1987 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

1987 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	South Korea
Dates	September 2–13, 1987
Teams	13
Venue(s)	2 (in Seoul and Pusan host cities)
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ana Moser
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The 1987 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Seoul and Pusan, South Korea from September 2 to 13, 1987. 13 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification process[]

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Venue	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1
NORCECA	NORCECA Election			2	Puerto Rico  Cuba *
CSV		Sao Paulo, Brazil	August 2 – 9, 1986	3	Peru  Brazil  Argentina
CEV		Sofia, Bulgaria	August 17 – 24, 1986	3	Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Greece **
AVC	1986 Asian Junior Championship	Bangkok, Thailand	October 18 – 25, 1986	3	Japan  China   ***
FIVB	Wild card			1	France
Total				13

• * Cuba declined to participate because their players lost to many school days when participating in the Panamerican Games.
• ** Greece replaced East Germany.
• *** Chinese Taipei replaced Thailand.

Pools composition[]

Pool A	Pool B
Brazil      France  Soviet Union  Cuba *	Argentina  Bulgaria  China  Greece  Japan  Peru  Puerto Rico

•  Cuba declined to participate.

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1		10	5	0	262	161	1.627	15	3	5.000
2	Brazil	9	4	1	238	166	1.434	13	5	2.600
3	Soviet Union	8	3	2	258	174	1.483	13	6	2.167
4		7	2	3	158	181	0.873	6	9	0.667
5		6	1	4	126	190	0.663	3	12	0.250
6	France	5	0	5	55	225	0.244	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Soviet Union	15–17	6–15	15–6	15–13	15–13	66–64
2 Sep		3–0	France	15–3	15–3	15–3			45–9
2 Sep		3–0		15–5	16–14	15–8			46–27
3 Sep		3–1	Brazil	15–3	14–16	15–11	15–7		59–37
3 Sep		3–0		15–11	15–6	16–14			46–31
4 Sep	Brazil	3–0		15–6	15–2	15–3			45–11
4 Sep		3–0	France	15–1	15–4	15–9			45–14
5 Sep		3–2	Soviet Union	15–11	12–15	10–15	15–7	15–11	67–59
5 Sep	Brazil	3–0	France	15–3	15–1	15–3			45–7
7 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0		15–5	15–8	15–2			45–15
7 Sep	Brazil	3–0		15–10	15–4	15–11			45–25
8 Sep		3–0		15–7	15–9	15–8			45–24
8 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	France	15–5	15–0	15–6			45–11
9 Sep		3–0	France	15–1	15–5	15–8			45–14
9 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0		15–5	15–8	15–2			45–15

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	11	5	1	224	121	1.851	16	3	5.333
2	China	11	5	1	293	181	1.619	17	4	4.250
3	Peru	11	5	1	287	156	1.840	15	6	2.500
4	Bulgaria	9	3	3	207	227	0.912	10	10	1.000
5	Greece	8	2	4	169	195	0.867	7	12	0.583
6	Argentina	7	1	5	132	246	0.537	3	15	0.200
7	Puerto Rico	6	0	6	84	270	0.311	0	18	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2 Sep	Peru	3–0	Greece	15–3	15–2	15–3			45–8
2 Sep	Japan	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–0	15–0	15–6			45–6
2 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–4	15–7			45–18
3 Sep	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–4	15–3	15–3			45–10
3 Sep	China	3–0	Bulgaria	15–6	15–3	15–3			45–12
3 Sep	Greece	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–10	15–0	15–8			45–18
4 Sep	China	3–1	Japan	15–7	12–15	15–8	15–11		57–41
4 Sep	Peru	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–2	15–4	15–3			45–9
4 Sep	Greece	3–0	Argentina	15–7	15–11	15–11			45–29
5 Sep	China	3–0	Greece	15–10	15–10	15–8			45–28
5 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–5	15–4	15–12			45–21
5 Sep	Peru	3–0	Argentina	15–0	15–1	15–8			45–9
7 Sep	Peru	3–2	China	11–15	15–6	15–12	13–15	15–8	69–56
7 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Greece	13–15	15–11	15–9	15–8		58–43
7 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
8 Sep	Peru	3–1	Bulgaria	11–15	15–6	15–5	15–0		56–26
8 Sep	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–3	15–4	15–3			45–10
8 Sep	Japan	3–0	Greece
9 Sep	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–2	15–9	18–16			48–27
9 Sep	China	3–0	Argentina	15–1	15–13	15–7			45–21
9 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–6	15–10	15–4			45–20

Final round[]

9th–12th places[]

	9th–12th places				9th place
		3
	Argentina	0
						3
					Greece	0
	Greece	3
	France	0
					11th place
					Argentina	3
					France	0

Classification 9th and 12th[]

Date	Game
12 Sep		3–0	Argentina
12 Sep	Greece	3–0	France

Classification 11th[]

Date	Game
13 Sep	Argentina	3–0	France

Classification 9th[]

Date	Game
13 Sep		3–0	Greece

5th–8th places[]

	5th–8th places				5th place
	Soviet Union	3
	Bulgaria	0
					Soviet Union	3
					Peru	1
	Peru	3
		0
					7th place
					Bulgaria	3
						0

Classification 5th and 8th[]

Date	Game
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Bulgaria
12 Sep	Peru	3–0

Classification 7th[]

Date	Game
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0

Classification 5th[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Peru	15–10	10–15	15–8	15–6		55–39

Championship round[]

	Semifinals				Final
	Brazil	3
	Japan	1
					Brazil	3
						0
		3
	China	0
					Third place
					Japan	2
					China	3

Semifinals[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Japan	6–15	15–8	15–10	15–13		51–46
12 Sep		3–0	China	15–3	15–11	15–9			45–23

Bronze medal match[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
03 Aug	China	3–2	Japan	7–15	15–7	15–9	7–15	15–7	59–53

Gold medal match[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Brazil	3–0		17–15	15–4	16–14			48–33

Final standing[]

Individual awards[]

• MVP: Ana Moser
• Best Attacker: Gabriela Perez del Solar
• Best Rookie: Ana Moser
• Best Blocker: Kerly Santos
• Best Server: Marcia Fu
• Best Setter: Simone Storm
• Best Coach: Marco Aurelio Motta

External links[]

• Informational website.