1997 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship explained

Competition:	FIVB Women's U20 World Championship
Gender:	women
Year:	1997
Host:	Poland
Dates:	September 5–13, 1997
Teams:	16
Venues:	1
Cities:	Gdynia
Champions:	Russia
Second:	Italy
Third:	CHN
Fourth:	JPN
Title Number:	2
Last:	1995 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship
Next:	1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

The 1997 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in Gdynia, Poland from September 5 to 13, 1997. 16 teams participated in the tournament. This tournament had to be played at Gdynia, Poland.

Qualification process

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FIVB	Host			1
NORCECA	NORCECA Election			2
CEV		September 7 – 15, 1996	Ankara, Turkey	5
AVC		September 15 – 22, 1996		3
CSV		September 23 – 29, 1996		2
CAVB	African Election			2
FIVB	Wild card			1
Total				16

• * Germany replaced France.
• ** Czechia replaced Croatia.

Pools composition

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Preliminary round

Pool A

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05 Sep
05 Sep
06 Sep
06 Sep
07 Sep
07 Sep

Pool B

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05 Sep
05 Sep
06 Sep
06 Sep
07 Sep
07 Sep

Pool C

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05 Sep
05 Sep
06 Sep
06 Sep
07 Sep
07 Sep

Pool D

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05 Sep
05 Sep
06 Sep
06 Sep
07 Sep
07 Sep

Second round

Play off – elimination group

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09 Sep
09 Sep

Play off – seeding group

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09 Sep
09 Sep
09 Sep
09 Sep

Final round

Quarterfinals

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11 Sep				15–11	15–6	16–14			46–31
11 Sep				15–1	15–6	15–6			45–13
11 Sep				15–8	12–15	15–4	15–1		57–28
11 Sep				15–4	15–11	15–7			45–22

5th–8th semifinals

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12 Sep				15–6	15–9	15–11			45–26
12 Sep				15–5	15–3	15–11			45–19

Semifinals

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12 Sep				15–5	15–8	14–16	10–15	15–13	69–57
12 Sep				15–8	15–8	15–10			45–26

7th place

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13 Sep				15–3	15–3	12–15	15–9		57–30

5th place

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13 Sep				15–6	15–4	15–13			45–23

3rd place

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13 Sep				15–0	15–8	15–9			45–17

Final

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13 Sep				15–3	15–8	8–15	4–15	16–14	58–55

Final standing

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4
5
6
7
8
9
13

12–woman Roster
Elena Vassilevskaya, Irina Tebenikhina, Anna Artamonova, Olga Chukanova, Anastasia Belikova, Natalia Safronova, Ekaterina Gamova, Anjela Gourieva, Marina Ivanova, Tatiana Gorchkova, Elena Plotnikova and Ekaterina Shitselova
Head coach
Valeri Youriev

External links

• Informative website.