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2003 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

Field	Value
competition	Women's World Cup
continent	World
year	2003
size	150
host
dates	1–15 November
teams	12
cities	7
champions	CHN
title_number	3
second	BRA
third	USA
mvp	POL Małgorzata Glinka
last	1999 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
next	2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup

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

Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa, and 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.

Teams

— Host
— African Champions
— Asian Champions
— European Champions
— NORCECA Champions
— South American Champions
— Asian bronze medalists
— European Vice-champions
— NORCECA Vice-champions
— South American Vice-champions
— Wild-card
— Wild-card

Squads

Results

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

First round

Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Site B

Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima

Second round

Site A

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Site B

Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai

Third round

Site A

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo

Site B

Venue: Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama

Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Namihaya Dome, Kadoma

Site B

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

Final standing

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Awards

Most valuable player
: POL Małgorzata Glinka
Best scorer
: POL Małgorzata Glinka
Best spiker
: CHN Zhao Ruirui
Best blocker
: BRA Valeska Menezes
Best server
: CUB Zoila Barros
Best receiver
: CHN Zhou Suhong
Best libero
: BRA Arlene Xavier
Best setter
: BRA Fernanda Venturini
Special award
: JPN Yoshie Takeshita

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