2003 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

2003 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	9–17 August 2003
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in Piła/Wloclawek host cities)
Champions	China (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Senna Ušić (CRO)
Official website
	FIVB
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The 2003 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Piła/Wloclawek, Poland from 9 to 17 August 2003. 16 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification process edit

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Poland
CSV	2002 South American Youth Championship	May 08 – 12, 2002	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2	Brazil Venezuela
NORCECA	2002 NORCECA Youth Championship	August 1 – 5, 2002	Salt Lake City, United States	1	United States
CAVB	2002 African Youth Championship	2002		2	Kenya Egypt
AVC	2003 Asian Youth Championship	April 20 – 27, 2003	Sisaket, Thailand	3	China Thailand Chinese Taipei*
CEV	2003 European Youth Championship	April 22 – 27, 2003	Zagreb, Croatia	7	Croatia Italy Serbia and Montenegro Russia Hungary Belarus Czech Republic**
Total				16

* Chinese Taipei replaced North Korea.
** Czech Republic replaced Germany.

Pools composition edit

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Croatia Kenya Serbia and Montenegro Venezuela	Egypt Poland Russia Thailand	China Chinese Taipei Hungary Italy	Brazil Belarus Czech Republic United States

First round edit

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	144	1.563	Seeding group
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	209	159	1.314	Elimination group
3	Venezuela	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	202	215	0.940	Elimination group
4	Kenya	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	130	248	0.524	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
9 Aug	Kenya	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	12–25	11–25	7–25		30–75
9 Aug	Croatia	3–0	Venezuela	25–14	25–17	25–19		75–50
10 Aug	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Venezuela	25–17	25–15	25–22		75–54
10 Aug	Kenya	0–3	Croatia	11–25	10–25	14–25		35–75
11 Aug	Croatia	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	25–22	25–17	25–20		75–59
11 Aug	Venezuela	3–1	Kenya	23–25	25–11	25–15	25–14	98–65

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	268	182	1.473	Seeding group
2	Poland	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	247	241	1.025	Elimination group
3	Thailand	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	273	257	1.062	Elimination group
4	Egypt	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	138	246	0.561	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Aug	Russia	3–0	Egypt	25–12	25–16	25–11			75–39
9 Aug	Poland	3–2	Thailand	25–23	25–19	14–25	22–25	15–13	101–105
10 Aug	Thailand	1–3	Russia	14–25	19–25	26–24	13–25		72–99
10 Aug	Egypt	0–3	Poland	7–25	21–25	14–25			42–75
11 Aug	Thailand	3–1	Egypt	25–8	25–15	21–25	25–9		96–57
11 Aug	Russia	3–1	Poland	25–12	25–22	19–25	25–12		94–71

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	254	212	1.198	Seeding group
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	278	220	1.264	Elimination group
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	204	235	0.868	Elimination group
4	Hungary	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	156	225	0.693	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Aug	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Italy	13–25	26–24	15–25	13–25		67–99
9 Aug	China	3–0	Hungary	25–10	25–14	25–22			75–46
10 Aug	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–23	25–15	26–24			76–62
10 Aug	Hungary	0–3	Italy	12–25	19–25	19–25			50–75
11 Aug	Italy	2–3	China	25–22	25–12	17–25	27–29	10–15	104–103
11 Aug	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Hungary	25–15	25–23	25–22			75–60

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	230	151	1.523	Seeding group
2	United States	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	226	209	1.081	Elimination group
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	257	286	0.899	Elimination group
4	Belarus	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	196	263	0.745	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Aug	Belarus	0–3	Brazil	15–25	14–25	5–25			34–75
9 Aug	Czech Republic	1–3	United States	25–22	24–26	20–25	11–25		80–98
10 Aug	Brazil	3–0	United States	25–14	25–17	25–22			75–53
10 Aug	Belarus	2–3	Czech Republic	23–25	25–23	20–25	25–23	15–17	108–113
11 Aug	Czech Republic	0–3	Brazil	28–30	21–25	15–25			64–80
11 Aug	United States	3–0	Belarus	25–22	25–22	25–10			75–54

