2003 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Youth Boys Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	India
Dates	6–13 April
Teams	9
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	India (1st title)
MVP	Sanjay Kumar
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The 2003 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship was held in Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India from 6 to 13 April 2003.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	India	6	3	0	9	1	9.000	250	176	1.420
2	Thailand	5	2	1	7	4	1.750	242	244	0.992
3	Qatar	4	1	2	3	7	0.429	210	242	0.868
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	2	9	0.222	232	272	0.853

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Apr	Chinese Taipei	1–3	Qatar	23–25	25–27	25–22	19–25		92–99
06 Apr	Thailand	1–3	India	27–25	17–25	17–25	8–25		69–100
07 Apr	Thailand	3–1	Chinese Taipei	33–31	25–20	15–25	25–17		98–93
08 Apr	India	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–14	25–19	25–14			75–47
09 Apr	Qatar	0–3	Thailand	26–28	19–25	26–28			51–75
10 Apr	Qatar	0–3	India	22–25	16–25	22–25			60–75

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	321	246	1.305
2	North Korea	7	3	1	9	8	1.125	365	376	0.971
3	China	6	2	2	8	9	0.889	369	391	0.944
4	Australia	5	1	3	7	9	0.778	341	346	0.986
5	South Korea	4	0	4	3	12	0.250	321	358	0.897

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
06 Apr	Australia	2–3	China	23–25	24–26	25–12	25–21	13–15	110–99
06 Apr	North Korea	0–3	Iran	19–25	18–25	15–25			52–75
07 Apr	Australia	2–3	North Korea	25–21	21–25	25–19	21–25	9–15	101–105
07 Apr	South Korea	0–3	Iran	20–25	17–25	16–25			53–75
08 Apr	China	1–3	North Korea	25–16	25–27	21–25	20–25		91–93
08 Apr	South Korea	0–3	Australia	22–25	22–25	23–25			67–75
09 Apr	Iran	3–0	Australia	25–15	25–18	25–22			75–55
09 Apr	China	3–1	South Korea	16–25	25–20	25–22	27–25		93–92
10 Apr	North Korea	3–2	South Korea	25–27	26–24	25–16	20–25	19–17	115–109
10 Apr	Iran	3–1	China	21–25	25–15	25–23	25–23		96–86

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	11 April – Visakhapatnam
	India	3
					12 April – Visakhapatnam
	Australia	1
					India	3
	11 April – Visakhapatnam
					North Korea	0
	North Korea	3
									13 April – Visakhapatnam
	Qatar	0
									India	3
	11 April – Visakhapatnam
									Iran	1
	Iran	3
					12 April – Visakhapatnam
	Chinese Taipei	0
					Iran	3			3rd place
	11 April – Visakhapatnam
					China	1
	Thailand	0							North Korea	3
	China	3							China	0
									13 April – Visakhapatnam

	5th–8th places				5th place
	13 April – Visakhapatnam
	Australia	3
	Qatar	0
					13 April – Visakhapatnam
					Australia	0
					Thailand	3
					7th place
	13 April – Visakhapatnam			13 April – Visakhapatnam
	Chinese Taipei	2		Qatar	3
	Thailand	3			Chinese Taipei	1

Quarterfinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
11 Apr	Thailand	0–3	China	15–25	22–25	22–25			59–75
11 Apr	North Korea	3–0	Qatar	25–19	25–20	25–22			75–61
11 Apr	Iran	3–0	Chinese Taipei	25–18	25–18	25–14			75–50
11 Apr	India	3–1	Australia	25–19	25–23	18–25	25–21		93–88

5th–8th semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Apr	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Thailand	25–20	22–25	26–24	18–25	16–18	107–112
12 Apr	Australia	3–0	Qatar	25–15	25–20	25–18			75–53

Semifinals

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
12 Apr	Iran	3–1	China	24–26	25–17	25–23	25–18		99–84
12 Apr	India	3–0	North Korea	26–24	25–23	25–21			76–68

7th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Apr	Qatar	3–1	Chinese Taipei	25–15	22–25	25–22	25–19		97–81

5th place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Apr	Australia	0–3	Thailand	22–25	14–25	16–25			52–75

3rd place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Apr	North Korea	3–0	China	25–21	25–20	28–26			78–67

Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Apr	India	3–1	Iran	25–23	30–28	23–25	25–20		103–96

Final standing

Rank Team 01 !  India 02 !  Iran 03 !  North Korea 4  China 5  Thailand 6  Australia 7  Qatar 8  Chinese Taipei 9  South Korea Qualified for the 2003 World Youth Championship

2003 Asian Youth Boys Champions  India First title

Awards

• MVP: Sanjay Kumar
• Best Scorer: Mohammad Soleimani
• Best Spiker: Pak Yong-nam
• Best Blocker: Sanjay Kumar
• Best Server: Arash Sadeghiani
• Best Setter: Ramaswami Kamraj
• Best Digger: Moslem Mohammadizadeh
• Best Receiver: P. S. Srikanth
• Special Award: Zane Christensen

References

• www.jva.or.jp

External links

• FIVB