# 2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship

The 2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship was the 16th edition of the tournament, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). Held in Lima and Pucallpa in Peru. The top two teams qualified for the 2009 Youth World Championship.

## Competing nations

The following national teams participated in the tournament, teams were seeded according to how they finished in the previous edition of the tournament with host Peru being seeded first:
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Brazil (1st)  Venezuela (4th)  Chile (5th)  Colombia | Peru (Host & 2nd)  Argentina (3rd)  Uruguay (6th)  Paraguay (8th) |

## First round
### Pool A

* Venue: Coliseo Cerrado de Pucallpa, Pucallpa, Peru
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 103 | 2.184 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 233 | 246 | 0.947 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 237 | 264 | 0.898 | |
| 4 | Chile | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 183 | 265 | 0.691 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 1 Sep | Venezuela | 3–1 | Chile | 25–16 | 22–25 | 25–12 | 25–16 | | 97–69 |
| 1 Sep | Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia | 25–12 | 25–20 | 25–10 | | | 75–42 |
| 2 Sep | Venezuela | 3–2 | Colombia | 23–25 | 14–25 | 25–19 | 25–23 | 15–10 | 102–102 |
| 2 Sep | Brazil | 3–0 | Chile | 25–4 | 25–11 | 25–12 | | | 75–27 |
| 3 Sep | Chile | 1–3 | Colombia | 12–25 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 20–25 | | 87–93 |
| 3 Sep | Brazil | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–9 | 25–15 | 25–10 | | | 75–34 |

### Pool B

* Venue: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Peru | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 128 | 1.758 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 | 210 | 122 | 1.721 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 147 | 200 | 0.735 | |
| 4 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 115 | 229 | 0.502 | |
| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 1 Sep | Argentina | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–11 | 25–6 | 25–15 | 75–32 |
| 1 Sep | Peru | 3–0 | Paraguay | 25–12 | 25–5 | 25–15 | 75–32 |
| 2 Sep | Argentina | 3–0 | Paraguay | 25–12 | 25–14 | 25–7 | 75–33 |
| 2 Sep | Peru | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–11 | 25–12 | 25–13 | 75–36 |
| 3 Sep | Uruguay | 3–0 | Paraguay | 29–27 | 25–8 | 25–15 | 79–50 |
| 3 Sep | Peru | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–22 | 25–18 | 25–20 | 75–60 |

## Final round

* Venue: Coliseo Eduardo Dibos, Lima, Peru

### Championship bracket

| Semifinal | Semifinal | 1st place match | 1st place match |
| 2008-09-05 – Lima | 2008-09-05 – Lima |
| Peru | 3 |
| Peru | 3 | 2008-09-06 – Lima | 2008-09-06 – Lima |
| Venezuela | 0 | 2008-09-06 – Lima | 2008-09-06 – Lima |
| Venezuela | 0 | Venezuela | 3 |
| 2008-09-05 – Lima | 2008-09-05 – Lima | | Venezuela | 3 |
| 2008-09-05 – Lima | 2008-09-05 – Lima | Argentina | 1 |
| Brazil | 3 | Argentina | 1 |
| Argentina | 0 | | |
| Argentina | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 2008-09-06 – Lima | 2008-09-06 – Lima |
| | | Peru | 1 |
| | | Brazil | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 5 Sep | Brazil | 3–0 | Argentina | 25–20 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | | 75–58 |
| 5 Sep | Peru | 3–0 | Venezuela | 25–14 | 25–17 | 25–22 | | | 75–53 |

### 7th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 5 Sep | Paraguay | 0–3 | Chile | 13–25 | 18–25 | 10–25 | | | 41–75 |

### 5th place match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 5 Sep | Colombia | 3–0 | Uruguay | 25–17 | 25–11 | 25–13 | | | 75–41 |

### Bronze medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 6 Sep | Venezuela | 3–1 | Argentina | 33–31 | 19–25 | 25–20 | 25–23 | | 102–99 |

### Gold medal match

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 6 Sep | Peru | 1–3 | Brazil | 27–25 | 12–25 | 20–25 | 19–25 | | 78–100 |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Peru |
| | Venezuela |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Colombia |
| 6 | Uruguay |
| 7 | Chile |
| 8 | Paraguay |
* Qualified for the 2009 Youth World Championship
* 2008 Girls' Youth South American Volleyball Championship
* Brazil 13th title

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
** Sthéfanie Paulino (BRA)
* Best spiker
** Vivian Baella (PER)
* Best blocker
** Nelamira Valdez (VEN)
* Best server
** Josefina Baili (ARG)
* Best digger
** Samara Almeida (BRA)
* Best setter
** Rosane Maggioni (BRA)
* Best receiver
** Lisset Sosa (PER)
* Best libero
** Priscila Almeida (BRA)