2003 FIVB Men's World Cup

The 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from November 16 to November 29, 2003 in Japan. Twelve men'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 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 men played in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Nagano, Hamamatsu and Okayama. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since it began with the first edition in 1970.

Teams

*Japan – hosts
*Tunisia – African Champions
*South Korea – Asian Champions
*Italy – European Champions
*United States – NORCECA Champions
*Brazil – South American Champions
*China – Asian Vice-Champions
*France – European Vice-Champions
*Canada – NORCECA Vice-Champions
*Venezuela – South American Vice-Champions
*Serbia and Montenegro – wild-card
*Egypt – wild-card

quads

*details|2003 FIVB Men's World Cup Squads

First Round

ite A

*Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo
**Sunday November 16

ite B

*Venue: White Ring in Nagano
**Sunday November 16

econd Round

ite A

*Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima
**Thursday November 20
**Friday November 21
**Tuesday November 25
**Sunday November 25
**Sunday November 30
**Sunday November 30

Ranking

* Brazil, Italy and Serbia & Montenegro qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Final Ranking

1. vb|BRA

2. vb|ITA

3. vb|SCG

4. vb|USA

5. vb|FRA

6. vb|KOR

7. vb|CAN

8. vb|VEN|1930

9. vb|JPN

10. vb|CHN

11. vb|TUN

12. vb|EGY

"'Team Roster

Giovane Gavio, André Heller, Mauricio, Gilberto Godoy, André Nascimiento, Sérgio, Anderson Rodrigues, Gustavo Endres, Rodrigo Santana, Ricardo and Dante Amaral.
Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende.

Awards

*MVP: flagathlete|Takahiro Yamamoto|JPN
*Best Scorer: flagathlete|Takahiro Yamamoto|JPN
*Best Spiker: flagathlete|Giovane Gavio|BRA
*Best Blocker: flagathlete|Andrija Geric|SCG
*Best Server: flagathlete|Andrea Sartoretti|ITA
*Best Libero: flagathlete|Sergio|BRA
*Best Setter: flagathlete|Nikola Grbić|SCG
*Most Spectacular Player: flagathlete|Daisuke Usami|JPN

External links

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