1981 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 1981 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Mexico City, Mexico from October 16 to 26, 1981. 15 teams participated in the tournament.

1981 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	October 16–26, 1981
Teams	15
Venue(s)	1 (in Mexico City host cities)
Champions	South Korea (2nd title)

Qualification

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

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	1	Mexico
1980 Asian Junior Championship	4	South Korea
		Japan
		India
		Australia *
1980 NORCECA Junior Championship	2	Cuba
		Canada
1979 European Junior Championship	2	Soviet Union
		Spain **
1980 South American Championship	3	Peru
		Brazil
		Argentina
Wild card	3	China ***
		Puerto Rico
		Costa Rica
		Bolivia ****
Total	15

• * Australia replaced Singapore.
• ** Spain replaced East Germany.
• *** China didn't participate in Asian Championship because they did not maintain any relations with South Korea. Officially they were in War.
• **** Bolivia declined to participate.

Pools composition

First round

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Mexico  Argentina  Australia  India	Canada  Cuba  South Korea  Spain	Brazil  Costa Rica  Japan  Bolivia *	China  Peru  Puerto Rico  Soviet Union

•  Bolivia declined to participate.

Second round

Pool A1	Pool A2	Pool B1	Pool B2
Argentina  Brazil  Japan  Mexico	China  Cuba  Peru  South Korea	Australia  Costa Rica  India	Canada  Puerto Rico  Soviet Union  Spain

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Mexico	6	3	0	135	39	3.462	9	0	MAX
2	Argentina	5	2	1	127	83	1.530	6	4	1.500
3	Australia	4	1	2	63	120	0.525	3	6	0.500
4	India	3	0	3	66	149	0.443	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Argentina	15–10	15–7	15–7			45–24
16 Oct	Australia	3–0	India	15–9	16–14	15–7			46–30
17 Oct	Argentina	3–1	India	13–15	15–6	15–3	15–3		58–27
17 Oct	Mexico	3–0	Australia	15–0	15–3	15–3			45–6
18 Oct	Argentina	3–0	Australia	15–6	15–2	15–3			45–11
18 Oct	Mexico	3–0	India	15–3	15–2	15–4			45–9

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	135	31	4.355	9	0	MAX
2	Cuba	5	2	1	105	93	1.129	6	3	2.000
3	Canada	4	1	2	89	114	0.781	3	6	0.500
4	Spain	3	0	3	44	134	0.328	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Spain	15–2	15–4	15–1			45–7
16 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Canada	15–7	15–13	16–14			46–34
17 Oct	Canada	3–0	Spain	15–6	15–5	15–12			45–23
17 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Cuba	15–2	15–7	15–5			45–14
18 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–6	15–1			45–10
18 Oct	Cuba	3–0	Spain	15–5	15–4	15–5			45–14

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	4	2	0	97	38	2.553	6	1	6.000
2	Brazil	3	1	1	83	53	1.566	4	3	1.333
3	Costa Rica	2	0	2	1	90	0.011	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Costa Rica	15–1	15–0	15–0			45–1
17 Oct	Japan	3–0	Costa Rica	15–0	15–0	15–0			45–0
18 Oct	Japan	3–1	Brazil	15–10	15–7	7–15	15–6		52–38

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Peru	6	3	0	148	67	2.209	9	2	4.500
2	China	5	2	1	145	122	1.189	7	5	1.400
3	Soviet Union	4	1	2	130	118	1.102	6	6	1.000
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	19	135	0.141	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–3	15–3	15–0			45–6
16 Oct	Peru	3–1	China	15–8	15–5	11–15	15–7		56–35
17 Oct	Peru	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–0	15–1	15–3			45–4
17 Oct	China	3–2	Soviet Union	11–15	15–8	9–15	15–11	15–8	65–57
18 Oct	China	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–1	15–8	15–0			45–9
18 Oct	Peru	3–0	Soviet Union	15–5	15–8	17–15			47–28

Second round

Pool A1 (1st–8th)

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	142	70	2.029	9	1	9.000
2	Mexico	5	2	1	134	127	1.055	6	5	1.200
3	Brazil	4	1	2	141	147	0.959	6	6	1.000
4	Argentina	3	0	3	62	135	0.459	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	Mexico	3–2	Brazil	10–15	15–12	15–8	12–15	15–8	67–58
20 Oct	Japan	3–0	Argentina	15–4	15–4	15–2			45–10
21 Oct	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–9	15–9	15–4			45–22
21 Oct	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	15–12	15–11	15–5			45–28

