1985 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship

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1985 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	September 12–22, 1985
Teams	15
Venue(s)	5 (in Brescia, Ancona, Reggio Calabria, Fabriano and Perugia host cities)
Champions	Cuba (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Mireya Luis
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The 1985 FIVB Women's U20 World Championship was held in many Italian cities from September 12 to 22, 1985. 15 teams participated in the tournament.

Contents

Qualification

A total of 15 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to Italy, who qualified automatically as the hosts, another 14 teams qualified via four separate continental tournament.

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	1	Italy
1984 Asian Junior Championship	4	Japan
		China
		South Korea
		Australia *
NORCECA Election	2	Cuba
NORCECA Election	2	Mexico
1984 European Junior Championship	3	Soviet Union
		Czechoslovakia
		Bulgaria
1984 South American Championship	3	Brazil
		Peru
		~~Colombia~~ **
Wild card	3	New Zealand
		Finland
		Austria
Total	15

* Australia replaced Chinese Taipei.
** Colombia declined to participate.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Bulgaria Japan Mexico New Zealand	Australia Austria Brazil Soviet Union	China Finland Italy Peru	Czech Republic Cuba South Korea

Pool E		Pool F		13th–15th
1A	Japan	1B	Brazil	4A	New Zealand
1C	China	1D	Cuba	4B	Austria
2A	Bulgaria	2B	Soviet Union	4C	Finland
2C	Italy	2D	South Korea
3A	Mexico	3B	Australia
3C	Peru	3D	Czechoslovakia

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	132	38	3.474	Second round
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	112	73	1.534
3	Mexico	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	78	112	0.696
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	36	135	0.267	13th place playoff

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Mexico	3–0	New Zealand	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
11 Sep	Japan	3–0	Bulgaria	15–9	15–6	15–6			45–21
12 Sep	Japan	3–0	New Zealand	15–4	15–1	15–0			45–5
12 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Mexico	16–14	15–1	15–6			46–21
13 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	New Zealand	15–6	15–1	15–3			45–10
13 Sep	Japan	3–0	Mexico	15–8	15–3	15–1			45–12

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	134	76	1.763	Second round
2	Soviet Union	3	2	1	5	7	3	2.333	144	63	2.286
3	Australia	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	76	124	0.613
4	Austria	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	49	140	0.350	13th place playoff

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–8	15–2			45–13
11 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Austria	15–7	15–0	15–2			45–9
12 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Australia	15–5	15–4	15–5			45–14
12 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	Austria	15–2	15–3	15–1			45–6
13 Sep	Australia	3–1	Austria	15–10	15–3	5–15	15–6		50–34
13 Sep	Brazil	3–1	Soviet Union	15–9	9–15	15–10	15–10		54–44

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	149	76	1.961	Second round
2	Italy	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	141	112	1.259
3	Peru	3	1	2	4	4	6	0.667	105	128	0.820
4	Finland	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	56	135	0.415	13th place playoff

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	Italy	3–0	Finland	15–2	15–7	15–6			45–15
11 Sep	China	3–0	Peru	15–4	15–10	15–8			45–22
12 Sep	Italy	3–1	Peru	15–9	15–0	12–15	16–14		58–38
12 Sep	China	3–0	Finland	15–6	15–1	15–9			45–16
13 Sep	China	3–1	Italy	14–16	15–6	15–9	15–7		59–38
13 Sep	Peru	3–0	Finland	15–7	15–12	15–6			45–25

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	101	45	2.244	Second round
2	South Korea	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	75	80	0.938
3	Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	39	90	0.433

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–13	15–5	15–6			45–24
12 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–9	15–1	15–5			45–15
13 Sep	Cuba	3–1	South Korea	15–4	11–15	15–11	15–3		56–30

Second round

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	251	115	2.183	Semifinals
2	Japan	5	4	1	9	13	3	4.333	216	137	1.577	Semifinals
3	Italy	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	211	189	1.116	5th place playoff
4	Peru	5	2	3	7	7	9	0.778	173	191	0.906	5th place playoff
5	Bulgaria	5	1	4	6	3	12	0.250	127	199	0.638	9th place playoff
6	Mexico	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	79	226	0.350	9th place playoff

