competition system

The Brazilian Women’s U20 team is coached by the experienced Wadson Lima who has already coached in all three categories in Brazilian women’s Volleyball.

In 1989, Wadson was in charge of the national junior team that won the world title before taking the youth team to second place in the World Championship.

In 1991, he coached the senior side to a silver medal at the Pan-American Games in Cuba before take the team to a fourth place finish at the Barcelona Olympics.

Wadson continued coaching the women’s senior team in 1993 and returned to coach the youth and junior sides in 1994, winning the South American titles.

One year later he collect a silver medal in the Junior World Championship before going one place better in the Youth World Championship in 1997.

Wadson was again in charge of the junior team when they finished second at the World Championship in 1999.

His last podium finish occurred in 2001 when he won the silver medal with the Brazilian Youth national team in Croatia, which included many players who will be chasing Brazil’s fourth world title in the last year when the 2003 Women’s U20 World Championship begins in Thailand.