1981 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

1981 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	October 16–26, 1981
Teams	15
Venue(s)	1 (in Mexico City host cities)
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)
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The 1981 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Mexico City, Mexico from October 16 to 26, 1981. 15 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification[]

A total of 15 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Mexico, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 14 teams qualified via four separate continental tournament.

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	1	Mexico
1980 Asian Junior Championship	4
		Japan
		India
		*
	2	Cuba
	2
	2	Soviet Union
	2	Spain **
	3	Peru
		Brazil
		Argentina
Wild card	3	China ***
		Puerto Rico

		****
Total	15

* Australia replaced Singapore.
** Spain replaced East Germany.
*** China didn't participate in Asian Championship because they did not maintain any relations with South Korea. Officially they were in War.
**** Bolivia declined to participate.

Pools composition[]

First round[]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Mexico Argentina India	Cuba Spain	Brazil Japan *	China Peru Puerto Rico Soviet Union

declined to participate.

Second round[]

Pool A1	Pool A2	Pool B1	Pool B2
Argentina Brazil Japan Mexico	China Cuba Peru	India	Puerto Rico Soviet Union Spain

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	6	3	0	135	39	3.462	9	0	MAX
2	Argentina	5	2	1	127	83	1.530	6	4	1.500
3		4	1	2	63	120	0.525	3	6	0.500
4	India	3	0	3	66	149	0.443	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
16 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Argentina	15–10	15–7	15–7		45–24
16 Oct		3–0	India	15–9	16–14	15–7		46–30
17 Oct	Argentina	3–1	India	13–15	15–6	15–3	15–3	58��27
17 Oct	Mexico	3–0		15–0	15–3	15–3		45–6
18 Oct	Argentina	3–0		15–6	15–2	15–3		45–11
18 Oct	Mexico	3–0	India	15–3	15–2	15–4		45–9

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		6	3	0	135	31	4.355	9	0	MAX
2	Cuba	5	2	1	105	93	1.129	6	3	2.000
3		4	1	2	89	114	0.781	3	6	0.500
4	Spain	3	0	3	44	134	0.328	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total
16 Oct		3–0	Spain	15–2	15–4	15–1	45–7
16 Oct	Cuba	3–0		15–7	15–13	16–14	46–34
17 Oct		3–0	Spain	15–6	15–5	15–12	45–23
17 Oct		3–0	Cuba	15–2	15–7	15–5	45–14
18 Oct		3–0		15–3	15–6	15–1	45–10
18 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Spain	15–5	15–4	15–5	45–14

Pool C[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	4	2	0	97	38	2.553	6	1	6.000
2	Brazil	3	1	1	83	53	1.566	4	3	1.333
3		2	0	2	1	90	0.011	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
16 Oct	Brazil	3–0		15–1	15–0	15–0		45–1
17 Oct	Japan	3–0		15–0	15–0	15–0		45–0
18 Oct	Japan	3–1	Brazil	15–10	15–7	7–15	15–6	52–38

Pool D[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Peru	6	3	0	148	67	2.209	9	2	4.500
2	China	5	2	1	145	122	1.189	7	5	1.400
3	Soviet Union	4	1	2	130	118	1.102	6	6	1.000
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	19	135	0.141	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–3	15–3	15–0			45–6
16 Oct	Peru	3–1	China	15–8	15–5	11–15	15–7		56–35
17 Oct	Peru	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–0	15–1	15–3			45–4
17 Oct	China	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	15–8	9–15	15–11	15–8	65–57
18 Oct	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–1	15–8	15–0			45–9
18 Oct	Peru	3–0	Soviet Union	15–5	15–8	17–15			47–28

Second round[]

