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
		Canada
1979 European Junior Championship	2	Soviet Union
		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 maintain any relations with South Korea. Officially they were in War.
• **** Bolivia declined to participate.

Pools composition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	39	3.462	Pool A1 or A2
2	Argentina	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	127	83	1.530
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	63	120	0.525	Pool B1 or B2
4	India	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	66	149	0.443

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	31	4.355	Pool A1 or A2
2	Cuba	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	105	93	1.129
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	89	114	0.781	Pool B1 or B2
4	Spain	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	44	134	0.328

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	97	38	2.553	Pool A1 or A2
2	Brazil	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	83	53	1.566
3	Costa Rica	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	1	90	0.011	Pool B1 or B2

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Peru	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	148	67	2.209	Pool A1 or A2
2	China	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	145	122	1.189
3	Soviet Union	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	130	118	1.102	Pool B1 or B2
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	19	135	0.141

Source:

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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	142	70	2.029	Semifinals
2	Mexico	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	134	127	1.055
3	Brazil	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	141	147	0.959	5th place playoff
4	Argentina	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	62	135	0.459

Source:

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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	161	121	1.331	Semifinals
2	Peru	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	162	120	1.350
3	China	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	139	135	1.030	5th place playoff
4	Cuba	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	62	148	0.419

Source:

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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	4	6	0	MAX	91	54	1.685	9th place playoff
2	India	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	75	57	1.316
3	Costa Rica	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	35	90	0.389	13th place playoff

Source:

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)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	135	36	3.750	9th place playoff
2	Canada	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	114	90	1.267
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	101	155	0.652	13th place playoff
4	Spain	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	94	163	0.577

Source:

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

• Informational website.