2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship

2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Argentina
Dates	September 13–16
Teams	7
Venues	(in Morón host cities)
Champions	Brazil (12th title)
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The 2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the South American Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Teams

Due to a conflict between the Peruvian Volleyball Federation and the FIVB, this is the only edition where the red-and-whites have not participated in the South American tournament. So far, the powerful Peruvian women's national volleyball team has won at least a medal in every edition they have participated.

Teams
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela

Competition System

The competition system for the 2001 Women's South American Championship consisted of three rounds, with Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela automatically playing the second round, the other four teams played a single Round-Robin system. Each team played once against each of the 3 remaining teams. Points were accumulated during the first round and the top team advanced to second round. The second round saw another Round-Robin pool, points were again accumulated during the second round and the top two team advanced to play for the gold while the bottom two teams played for bronze.

First Round

Standings

			Matches
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L
1	Uruguay	8	4	0
2	Chile	7	3	1
3	Paraguay	6	2	2
4	Bolivia	5	1	3

Matches

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
24 Aug	Uruguay	3–0	Paraguay	25–19	25–13	25–13			75–45
24 Aug	Chile	3–0	Bolivia
25 Aug	Uruguay	3–1	Bolivia	25–15	25–16	18–25	26–24		94–80
25 Aug	Chile	3–0	Paraguay
26 Aug	Paraguay	3–?	Bolivia
27 Aug	Uruguay	3–?	Chile

Second Round

Standings

		Pts	Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	225	133	1.692	9	0	MAX
2	Argentina	5	2	1	204	183	1.115	6	3	2.000
3	Venezuela	4	1	2	179	203	0.882	3	6	0.500
4	Uruguay	3	0	3	136	225	0.604	0	9	0.000

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
13 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Venezuela	25–16	25–17	25–11			75–44
13 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Uruguay	25–16	25–11	25–21			75–48
14 Sep	Venezuela	3–0	Uruguay	25–17	25–17	25–19			75–53
14 Sep	Argentina	0–3	Brazil	20–25	14–25	20–25			54–75
15 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Uruguay	25–14	25–12	25–9			75–35
15 Sep	Argentina	3–0	Venezuela	25–16	25–23	25–21			75–60

Final Round

Third place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Venezuela	3–0	Uruguay	25–21	26–24	25–23			76–68

First place

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
16 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–22	26–24			76–64

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Venezuela
4	Uruguay
5	Chile
6	Paraguay
7	Bolivia

Qualified for the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup

2001 Women's South American Volleyball Championship
Brazil 12th title