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

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, 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, Rumania		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

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Netherlands	6	3	0	226	147	1.537	9	0	MAX
2	Venezuela	5	2	1	252	263	0.958	6	6	1.000
3	Thailand	4	1	2	239	263	0.909	5	7	0.714
4	Algeria	3	0	3	216	260	0.831	2	9	0.222

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	25–19	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

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	5	2	1	275	245	1.122	8	4	2.000
2	South Korea	5	2	1	277	254	1.091	8	5	1.600
3	Belarus	5	2	1	268	266	1.008	7	6	1.167
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	171	246	0.695	1	9	0.111

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

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	6	3	0	263	219	1.201	9	2	4.500
2	China	5	2	1	215	183	1.175	6	3	2.000
3	Ukraine	4	1	2	237	267	0.888	5	7	0.714
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	200	246	0.813	1	9	0.111

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

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	244	205	1.190	9	1	9.000
2	Poland	5	2	1	234	206	1.136	6	4	1.500
3	Turkey	4	1	2	242	241	1.004	2	7	0.286
4	Cuba	3	0	3	201	269	0.747	2	9	0.222

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	0
					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.