2005 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

2005 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Macau
Dates	23–31 July 2005
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in Macau host cities)
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Natalia Pereira (BRA)
Official website
FIVB

The 2005 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Macau from 23 to 31 July 2005. 16 teams participated in the tournament, and was won by Brazil.

Qualification process

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Macau
CAVB	2004 African Youth Championship	January 21 – 23, 2004	Cairo, Egypt	2	Egypt Tunisia
CSV	2004 South American Youth Championship	April 30 – May 4, 2004	Guayaquil, Ecuador	2	Brazil Argentina
NORCECA	2004 NORCECA Youth Championship	July 14 – 17, 2004	Catano, Puerto Rico	2	United States Puerto Rico
CEV	2005 European Youth Championship	March 29 – April 3, 2005	Tallinn, Estonia	6	Ukraine Russia Italy Croatia Belarus Austria*
AVC	2005 Asian Youth Championship	May 24 – 31, 2005	Mandaue City, Philippines	3	China South Korea Chinese Taipei
Total				16

• * Austria replaced Germany.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Macau Argentina Croatia Egypt	Austria China South Korea Ukraine	Belarus Brazil Puerto Rico Russia	Chinese Taipei Italy Tunisia United States

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	241	169	1.426	Seeding group
2	Argentina	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	225	185	1.216	Elimination group
3	Egypt	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	159	188	0.846
4	Macau	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	142	225	0.631	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Jul	Argentina	1–3	Croatia	16–25	19–25	25–16	15–25		75–91
23 Jul	Egypt	3–0	Macau	25–22	25–3	25–13			75–38
24 Jul	Argentina	3–0	Egypt	25–17	25–14	25–7			75–38
24 Jul	Croatia	3–0	Macau	25–17	25–14	25–17			75–48
25 Jul	Egypt	0–3	Croatia	12–25	18–25	16–25			46–75
25 Jul	Macau	0–3	Argentina	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	281	272	1.033	Seeding group
2	China	3	2	1	5	8	6	1.333	319	319	1.000	Elimination group
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	4	7	7	1.000	318	304	1.046
4	Austria	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	269	292	0.921	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Jul	Ukraine	2–3	Austria	27–25	15–25	25–16	28–30	15–17	110–113
23 Jul	China	2–3	South Korea	20–25	26–28	26–24	26–24	13–15	111–116
24 Jul	Austria	0–3	South Korea	19–25	18–25	27–29			64–79
24 Jul	Ukraine	2–3	China	27–29	25–16	25–20	22–25	12–15	111–105
25 Jul	South Korea	1–3	Ukraine	19–25	25–20	25–27	17–25		86–97
25 Jul	China	3–1	Austria	25–18	23–25	30–28	25–21		103–92

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	235	195	1.205	Seeding group
2	Russia	3	2	1	5	8	4	2.000	266	225	1.182	Elimination group
3	Belarus	3	2	1	5	6	6	1.000	252	247	1.020
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	159	245	0.649	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Jul	Belarus	3–2	Russia	25–18	18–25	25–17	16–25	15–13	99–98
23 Jul	Puerto Rico	0–3	Brazil	19–25	10–25	15–25			44–75
24 Jul	Belarus	3–1	Puerto Rico	25–12	25–18	20–25	25–19		95–74
24 Jul	Russia	3–1	Brazil	18–25	25–22	25–15	25–23		93–85
25 Jul	Puerto Rico	0–3	Russia	14–25	8–25	19–25			41–75
25 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Belarus	25–21	25–20	25–17			75–58

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	233	170	1.371	Seeding group
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	218	170	1.282	Elimination group
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	188	201	0.935
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	127	225	0.564	Eliminated

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
23 Jul	Italy	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–17	25–15	25–19			75–51
23 Jul	Tunisia	0–3	United States	12–25	15–25	13–25			40–75
24 Jul	Chinese Taipei	0–3	United States	15–25	30–32	17–25			62–82
24 Jul	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–15	25–16	25–12			75–43
25 Jul	Tunisia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	17–25	13–25	14–25			44–75
25 Jul	United States	3–0	Italy	26–24	25–21	25–23			76–68

Second round

Play off – elimination group

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	Argentina	3–1	Belarus	25–17	25–22	25–27	25–16		100–82
27 Jul	Ukraine	1–3	Italy	26–24	21–25	20–25	16–25		83–99
27 Jul	Russia	3–0	Egypt	25–10	25–8	25–14			75–32
27 Jul	Chinese Taipei	0–3	China	19–25	22–25	13–25			54–75

Play off – seeding group

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
27 Jul	United States	3–0	Croatia	27–25	25–20	30–28			82–73
27 Jul	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	27–25	25–22	25–23			77–70

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	29 July – Macau
	Brazil	3
					30 July – Macau
	Argentina	0
					Brazil	3
	29 July – Macau
					Italy	1
	Italy	3
									31 July – Macau
	Croatia	0
									Brazil	3
	29 July – Macau
									Russia	0
	South Korea	0
					30 July – Macau
	Russia	3
					Russia	3
	29 July – Macau
					United States	1			3rd place
	China	2
									31 July – Macau
	United States	3
									Italy	3
									United States	2

	5th–8th places				5th place
	30 July – Macau
	Argentina	1
					31 July – Macau
	Croatia	3
					Croatia	2
	30 July – Macau
					South Korea	3
	South Korea	3
	China	0
					7th place
					31 July – Macau
					Argentina	0
					China	3

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
29 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–15	25–14	25–17			75–46
29 Jul	Italy	3–0	Croatia	27–25	25–17	25–23			77–65
29 Jul	South Korea	0–3	Russia	18–25	19–25	17–25			54–75
29 Jul	China	2–3	United States	20–25	25–21	25–23	19–25	9–15	98–109

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Argentina	1–3	Croatia	13–25	17–25	25–23	24–26		79–99
30 Jul	South Korea	3–0	China	25–23	25–21	25–21			75–65

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Jul	Brazil	3–1	Italy	8–25	25–16	25–19	26–24		84–84
30 Jul	Russia	3–1	United States	19–25	27–25	25–20	25–17		96–87

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Argentina	0–3	China	17–25	21–25	18–25			56–75

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Croatia	2–3	South Korea	25–21	21–25	22–25	25–17	8–15	101–103

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Italy	3–2	United States	18–25	25–16	21–25	25–21	15–12	104–99

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
31 Jul	Brazil	3–0	Russia	25–17	25–14	25–17			75–48

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Russia
	Italy
4	United States
5	South Korea
6	Croatia
7	China
8	Argentina
9	Belarus
	Chinese Taipei
	Egypt
	Ukraine
13	Austria
	Macau
	Puerto Rico
	Tunisia

2005 FIVB Girls Youth World champions
Brazil 2nd title

12–woman Roster

Camila Monteiro, Erica Adachi, Martina Roese, Nicole Silva, Betina Schmidt, Silvana Papini, Priscila Daroit, Natalia Pereira, Amanda Francisco, Renata Maggioni, Maria de Lourdes Silva and Tandara Caixeta

Head coach

Luizomar de Moura

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  • Natalia Pereira (BRA)
• Best scorer
  • Alexandra Klineman (USA)
• Best spiker
  • Silvana Papini (BRA)
• Best blocker
  • Luisa Casillo (ITA)
• Best server
  • Ana Grbac (CRO)
• Best digger
  • Martina Roese (BRA)
• Best setter
  • Elena Peshekhonova (RUS)
• Best receiver
  • Irina Stratanovich (RUS)