European Women's Volleyball Championship 2003

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The 2003 European Women's Volleyball Championship took place in Ankara from September 20th to 28th . Poland won the title for the first time in the final against the hosts. Germany finished third, while Russia missed a medal for the first time in European Championship history.

mode

The twelve participants were divided into two groups of six in the preliminary round. The group winners and runners-up reached the semi-finals. The third and fourth played for places five to eight.

game schedule

Preliminary round

Germany played with Atika Bouagaa , Christina Benecke , Cornelia Dumler , Christiane Fürst , Angelina Grün , Tanja Hart , Olessya Kulakova , Kathy Radzuweit , Julia Schlecht , Anika Schulz , Judith Sylvester and Kerstin Tzscherlich . The coach was Lee Hee-wan .

Group A
space team S. N sentences
1. GermanyGermany Germany 5 0 15: 2
2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey 4th 1 14: 3
3. RussiaRussia Russia 3 2 9: 7
4th RomaniaRomania Romania 2 3 6:12
5. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 1 4th 5:12
6th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 0 5 2:15
Group B
space team S. N sentences
1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4th 1 14: 6
2. PolandPoland Poland 4th 1 13: 9
3. ItalyItaly Italy 3 2 11: 7
4th BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 2 3 10:11
5. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 2 3 7:12
6th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 0 5 5:15
September 20th Germany Slovakia 3-0
Russia Serbia and M. 3: 1
Turkey Romania 3-0
21st September Russia Slovakia 3-0
Germany Romania 3-0
Turkey Serbia and M. 3-0
September 22 Romania Slovakia 3: 2
Germany Serbia and M. 3-0
Turkey Russia 3-0
September 24th Romania Serbia and M. 3: 1
Germany Russia 3-0
Turkey Slovakia 3-0
25th of September Russia Romania 3-0
Serbia and M. Slovakia 3-0
Germany Turkey 3: 2
September 20th Poland Netherlands 3: 2
Ukraine Bulgaria 3: 1
Italy Czech Republic 3-0
21st September Poland Ukraine 3: 1
Bulgaria Czech Republic 3-0
Netherlands Italy 3-0
September 22 Poland Bulgaria 3: 2
Netherlands Czech Republic 3: 2
Italy Ukraine 3-0
September 24th Netherlands Bulgaria 3: 1
Ukraine Czech Republic 3: 2
Italy Poland 3: 1
25th of September Netherlands Ukraine 3-0
Bulgaria Italy 3: 2
Poland Czech Republic 3: 1

Placement games

  Semifinals
September 29th 		Final
September 30th
       
 PolandPoland Poland 3
 GermanyGermany Germany 2  
   
 
 PolandPoland Poland 3
   TurkeyTurkey Turkey 0
 
3rd place
September 30th
   
 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 3  GermanyGermany Germany 3
 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 0    NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2
  5th place -
September 29th 		5th place / 6th
September 30th
       
 RussiaRussia Russia 3
 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 2  
   
 
 RussiaRussia Russia 3
   ItalyItaly Italy 0
 
Place 7/8
September 30th
   
 ItalyItaly Italy 3  BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 3
 RomaniaRomania Romania 1    RomaniaRomania Romania 1

Final score

Poland's winning team after the tournament with Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski
1. PolandPoland Poland
2. TurkeyTurkey Turkey
3. GermanyGermany Germany
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
5. RussiaRussia Russia
6th BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria
7th ItalyItaly Italy
8th. RomaniaRomania Romania
9. UkraineUkraine Ukraine
10. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
11. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
12. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia

Awards

Best scorer Małgorzata Glinka PolandPoland Poland
Best attacker Yelisaveta Tishchenko RussiaRussia Russia
Best blocker Kathy Radzuweit GermanyGermany Germany
Best server Elles Leferink NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Best player Magdalena Śliwa PolandPoland Poland
Best adoption player Nicoleta Tolisteanu RomaniaRomania Romania

qualification

The Turkey was set to host. The top three teams from the 2001 European Championship were also automatically qualified. These were Russia as the defending champion, the second Italy and the third Bulgaria .

Twelve teams played for eight more places in the finals. In three groups of four they competed against every opponent at home and away. The two best teams in each group and the two best thirds in the group qualified.

Group A
space team S. N sentences
1. UkraineUkraine Ukraine 6th 0 18: 5
2. RomaniaRomania Romania 3 3 13:10
3. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 3 3 11:12
4th HungaryHungary Hungary 0 6th 3:18
Group B
space team S. N sentences
1. Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro 5 1 15: 8
2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 4th 2 15: 7
3. GreeceGreece Greece 2 4th 8:16
4th FranceFrance France 1 5 8:15
2002
June 1st Romania Czech Republic 3: 1
2th of June Ukraine Hungary 3-0
8th June Romania Ukraine 1: 3
Hungary Czech Republic 2: 3
15th June Romania Hungary 3-0
Czech Republic Ukraine 1: 3
June 22 Hungary Romania 0: 3
23rd June Ukraine Czech Republic 3-0
2003
31. May Ukraine Romania 3: 2
Czech Republic Hungary 3-0
June 7th Hungary Ukraine 1: 3
8th June Czech Republic Romania 3: 1
2002
14th June Greece Netherlands 0: 3
France Serbia and M. 2: 3
15th June Serbia and M. Netherlands 0: 3
France Greece 3-0
June 16 Greece Serbia and M. 0: 3
Netherlands France 3-0
2003
6th of June France Greece 2: 3
Netherlands Serbia and M. 1: 3
June 7th Netherlands France 3: 1
Serbia and M. Greece 3: 2
8th June Greece Netherlands 3: 2
France Serbia and M. 0: 3
Group C
space team S. N sentences
1. PolandPoland Poland 5 1 17: 5
2. GermanyGermany Germany 4th 2 13: 6
3. SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 3 3 10:13
4th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 1 5 7:17
2002
June 1st Slovakia Poland 3: 2
2th of June Germany Croatia 3-0
8th June Croatia Poland 0: 3
June 9th Germany Slovakia 3-0
15th June Germany Poland 0: 3
Slovakia Croatia 3-0
June 22 Croatia Slovakia 2: 3
2003
23. May Poland Germany 3: 1
30th May Poland Croatia 3-0
31. May Slovakia Germany 0: 3
June 4th Poland Slovakia 3: 1
June 7th Croatia Germany 0: 3

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