2003 FIVB Women's World Cup

2003 FIVB Women's World Cup

The 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from November 1 to November 15, 2003 in Japan. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece 2004.

Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa plus two wild-card teams nominated jointly by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Toyama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Osaka. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since the second edition of the event in 1977.

Teams

*vbw|JPN — hosts
*vbw|EGY — African Champions
*vbw|CHN — Asian Champions
*vbw|POL — European Champions
*vbw|USA — NORCECA Champions
*vbw|BRA — South American Champions
*vbw|KOR — Asian bronze medalists
*vbw|TUR — European Vice-Champions
*vbw|CUB — NORCECA Vice-Champions
*vbw|ARG — South American Vice-Champions
*vbw|ITA — wild-card
*vbw|DOM — wild-card

quads

*details|2003 FIVB Women's World Cup Squads

First Round

ite A

*Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo
**Saturday November 1

ite B

*Venue: Kagoshima Arena in Kagoshima
**Saturday November 1

econd Round

ite A

*Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya
**Wednesday November 5
**Thursday November 6
**Sunday November 10
**Sunday November 10
**Friday November 15
**Friday November 15

Ranking

* "PR China, Brazil, and United States qualified for the Women's Volleyball Competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece."

Final Ranking

1. vbw|CHN

2. vbw|BRA

3. vbw|USA

4. vbw|ITA

5. vbw|JPN

6. vbw|CUB

7. vbw|TUR

8. vbw|POL

9. vbw|KOR

10. vbw|DOM

11. vbw|ARG

12. vbw|EGY

"'Team Roster

Chen Jing, Feng Kun .

Awards

*Most Valuable Player: flagathlete|Malgorzata Glinka|POL
*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Malgorzata Glinka|POL
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Zhao Ruirui|CHN
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Valeska Menezes|BRA
*Best Server: flagathlete|Zoila Barros|CUB
*Best Libero: flagathlete|Arlene Xavier|BRA
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Feng Kun|CHN
*Special Award: flagathlete|Yoshie Takeshita|JPN

External links

* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2003/women2/index.asp FIVB 2003 World Cup]


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