1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 1997 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Gdynia, Poland from September 5 to 13, 1997. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Gdynia, Poland.

1997 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Poland
Dates	September 5–13, 1997
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in Gdynia host cities)
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	China
Fourth place	Japan

Qualification process

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Poland
NORCECA	NORCECA Election			2	Cuba Dominican Republic
CEV	1996 European Junior Championship	September 7 – 15, 1996	Ankara, Turkey	5	Italy Russia Ukraine Germany* Czech Republic**
AVC	1996 Asian Junior Championship	September 15 – 22, 1996	Chiang Mai, Thailand	3	China Japan South Korea
CSV	1996 South American Junior Championship	September 23 – 29, 1996	Caracas, Venezuela	2	Brazil Argentina
CAVB	African Election			2	Kenya Mauritius
FIVB	Wild card			1	Yugoslavia
Total				16

• * Germany replaced France.
• ** Czechia replaced Croatia.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Poland Dominican Republic Germany Kenya	Cuba Italy Japan Mauritius	Argentina Brazil Russia Yugoslavia	China Czech Republic South Korea Ukraine

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	153	83	1.843	Seeding group
2	Poland	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	166	104	1.596	Elimination group
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	86	135	0.637
4	Kenya	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	52	135	0.385	Eliminated

Source:

Date	Game
05 Sep	Germany	3–0	Dominican Republic
05 Sep	Poland	3–0	Kenya
06 Sep	Dominican Republic	3–0	Kenya
06 Sep	Germany	3–2	Poland
07 Sep	Germany	3–0	Kenya
07 Sep	Poland	3–1	Dominican Republic

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	137	51	2.686	Seeding group
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	115	76	1.513	Elimination group
3	Cuba	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	90	119	0.756
4	Mauritius	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	41	137	0.299	Eliminated

Source:

Date	Game
05 Sep	Italy	3–0	Cuba
05 Sep	Mauritius	0–3	Japan
06 Sep	Japan	0–3	Italy
06 Sep	Mauritius	0–3	Cuba
07 Sep	Italy	3–0	Mauritius
07 Sep	Japan	3–0	Cuba

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	60	2.250	Seeding group
2	Brazil	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	115	104	1.106	Elimination group
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	107	124	0.863
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	75	144	0.521	Eliminated

Source:

Date	Game
05 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Yugoslavia
05 Sep	Russia	3–0	Argentina
06 Sep	Russia	3–0	Yugoslavia
06 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Argentina
07 Sep	Yugoslavia	3–1	Argentina
07 Sep	Russia	3–0	Brazil

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	0	0	—	Seeding group
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	0	0	—	Elimination group
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	0	0	—
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	0	0	—	Eliminated

Source:

Date	Game
05 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Ukraine
05 Sep	China	3–0	Czech Republic
06 Sep	South Korea	3–1	Czech Republic
06 Sep	China	3–0	Ukraine
07 Sep	China	3–1	South Korea
07 Sep	Czech Republic	3–2	Ukraine

Second round

Play off – elimination group

Date	Game
09 Sep	Italy	3–0	China
09 Sep	Russia	3–0	Germany

Play off – seeding group

Date	Game
09 Sep	Japan	3–0	Dominican Republic
09 Sep	Czech Republic	3–2	Brazil
09 Sep	Cuba	3–0	South Korea
09 Sep	Poland	3–1	Yugoslavia

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	September 11 – Gdynia
	Russia	3
					September 12 – Gdynia
	Czech Republic	0
					Russia	3
	September 11 – Gdynia
					China	2
	China	3
									September 13 – Gdynia
	Cuba	0
									Russia	3
	September 11 – Gdynia
									Italy	2
	Italy	3
					September 12 – Gdynia
	Poland	1
					Italy	3
	September 11 – Gdynia
					Japan	0			3rd place
	Japan	3
									September 13 – Gdynia
	Germany	0
									China	3
									Japan	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	September 12 – Gdynia
	Poland	3
					September 13 – Gdynia
	Germany	0
					Poland	3
	September 12 – Gdynia
					Czech Republic	0
	Czech Republic	3
	Cuba	0
					7th place
					September 13 – Gdynia
					Germany	3
					Cuba	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Russia	3–0	Czech Republic	15–11	15–6	16–14			46–31
11 Sep	China	3–0	Cuba	15–1	15–6	15–6			45–13
11 Sep	Italy	3–1	Poland	15–8	12–15	15–4	15–1		57–28
11 Sep	Japan	3–0	Germany	15–4	15–11	15–7			45–22

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Poland	3–0	Germany	15–6	15–9	15–11			45–26
12 Sep	Czech Republic	3–0	Cuba	15–5	15–3	15–11			45–19

Semifinals

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Sep	Russia	3–2	China	15–5	15–8	14–16	10–15	15–13	69–57
12 Sep	Italy	3–0	Japan	15–8	15–8	15–10			45–26

7th place

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Germany	3–1	Cuba	15–3	15–3	12–15	15–9		57–30

5th place

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	15–6	15–4	15–13			45–23

3rd place

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	China	3–0	Japan	15–0	15–8	15–9			45–17

Final

Date	Game			Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Russia	3–2	Italy	15–3	15–8	8–15	4–15	16–14	58–55

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Italy
	China
4	Japan
5	Poland
6	Czech Republic
7	Germany
8	Cuba
9	Brazil
	Dominican Republic
	South Korea
	Yugoslavia
13	Argentina
	Kenya
	Mauritius
	Ukraine

1997 FIVB Women's Junior World champions
Russia 2nd title

12–woman Roster

Elena Vassilevskaya, Irina Tebenikhina, Anna Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Anastasia Belikova, Natalia Safronova, Ekaterina Gamova, Anjela Gourieva, Marina Ivanova, Tatiana Gorchkova, Elena Plotnikova and Ekaterina Shitselova

Head coach

Valeri Youriev

External links

• Informative website.