1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

1999 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Canada
Dates	August 28–September 4, 1999
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in Edmonton and Saskatoon host cities)
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Erika Coimbra
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The 1999 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Edmonton, Canada from August 28 to September 4, 1999. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Due to hurricane was transferred to Canada.

Qualification process edit

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Canada *
NORCECA	1998 NORCECA Junior Championship	July 22 – 27, 1998	Cuernavaca, Mexico	2	United States Mexico
CEV	1998 European Junior Championship	August 22 – 30, 1998	Vilvoorde, Belgium	6	Italy Russia Czech Republic Poland Yugoslavia Turkey**
AVC	1998 Asian Junior Championship	September 22 – 29, 1998	Trang, Thailand	3	China South Korea Japan
CSV	1998 South American Junior Championship	September 23 – 28, 1998	Santa Fe, Argentina	3	Brazil Argentina Venezuela***
CAVB	1998 African Junior Championship			1	Nigeria
Total				16

* Canada replaced Dominican Republic due to hurricane's effects.
** Turkey replaced Belgium.
*** Venezuela replaced Peru.

Pools composition edit

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
United States Czech Republic Canada Turkey	Russia South Korea Mexico Nigeria	China Japan Poland Venezuela	Brazil Italy Yugoslavia Argentina

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	155	1.452	Seeding group
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	208	177	1.175	Elimination group
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	213	254	0.839	Elimination group
4	Turkey	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	207	267	0.775	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Aug	United States	3–0	Canada	25–20	25–14	25–13			75–47
28 Aug	Czech Republic	3–0	Turkey	25–17	25–22	25–14			75–53
29 Aug	Czech Republic	3–0	Canada	25–18	25–19	25–12			75–49
29 Aug	United States	3–0	Turkey	25–23	25–17	25–10			75–50
30 Aug	Canada	3–2	Turkey	28–30	24–26	25–23	25–16	15–9	117–104
30 Aug	United States	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–19	25–21			75–58

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	245	149	1.644	Seeding group
2	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	237	174	1.362	Elimination group
3	Mexico	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	162	203	0.798	Elimination group
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	107	225	0.476	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
28 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Mexico	25–13	25–17	25–15		75–45
28 Aug	Russia	3–0	Nigeria	25–9	25–3	25–8		75–20
29 Aug	Mexico	3–0	Nigeria	25–12	25–19	25–22		75–53
29 Aug	Russia	3–1	South Korea	19–25	25–21	25–17	26–24	95–87
30 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Nigeria	25–12	25–13	25–9		75–34
30 Aug	Russia	3–0	Mexico	25–13	25–16	25–13		75–42

Pool C edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	239	168	1.423	Seeding group
2	Japan	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	230	204	1.127	Elimination group
3	Poland	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	228	227	1.004	Elimination group
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	127	225	0.564	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
28 Aug	Poland	3–0	Venezuela	25–20	25–11	25–9		75–40
28 Aug	China	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–14	25–20		75–57
29 Aug	Japan	3–0	Venezuela	25–15	25–13	25–19		75–47
29 Aug	China	3–1	Poland	14–25	25–15	25–18	25–13	89–71
30 Aug	China	3–0	Venezuela	25–11	25–11	25–18		75–40
30 Aug	Japan	3–1	Poland	23–25	25–23	25–22	25–12	98–82

Pool D edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	228	170	1.341	Seeding group
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	209	182	1.148	Elimination group
3	Yugoslavia	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	212	257	0.825	Elimination group
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	213	253	0.842	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Aug	Italy	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–23	25–16	25–18			75–57
28 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–15	25–23	25–21			75–59
29 Aug	Yugoslavia	3–2	Argentina	25–17	13–25	23–25	25–22	17–15	103–104
29 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Italy	25–17	25–19	25–23			75–59
30 Aug	Brazil	3–0	Yugoslavia	25–20	25–17	25–15			78–52
30 Aug	Italy	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–19	25–15			75–50

Second round edit

Play off – elimination group edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
31 Aug	Czech Republic	3–0	Mexico	25–22	25–20	25–22		75–64
31 Aug	Poland	3–1	Italy	22–25	27–25	26–24	25–22	100–96
31 Aug	Japan	3–1	Yugoslavia	25–19	25–19	21–25	25–19	96–82
31 Aug	South Korea	3–0	Canada	25–12	25–11	25–11		75–34

Play off – seeding group edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Aug	China	3–0	United States	25–15	25–19	25–19			75–53
31 Aug	Russia	3–2	Brazil	27–25	24–26	15–25	25–20	15–13	106–109

Final round edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

September 2 – Edmonton

Russia	3
		September 3 – Edmonton
Japan	0
		Russia	3
September 2 – Edmonton
		South Korea	1
South Korea	3
				September 4 – Edmonton
United States	1
				Russia	3
September 2 – Edmonton
				Brazil	0
Brazil	3
		September 3 – Edmonton
Poland	0
		Brazil	3
September 2 – Edmonton
		China	1	3rd place
China	3
				September 4 – Edmonton
Czech Republic	0
				South Korea	3

				China	2

5th–8th places		5th place

September 3 – Edmonton

Poland	3
		September 4 – Edmonton
Czech Republic	0
		Poland	3
September 3 – Edmonton
		Japan	2
Japan	3

United States	1
		7th place

		September 4 – Edmonton

		Czech Republic	3

		United States	1

Quarterfinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total
Sep 2	China	3–0	Czech Republic	25–23	25–16	25–15		75–54
Sep 2	South Korea	3–1	United States	25–20	25–21	19–25	28–26	97–92
Sep 2	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–19	26–24	25–17		76–60
Sep 2	Russia	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–14	25–21		75–53

5th–8th semifinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 3	Poland	3–0	Czech Republic	25–17	25–23	25–21			75–61
Sep 3	Japan	3–1	United States	25–21	22–25	25–22	25–17		97–85

Semifinals edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 3	Brazil	3–1	China	25–23	25–13	20–25	25–20		95–81
Sep 3	South Korea	3–1	United States	29–27	20–25	25–19	27–25		101–96

7th place edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 4	Czech Republic	3–1	United States	16–25	25–21	25–17	27–25		93–88

5th place edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 4	Poland	3–2	Japan	26–24	18–25	25–19	17–25	15–13	101–106

3rd place edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 4	South Korea	3–2	China	18–25	25–21	25–16	17–25	15–10	100–97

Final edit

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
Sep 4	Russia	3–0	Brazil	32–30	25–12	25–20			82–62

Final standing edit

Rank	Team
	Russia
	Brazil
	South Korea
4	China
5	Poland
6	Japan
7	Czech Republic
8	United States
9	Canada
	Italy
	Mexico
	Yugoslavia
13	Argentina
	Nigeria
	Turkey
	Venezuela

1999 FIVB Women's Junior World champions
Russia 3rd title

12–woman Roster
Anna Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Anjela Gourieva, Ekaterina Gamova, Elena Konstantinova, Valeria Pouchnenkova, Tatiana Gorchkova, Olga Konovalova, Olessia Makarova, Anna Velikanova, Ekaterina Shitselova and Evguenia Kuzianina

Individual awards edit

MVP: Erika Coimbra
Best scorer: Ekaterina Gamova
Best spiker: Valeria Pouchnenkova
Best blocker: Sherisa Livingston
Best server: Barbora Novakova
Best setter: Song Nina
Best receiver: Eun-Young An
Best libero: Sun-Ja Son

External links edit

Informative website.