2007 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship

2007 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	31 July–11 August 2007
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in Tijuana / Mexicali host cities)
Champions	China (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Chen Zhan (CHN)
Official website
FIVB

The 2007 FIVB Girls Youth Volleyball World Championship was held in Tijuana / Mexicali, Mexico from 31 July to 11 August 2009. 16 teams participated in the tournament.

Qualification process

Confederation	Method of Qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
FIVB	Host			1	Mexico
NORCECA	2006 NORCECA Youth Championship	July 25 – 30, 2006	Gainesville, Florida, United States	3	United States Dominican Republic Puerto Rico
CAVB	2006 African Youth Championship	August 25 – 27, 2006	Tizi Ouzou, Algeria	1	Tunisia
CSV	2006 South American Youth Championship	October 3 – 8, 2006	Lima, Peru	2	Brazil Peru
CEV	2007 European Youth Championship	April 10 – 15, 2007	Brno, Czech Republic	6	Germany Serbia Italy Belgium Russia Turkey
AVC	2007 Asian Youth Championship	May 7 – 14, 2007	Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand	2	Japan South Korea China
Total				16

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Mexico Serbia South Korea Belgium	Brazil Japan Puerto Rico Germany	Italy Russia Dominican Republic Peru	China United States Tunisia Turkey

First round

All times are Mexico Standard Time (UTC−06:00).

Pool A

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 July	13:00	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	29–27	25–19	25–17			79–63	P2
31 July	20:00	Mexico	0–3	Belgium	14–25	18–25	17–25			49–75	P2
1 August	16:00	Serbia	3–0	Belgium	29–27	25–18	25–19			79–64	P2
1 August	20:00	Mexico	0–3	South Korea	19–25	17–25	20–25			56–75	P2
2 August	14:00	South Korea	2–3	Belgium	18–25	17–25	25–23	25–23	11–15	96–111	P2
2 August	20:00	Mexico	0–3	Serbia	22–25	25–27	16–25			63–77	P2

Pool B

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 July	15:00	Japan	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–14	25–18	25–13			75–45	P2
31 July	20:00	Brazil	3–1	Germany	25–21	20–25	25–20	25–14		95–80	P2
1 August	14:00	Japan	3–1	Germany	14–25	25–20	25–20	25–21		89–86	P2
1 August	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–10	25–10	25–14			75–34	P2
2 August	14:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Germany	15–25	10–25	13–25			38–75	P2
2 August	18:00	Brazil	3–1	Japan	25–16	25–16	16–25	25–21		91–78	P2

Pool C

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 July	15:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	Peru	15–25	25–11	18–25	25–22	18–16	101–99	P2
31 July	17:00	Italy	0–3	Russia	23–25	22–25	24–26			69–76	P2
1 August	14:00	Italy	3–0	Peru	25–17	25–12	25–22			75–51	P2
1 August	18:00	Dominican Republic	3–2	Russia	10–25	25–21	25–18	19–25	15–13	94–102	P2
2 August	16:00	Russia	3–1	Peru	21–25	25–11	25–19	25–15		96–70	P2
2 August	18:00	Italy	2–3	Dominican Republic	25–21	23–25	16–25	25–22	14–16	103–109	P2

Pool D

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
31 July	22:00	China	3–0	Tunisia	25–9	25–13	25–8			75–30	P2
31 July	17:00	United States	0–3	Turkey	19–25	16–25	19–25			54–75	P2
1 August	16:00	United States	3–0	Tunisia	25–11	25–11	25–12			75–34	P2
1 August	20:00	Turkey	2–3	China	10–25	22–25	25–20	25–23	14–16	96–109	P2
2 August	16:00	Tunisia	0–3	Turkey	14–25	15–25	8–25			37–75	P2
2 August	20:00	China	3–1	United States	25–21	25–22	20–25	25–23		95–91	P2

Second round

Pool E (1st–8th)

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 August	16:00	Turkey	3–0	Japan	25–18	25–19	25–20			75–57	P2
5 August	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	P2
6 August	16:00	Japan	3–2	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–23	24–26	23–25	15–12	112–108	P2
6 August	18:00	Serbia	3–0	Turkey	25–23	25–22	25–21			75–66	P2
7 August	18:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Turkey	22–25	16–25	16–25			54–75	P2
7 August	16:00	Serbia	3–0	Japan	25–22	25–17	26–24			76–63

Pool F (1st–8th)

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 August	20:00	Brazil	0–3	China	15–25	24–26	24–26			63–77	P2
5 August	14:00	Belgium	1–3	Russia	25–14	14–25	19–25	25–27		83–91	P2
6 August	20:00	Brazil	2–3	Russia	25–22	15–25	25–22	22–25	9–15	96–109	P2
6 August	14:00	Belgium	0–3	China	23–25	17–25	19–25			59–75	P2
7 August	20:00	China	2–3	Russia	23–25	25–19	25–21	23–25	7–15	103–105	P2
7 August	14:00	Brazil	1–3	Belgium	19–25	25–17	24–26	19–25		87–93	P2

Pool G (9th–16th)

