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2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Men's World Cup |
| continent | World |
| year | 2003 |
| host | |
| dates | 16–30 November |
| teams | 12 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | 7 |
| cities | 6 |
| champions | BRA |
| title_number | 1 |
| second | ITA |
| third | SCG |
| fourth | USA |
| mvp | JPN Takahiro Yamamoto |
| website | 2003 FIVB World Cup |
| last | 1999 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup |
| next | 2007 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup |
The 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup was held from 16 to 29 November 2003 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
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.
Qualification
| Means of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified | Total | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Country | — | ― | 1 | |||
| 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship | 5–14 September 2003 | 2 | ||||
| 2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship | 25–30 September 2003 | MEX Culiacán | 2 | |||
| 2003 Men's South American Volleyball Championship | 2–6 September 2003 | BRA Rio de Janeiro | 2 | |||
| 2003 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship | 5–12 September 2003 | CHN Tianjin | 2 | |||
| 2003 Men's African Volleyball Championship | 1–6 August 2003 | EGY Cairo | 1 | |||
| Wild Cards | ― | ― | 2 |
Squads
Main article: 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads
Results
First round
Site A
Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Site B
Venue: White Ring, Nagano
Second round
Site A
Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena, Hiroshima
Site B
Venue: Hamamatsu Arena, Hamamatsu
Third round
Site A
Venue: Marine Messe, Fukuoka
Site B
Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium, Okayama
Fourth round
Site A
Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
Site B
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 |
| Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics |
|---|
Awards
- Most valuable player
- : JPN Takahiro Yamamoto
- Best scorer
- : JPN Takahiro Yamamoto
- Best spiker
- : BRA Giovane Gávio
- Best blocker
- : SCG Andrija Gerić
- Best server
- : ITA Andrea Sartoretti
- Best setter
- : SCG Nikola Grbić
- Best libero
- : BRA Sérgio Santos
- Most spectacular player
- : JPN Daisuke Usami
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