1997 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 ConfederationMethod of QualificationDate Venue Vacancies QualifiedFIVBHost 1 NORCECANORCECA Election 2 CEV1996 European Junior Championship September 7 – 15, 1996 Ankara, Turkey5 ***AVC1996 Asian Junior Championship September 15 – 22, 1996 Chiang Mai, Thailand 3 CSV1996 South American Junior Championship September 23 – 29, 1996 Caracas, Venezuela 2 CAVBAfrican Election 2 FIVBWild card 1 Total 16

* Germany replaced France. ** Czechia replaced Croatia.

Pools composition Pool APool BPool CPool D

Preliminary round

Pool A

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

Pool B

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

Pool C

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

Pool D

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

Second round Play off – elimination group DateGame 09 Sep 09 Sep

Play off – seeding group

DateGame 09 Sep 09 Sep 09 Sep 09 Sep

Final round

Quarterfinals

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 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

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 12 Sep 15–6 15–9 15–11 45–26 12 Sep 15–5 15–3 15–11 45–19

Semifinals

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 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

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 13 Sep 15–3 15–3 12–15 15–9 57–30

5th place

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 13 Sep 15–6 15–4 15–13 45–23

3rd place

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 13 Sep 15–0 15–8 15–9 45–17

Final

DateGameSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5Total 13 Sep 15–3 15–8 8–15 4–15 16–14 58–55

Final standing

RankTeam45678 9 13

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

External links Informative website.