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 August	20:00	Peru	1–3	Mexico	20–25	17–25	25–21	20–25		82–96	P2
5 August	16:00	Germany	3–0	United States	25–21	25–11	25–15			75–47	P2
6 August	20:00	Germany	3–0	Mexico	25–22	25–15	25–23			75–60	P2
6 August	18:00	United States	0–3	Peru	23–25	23–25	24–26			70–76	P2
7 August	18:00	Germany	3–0	Peru	25–19	25–9	25–22			75–50	P2
7 August	20:00	Mexico	0–3	United States	13–25	23–25	20–25			56–75	P2

Pool H (9th–16th)

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 August	14:00	Tunisia	0–3	Puerto Rico	20–25	19–25	20–25			59–75	P2
5 August	18:00	South Korea	2–3	Italy	27–25	20–25	23–25	25–18	13–15	108–108	P2
6 August	14:00	Italy	3–0	Tunisia	25–18	25–11	25–15			75–44	P2
6 August	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–18	25–23	25–15			75–56	P2
7 August	16:00	Puerto Rico	0–3	Italy	12–25	16–25	24–26			52–76	P2
7 August	14:00	South Korea	3–0	Tunisia	25–14	25–9	25–9			75–32	P2

Final round

13th–16th bracket

	Classification				13th place match
	2007-08-10 – Mexicali
	Mexico	3
					2007-08-11 – Mexicali
	Tunisia	0
					Mexico	3
	2007-08-10 – Mexicali
					Peru	0
	Peru	3
	Puerto Rico	0
					15th place match
					2007-08-11 – Mexicali
					Tunisia	0
					Puerto Rico	3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 August	20:00	Mexico	3–0	Tunisia	25–16	25–18	25–11			75–45	P2
10 August	14:00	Peru	3–0	Puerto Rico	25–22	25–23	25–22			75–67	P2

15th Placement Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	14:00	Tunisia	0–3	Puerto Rico	17–25	18–25	21–25			56–75	P2

13th Placement Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	20:00	Mexico	3–0	Peru	25–23	25–13	25–16			75–52	P2

9th–12th bracket

	Classification				9th place match
	2007-08-10 – Mexicali
	Germany	0
					2007-08-11 – Mexicali
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	3
	2007-08-10 – Mexicali
					United States	0
	United States	3
	Italy	0
					11th place match
					2007-08-11 – Mexicali
					Germany	3
					Italy	1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 August	16:00	Germany	0–3	South Korea	21–25	23–25	21–25			65–75	P2
10 August	18:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–15	27–25	26–24			78–64	P2

11th Placement Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	16:00	Germany	3–1	Italy	25–21	19–25	25–17	25–20		94–83	P2

9th Placement Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	18:00	South Korea	3–0	United States	25–16	25–18	25–20			75–54	P2

5th–8th bracket

	Classification				5th place match
	2007-08-10 – Tijuana
	Japan	1
					2007-08-11 – Tijuana
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	3
	2007-08-10 – Tijuana
					Belgium	2
	Dominican Republic	0
	Belgium	3
					7th place match
					2007-08-11 – Tijuana
					Japan	3
					Dominican Republic	2

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 August	14:00	Japan	1–3	Brazil	21–25	25–21	25–27	20–25		91–98	P2
10 August	16:00	Dominican Republic	0–3	Belgium	13–25	17–25	18–25			48–75	P2

7th Placement Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	14:00	Japan	3–2	Dominican Republic	20–25	25–19	17–25	25–13	15–3	102–85	P2

5th Placement Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	16:00	Brazil	3–2	Belgium	25–22	22–25	27–25	23–25	15–8	112–105	P2

Championship bracket

	Classification				Final
	2007-08-10 – Tijuana
	Serbia	0
					2007-08-11 – Tijuana
	China	3
					China	3
	2007-08-10 – Tijuana
					Turkey	1
	Turkey	3
	Russia	1
					Bronze Medal Match
					2007-08-11 – Tijuana
					Serbia	1
					Russia	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 August	18:00	Turkey	3–1	Russia	25–21	25–18	16–25	25–23		91–87	P2
10 August	20:00	Serbia	0–3	China	19–25	21–25	15–25			55–75	P2

Bronze Medal match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	18:00	Serbia	1–3	Russia	25–17	18–25	20–25	21–25		84–92	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 August	20:00	China	3–1	Turkey	20–25	16–25	12–25	22–25		70–100	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	China
	Turkey
	Russia
4	Serbia
5	Brazil
6	Belgium
7	Japan
8	Dominican Republic
9	South Korea
10	United States
11	Germany
12	Italy
13	Mexico
14	Peru
15	Puerto Rico
16	Tunisia

2009 FIVB Girls Youth World Champions
China 3rd title

12–woman Roster

Chen Liyi, Zuo Ting, Zhang Yichan, Cao Yiting, Mi Yang, Zhang Xiaoting, Zhao Yang, Li Hui (c), Chen Zhan, Xu Lingli, Li Jing, Xu Ni

Head Coach

Wang Jiaqin

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Chen Zhan (CHN)
• Best Scorer
  • Jolien Wittock (BEL)
• Best Spiker
  • Hiroko Matsuura (JPN)
• Best Blocker
  • Maud Catry (BEL)
• Best Server
  • Jeoselyna Rodriguez (DOM)

• Best Digger
  • Chen Zhan (CHN)
• Best Setter
  • Marija Pucarevic (SRB)
• Best Receiver
  • Chen Zhan (CHN)

See also

• 2007 FIVB Boys Youth World Championship