2001 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

The 2001 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Pula and Rijeka, Croatia from 22 to 30 September 2001.

2001 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Croatia
Dates	22–30 September 2001
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	China (1st title)
Official website

Qualification process

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualifier
Host country			1	Croatia
2001 European Championship	16–21 April 2001		6	Italy  Poland  Belarus  Russia  Spain  Czech Republic
2001 Asian Championship	16–23 April 2001	Trang	4	China  Japan  South Korea  Chinese Taipei
2000 South American Youth Championship			2	Brazil  Argentina
2000 NORCECA Youth Championship			2	Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico
2000 African Championship			1	Kenya
Total				16

First round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	6	3	0	230	171	1.345	9	0	MAX
2	Croatia	5	2	1	227	194	1.170	6	4	1.500
3	Spain	4	1	2	208	216	0.963	4	6	0.667
4	Kenya	3	0	3	146	230	0.635	0	9	0.000

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	15:00	Chinese Taipei	3–0	Spain	25–19	25–13	25–21			75–53	Report
22 Sep	18:00	Kenya	0–3	Croatia	15–22	16–25	8–25			39–72	Report
23 Sep	15:35	Kenya	0–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	17–25	28–30			60–80	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Croatia	3–1	Spain	25–12	25–21	19–25	25–22		94–80	Report
24 Sep	16:25	Spain	3–0	Kenya	25–13	25–19	25–15			75–47	Report
24 Sep	18:05	Croatia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	22–25	16–25	20–25			58–75	Report

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	3	0	270	237	1.139	9	3	3.000
2	Japan	4	1	2	300	296	1.014	7	7	1.000
3	Dominican Republic	4	1	2	276	298	0.926	6	8	0.750
4	Belarus	4	1	2	256	271	0.945	4	8	0.500

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	15:00	Japan	3–1	Belarus	25–18	25–22	20–25	25–18		95–83	Report
22 Sep	20:45	Dominican Republic	1–3	Russia	25–16	7–25	15–25	19–25		66–91	Report
23 Sep	15:00	Japan	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–23	25–21	22–25	16–25	12–15	100–109	Report
23 Sep	18:00	Belarus	0–3	Russia	20–25	23–25	23–25			66–75	Report
24 Sep	13:00	Russia	3–2	Japan	25–22	15–25	24–26	25–22	15–10	104–105	Report
24 Sep	18:00	Dominican Republic	2–3	Belarus	15–25	23–25	28–26	25–16	10–15	101–107	Report

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	284	262	1.084	9	4	2.250
2	Poland	5	2	1	251	223	1.126	8	3	2.667
3	Italy	4	1	2	255	270	0.944	5	7	0.714
4	Czech Republic	3	0	3	218	253	0.862	1	9	0.111

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	13:00	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	27–25	25–23	25–19			77–67	Report
22 Sep	18:00	Italy	2–3	Brazil	23–25	25–19	19–25	25–21	10–15	102–105	Report
23 Sep	13:00	Poland	3–0	Italy	25–21	25–15	25–17			75–53	Report
23 Sep	20:00	Czech Republic	0–3	Brazil	24–26	20–25	17–25			61–76	Report
24 Sep	15:00	Italy	3–1	Czech Republic	25–27	25–22	25–18	25–13		100–80	Report
24 Sep	20:00	Brazil	3–2	Poland	25–20	25–16	23–25	15–25	15–13	103–99	Report

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	4	2	0	179	162	1.105	6	2	3.000
2	Argentina	3	1	1	140	136	1.029	3	3	1.000
3	South Korea	2	0	2	158	179	0.883	2	6	0.333

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Sep	20:00	South Korea	0–3	Argentina	17–25	23–25	21–25			61–75	Report
23 Sep	20:25	China	3–0	Argentina	25–22	25–23	25–20			75–65	Report
24 Sep	14:00	South Korea	2–3	China	18–25	25–22	25–27	16–25	13–15	97–114	Report

Second round

Play off – elimination group

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	09:00	Poland	3–1	Spain	23–25	25–22	25–14	25–18		98–79	Report
26 Sep	11:00	Argentina	0–3	Italy	18–25	18–25	23–25			59–75	Report
26 Sep	14:15	Japan	3–1	South Korea	22–25	25–15	25–21	25–17		97–78	Report
26 Sep	19:00	Croatia	1–3	Dominican Republic	21–25	25–20	23–25	19–25		88–95	Report

Play off – seeding group

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Sep	16:30	Brazil	0–3	China	21–25	13–25	22–25			56–75	Report
26 Sep	21:20	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Russia	15–25	17–25	22–25			54–75	Report

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	28 September – Pula
	Russia	0
					29 September – Pula
	Poland	3
					Poland	1
	27 September – Pula
					Brazil	3
	Brazil	3
									30 September – Pula
	Dominican Republic	1
									Brazil	1
	27 September – Pula
									China	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
					29 September – Pula
	Italy	3
					Italy	1
	27 September – Pula
					China	3			3rd place
	China	3
									30 September – Pula
	Japan	0
									Italy	2
									Poland	3

	5th–8th places				5th place
	29 September – Pula
	Russia	3
					30 September – Pula
	Dominican Republic	1
					Russia	0
	29 September – Pula
					Japan	3
	Chinese Taipei	0
	Japan	3
					7th place
					30 September – Pula
					Dominican Republic	1
					Chinese Taipei	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	15:00	Brazil	3–1	Dominican Republic	22–25	25–13	25–22	25–18		97–78	Report
27 Sep	18:00	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Italy	17–25	22–25	25–22	22–25		86–97	Report
27 Sep	20:20	China	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–17	25–23			75–63	Report
28 Sep	13:00	Russia	0–3	Poland	25–27	21–25	18–25			64–77	Report

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	13:00	Russia	3–1	Dominican Republic	30–28	23–25	25–18	25–19		103–90	Report
29 Sep	15:13	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Japan	22–25	19–25	20–25			61–75	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
29 Sep	18:00	Poland	1–3	Brazil	25–22	22–25	17–25	22–25		86–97	Report
29 Sep	20:00	Italy	1–3	China	22–25	25–18	16–25	15–25		78–93	Report

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	13:00	Dominican Republic	1–3	Chinese Taipei	19–25	29–31	25–14	19–25		92–95	Report

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	15:15	Russia	0–3	Japan	17–25	19–25	20–25			56–75	Report

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	17:00	Italy	2–3	Poland	12–25	25–22	22–25	25–23	10–15	94–110	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 Sep	19:30	Brazil	1–3	China	23–25	21–25	27–25	22–25		93–100	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Brazil
	Poland
4	Italy
5	Japan
6	Russia
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Dominican Republic
9	Argentina
	Croatia
	South Korea
	Spain
13	Belarus
	Czech Republic
	Kenya

Individual awards

Best Scorer  Huang Huiping (CHN) Best Attacker  Fabiana Claudino (BRA) Best Blocker  Fabiana Claudino (BRA) Best Server  Ayako Sana (JPN)

Best Digger  Sara Paris (ITA) Best Setter  Zhang Xian (CHN) Best Receiver  Raquele Lenartowicz (BRA)

References