2001 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 2001 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from September 1 to 9, 2001. 16 teams participated in the tournament.

2001 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Dominican Republic
Dates	September 1–9, 2001
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in Santo Domingo host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Jaqueline Carvalho
Official website
fivb.org

Qualification process

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Dominican Republic
NORCECA	2000 NORCECA Junior Championship	August 3 – 11, 2000	Havana, Cuba	2	Cuba United States
CEV	2000 European Junior Championship	August 5 – 12, 2000	Neuchâtel, Switzerland	1	Czech Republic
AVC	2000 Asian Junior Championship	September 12 – 17, 2000	Dagupan, Philippines	3	China South Korea Chinese Taipei*
CSV	2000 South American Junior Championship	October 5 – 10, 2000	Medellin, Colombia	3	Brazil Argentina Venezuela
CAVB	African election			1	Algeria
CEV	2001 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship Qualification	May 24 – 27, 2001	Osijek, Croatia	5	Italy Croatia**
			Spala, Poland		Poland
			Moscow, Russia		Turkey
			Schwerin, Germany		Germany
Total				16

• * Chinese Taipei replaced Japan.
• ** Croatia qualified as the best second place of the 2001 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship Qualification's groups.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Italy Algeria Dominican Republic Venezuela	Croatia Argentina Cuba Turkey	Germany Brazil Czech Republic United States	China South Korea Poland Chinese Taipei

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	120	1.875	Second round
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	215	209	1.029
3	Algeria	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	163	229	0.712
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	208	253	0.822	13th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Italy	3–0	Venezuela	25–14	25–15	25–18			75–47
1 Sep	Dominican Republic	3–0	Algeria	25–16	25–16	25–20			75–52
2 Sep	Algeria	3–1	Venezuela	10–25	25–20	25–13	25–21		85–79
2 Sep	Dominican Republic	0–3	Italy	17–25	19–25	11–25			47–75
3 Sep	Italy	3–0	Algeria	25–7	25–13	25–6			75–26
3 Sep	Venezuela	1–3	Dominican Republic	19–25	17–25	25–18	21–25		82–93

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Turkey	3	3	0	6	9	4	2.250	289	274	1.055	Second round
2	Croatia	3	2	1	5	8	5	1.600	299	265	1.128
3	Argentina	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	239	270	0.885
4	Cuba	3	0	3	3	5	9	0.556	294	312	0.942	13th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	Croatia	3–1	Argentina	20–25	25–12	25–17	25–21		95–75
1 Sep	Cuba	2–3	Turkey	25–19	25–22	23–25	26–28	10–15	109–109
2 Sep	Turkey	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–19	25–22			75–59
2 Sep	Cuba	1–3	Croatia	23–25	22–25	25–23	15–25		85–98
3 Sep	Croatia	2–3	Turkey	24–26	25–17	19–25	25–22	13–15	106–105
3 Sep	Argentina	3–2	Cuba	25–23	23–25	17–25	25–16	15–11	105–100

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	149	1.510	Second round
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	232	223	1.040
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	223	218	1.023
4	United States	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	135	225	0.600	13th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	United States	0–3	Czech Republic	8–25	21–25	12–25			41–75
1 Sep	Germany	0–3	Brazil	18–25	18–25	19–25			55–75
2 Sep	Czech Republic	2–3	Germany	20–25	18–25	25–13	26–24	12–15	101–102
2 Sep	United States	0–3	Brazil	9–25	16–25	22–25			47–75
3 Sep	Germany	3–0	United States	25–13	25–19	25–15			75–47
3 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Czech Republic	25–20	25–15	25–12			75–47

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	155	1.452	Second round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	202	180	1.122
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	183	197	0.929
4	Poland	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	147	225	0.653	13th place

