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
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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[]

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Poland
CSV		May 08 – 12, 2002	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	2	Brazil
NORCECA		August 1 – 5, 2002	Salt Lake City, United States	1	United States
CAVB		2002		2	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    Russia  Hungary    Czech Republic**
Total				16

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

Pools composition[]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Croatia	Egypt  Poland  Russia  Thailand	China  Chinese Taipei  Hungary  Italy	Brazil    Czech Republic  United States

First round[]

Pool A[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Croatia	6	3	0	225	144	1.563	9	0	MAX
2		5	2	1	209	159	1.314	6	3	2.000
3		4	1	2	202	215	0.940	3	7	0.429
4		3	0	3	130	248	0.524	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Aug		0–3		12–25	11–25	7–25			30–75
9 Aug	Croatia	3–0		25–14	25–17	25–19			75–50
10 Aug		3–0		25–17	25–15	25–22			75–54
10 Aug		0–3	Croatia	11–25	10–25	14–25			35–75
11 Aug	Croatia	3–0		25–22	25–17	25–20			75–59
11 Aug		3–1		23–25	25–11	25–15	25–14		98–65

Pool B[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	268	182	1.473	9	2	4.500
2	Poland	5	2	1	247	241	1.025	7	5	1.400
3	Thailand	4	1	2	273	257	1.062	6	7	0.857
4	Egypt	3	0	3	138	246	0.561	1	9	0.111

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[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	254	212	1.198	9	2	4.500
2	Italy	5	2	1	278	220	1.264	8	4	2.000
3	Chinese Taipei	4	1	2	204	235	0.868	4	6	0.667
4	Hungary	3	0	3	156	225	0.693	0	9	0.000

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[]

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	230	151	1.523	9	0	MAX
2	United States	5	2	1	226	209	1.081	6	4	1.500
3	Czech Republic	4	1	2	257	286	0.899	4	8	0.500
4		3	0	3	196	263	0.745	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
9 Aug		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		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		25–22	25–22	25–10			75–54

Second round[]

Play off – elimination group[]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Aug		2–3	Thailand	16–25	25–22	18–25	25–20	13–15	97–107
13 Aug		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[]

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[]

	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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

Individual awards[]

References[]

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