1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

1997 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	September 5–13, 1997
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in Gdynia host cities)
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan
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The 1997 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Gdynia, Poland from September 5 to 13, 1997. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Gdynia, Poland.

Qualification process[]

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Poland
NORCECA	NORCECA Election			2	Cuba  Dominican Republic
CEV		September 7 – 15, 1996	Ankara, Turkey	5	Italy  Russia    Germany*  Czech Republic**
AVC	1996 Asian Junior Championship	September 15 – 22, 1996	Chiang Mai, Thailand	3	China  Japan
CSV		September 23 – 29, 1996	Caracas, Venezuela	2	Brazil
CAVB	African Election			2
FIVB	Wild card			1
Total				16

• * Germany replaced France.
• ** Czechia replaced Croatia.

Pools composition[]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Poland  Dominican Republic  Germany	Cuba  Italy  Japan	Argentina  Brazil  Russia	China  Czech Republic

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Germany	6	3	0	153	83	1.843	9	2	4.500
2	Poland	5	2	1	166	104	1.596	6	4	1.500
3	Dominican Republic	4	1	2	86	135	0.637	4	6	0.667
4		3	0	3	52	135	0.385	0	9	0.000

Date	Game
05 Sep	Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic
05 Sep	Poland	3–0
06 Sep	Dominican Republic	3–0
06 Sep	Germany	3–2	Poland
07 Sep	Germany	3–0
07 Sep	Poland	3–1	Dominican Republic

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Italy	6	3	0	137	51	2.686	9	0	MAX
2	Japan	5	2	1	115	76	1.513	6	3	2.000
3	Cuba	4	1	2	90	119	0.756	3	6	0.500
4		3	0	3	41	137	0.299	0	9	0.000

Date	Game
05 Sep	Italy	3–0	Cuba
05 Sep		0–3	Japan
06 Sep	Japan	0–3	Italy
06 Sep		0–3	Cuba
07 Sep	Italy	3–0
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Cuba

Pool C[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	135	60	2.250	9	0	MAX
2	Brazil	5	2	1	115	104	1.106	6	3	2.000
3		4	1	2	107	124	0.863	3	7	0.429
4	Argentina	3	0	3	75	144	0.521	1	9	0.111

Date	Game
05 Sep	Brazil	3–0
05 Sep	Russia	3–0	Argentina
06 Sep	Russia	3–0
06 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Argentina
07 Sep		3–1	Argentina
07 Sep	Russia	3–0	Brazil

Pool D[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	0	0	MAX	9	1	9.000
2		5	2	1	0	0	MAX	7	4	1.750
3	Czech Republic	4	1	2	0	0	MAX	4	8	0.500
4		3	0	3	0	0	MAX	2	9	0.222

Date	Game
05 Sep		3–0
05 Sep	China	3–0	Czech Republic
06 Sep		3–1	Czech Republic
06 Sep	China	3–0
07 Sep	China	3–1
07 Sep	Czech Republic	3–2

Second round[]

Play off – elimination group[]

Date	Game
09 Sep	Italy	3–0	China
09 Sep	Russia	3–0	Germany

Play off – seeding group[]

Date	Game
09 Sep	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic
09 Sep	Czech Republic	3–2	Brazil
09 Sep	Cuba	3–0
09 Sep	Poland	3–1

Final round[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	September 11 – Gdynia
	Russia	3
					September 12 – Gdynia
	Czech Republic	0
					Russia	3
	September 11 – Gdynia
					China	2
	China	3
									September 13 – Gdynia
	Cuba	0
									Russia	3
	September 11 – Gdynia
									Italy	2
	Italy	3
					September 12 – Gdynia
	Poland	1
					Italy	3
	September 11 – Gdynia
					Japan	0			3rd place
	Japan	3
									September 13 – Gdynia
	Germany	0
									China	3
									Japan	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	September 12 – Gdynia
	Poland	3
					September 13 – Gdynia
	Germany	0
					Poland	3
	September 12 – Gdynia
					Czech Republic	0
	Czech Republic	3
	Cuba	0
					7th place
					September 13 – Gdynia
					Germany	3
					Cuba	1

Quarterfinals[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–11	15–6	16–14			46–31
11 Sep	China	3–0	Cuba	15–1	15–6	15–6			45–13
11 Sep	Italy	3–1	Poland	15–8	12–15	15–4	15–1		57–28
11 Sep	Japan	3–0	Germany	15–4	15–11	15–7			45–22

5th–8th semifinals[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Poland	3–0	Germany	15–6	15–9	15–11			45–26
12 Sep	Czech Republic	3–0	Cuba	15–5	15–3	15–11			45–19

Semifinals[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Russia	3–2	China	15–5	15–8	14–16	10–15	15–13	69–57
12 Sep	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–8	15–8	15–10			45–26

7th place[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Germany	3–1	Cuba	15–3	15–3	12–15	15–9		57–30

5th place[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	15–6	15–4	15–13			45–23

3rd place[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	China	3–0	Japan	15–0	15–8	15–9			45–17

Final[]

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Russia	3–2	Italy	15–3	15–8	8–15	4–15	16–14	58–55

Final standing[]

External links[]

• Informative website.