2003 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.

2003 Women's World Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	1–15 November
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 7 host cities)
Champions	China (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Małgorzata Glinka
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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

Japan — Host
Egypt — African Champions
China — Asian Champions
Poland — European Champions
United States — NORCECA Champions
Brazil — South American Champions

South Korea — Asian bronze medalists
Turkey — European Vice-champions
Cuba — NORCECA Vice-champions
Argentina — South American Vice-champions
Italy — Wild-card
Dominican Republic — Wild-card

Squads

Results

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	22	11	0	33	4	8.250	898	608	1.477
2	Brazil	21	10	1	31	7	4.429	932	691	1.349
3	United States	19	8	3	28	13	2.154	942	837	1.125
4	Italy	18	7	4	22	14	1.571	827	717	1.153
5	Japan	18	7	4	22	19	1.158	896	865	1.036
6	Cuba	17	6	5	24	18	1.333	946	889	1.064
7	Turkey	16	5	6	22	20	1.100	914	856	1.068
8	Poland	16	5	6	18	22	0.818	873	888	0.983
9	South Korea	14	3	8	15	24	0.625	805	850	0.947
10	Dominican Republic	14	3	8	11	26	0.423	592	868	0.682
11	Argentina	12	1	10	4	30	0.133	617	812	0.760
12	Egypt	11	0	11	0	33	0.000	464	825	0.562

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

First round

Site A

Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Nov	12:00	South Korea	2–3	United States	21–25	19–25	25–21	25–22	13–15	103–108	Report
1 Nov	14:30	Italy	3–0	Egypt	25–13	25–11	25–13			75–37	Report
1 Nov	18:00	Argentina	0–3	Japan	16–25	20–25	23–25			59–75	Report
2 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	South Korea	25–14	25–19	25–17			75–50	Report
2 Nov	12:30	United States	3–0	Argentina	25–11	25–14	25–14			75–39	Report
2 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Egypt	25–10	25–15	25–21			75–46	Report
3 Nov	15:00	United States	3–0	Italy	25–22	25–22	25–19			75–63	Report
3 Nov	12:30	Egypt	0–3	Argentina	14–25	13–25	16–25			43–75	Report
3 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	South Korea	23–25	25–21	26–28	25–15	15–12	114–101	Report

Site B

Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 Nov	12:05	Dominican Republic	1–3	Cuba	15–25	17–25	25–22	19–25		76–97	Report
1 Nov	14:35	Brazil	1–3	China	25–14	18–25	19–25	16–25		78–89	Report
1 Nov	18:05	Turkey	2–3	Poland	28–26	25–27	25–20	11–25	12–15	101–113	Report
2 Nov	12:35	Dominican Republic	3–1	Poland	25–21	25–17	25–27	25–21		100–86	Report
2 Nov	15:05	China	3–0	Cuba	25–20	25–17	25–19			75–56	Report
2 Nov	18:05	Brazil	3–1	Turkey	27–29	25–19	25–23	25–10		102–81	Report
3 Nov	12:35	China	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–12	25–12	25–15			75–39	Report
3 Nov	15:05	Poland	0–3	Brazil	19–25	18–25	18–25			55–75	Report
3 Nov	18:05	Cuba	2–3	Turkey	25–22	25–22	20–25	23–25	14–16	107–110	Report

Second round

Site A

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall, Nagoya

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
5 Nov	13:30	United States	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–17	25–20		75–53	Report
5 Nov	16:00	South Korea	3–0	Argentina	25–21	25–16	25–16		75–53	Report
5 Nov	19:00	Italy	3–1	Japan	25–22	25–19	15–25	25–11	90–77	Report
6 Nov	13:30	Egypt	0–3	South Korea	10–25	11–25	13–25		34–75	Report
6 Nov	16:00	Argentina	0–3	Italy	12–25	16–25	18–25		46–75	Report
6 Nov	19:00	Japan	0–3	United States	15–25	22–25	19–25		56–75	Report

