1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

1985 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	September 12–22, 1985
Teams	15
Venue(s)	5 (in Brescia, Ancona, Reggio Calabria, Fabriano and Perugia host cities)
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mireya Luis
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The 1985 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in many Italian cities from September 12 to 22, 1985. 15 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification[]

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

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	1	Italy
1984 Asian Junior Championship	4	Japan
		China
		*
NORCECA Election	2	Cuba
		Mexico
	3	Soviet Union
		Czechoslovakia
		Bulgaria
	3	Brazil
		Peru
		**
Wild card	3
		Finland
		Austria
Total	15

• * Australia replaced Chinese Taipei.
• ** Colombia declined to participate.

Pools composition[]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bulgaria  Japan  Mexico	Austria  Brazil  Soviet Union	China  Finland  Italy  Peru	Czech Republic  Cuba

Pool E		Pool F		13th–15th
1A	Japan	1B	Brazil	4A
1C	China	1D	Cuba	4B	Austria
2A	Bulgaria	2B	Soviet Union	4C	Finland
2C	Italy	2D
3A	Mexico	3B
3C	Peru	3D	Czechoslovakia

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	132	38	3.474	9	0	MAX
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	112	73	1.534	6	3	2.000
3	Mexico	4	1	2	78	112	0.696	3	6	0.500
4		3	0	3	36	135	0.267	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Mexico	3–0		15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
11 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
12 Sep	Japan	3–0		15–4	15–1	15–0			45–5
12 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	16–14	15–1	15–6			46–21
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0		15–6	15–1	15–3			45–10
13 Sep	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–8	15–3	15–1			45–12

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	134	76	1.763	9	1	9.000
2	Soviet Union	5	2	1	144	63	2.286	7	3	2.333
3		4	1	2	76	124	0.613	3	6	0.500
4	Austria	3	0	3	49	140	0.350	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0		15–3	15–8	15–2			45–13
11 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Austria	15–7	15–0	15–2			45–9
12 Sep	Brazil	3–0		15–5	15–4	15–5			45–14
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Austria	15–2	15–3	15–1			45–6
13 Sep		3–1	Austria	15–10	15–3	5–15	15–6		50–34
13 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Soviet Union	15–9	9–15	15–10	15–10		54–44

Pool C[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	149	76	1.961	9	1	9.000
2	Italy	5	2	1	141	112	1.259	7	4	1.750
3	Peru	4	1	2	105	128	0.820	4	6	0.667
4	Finland	3	0	3	56	135	0.415	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Italy	3–0	Finland	15–2	15–7	15–6			45–15
11 Sep	China	3–0	Peru	15–4	15–10	15–8			45–22
12 Sep	Italy	3–1	Peru	15–9	15–0	12–15	16–14		58–38
12 Sep	China	3–0	Finland	15–6	15–1	15–9			45–16
13 Sep	China	3–1	Italy	14–16	15–6	15–9	15–7		59–38
13 Sep	Peru	3–0	Finland	15–7	15–12	15–6			45–25

Pool D[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	4	2	0	101	45	2.244	6	1	6.000
2		3	1	1	75	80	0.938	4	3	1.333
3	Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	39	90	0.433	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep		3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–13	15–5	15–6			45–24
12 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–1	15–5			45–15
13 Sep	Cuba	3–1		15–4	11–15	15–11	15–3		56–30

Second round[]

Pool E[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	10	5	0	251	115	2.183	15	2	7.500
2	Japan	9	4	1	216	137	1.577	13	3	4.333
3	Italy	8	3	2	211	189	1.116	10	7	1.429
4	Peru	7	2	3	173	191	0.906	7	9	0.778
5	Bulgaria	6	1	4	127	199	0.638	3	12	0.250
6	Mexico	5	0	5	79	226	0.350	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–5	16–14			46–26
16 Sep	China	3–1	Japan	15–7	12–15	15–9	15–8		57–39
16 Sep	Italy	3–0	Mexico	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
17 Sep	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–13	15–3			45–22
17 Sep	China	3–0	Mexico	15–3	15–4	15–1			45–8
17 Sep	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–11	15–7			45–26
18 Sep	Peru	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
18 Sep	China	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–3	15–2			45–8
18 Sep	Japan	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–8	15–12			45–25

Pool F[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	272	194	1.402	15	5	3.000
2	Cuba	9	4	1	254	150	1.693	14	4	3.500
3	Soviet Union	8	3	2	221	181	1.221	10	7	1.429
4		7	2	3	210	195	1.077	9	9	1.000
5	Czechoslovakia	6	1	4	137	208	0.659	4	12	0.333
6		5	0	5	59	225	0.262	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–6	15–6	15–1			45–13
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0		15–9	15–6	16–14			46–29
16 Sep	Cuba	3–0		15–3	15–5	15–4			45–12
17 Sep	Czech Republic	3–0		15–2	15–7	15–7			45–16
17 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Soviet Union	15–12	15–8	15–9			45–29
17 Sep	Brazil	3–2		15–8	15–11	6–15	13–15	15–12	64–61
18 Sep		3–0		15–2	15–1	15–2			45–5
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	12–15	15–7	15–9	15–9		57–40
18 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–10	9–15	10–15	15–10	15–13	64–63

13th–15th places[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	Austria	4	2	0	102	81	1.259	6	1	6.000
14	Finland	3	1	1	99	78	1.269	4	3	1.333
15		2	0	2	48	90	0.533	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Austria	3–0		15–7	15–7	15–13			45–27
17 Sep	Finland	3–0		15–5	15–7	15–9			45–21
18 Sep	Austria	3–1	Finland	11–15	16–14	15–10	17–15		57–54

Final round[]

9th–12th places[]

	9th–12th places				9th place
	Bulgaria	3
		0
					Bulgaria	3
					Czechoslovakia	1
	Czechoslovakia	3
	Mexico	0
					11th place
					Mexico	3
						0

Classification 9th and 12th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0		15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17
21 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–7	15–2			45–16

Classification 11th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Mexico	3–0		15–7	15–7	15–6			45–20

Classification 9th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	18–16	15–13	17–15		58–59

5th–8th places[]

	5th–8th places				5th place
		3
	Italy	2
						3
					Soviet Union	2
	Soviet Union	3
	Peru	1
					7th place
					Italy	3
					Peru	1

Classification 5th and 8th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep		3–2	Italy	13–15	15–3	6–15	15–8	15–4	64–47
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Peru	15–1	9–15	15–7	15–6		54–29

Classification 7th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Italy	3–1	Peru	15–13	4–15	15–7	15–10		49–45

Classification 5th[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep		3–2	Soviet Union	7–15	7–15	15–13	15–10	15–12	59–65

Championship round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	Cuba	3
	China	1
					Cuba	3
					Japan	1
	Japan	3
	Brazil	0
					Third place
					China	3
					Brazil	1

Semifinals[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Cuba	3–1	China	12–15	15–11	15–7	15–5		57–38
21 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–7	15–13			45–26

Bronze medal match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	14–16	15–10	15–5	15–7		61–38

Gold medal match[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	6–15	15–10	15–10	15–10		51–45

Final standing[]

Individual awards[]

• MVP: Mireya Luis

External links[]

• Informational website.