1981 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

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)

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.

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
1980 NORCECA Junior Championship	2	Canada
1979 European Junior Championship	2	Soviet Union
1979 European Junior Championship	2	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 mantain any relations with South Korea. Officialy 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	Pts	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	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	Pts	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	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	Pts	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	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	Pts	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	Pts	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	Pts	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	Pts	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	Pts	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

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