Pool A1 (1st–8th)[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	142	70	2.029	9	1	9.000
2	Mexico	5	2	1	134	127	1.055	6	5	1.200
3	Brazil	4	1	2	141	147	0.959	6	6	1.000
4	Argentina	3	0	3	62	135	0.459	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	Mexico	3–2	Brazil	10–15	15–12	15–8	12–15	15–8	67–58
20 Oct	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–4	15–4	15–2			45–10
21 Oct	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–9	15–9	15–4			45–22
21 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–12	15–11	15–5			45–28

Pool A2 (1st–8th)[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		6	3	0	161	121	1.331	9	3	3.000
2	Peru	5	2	1	162	120	1.350	7	5	1.400
3	China	4	1	2	139	135	1.030	6	6	1.000
4	Cuba	3	0	3	62	148	0.419	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	Peru	3–1	Cuba	15–8	15–4	13–15	15–5		58–32
20 Oct		3–2	China	9–15	15–12	9–15	15–8	15–9	63–59
21 Oct		3–1	Peru	15–12	8–15	15–8	15–13		53–48
21 Oct	China	3–0	Cuba	15–3	15–11	15–2			45–16

Pool B1 (9th–16th)[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		4	2	0	91	54	1.685	6	0	MAX
2	India	3	1	1	75	57	1.316	3	3	1.000
3		2	0	2	35	90	0.389	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	India	3–0		15–4	15–4	15–3			45–11
21 Oct		3–0		15–7	15–5	15–12			45–24

Pool B2 (9th–16th)[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	135	36	3.750	9	0	MAX
2		5	2	1	114	90	1.267	6	3	2.000
3	Puerto Rico	4	1	2	101	155	0.652	3	8	0.375
4	Spain	3	0	3	94	163	0.577	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct		3–0	Puerto Rico	15–7	15–8	15–7			45–22
20 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Spain	15–3	15–3	15–10			45–6
21 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0		15–13	15–10	15–1			45–24
21 Oct	Puerto Rico	3–2	Spain	17–15	13–15	15–11	13–15	15–9	73–65

Final round[]

13th–15th places[]

13th–15th places		13th place



Spain	3

	0
		Spain	3

		Puerto Rico	0
Puerto Rico

Bye

Classification 13th and 15th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Spain	3–0		15–3	15–9	15–12			45–24

Classification 13th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Spain	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–10	15–13	16–14			46–37

9th–12th places[]

9th–12th places		9th place



Soviet Union	3

India	0
		Soviet Union	3

			0
	3

	0
		11th place



		India	3

			1

Classification 9th and 12th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	India	15–6	15–7	15–2			45–15
24 Oct		3–0		15–4	15–4	15–5			45–13

Classification 11th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	India	3–1		15–12	11–15	15–13	15–5		56–45

Classification 9th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0		15–3	15–10	15–9			45–22

5th–8th places[]

5th–8th places		5th place



China	3

Argentina	0
		China	3

		Brazil	0
Brazil	3

Cuba	0
		7th place



		Argentina	1

		Cuba	3

Classification 5th and 8th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	China	3–0	Argentina	15–9	15–3	15–5			45–17
25 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–11	6–15	12–15	15–9	15–9	63–59

Classification 7th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Argentina	15–3	15–7	8–15	15–7		63–32

Classification 5th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	China	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–13	15–4			45–25

Championship round[]

Semifinals		Final



	3

Mexico	0
			3

		Peru	1
Peru	3

Japan	0
		Third place



		Mexico	0

		Japan	3

Semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Peru	3–0	Japan	15–12	17–15	15–11			47–38
25 Oct		3–0	Mexico	15–2	15–3	15–2			45–7

Bronze medal match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Japan	3–0	Mexico	16–14	15–11	15–13			46–38

Gold medal match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct		3–1	Peru	6–15	15–11	15–13	15–8		51–47

Final standing[]

Rank	Team

	Peru
	Japan
4	Mexico
5	China
6	Brazil
7	Cuba
8	Argentina
9	Soviet Union
10
11	India
12
13	Spain
14	Puerto Rico
15

1981 FIVB Women's Junior World Champions
2nd title

External links[]

Informational website.

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