Pool A2 (1st–8th)

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	6	3	0	161	121	1.331	9	3	3.000
2	Peru	5	2	1	162	120	1.350	7	5	1.400
3	China	4	1	2	139	135	1.030	6	6	1.000
4	Cuba	3	0	3	62	148	0.419	1	9	0.111

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	Peru	3–1	Cuba	15–8	15–4	13–15	15–5		58–32
20 Oct	South Korea	3–2	China	9–15	15–12	9–15	15–8	15–9	63–59
21 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Peru	15–12	8–15	15–8	15–13		53–48
21 Oct	China	3–0	Cuba	15–3	15–11	15–2			45–16

Pool B1 (9th–16th)

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Australia	4	2	0	91	54	1.685	6	0	MAX
2	India	3	1	1	75	57	1.316	3	3	1.000
3	Costa Rica	2	0	2	35	90	0.389	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	India	3–0	Costa Rica	15–4	15–4	15–3			45–11
21 Oct	Australia	3–0	Costa Rica	15–7	15–5	15–12			45–24

Pool B2 (9th–16th)

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	135	36	3.750	9	0	MAX
2	Canada	5	2	1	114	90	1.267	6	3	2.000
3	Puerto Rico	4	1	2	101	155	0.652	3	8	0.375
4	Spain	3	0	3	94	163	0.577	2	9	0.222

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
20 Oct	Canada	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–7	15–8	15–7			45–22
20 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Spain	15–3	15–3	15–10			45–6
21 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Canada	15–13	15–10	15–1			45–24
21 Oct	Puerto Rico	3–2	Spain	17–15	13–15	15–11	13–15	15–9	73–65

Final round

13th–15th places

	13th–15th places				13th place
	Spain	3
	Costa Rica	0
					Spain	3
					Puerto Rico	0
	Puerto Rico
	Bye

Classification 13th and 15th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Spain	3–0	Costa Rica	15–3	15–9	15–12			45–24

Classification 13th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Spain	3–0	Puerto Rico	15–10	15–13	16–14			46–37

9th–12th places

	9th–12th places				9th place
	Soviet Union	3
	India	0
					Soviet Union	3
					Canada	0
	Canada	3
	Australia	0
					11th place
					India	3
					Australia	1

Classification 9th and 12th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	India	15–6	15–7	15–2			45–15
24 Oct	Canada	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–4	15–5			45–13

Classification 11th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	India	3–1	Australia	15–12	11–15	15–13	15–5		56–45

Classification 9th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Soviet Union	3–0	Canada	15–3	15–10	15–9			45–22

5th–8th places

	5th–8th places				5th place
	China	3
	Argentina	0
					China	3
					Brazil	0
	Brazil	3
	Cuba	0
					7th place
					Argentina	1
					Cuba	3

Classification 5th and 8th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	China	3–0	Argentina	15–9	15–3	15–5			45–17
25 Oct	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–11	6–15	12–15	15–9	15–9	63–59

Classification 7th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Cuba	3–1	Argentina	15–3	15–7	8–15	15–7		63–32

Classification 5th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	China	3–0	Brazil	15–8	15–13	15–4			45–25

Championship round

	Semifinals				Final
	South Korea	3
	Mexico	0
					South Korea	3
					Peru	1
	Peru	3
	Japan	0
					Third place
					Mexico	0
					Japan	3

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
25 Oct	Peru	3–0	Japan	15–12	17–15	15–11			47–38
25 Oct	South Korea	3–0	Mexico	15–2	15–3	15–2			45–7

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	Japan	3–0	Mexico	16–14	15–11	15–13			46–38

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
26 Oct	South Korea	3–1	Peru	6–15	15–11	15–13	15–8		51–47

Final standing

Rank Team  South Korea  Peru  Japan 4  Mexico 5  China 6  Brazil 7  Cuba 8  Argentina 9  Soviet Union 10  Canada 11  India 12  Australia 13  Spain 14  Puerto Rico 15  Costa Rica

1981 FIVB Women's Junior World Champions  South Korea 2nd title

External links

• Informational website.