	13–25			51–75
6 Sep	Belarus	1–3	Russia	18–25	27–25	22–25	22–25		89–100
7 Sep	Puerto Rico	1–3	Belarus	25–20	10–25	9–25	22–25		66–95
7 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Russia	23–25	25–14	25–21	13–25	16–14	102–99
8 Sep	Russia	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–15	26–24	25–15			76–54
8 Sep	Belarus	3–2	South Korea	15–25	25–20	24–26	25–20	15–9	104–100

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	263	219	1.201	Quarterfinals
2	China	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	215	183	1.175
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	237	267	0.888
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	200	246	0.813	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Sep	Ukraine	0–3	China	16–25	20–25	14–25			50–75
6 Sep	Germany	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–21	26–24			76–62
7 Sep	Ukraine	2–3	Germany	20–25	25–23	25–21	14–25	8–15	92–108
7 Sep	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–16	25–20			75–54
8 Sep	Germany	3–0	China	25–16	25–22	29–27			79–65
8 Sep	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Ukraine	21–25	22–25	25–20	16–25		84–95

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	244	205	1.190	Quarterfinals
2	Poland	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	234	206	1.136
3	Turkey	3	1	2	4	2	7	0.286	242	241	1.004
4	Cuba	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	201	269	0.747	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
6 Sep	Poland	3–0	Turkey	25–14	25–22	25–20			75–56
6 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–21	25–14			75–54
7 Sep	Turkey	3–1	Cuba	25–13	23–25	25–12	25–23		98–72
7 Sep	Poland	0–3	Brazil	22–25	20–25	21–25			63–75
8 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Turkey	27–25	25–18	17–25	25–20		94–88
8 Sep	Cuba	1–3	Poland	17–25	11–25	25–21	22–25		75–96

Second round

Play off – elimination group

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 10	Venezuela	0–3	Belarus	19–25	18–25	16–25			53–75
Sep 10	South Korea	1–3	Ukraine	26–24	18–25	23–25	18–25		85–99
Sep 10	China	3–0	Turkey	25–17	25–17	25–19			75–53
Sep 10	Poland	3–2	Thailand	25–18	24–26	25–18	25–27	15–7	114–96

Play off – seeding group

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 10	Germany	2–3	Netherlands	23–25	25–22	18–25	25–20	12–15	103–107
Sep 10	Brazil	3–2	Russia	25–19	22–25	31–33	27–25	17–15	122–117

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	September 12 – Suphanburi
	Brazil	3
					September 13 – Suphanburi
	Belarus	1
					Brazil	3
	September 12 – Suphanburi
					Poland	1
	Poland	3
									September 14 – Suphanburi
	Germany	1
									Brazil	3
	September 12 – Suphanburi
									China	2
	Netherlands	3
					September 13 – Suphanburi
	Ukraine	2
					Netherlands	2
	September 12 – Suphanburi
					China	3			3rd place
	China	3
									September 14 – Suphanburi
	Russia	2
									Poland	3
									Netherlands	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	September 13 – Suphanburi
	Belarus	1
					September 14 – Suphanburi
	Germany	3
					Germany	3
	September 13 – Suphanburi
					Ukraine	1
	Ukraine	3
	Russia	2
					7th place
					September 14 – Suphanburi
					Belarus	3
					Russia	2

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 12	Poland	3–1	Germany	25–22	25–18	21–25	25–17		92–86
Sep 12	Russia	2–3	China	19–25	25–17	25–19	20–25	9–15	98–101
Sep 12	Brazil	3–1	Belarus	25–17	25–16	26–28	25–22		101–83
Sep 12	Ukraine	2–3	Netherlands	20–25	25–20	22–25	25–17	11–15	103–102

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 13	Germany	3–1	Belarus	25–21	25–20	23–25	25–21		98–87
Sep 13	Russia	2–3	Ukraine	25–21	19–25	25–18	15–25	26–28	110–117

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 13	Poland	1–3	Brazil	23–25	20–25	25–16	17–25		85–91
Sep 13	China	3–2	Netherlands	25–17	25–20	28–30	20–25	15–4	113–96

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 14	Belarus	3–2	Russia	26–24	25–18	18–25	18–25	15–8	102–100

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 14	Germany	3–1	Ukraine	17–25	25–20	25–18	25–24		92–86

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 14	Poland	3–0	Netherlands	28–26	25–23	25–14			78–63

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 14	Brazil	3–2	China	22–25	25–22	25–17	21–25	15–10	108–99

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	China
	Poland
4	Netherlands
5	Germany
6	Ukraine
7	Belarus
8	Russia
9	Thailand
	Venezuela
	South Korea
	Turkey
13	Algeria
	Puerto Rico
	Chinese Taipei
	Cuba

2003 FIVB Women's Junior World champions
Brazil 4th title

12–woman Roster

Fernanda Gritzbach, Danielle Lins, Camila Adao, Thaisa Menezes, Fabiana Claudino, Fernanda Alves, Mari Mendes, Alessandra Sperb, Dayse Figueiredo, Joyce Silva, Joyce Victalino, Elymara Silva

Head coach

Wadson Lima

Individual awards

• Best scorer: Manon Flier
• Best spiker: Fabiana Claudino
• Best blocker: Christiane Furst
• Best server: Manon Flier
• Best setter: Guan Jingjing
• Best receiver: Agata Sawicka
• Best digger: Agata Sawicka

External links

• Official website.