Second round edit

Play off – elimination group edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Aug	Serbia and Montenegro	2–3	Thailand	16–25	25–22	18–25	25–20	13–15	97–107
13 Aug	Venezuela	0–3	United States	12–25	21–25	18–25			51–75
13 Aug	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Poland	19–25	22–25	25–22	17–25		83–97
13 Aug	Italy	3–2	Czech Republic	25–23	19–25	25–21	20–25	15–6	104–100

Play off – seeding group edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Aug	Brazil	3–2	Croatia	25–16	25–18	19–25	23–25	15–12	107–96
13 Aug	Russia	3–2	China	25–27	25–19	25–19	22–25	16–14	113–104

Final round edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

15 August – Piła

Russia	2
		16 August – Piła
United States	3
		United States	0
15 August – Piła
		Italy	3
Italy	3
				17 August – Piła
Croatia	2
				Italy	2
15 August – Piła
				China	3
Thailand	1
		16 August – Piła
Brazil	3
		China	3
15 August – Piła
		Brazil	2	3rd place
China	3
				17 August – Piła
Poland	0
				United States	1

				Brazil	3

5th–8th places		5th place

16 August – Piła

Russia	0
		17 August – Piła
Croatia	3
		Croatia	3
16 August – Piła
		Thailand	0
Poland	1

Thailand	3
		7th place

		17 August – Piła

		Russia	3

		Poland	1

Quarterfinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
15 Aug	Russia	2–3	United States	20–25	16–25	25–19	25–20	16–18	102–107
15 Aug	Italy	3–2	Croatia	19–25	28–26	23–25	25–19	15–13	110–108
15 Aug	Thailand	1–3	Brazil	20–25	25–21	21–25	26–28		92–99
15 Aug	China	3–0	Poland	25–19	25–20	25–10			75–49

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Aug	Russia	0–3	Croatia	26–28	11–25	21–25			58–78
16 Aug	Poland	1–3	Thailand	21–25	25–18	22–25	23–25		91–93

Semifinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Aug	Russia	0–3	Croatia	26–28	11–25	21–25			58–78
16 Aug	Poland	1–3	Thailand	21–25	25–18	22–25	23–25		91–93

7th place edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	Russia	3–1	Poland	25–23	25–21	16–25	25–18		91–87

5th place edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	Croatia	3–1	Thailand	26–28	25–17	25–14	25–16		101–75

3rd place edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	United States	1–3	Brazil	25–16	16–25	20–25	18–25		79–91

Final edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
17 Aug	Italy	2–3	China	25–17	25–15	23–25	16–25	8–15	97–97

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	China
	Italy
	Brazil
4	United States
5	Croatia
6	Thailand
7	Russia
8	Poland
9	Chinese Taipei
	Czech Republic
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Venezuela
13	Belarus
	Egypt
	Hungary
	Kenya

2003 FIVB Girls Youth World champions
China 2nd title

12–woman Roster

Yang Dan, Chen Yina, Wang Chen, Ma Xiaoying, Zhou Runzhi, Wang Lin, Pan Hong, Ma Yunwen, Wang Nan, Yang Yanan, Chen Yao and Wei Qiuyue

Head coach

Lin Nan

Individual awards edit

Most valuable player
- Senna Ušić (CRO)
Best scorer
- Jordan Larson (USA)
Best spiker
- Yang Yanan (CHN)
Best blocker
- Adenizia Silva (BRA)
Best digger
- Marina Ballarini (ITA)
Best setter
- Anna Manikowska (POL)
Best receiver
- Senna Ušić (CRO)

2003 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

Contents

Qualification process edit

Pools composition edit

First round edit

Pool A edit

Pool B edit

Pool C edit

Pool D edit

Second round edit

Play off – elimination group edit

Play off – seeding group edit

Final round edit

Quarterfinals edit

5th–8th semifinals edit

Semifinals edit

7th place edit

5th place edit

3rd place edit

Final edit

Final standing edit

Individual awards edit

References edit