# 2003 Asian Youth Boys' Volleyball Championship

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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 210 | 242 | 0.868 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 232 | 272 | 0.853 | Quarterfinals |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 369 | 391 | 0.944 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Australia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 341 | 346 | 0.986 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 4 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | | | |
| India | 3 | | | |
| India | 3 | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | | |
| Australia | 1 | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | |
| Australia | 1 | India | 3 | |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | | India | 3 | |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | North Korea | 0 | |
| North Korea | 3 | North Korea | 0 | |
| North Korea | 3 | | | | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| Qatar | 0 | | | | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| Qatar | 0 | | | | India | 3 |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | | | | | India | 3 |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | | | | Iran | 1 |
| Iran | 3 | | | | Iran | 1 |
| Iran | 3 | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | 12 April – Visakhapatnam | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | Iran | 3 | | | |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | | Iran | 3 | | | |
| 11 April – Visakhapatnam | 11 April – Visakhapatnam | China | 1 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Thailand | 0 | China | 1 | | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| China | 3 | | | | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| China | 3 | | | | North Korea | 3 |
| | | | | | China | 0 |
| 5th–8th places | 5th–8th places | 5th place | 5th place |
| 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| Qatar | 0 | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| Qatar | 0 | Australia | 0 |
| 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | | Australia | 0 |
| 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | Thailand | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | Thailand | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 | | |
| Thailand | 3 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 13 April – Visakhapatnam | 13 April – Visakhapatnam |
| | | Qatar | 3 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |

### Quarterfinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | 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 |
| | India |
| | Iran |
| | 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
* 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