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
	[1]

The 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship was the 12th edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship. It was held in Tehran, Iran from August 23 to 31, 2003.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Vacancies	Qualified
Host country	1	Iran
2002 NORCECA U21 Championship	1	Canada
2002 South American U21 Championship	2	Brazil
2002 South American U21 Championship	2	Venezuela
2002 European U21 Championship	1	Italy
2002 Asian U21 Championship	3	China
		South Korea
		India
2002 African U21 Championship	2	Egypt
2002 African U21 Championship	2	Tunisia
European Qualifier	6	Bulgaria
		Germany
		Russia
		Poland
		Serbia and Montenegro
		Slovakia
Total	16

First round

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	283	268	1.056	Second round
2	Iran	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	287	250	1.148
3	Egypt	3	1	2	4	4	8	0.500	239	271	0.882
4	Venezuela	3	0	3	3	5	9	0.556	296	316	0.937

Source:

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	19–25	28–26	25–20	23–25	19–17	114–113	P2
Aug 24	17:30	Egypt	1–3	Iran	15–25	17–25	25–20	17–25		74–95	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	161	1.398	Second round
2	Germany	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	207	184	1.125
3	India	3	1	2	4	3	6	0.500	178	211	0.844
4	China	3	0	3	3	0	9	0.000	171	225	0.760

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	253	205	1.234	Second round
2	Poland	3	2	1	5	6	4	1.500	243	222	1.095
3	Canada	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	263	270	0.974
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	184	247	0.745

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	290	249	1.165	Second round
2	Bulgaria	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	213	199	1.070
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	4	5	6	0.833	233	254	0.917
4	Italy	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	215	249	0.863

Source:

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 23	14:00	Serbia and Montenegro	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	22–25			62–75	P2
Aug 24	10:00	Italy	0–3	Slovakia	19–25	24–26	23–25			66–76	P2
Aug 24	10:00	Serbia and Montenegro	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	Serbia and Montenegro	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	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	Serbia and Montenegro	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

All times are Iran Daylight Time (UTC+04:30)

5th–8th places		5th place

August 30 – Tehran

Germany	2
		August 31 – Tehran
Iran	3
		Iran	0
August 39 – Tehran
		Russia	3
Serbia and Montenegro	2

Russia	3
		7th place

		August 31 – Tehran

		Germany	0

		Serbia and Montenegro	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 30	10:00	Serbia and Montenegro	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

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 31	9:00	Serbia and Montenegro	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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

August 29 – Tehran

Poland	3
		August 30 – Tehran
Serbia and Montenegro	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

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 29	10:00	Poland	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	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

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

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	107–107	P2

Final standing

^[1]

Rank	Team
	Poland
	Brazil
	Bulgaria
4	South Korea
5	Russia
6	Iran
7	Serbia and Montenegro
8	Germany
9	Canada
	Egypt
	India
	Slovakia
13	Tunisia
	China
	Italy
	Venezuela

2003 Men's U21 World champions
Poland 2nd title

12–man Roster^[2]

Artur Augustyn, Marcel Gromadowski, Michał Kaczmarek, Marcin Kryś, Marcin Możdżonek, Bartłomiej Neroj, Arkadiusz Olejniczak, Michał Ruciak, Dariusz Szulik, Michał Winiarski (), Mariusz Wlazły, Paweł Woicki

Head coach

Grzegorz Ryś

References

^ "Standings". www.fivb.org.
^ "Team Rosters". www.fivb.org.

External links

2003 FIVB 12th MEN’S U21 World Championship fivb.org

[1] "Standings". www.fivb.org.

[2] "Team Rosters". www.fivb.org.

[1]

[2]