- 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup
The
2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held fromNovember 1 toNovember 15 ,2003 inJapan . Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament inAthens, 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 theFIVB and theJapan Volleyball Association . Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played inTokyo ,Kagoshima ,Nagoya ,Toyama ,Sapporo ,Sendai , andOsaka . Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since the second edition of the event in1977 .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-cardquads
*details|2003 FIVB Women's World Cup Squads
First Round
ite A
*Venue:
Yoyogi National Gymnasium inTokyo
**SaturdayNovember 1 ite B
*Venue:
Kagoshima Arena inKagoshima
**SaturdayNovember 1 econd Round
ite A
*Venue:
Nagoya Rainbow Hall inNagoya
**WednesdayNovember 5
**ThursdayNovember 6
**SundayNovember 10
**SundayNovember 10
**FridayNovember 15
**FridayNovember 15 Ranking
* "PR China, Brazil, and United States qualified for the Women's Volleyball Competition at the
2004 Summer Olympics inAthens, 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 |JPNExternal links
* [http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2003/women2/index.asp FIVB 2003 World Cup]
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