2003 Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship

2003 Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship

File:2003 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation	India
Dates	6–13 April
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	India (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Sanjay Kumar

The 2003 Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship was held at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India from 6 to 13 April 2003.

Pools composition

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

Pool A	Pool B
India (Host) Chinese Taipei (3rd) Japan * Thailand Qatar	Iran (1st) South Korea (2nd) China Australia North Korea

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	India	3	3	0	6	9	1	9.000	250	176	1.420	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	5	7	4	1.750	242	244	0.992
3	Qatar	3	1	2	4	3	7	0.429	210	242	0.868
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	232	272	0.853

Source:

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	8	12	1	12.000	321	246	1.305	Quarterfinals
2	North Korea	4	3	1	7	9	8	1.125	365	376	0.971
3	China	4	2	2	6	8	9	0.889	369	391	0.944
4	Australia	4	1	3	5	7	9	0.778	341	346	0.986
5	South Korea	4	0	4	4	3	12	0.250	321	358	0.897

Source:

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
	11 April – Visakhapatnam
					China	1			3rd place
	Thailand	0
									13 April – Visakhapatnam
	China	3
									North Korea	3
									China	0

	5th–8th places				5th place
	13 April – Visakhapatnam
	Australia	3
					13 April – Visakhapatnam
	Qatar	0
					Australia	0
	13 April – Visakhapatnam
					Thailand	3
	Chinese Taipei	2
	Thailand	3
					7th place
					13 April – Visakhapatnam
					Qatar	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
1st place, gold medalist(s)	India
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Iran
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	North Korea
4	China
5	Thailand
6	Australia
7	Qatar
8	Chinese Taipei
9	South Korea

Qualified for the 2003 FIVB Youth World Championship

2003 Asian Youth Boys champions
File:Flag of India.svg 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