2003 Women’s European Volleyball Championship

The 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Ankara, Turkey from September 20 to September 28, 2003.

The two finalists Poland and Turkey claimed a ticket for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup, the first Olympic Qualification Tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Japan in November. The first six ranked teams (Poland, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany Italy and Russia) qualified for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, from January 5 to January 10, 2004. Semifinalists Turkey, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands also automatically qualified for the 2005 Women’s European Championships, which will take place in Croatia. Defending champion Russia finished out of the medals for the first time in volleyball history.

Qualification

*more|2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship Qualification

Teams

;Group A
*vbw|GER
*vbw|ROM
*vbw|RUS
*vbw|SCG
*vbw|SVK
*vbw|TUR ;Group B
*vbw|BUL
*vbw|CZE
*vbw|ITA
*vbw|NED
*vbw|POL
*vbw|UKR

quads

*more|2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship Squads

Prelininary Round

Group A

Team Roster

Izabela Bełcik, Małgorzata Glinka, Dominika Leśniewicz, Maria Liktoras, Agata Mróz, Małgorzata Niemczyk-Wolska, Anna Podolec, Aleksandra Przybysz, Katarzyna Skowrońska, Magdalena Śliwa, and Dorota Świeniewicz.
Head Coach: Andrzej Niemczyk.

:*"Poland and Turkey qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup"

Individual Awards

*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Małgorzata Glinka|POL
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Elizaveta Tichtchenko|RUS
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Kathy Radzuweit|GER
*Best Server: flagathlete|Elles Leferink|NED
*Best Digger: flagathlete|Gülden Kayalar|TUR
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Magdalena Śliwa|POL
*Best Receiver: flagathlete|Nicoleta Tolisteanu|ROM

References

* [http://www.cev.lu CEV Results]
* [http://www.geocities.com/volleyballplus/euro_w03.htm Results]