1991 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

1991 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Czechoslovakia
Dates	July 26 – August 4, 1991
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in Brno host cities)
Champions	Soviet Union (1st title)
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The 1991 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Brno, Czechoslovakia from July 26 to August 4, 1991. 16 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification process edit

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host		1	Czechoslovakia
NORCECA	NORCECA Election		1	Cuba
CEV	1990 European Junior Championship	Salzburg, Austria	6	Soviet Union Germany Italy Romania Bulgaria Poland*
AVC	1990 Asian Junior Championship	Chiang Mai, Thailand	4	Japan South Korea China Chinese Taipei
CSV	1990 South American Junior Championship	Tucuman, Argentina	4	Brazil Peru Argentina Venezuela
Total			16

* Poland replaced Turkey.

Pools composition edit

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Chinese Taipei Venezuela	Brazil China Germany Romania	Peru Poland South Korea Soviet Union	Argentina Cuba Italy Japan

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	—	Seeding group
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	—	Elimination group
3	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	—	Elimination group
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	—	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Game
26 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Venezuela
26 Jul	Chinese Taipei	3–2	Bulgaria
27 Jul	Bulgaria	3–1	Venezuela
27 Jul	Czechoslovakia	3–1	Chinese Taipei
28 Jul	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Venezuela
28 Jul	Bulgaria	3–2	Czechoslovakia

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	—	Seeding group
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	—	Elimination group
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	—	Elimination group
4	Romania	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	—	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Game
26 Jul	China	3–2	Germany
26 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Romania
27 Jul	China	3–0	Romania
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Germany
28 Jul	Germany	3–0	Romania
28 Jul	China	3–0	Brazil

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	—	Seeding group
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	—	Elimination group
3	Peru	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	—	Elimination group
4	Poland	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	—	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Game
26 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Poland
26 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Peru
27 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea
27 Jul	Peru	3–0	Poland
28 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Poland
28 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Peru

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	—	Seeding group
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	—	Elimination group
3	Argentina	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	—	Elimination group
4	Cuba	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	—	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Game
26 Jul	Japan	3–0	Cuba
26 Jul	Italy	3–0	Argentina
27 Jul	Argentina	3–2	Cuba
27 Jul	Japan	3–0	Italy
28 Jul	Japan	3–0	Argentina
28 Jul	Italy	3–0	Cuba

Second round edit

Play off – elimination group edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Soviet Union	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–8	15–12	15–12			45–32
30 Jul	Japan	3–2	China	17–16	13–15	17–16	8–15	15–12	70–74

Play off – seeding group edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
30 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–6	15–3	16–1	45–10
30 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Bulgaria	15–5	15–1	15–4	45–10
30 Jul	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–10	15–6	15–8	45–24
30 Jul	Germany	3–0	Chinese Taipei	15–5	16–14	15–7	46–26

Final round edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

August 2 – Brno

Soviet Union	3
		August 3 – Brno
Italy	0
		Soviet Union	3
August 2 – Brno
		China	2
China	3
				August 4 – Brno
South Korea	0
				Soviet Union	3
August 2 – Brno
				Brazil	0
Brazil	3
		August 3 – Brno
Czechoslovakia	0
		Brazil	3
August 2 – Brno
		Japan	2	3rd place
Japan	3
				August 4 – Brno
Germany	0
				China	1

				Japan	3

5th–8th places		5th place

August 3 – Brno

Italy	0
		August 4 – Brno
South Korea	3
		South Korea	3
August 3 – Brno
		Czechoslovakia	1
Czechoslovakia	3

Germany	0
		7th place

		August 4 – Brno

		Italy	3

		Germany	0

Quarterfinals edit

Date	Game
02 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Italy
02 Aug	China	3–0	South Korea
02 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia
02 Aug	Japan	3–0	Germany

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date	Game
03 Aug	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Germany
03 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Italy

Semifinals edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Aug	Soviet Union	3–2	China	9–15	15–9	15–8	3–15	15–6	57–53
03 Aug	Brazil	3–2	Japan	8–15	15–6	8–15	15–10	15–10	61–56

7th place edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Italy	3–0	Germany	17–15	15–11	15–9			47–35

5th place edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	South Korea	3–1	Czechoslovakia	15–12	11–15	15–11	15–9		56–47

3rd place edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Japan	3–1	China	15–2	9–15	16–14	17–15		57–48

Final edit

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
04 Aug	Soviet Union	3–0	Brazil	15–9	15–12	15–11			45–32

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	Soviet Union
	Brazil
	Japan
4	China
5	South Korea
6	Czechoslovakia
7	Italy
8	Germany
9	Chinese Taipei
10	Bulgaria
11	Argentina
12	Peru
13	Cuba
	Poland
	Romania
	Venezuela

1991 FIVB Women's Junior World champions
Soviet Union 1st title

12–woman Roster

Svetlana Vasilevskaya, Tatiana Gratcheva, Elena Ponomareva, Yevgeniya Artamonova, Inna Dashuk, Margarita Okrachkova, Marina Egorova, Elizaveta Tishchenko, Inessa Korkmaz, Natalya Morozova, Yuliya Khamitova and Yuliya Timonova

External links edit

Informative website.