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Peru	3–0	Bulgaria	15–7	15–5	16–14			46–26
16 Sep	China	3–1	Japan	15–7	12–15	15–9	15–8		57–39
16 Sep	Italy	3–0	Mexico	15–6	15–7	15–8			45–21
17 Sep	Japan	3–0	Peru	15–5	15–13	15–3			45–22
17 Sep	China	3–0	Mexico	15–3	15–4	15–1			45–8
17 Sep	Italy	3–0	Bulgaria	15–8	15–11	15–7			45–26
18 Sep	Peru	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–5	15–5			45–17
18 Sep	China	3–0	Bulgaria	15–3	15–3	15–2			45–8
18 Sep	Japan	3–0	Italy	15–5	15–8	15–12			45–25

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	5	3.000	272	194	1.402	Semifinals
2	Cuba	5	4	1	9	14	4	3.500	254	150	1.693	Semifinals
3	Soviet Union	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	221	181	1.221	5th place playoff
4	South Korea	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	210	195	1.077	5th place playoff
5	Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	6	4	12	0.333	137	208	0.659	9th place playoff
6	Australia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	59	225	0.262	9th place playoff

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Czechoslovakia	15–6	15–6	15–1			45–13
16 Sep	Soviet Union	3–0	South Korea	15–9	15–6	16–14			46–29
16 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Australia	15–3	15–5	15–4			45–12
17 Sep	Czech Republic	3–0	Australia	15–2	15–7	15–7			45–16
17 Sep	Cuba	3–0	Soviet Union	15–12	15–8	15–9			45–29
17 Sep	Brazil	3–2	South Korea	15–8	15–11	6–15	13–15	15–12	64–61
18 Sep	South Korea	3–0	Australia	15–2	15–1	15–2			45–5
18 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Czechoslovakia	12–15	15–7	15–9	15–9		57–40
18 Sep	Brazil	3–2	Cuba	15–10	9–15	10–15	15–10	15–13	64–63

13th–15th places

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
13	Austria	2	2	0	4	6	1	6.000	102	81	1.259
14	Finland	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	99	78	1.269
15	New Zealand	2	0	2	2	0	6	0.000	48	90	0.533

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Austria	3–0	New Zealand	15–7	15–7	15–13			45–27
17 Sep	Finland	3–0	New Zealand	15–5	15–7	15–9			45–21
18 Sep	Austria	3–1	Finland	11–15	16–14	15–10	17–15		57–54

Final round

9th–12th places

	9th–12th places				9th place



	Bulgaria	3

	Australia	0
					Bulgaria	3

					Czechoslovakia	1
	Czechoslovakia	3

	Mexico	0
					11th place



					Mexico	3

					Australia	0

Classification 9th and 12th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Bulgaria	3–0	Australia	15–4	15–10	15–3			45–17
21 Sep	Czechoslovakia	3–0	Mexico	15–7	15–7	15–2			45–16

Classification 11th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Mexico	3–0	Australia	15–7	15–7	15–6			45–20

Classification 9th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Bulgaria	3–1	Czechoslovakia	8–15	18–16	15–13	17–15		58–59

5th–8th places

	5th–8th places				5th place



	South Korea	3

	Italy	2
					South Korea	3

					Soviet Union	2
	Soviet Union	3

	Peru	1
					7th place



					Italy	3

					Peru	1

Classification 5th and 8th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Italy	13–15	15–3	6–15	15–8	15–4	64–47
21 Sep	Soviet Union	3–1	Peru	15–1	9–15	15–7	15–6		54–29

Classification 7th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Italy	3–1	Peru	15–13	4–15	15–7	15–10		49–45

Classification 5th

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	South Korea	3–2	Soviet Union	7–15	7–15	15–13	15–10	15–12	59–65

Championship round

	Semifinals				Final



	Cuba	3

	China	1
					Cuba	3

					Japan	1
	Japan	3

	Brazil	0
					Third place



					China	3

					Brazil	1

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Sep	Cuba	3–1	China	12–15	15–11	15–7	15–5		57–38
21 Sep	Japan	3–0	Brazil	15–6	15–7	15–13			45–26

Bronze medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	China	3–1	Brazil	14–16	15–10	15–5	15–7		61–38

Gold medal match

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
22 Sep	Cuba	3–1	Japan	6–15	15–10	15–10	15–10		51–45

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Cuba
	Japan
	China
4	Brazil
5	South Korea
6	Soviet Union
7	Italy
8	Peru
9	Bulgaria
10	Czechoslovakia
11	Mexico
12	Australia
13	Austria
14	Finland
15	New Zealand

1985 FIVB Women's Junior World champions
Cuba 1st title

Individual awards

MVP: Mireya Luis

External links

Informational website.

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