2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship

2003 Men's U21 World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	23–31 August
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Poland (2nd title)
Official website
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The 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 23 to 31 August 2003.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Iran South Korea Egypt Venezuela	India China Russia Germany	Poland Canada Brazil Tunisia	Italy Yugoslavia Bulgaria Slovakia

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 23	08:00	Egypt	3–2	Venezuela	25–21	22–25	20–25	25-19	15-11	107–101	P2
Aug 23	18:00	Iran	1–3	South Korea	26–28	25–16	23–25	23–25		97–94	P2
Aug 24	15:00	South Korea	3–2	Venezuela	15–25	17–25	25–20	17–25		74–95	P2
Aug 24	17:30	Egypt	1–3	Iran	19–25	28–26	25–20	23–25	19–17	114–113	P2
Aug 25	10:00	South Korea	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–20	25–22			75–58	P2
Aug 25	17:00	Iran	3–1	Venezuela	20–25	25–19	25–18	25-20		95–82	P2

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 23	10:00	India	0–3	Germany	23–25	15–25	13–25			51-75	P2
Aug 23	14:00	Russia	3–0	China	25-17	25–17	25–17			75-52	P2
Aug 24	19:15	China	0–3	Germany	22–25	21–25	15–25			58–75	P2
Aug 24	19:40	Russia	3–0	India	25–23	25–15	25–14			75–52	P2
Aug 25	17:15	Germany	0–3	Russia	19–25	16–25	22–25			57-75	P2
Aug 25	19:15	India	3–0	China	25–17	25–22	25–22			75–61	P2

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 23	10:00	Tunisia	1–3	Canada	12–25	21–25	25–22	12–25		70–97	P2
Aug 23	20:20	Brazil	3–0	Poland	25–21	30–28	25–17			80–66	P2
Aug 24	10:00	Brazil	3–1	Canada	25–16	22–25	26–24	25–18		98–83	P2
Aug 24	17:30	Tunisia	0–3	Poland	20–25	21–25	17–25			58–75	P2
Aug 25	10:00	Brazil	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–23	25–15			75–56	P2
Aug 25	15:00	Poland	3–1	Canada	25–18	27–29	25–22	25-15		102–84	P2

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 23	14:00	Yugoslavia	3–1	Italy	25–20	25–22	22–25	26–24		98–91	P2
Aug 23	18:00	Slovakia	0–3	Bulgaria	23–25	17–25	62–75			–	P2
Aug 24	10:00	Italy	0–3	Slovakia	19–25	24–26	23–25			66–76	P2
Aug 24	10:00	Yugoslavia	3–0	Bulgaria	25–17	25–19	29–27			79–63	P2
Aug 25	15:00	Italy	0–3	Bulgaria	21–25	20–25	17–25			58–75	P2
Aug 25	19:00	Yugoslavia	3–2	Slovakia	25–16	23–25	25–17	25-27	15-10	113–95	P2

Second round

Play off - elimination group

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 27	10:00	Poland	3–1	India	25–22	20–25	25–21	25–18		95–81	P2
Aug 27	17:00	Iran	3–0	Slovakia	25–16	25–22	25–23			75–61	P2
Aug 27	19:00	Germany	3–1	Canada	23–25	25–21	25–21	25–22		98–89	P2
Aug 27	19:15	Bulgaria	3–0	Egypt	25–18	25–22	25–18			75–58	P2

Play off - seeding group

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 27	10:00	Yugoslavia	3–0	South Korea	25–19	26–24	25–19			76–62	P2
Aug 27	17:00	Brazil	3–1	Russia	25–22	21–25	25–16	25-21		96–84	P2

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	August 29 – Tehran
	Poland	3
					August 30 – Tehran
	Yugoslavia	1
					Poland	3
	August 29 – Tehran
					Bulgaria	1
	Bulgaria	3
									August 31 – Tehran
	Russia	1
									Poland	3
	August 29 – Tehran
									Brazil	2
	South Korea	3
					August 30 – Tehran
	Germany	2
					South Korea	0
	August 29 – Tehran
					Brazil	3			3rd place
	Brazil	3
									August 31 – Tehran
	Iran	0
									Bulgaria	3
									South Korea	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	August 30 – Tehran
	Germany	2
					August 31 – Tehran
	Iran	3
					Iran	0
	August 39 – Tehran
					Russia	3
	Yugoslavia	2
	Russia	3
					7th place
					August 31 – Tehran
					Germany	0
					Russia	3

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 29	10:00	Poland	3–1	Yugoslavia	26–24	25–23	22–25	–		95–95	P2
Aug 29	15:00	Bulgaria	3–1	Russia	25–21	16–25	25–23	25-19		91–88	P2
Aug 30	17:15	South Korea	3–2	Germany	24–26	25–21	25–19	23–25	15–11	112–102	P2
Aug 30	19:45	Brazil	3–0	Iran	25–21	25–20	25–20			75–61	P2

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 30	10:00	Yugoslavia	2–3	Russia	17–25	26–24	30–28	23–25	7-15	103–117	P2
Aug 30	17:00	Germany	2–3	Iran	22–25	25–23	21–25	25-20	12-15	105–108	P2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 23	15:00	Poland	3–1	Bulgaria	21–25	27–25	25–20	25–21		98–91	P2
Aug 23	19:45	South Korea	0–3	Brazil	18-25	20–25	19–25			57–75	P2

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 31	9:00	Yugoslavia	3–0	Germany	25–16	25–22	25–22			75–60	P2

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 31	11:00	Russia	3–0	Iran	25–20	25–19	25–19			75–58	P2

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 31	15:00	Bulgaria	3–0	South Korea	25–19	25–16	25–21			75–56	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 31	19:00	Poland	3–2	Brazil	25–23	20–25	25–23	22-25	15-11	–	P2