Site B

Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–0	Poland	25–19	27–25	27–25			79–69	Report
5 Nov	15:05	Brazil	3–2	Dominican Republic	17–25	25–18	24–26	26–24	15–7	107–100	Report
5 Nov	18:05	China	3–1	Turkey	25–10	24–26	25–21	25–21		99–78	Report
6 Nov	12:35	Poland	0–3	China	16–25	19–25	17–25			52–75	Report
6 Nov	15:05	Turkey	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–22	25–18	25–23			75–63	Report
6 Nov	18:05	Cuba	2–3	Brazil	23–25	16–25	39–37	28–26	9–15	115–128	Report

Third round

Site A

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center, Sapporo

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	12:30	United States	2–3	Poland	21–25	29–31	25–22	25–21	12–15	112–114	Report
8 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–13	25–15	25–17			75–45	Report
8 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–0	Turkey	25–21	25–16	25–16			75–53	Report
9 Nov	12:30	Italy	3–0	Poland	25–15	25–17	25–22			75–54	Report
9 Nov	15:00	United States	3–2	Turkey	24–26	25–22	26–24	22–25	15–10	112–107	Report
9 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–1	Dominican Republic	25–17	23–25	25–19	26–24		99–85	Report
10 Nov	12:30	United States	3–0	Dominican Republic	25–17	25–22	25–21			75–60	Report
10 Nov	15:00	Italy	3–1	Turkey	20–25	25–18	25–21	25–20		95–84	Report
10 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	Poland	25–22	25–20	22–25	23–25	15–11	110–103	Report

Site B

Venue: Toyama City Gymnasium, Toyama

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
8 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–0	Argentina	25–15	25–16	25–19			75–50	Report
8 Nov	15:05	Brazil	3–0	Egypt	25–14	25–8	25–18			75–40	Report
8 Nov	18:05	China	3–0	South Korea	25–10	25–19	25–14			75–43	Report
9 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–0	Egypt	25–15	25–10	25–16			75–41	Report
9 Nov	15:05	China	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–15	25–19			75–50	Report
9 Nov	18:05	Brazil	3–0	South Korea	25–18	25–21	26–24			76–63	Report
10 Nov	12:35	Cuba	3–2	South Korea	23–25	25–18	18–25	25–17	15–13	106–98	Report
10 Nov	15:05	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–18	25–19	25–12			75–49	Report
10 Nov	18:05	China	3–0	Egypt	25–11	25–16	25–11			75–38	Report

Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Namihaya Dome, Kadoma

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Nov	12:30	Italy	0–3	Cuba	22–25	22–25	22–25			66–75	Report
13 Nov	15:00	United States	2–3	China	20–25	25–20	26–24	20–25	11–15	102–109	Report
13 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	21–25	21–25	23–25			65–75	Report
14 Nov	12:30	United States	0–3	Brazil	15–25	23–25	20–25			58–75	Report
14 Nov	15:00	Italy	0–3	China	24–26	18–25	20–25			62–76	Report
14 Nov	18:00	Japan	3–2	Cuba	15–25	25–19	21–25	25–21	15–13	101–103	Report
15 Nov	15:00	Italy	1–3	Brazil	20–25	12–25	25–23	19–25		76–98	Report
15 Nov	12:30	United States	3–0	Cuba	25–23	25–18	25–17			75–58	Report
15 Nov	18:00	Japan	0–3	China	18–25	18–25	13–25			49–75	Report

Site B

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
13 Nov	12:35	Dominican Republic	0–3	South Korea	20–25	21–25	15–25		56–75	Report
13 Nov	15:05	Poland	3–0	Argentina	25–16	25–18	25–21		75–55	Report
13 Nov	18:05	Turkey	3–0	Egypt	25–20	25–15	25–8		75–43	Report
14 Nov	12:35	Poland	3–0	South Korea	25–19	27–25	25–21		77–65	Report
14 Nov	15:05	Turkey	3–0	Argentina	25–14	25–18	25–21		75–53	Report
14 Nov	18:05	Dominican Republic	3–0	Egypt	25–14	25–15	25–19		75–48	Report
15 Nov	12:35	Turkey	3–0	South Korea	25–22	25–18	25–17		75–57	Report
15 Nov	14:35	Dominican Republic	3–1	Argentina	25–17	25–22	18–25	26–24	94–88	Report
15 Nov	17:05	Poland	3–0	Egypt	25–16	25–15	25–10		75–41	Report