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China retains World Championship
title
 Pila, Poland, August 17, 2003 – China came from behind to defeat
Italy 3-2 to successfully defend their title for the Girls’
Under-18 World Championship that they won two years ago in
Croatia. The bronze medals went to the Brazilians who beat USA
3-1.
The Italians charged through the opening set deploying their
strong defense and lightning fast settings to rip through the
points for 25-17. The Italian charge continued through the
second set allowing China a mere 15 points. The tide turned in
the third set and China chipped away to draw back one set
25-23.Italy opffered little resistence in the fourth which
finished 25-16 for China and 2-sets all.
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China on the winner's podium
Italy Faces China in Championship final
 Pila,
Poland, August 16, 2003 – Italy meets title defenders China on
Sunday in the gold medal match of 2003 FIVB Girls’ Under 18
World Championship. It will be Italy’s first ever appearance in
the final of this youth championship after they had a decisive
win against the USA in Saturday’s semifinal.
Italy charged through their match in just one hour leaving few
openings for the American side. The European vice-champions
overwhelmed their opponents 25-11 in the opener. The USA came
close to drawing equal in the second set at 17-18 but then went
on to win only one of the subsequent exchanges. Although the USA
team showed courage and determination in the third set, they
committed a number of unforced errors that opened the way for
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Pic: Italy during their national anthem
Quarterfinals:
USA Reaches Top Four
 Pila,
Poland, August 15, 2003 – USA joined Italy, Brazil and China on
Friday to compose the top four teams of 2003 FIVB Girls’ Under
18 World Championship after an emotional quarterfinal day when
all four teams had to climb their peaks to reach the semis. USA
went into their match against Russia as outsiders but again
demonstrated soaring volleyball skills to crack their semi
berth. Russia stumbled over simple errors and lost the opener
25-20. Then the Americans charged through the second set,
allowing the opposition a mere 16 points.
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Pic: USA huddle round coach for team strategy
Day Six - Rest Day
Day Five - Serbia & Montenegro Eliminated
 Pila,
Poland, August 14, 2003 - After a day off, the 2003 FIVB 8th
Girls' Under 18 World Championship resumed on Wednesday with as
many as six Play-off Round matches: in two only a seeding was at
stake, but the other four saw battles for survival. Among those
who did not stay alive is Serbia and Montenegro. The bronze
medallists of 2003 European Championships suffered a 3-2 defeat
against the tournament's dark horse Thailand. The Asians
overcame the Balkan team in five thrilling sets, in which the
emotions were at their peak. "We are extremely happy because
this is one of the best achievements in the history of
Thailand's youth volleyball. We beat a very strong team, much
taller than ours" said Chitipol Toomanee, the head coach of
Thailand.
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Pic: Thailand caused a huge 3-2 upset
USA Girls’ Reach Quarterfinals
PILA, Poland (August 13, 2003) – Team USA
set a goal to make it to the quarterfinal-round of the 2003 FIVB
Girls’ Youth Volleyball World Championship and on Wednesday they
met that goal with an easy 3-0 victory (25-12, 25-21, 25-18)
over Venezuela in an elimination match.
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Day Four-Rest day
Day Three-China push Italy into
Elimination Group
 Pila
& Wloclawek, Poland, August 11, 2003 - The Preliminary Round of
the 2003 FIVB 8th Girls' Under 18 World Championship was
completed on Monday, leaving 12 teams to battle it out in the
second phase (play off seeding and elimination matches) and the
four worst ranked teams: Kenya, Egypt, Hungary and Belarus
taking early flights home.
Heading into Monday's action
Brazil was the only certain pool winner, guaranteeing them a
spot in the semifinals. In all other pools the battle for
supremacy had to be determined.
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Pic: Russia beat Poland to reach the seeding playoffs
Three more quarterfinalists
confirmed
Pila & Wloclawek, Poland, August 11, 2003 - Three teams joined
Brazil and confirmed their spot in the quarterfinals of the 2003
FIVB Girls' Under 18 World Championship after day three action
in Poland on Monday.
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USA advance to
Playoffs
PILA, Poland, August
11, 2003 – The USA girl’s youth national volleyball team cruised
to an easy 3-0 win over Belarus at the FIVB Girl’s Under-18
World Championships at Mosir Hall on Monday to confirm their
spot in the elimination playoff round.
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Three quarterfinalists to be found on day three
Pila & Wloclawek, Poland, August 11, 2003 - Three teams can seal
a quarterfinal spot in the 2003 FIVB Girls' Under 18 World
Championship in day three action on Monday in Poland by
finishing on top of their pool.
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Day Two - Brazil already qualified for quarterfinals
 Pila
& Wloclawek, Poland, August 10, 2003 - After two days play at
the 2003 FIVB Girls' Under 18 World Championship Pool D leaders
Brazil are already setting the pace having already qualified for
the quarterfinals with their top spot in the group guaranteed.
