1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 1985 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in many Italian cities from September 12 to 22, 1985. 15 teams participated in the tournament.

1985 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	September 12–22, 1985
Teams	15
Venue(s)	5 (in Brescia, Ancona, Reggio Calabria, Fabriano and Perugia host cities)
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mireya Luis

Qualification

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

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	1	Italy
1984 Asian Junior Championship	4	Japan
		China
		South Korea
		Australia *
NORCECA Election	2	Cuba
		Mexico
1984 European Junior Championship	3	Soviet Union
		Czechoslovakia
		Bulgaria
1984 South American Championship	3	Brazil
		Peru
		Colombia **
Wild card	3	New Zealand
		Finland
		Austria
Total	15

• * Australia replaced Chinese Taipei.
• ** Colombia declined to participate.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bulgaria  Japan  Mexico  New Zealand	Australia  Austria  Brazil  Soviet Union	China  Finland  Italy  Peru	Czech Republic  Cuba  South Korea

Pool E		Pool F		13th–15th
1A	Japan	1B	Brazil	4A	New Zealand
1C	China	1D	Cuba	4B	Austria
2A	Bulgaria	2B	Soviet Union	4C	Finland
2C	Italy	2D	South Korea
3A	Mexico	3B	Australia
3C	Peru	3D	Czechoslovakia

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	6	3	0	132	38	3.474	9	0	MAX
2	Bulgaria	5	2	1	112	73	1.534	6	3	2.000
3	Mexico	4	1	2	78	112	0.696	3	6	0.500
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	36	135	0.267	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Mexico	3–0	New Zealand	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
11 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
12 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	15–4	15–1	15–0			45–5
12 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	16–14	15–1	15–6			46–21
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	New Zealand	15–6	15–1	15–3			45–10
13 Sep	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–8	15–3	15–1			45–12

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	134	76	1.763	9	1	9.000
2	Soviet Union	5	2	1	144	63	2.286	7	3	2.333
3	Australia	4	1	2	76	124	0.613	3	6	0.500
4	Austria	3	0	3	49	140	0.350	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–8	15–2			45–13
11 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Austria	15–7	15–0	15–2			45–9
12 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Australia	15–5	15–4	15–5			45–14
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Austria	15–2	15–3	15–1			45–6
13 Sep	Australia	3–1	Austria	15–10	15–3	5–15	15–6		50–34
13 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Soviet Union	15–9	9–15	15–10	15–10		54–44

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	6	3	0	149	76	1.961	9	1	9.000
2	Italy	5	2	1	141	112	1.259	7	4	1.750
3	Peru	4	1	2	105	128	0.820	4	6	0.667
4	Finland	3	0	3	56	135	0.415	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Italy	3–0	Finland	15–2	15–7	15–6			45–15
11 Sep	China	3–0	Peru	15–4	15–10	15–8			45–22
12 Sep	Italy	3–1	Peru	15–9	15–0	12–15	16–14		58–38
12 Sep	China	3–0	Finland	15–6	15–1	15–9			45–16
13 Sep	China	3–1	Italy	14–16	15–6	15–9	15–7		59–38
13 Sep	Peru	3–0	Finland	15–7	15–12	15–6			45–25

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	4	2	0	101	45	2.244	6	1	6.000
2	South Korea	3	1	1	75	80	0.938	4	3	1.333
3	Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	39	90	0.433	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–13	15–5	15–6			45–24
12 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–1	15–5			45–15
13 Sep	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	15–4	11–15	15–11	15–3		56–30

Second round

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	10	5	0	251	115	2.183	15	2	7.500
2	Japan	9	4	1	216	137	1.577	13	3	4.333
3	Italy	8	3	2	211	189	1.116	10	7	1.429
4	Peru	7	2	3	173	191	0.906	7	9	0.778
5	Bulgaria	6	1	4	127	199	0.638	3	12	0.250
6	Mexico	5	0	5	79	226	0.350	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–5	16–14			46–26
16 Sep	China	3–1	Japan	15–7	12–15	15–9	15–8		57–39
16 Sep	Italy	3–0	Mexico	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
17 Sep	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–13	15–3			45–22
17 Sep	China	3–0	Mexico	15–3	15–4	15–1			45–8
17 Sep	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–11	15–7			45–26
18 Sep	Peru	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
18 Sep	China	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–3	15–2			45–8
18 Sep	Japan	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–8	15–12			45–25

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	10	5	0	272	194	1.402	15	5	3.000
2	Cuba	9	4	1	254	150	1.693	14	4	3.500
3	Soviet Union	8	3	2	221	181	1.221	10	7	1.429
4	South Korea	7	2	3	210	195	1.077	9	9	1.000
5	Czechoslovakia	6	1	4	137	208	0.659	4	12	0.333
6	Australia	5	0	5	59	225	0.262	0	15	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–6	15–6	15–1			45–13
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–6	16–14			46–29
16 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–5	15–4			45–12
17 Sep	Czech Republic	3–0	Australia	15–2	15–7	15–7			45–16
17 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Soviet Union	15–12	15–8	15–9			45–29
17 Sep	Brazil	3–2	South Korea	15–8	15–11	6–15	13–15	15–12	64–61
18 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Australia	15–2	15–1	15–2			45–5
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	12–15	15–7	15–9	15–9		57–40
18 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–10	9–15	10–15	15–10	15–13	64–63

13th–15th places

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
13	Austria	4	2	0	102	81	1.259	6	1	6.000
14	Finland	3	1	1	99	78	1.269	4	3	1.333
15	New Zealand	2	0	2	48	90	0.533	0	6	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Austria	3–0	New Zealand	15–7	15–7	15–13			45–27
17 Sep	Finland	3–0	New Zealand	15–5	15–7	15–9			45–21
18 Sep	Austria	3–1	Finland	11–15	16–14	15–10	17–15		57–54

Final round

9th–12th places

	9th–12th places				9th place
	Bulgaria	3
	Australia	0
					Bulgaria	3
					Czechoslovakia	1
	Czechoslovakia	3
	Mexico	0
					11th place
					Mexico	3
					Australia	0

Classification 9th and 12th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17
21 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–7	15–2			45–16

Classification 11th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Australia	15–7	15–7	15–6			45–20

Classification 9th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	18–16	15–13	17–15		58–59

5th–8th places

	5th–8th places				5th place
	South Korea	3
	Italy	2
					South Korea	3
					Soviet Union	2
	Soviet Union	3
	Peru	1
					7th place
					Italy	3
					Peru	1

Classification 5th and 8th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Italy	13–15	15–3	6–15	15–8	15–4	64–47
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Peru	15–1	9–15	15–7	15–6		54–29

Classification 7th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Italy	3–1	Peru	15–13	4–15	15–7	15–10		49–45

Classification 5th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Soviet Union	7–15	7–15	15–13	15–10	15–12	59–65

Championship round

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

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Cuba	3–1	China	12–15	15–11	15–7	15–5		57–38
21 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–7	15–13			45–26

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	14–16	15–10	15–5	15–7		61–38

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	6–15	15–10	15–10	15–10		51–45

Final standing

Rank Team  Cuba  Japan  China 4  Brazil 5  South Korea 6  Soviet Union 7  Italy 8  Peru 9  Bulgaria 10  Czechoslovakia 11  Mexico 12  Australia 13  Austria 14  Finland 15  New Zealand

1985 FIVB Women's Junior World Champions  Cuba 1st title

Individual awards

• MVP: Mireya Luis

External links

• Informational website.