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
1 Sep	China	3–0	Poland	25–9	25–21	25–16			75–46
1 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–21	25–19	25–11			75–51
2 Sep	China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–19	25–21			75–57
2 Sep	Poland	0–3	South Korea	19–25	14–25	21–25			54–75
3 Sep	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Poland	25–13	25–14	25–20			75–47
3 Sep	South Korea	0–3	China	18–25	11–25	23–25			52–75

Second round

Play off – elimination group

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 5	Czech Republic	2–3	South Korea	27–25	25–21	28–30	18–25	10–15	108–116
Sep 5	Germany	2–3	Chinese Taipei	25–20	25–19	21–25	23–25	11–15	105–104
Sep 5	Algeria	0–3	Croatia	15–25	14–25	17–25			46–75
Sep 5	Dominican Republic	0–3	Argentina	26–28	22–25	18–25			66–78

Play off – seeding group

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 5	China	3–1	Turkey	25–16	23–25	25–13	25–15		98–69
Sep 5	Italy	3–2	Brazil	25–27	18–25	25–20	25–23	18–16	111–111

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	September 7 – Santo Domingo
	Turkey	2
					September 8 – Santo Domingo
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	3
	September 7 – Santo Domingo
					Italy	1
	Chinese Taipei	0
									September 9 – Santo Domingo
	Italy	3
									South Korea	0
	September 7 – Santo Domingo
									Brazil	3
	China	3
					September 8 – Santo Domingo
	Croatia	0
					China	2
	September 7 – Santo Domingo
					Brazil	3			3rd place
	Argentina	0
									September 9 – Santo Domingo
	Brazil	3
									Italy	0
									China	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	September 8 – Santo Domingo
	Turkey	0
					September 9 – Santo Domingo
	Chinese Taipei	3
					Chinese Taipei	0
	September 8 – Santo Domingo
					Croatia	3
	Croatia	3
	Argentina	1
					7th place
					September 9 – Santo Domingo
					Argentina	3
					Turkey	0

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 7	Turkey	2–3	South Korea	25–21	19–25	22–25	25–20	11–15	102–106
Sep 7	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Italy	23–25	20–25	17–25			60–75
Sep 7	China	3–0	Croatia	25–22	25–18	25–16			75–56
Sep 7	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	19–25	18–25	13–25			50–75

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 8	Croatia	3–1	Argentina	25–22	23–25	25–20	25–23		98–90
Sep 8	Turkey	0–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	11–25	23–25			53–75

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 8	China	2–3	Brazil	22–25	25–18	21–25	25–23	8–15	101–106
Sep 8	South Korea	3–1	Italy	17–25	25–22	25–22	30–28		97–97

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 9	Argentina	3–0	Turkey	25–23	25–16	27–25			77–64

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 9	Croatia	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–15	25–15	25–21			75–51

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 9	Italy	0–3	China	24–26	22–25	22–25			68–76

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 9	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–16	25–18	25–13			75–47

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	South Korea
	China
4	Italy
5	Croatia
6	Chinese Taipei
7	Argentina
8	Turkey
9	Algeria
	Czech Republic
	Dominican Republic
	Germany
13	Cuba
	Poland
	United States
	Venezuela

2001 FIVB Women's Junior World champions
Brazil 3rd title

12–woman Roster

Juliana Costa, Paula Barros, Fabíola de Souza, Paula Pequeno, Ana Cristina Porto, Cecília Menezes, Veridiana Fonseca, Welissa Gonzaga, Juliana Saracuza, Jaqueline Carvalho, Andréia Laurence and Sheilla Castro

Head coach

Antonio Rizola

Individual awards

• MVP: Jaqueline Carvalho
• Best scorer: Han Yoo-Mi
• Best spiker: Zhang Ping
• Best blocker: Dragana Marinkovic
• Best server: Francesca Ferretti
• Best setter: Zhou Yuenan
• Best receiver: Liu Li Frang
• Best digger: Sandra Ferrero
• Best libero: Ramona Puerari

External links

• Informative website.