Six other teams - Serbia & Montenegro, Croatia, Russia, Poland,
China, and Italy - qualified for the second round (where
quarterfinal qualifying continues) following day two action but
three quarterfinal spots - awarded to the pool winner's - are
still up for grabs. In the very first match of the day in Pila,
Brazil overcame the USA in just three sets to seal top spot in
their group, following a solid preparation schedule.
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Pic: Coach Moura Luizomar
leads the team talk for Brazil
USA falls to
Brazil
 PILA,
Poland, August 10, 2003 – Brazil took control of the match early
and handed the USA girl’s youth national volleyball team its
first loss at the FIVB Girl’s Under-18 World Championships at
Mosir Hall on Sunday. Thaisa Menezes scored a team-high 10
points and Regiane Bidias and Veronica Brito each added eight
points as Brazil posted a 25-14, 25-17, 25-22 victory to remain
undefeated in Pool D at 2-0. "We worked a lot on the U.S. before
the game making all of the necessary preparations, including the
statistics and video, so we knew exactly what to expect," said
Brazil's head coach Moura Luizomar. "We had some problems in the
third set but I was confident that my team would prevail at the
end."
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Joyce Nicole Britenriker (USA)
against Fernanda Rodrigues (Brazil)
Favourites dominate on opening day
 Pila
& Wloclawek, Poland, August 09, 2003 - The first match-day of
the Preliminary Round in the 2003 FIVB 8th Girls' Under 18 World
Championship, played in two Polish cities: Pila and Wloclawek,
supplied all the drama and tension but no surprises following
eight exciting games. For hosts Poland however, they were
closest to being one of the first victims of the an upset when
they took on Thailand. The
home team, based on the students of the Polish Volleyball
Federation's school, started the tournament very nervously but
had luck on its side twice in the most important moments of the
match. In the opening set the Asians were leading 23-20 but
conceded five straight points to gift the set to the Poles.
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Pic: Poland and Thailand do battle on day one
USA win
first match
 PILA,
Poland, August 09, 2003 – The USA girl’s youth national
Volleyball team started the FIVB Girl’s Under-18 World
Championships with a convincing 3-1 over the Czech Republic at
Mosir Hall on Saturday afternoon. Nicole Fawcett and Jordan
Larson each scored 16 points to lead five players in double
figures as the United States recorded a 22-25, 26-24, 25-20,
25-11 victory to begin competition in Pool D. "We are very happy
to get our first win in the preliminary round," said Team USA
head coach Shelton Collier. "We have a very inexperienced team
compared to many of the others at this event, so this victory
will really help our confidence. Hopefully we will play better
and better as the tournament progresses."
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Pic: USA celebrate another
point against the Czech Republic
Championship Underway
August 09, 2003 - The 8th Girls' U18
World Championship in Poland has started. Visit the following
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Counting down to
opening match
August 09, 2003 - Two matches between
Kenya and Serbia and Montenegro and Belarus against Brazil will
open the 8th Girls' U18 World Championship in Poland on Saturday
starting at 08:00 GMT.
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USA Girls' Youth team prepare for Championship
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, August 5,
2003 – The USA Girls’ Youth National Volleyball Team has
departed Lake Placid, N.Y. for Poland, where they will
be one of 16 teams from around the world competing for
the 2003 FIVB Girls’ Under-18 World Championship.
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Brazil
leaves for U-18 World Championship
July 31, 2003 - Brazil’s Girls’ Under-18 team
has left their country en route to contest the World
championship for this category to be held in the Polish cities
of Wloclawek and Pila from August 9-17.
But before the competition, the team, lead by head coach Luizomar de Moura, will go to Italy for a six-day training camp,
including a series of friendly matches against the national
teams of Italy and China, the
current titleholder in this category. Brazil
goes to the championship looking for their second title.
They won in 1997, but were second to China in 2001 at
the event hosted by Croatia.
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FIVB
welcomes Poland as new hosts of Girls' U18 World
Championship
LAUSANNE,
Switzerland, Wednesday, June 4, 2003 - The
International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced
on Wednesday that the 2003 FIVB 8th Girls' U18 World
Championship will be staged in Poland in August
following the withdrawal of Kenya as the hosts of one
of international Volleyball's premier youth
tournaments. Kenya had to withdraw from organising
this event when it became clear that with two months
to go it would not be possible for the event to be
organised to the international standards required by
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USA Girl's Youth
National Team to Compete in World Championship
COLORADO
SPRINGS - The USA Girl's Youth National Volleyball Team
will have a chance to compete for the FIVB Under-18
World Championship after all now that Kenya has been
replaced by Poland as the tournament organizer,
officials said. The Americans earned an automatic bid to the 2003 Girl's
Under-18 World Championships after capturing the gold
medal at the NORCECA Youth Girl's Volleyball
Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah, last summer but
initially, USA Volleyball withdrew Team USA from the
world championships because the tournament was scheduled
to take place in Kenya, a country where stringent travel
restrictions are in place for U.S. citizens.
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