2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2003 Women’s European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Turkey
Dates20 – 28 September
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Poland (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVPPoland Małgorzata Glinka
Official website
Website

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 20 to 28 September 2003.

The two finalists Poland and Turkey claimed a ticket for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup and 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 5 to 10 January 2004. Semifinalists Turkey, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands also automatically qualified for the 2005 Women's European Championships, which took place in Croatia. Defending champion Russia finished out of the medals for the first time in volleyball history.

Participating teams

Main article: 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship qualification
Team Method of qualification
 Bulgaria 2001 edition third place
 Czech Republic Qualification Category A best third
 Germany Qualification Category A group 3 second
 Italy 2001 edition second place
 Netherlands Qualification Category A group 2 second
 Poland Qualification Category A group 3 winners
 Romania Qualification Category A group 1 second
 Russia 2001 edition first place
 Serbia and Montenegro Qualification Category A group 2 winners
 Slovakia Qualification Category A second best third
 Turkey Hosts
 Ukraine Qualification Category A group 1 winners

Format

The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of two sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and the remaining four teams which finished group stages as fifth and sixth ended all tied in final ranking at 9th place. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th).

Pools composition

Pool A Pool B
 Germany  Bulgaria
 Romania  Czech Republic
 Russia  Italy
 Serbia and Montenegro  Netherlands
 Slovakia  Poland
 Turkey  Ukraine

Squads

Main article: 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues

Pool A and Final round Pool B
2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship is located in Turkey
Ankara
Ankara
Antalya
Antalya
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Tournament host cities
Ankara Antalya
Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 2,500

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Germany 5 5 0 10 15 2 7.500 401 328 1.223 Semifinals
2  Turkey 5 4 1 9 14 3 4.667 393 342 1.149
3  Russia 5 3 2 8 9 7 1.286 378 342 1.105 5th–8th place
4  Romania 5 2 3 7 6 12 0.500 393 391 1.005
5  Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 4 6 5 12 0.417 354 404 0.876
6  Slovakia 5 0 5 5 2 15 0.133 310 422 0.735
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Sep 14:00 Germany  3–0  Slovakia 25–14 25–15 25–16     75–45 Report
20 Sep 16:30 Serbia and Montenegro  1–3  Russia 13–25 25–18 17–25 18–25   73–93 Report
20 Sep 19:00 Romania  0–3  Turkey 22–25 20–25 17–25     59–75 Report
21 Sep 14:00 Slovakia  0–3  Russia 25–27 17–25 19–25     61–77 Report
21 Sep 16:30 Germany  3–0  Romania 25–22 25–22 25–22     75–66 Report
21 Sep 19:00 Turkey  3–0  Serbia and Montenegro 25–23 25–20 25–20     75–63 Report
22 Sep 14:00 Romania  3–2  Slovakia 25–14 25–10 22–25 28–30 15–8 115–87 Report
22 Sep 16:30 Serbia and Montenegro  0–3  Germany 15–25 22–25 22–25     59–75 Report
22 Sep 19:00 Russia  0–3  Turkey 21–25 22–25 24–26     67–76 Report
24 Sep 14:00 Romania  3–1  Serbia and Montenegro 25–11 25–21 23–25 25–22   98–79 Report
24 Sep 16:30 Germany  3–0  Russia 25–22 27–25 25–19     77–66 Report
24 Sep 19:00 Slovakia  0–3  Turkey 20–25 20–25 14–25     54–75 Report
25 Sep 14:00 Russia  3–0  Romania 25–16 25–17 25–22     75–55 Report
25 Sep 16:30 Serbia and Montenegro  3–0  Slovakia 28–26 25–12 27–25     80–63 Report
25 Sep 19:00 Turkey  2–3  Germany 16–25 16–25 25–22 25–12 10–15 92–99 Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 4 1 9 14 6 2.333 456 411 1.109 Semifinals
2  Poland 5 4 1 9 13 9 1.444 512 469 1.092
3  Italy 5 3 2 8 11 7 1.571 409 383 1.068 5th–8th place
4  Bulgaria 5 2 3 7 10 11 0.909 456 456 1.000
5  Ukraine 5 2 3 7 7 12 0.583 405 426 0.951
6  Czech Republic 5 0 5 5 5 15 0.333 367 460 0.798
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Sep 14:00 Poland  3–2  Netherlands 25–22 25–19 32–34 23–25 15–5 120–105 Report
20 Sep 16:30 Ukraine  3–1  Bulgaria 25–23 25–19 23–25 25–19   98–86 Report
20 Sep 19:00 Italy  3–0  Czech Republic 25–18 25–16 25–22     75–56 Report
21 Sep 14:00 Ukraine  1–3  Poland 19–25 25–23 19–25 23–25   86–98 Report
21 Sep 16:30 Bulgaria  3–0  Czech Republic 25–13 25–17 25–16     75–46 Report
21 Sep 19:00 Netherlands  3–0  Italy 25–20 25–19 25–18     75–57 Report
22 Sep 14:00 Poland  3–2  Bulgaria 25–17 25–22 22–25 20–25 15–12 107–101 Report
22 Sep 16:30 Czech Republic  2–3  Netherlands 14–25 25–18 17–25 25–20 10–15 91–103 Report
22 Sep 19:00 Italy  3–0  Ukraine 25–23 25–22 25–14     75–59 Report
24 Sep 14:00 Bulgaria  1–3  Netherlands 25–22 23–25 18–25 24–26   90–98 Report
24 Sep 16:30 Ukraine  3–2  Czech Republic 25–21 25–14 22–25 22–25 15–7 109–92 Report
24 Sep 19:00 Poland  1–3  Italy 25–20 22–25 20–25 22–25   89–95 Report
25 Sep 14:00 Netherlands  3–0  Ukraine 25–15 25–18 25–20     75–53 Report
25 Sep 16:30 Italy  2–3  Bulgaria 19–25 25–20 21–25 25–15 17–19 107–104 Report
25 Sep 19:00 Czech Republic  1–3  Poland 19–25 25–23 22–25 16–25   82–98 Report

Final round

5th–8th place

  • Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
27 Sep
 
 
 Russia3
 
28 Sep
 
 Bulgaria2
 
 Russia3
 
27 Sep
 
 Italy0
 
 Romania1
 
 
 Italy3
 
7th place
 
 
28 Sep
 
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Romania1

5th–8th semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep 11:30 Russia  3–2  Bulgaria 25–21 28–30 25–15 26–28 15–11 119–105 Report
27 Sep 14:00 Romania  1–3  Italy 25–21 15–25 26–28 21–25   87–99 Report

7th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep 11:30 Bulgaria  3–1  Romania 25–21 20–25 25–20 25–22   95–88 Report

5th place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep 14:00 Russia  3–0  Italy 25–16 25–14 25–20     75–50 Report

Final

  • Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 Sep
 
 
 Germany2
 
28 Sep
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland3
 
27 Sep
 
 Turkey0
 
 Turkey3
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
3rd place
 
 
28 Sep
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Netherlands2

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep 16:30 Germany  2–3  Poland 23–25 25–20 25–22 22–25 9–15 104–107 Report
27 Sep 19:00 Turkey  3–0  Netherlands 25–17 25–22 25–22     75–61 Report

3rd place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep 16:30 Germany  3–2  Netherlands 25–20 25–15 24–26 23–25 18–16 115–102 Report

Final

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep 19:00 Poland  3–0  Turkey 25–17 25–14 25–17     75–48 Report

Final ranking

Individual awards

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.[1]

References

  • Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)[2]
  1. ^ "2002/2003 Senior European Championships (Individual Awards)". CEV. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2002/2003 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2017.