Women's Volleyball World Cup 2003

The 2003 Volleyball World Cup was the ninth edition of the competition. It took place in Japan between November 1st and 15th . China won the title. This competition was also considered a qualification for the 2004 Olympic Games .

Attendees

•  Japan as a host
•  Poland and Turkey as finalists of the European Championship 2003 
•  People's Republic of China and South Korea as winners and third place in the 2003 Asian Cup 
•  USA and Cuba as finalists in the 2003 NORCECA Championship 
•  Brazil and Argentina as winner and runner-up of the 2003 South American Championship 
•  Egypt won the 2003 African Cup
•  Italy and Dominican Republic at the invitation of the FIVB . 

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The twelve participants played four rounds, informally divided into two groups. The system was "everyone against everyone". The first three teams each received a place for the 2004 Olympic Games .

Final round

Overall rating
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	33: 4	22nd
2.	Brazil	31: 9	21st
3.	United States	28:13	19th
4th	Italy	22:14	18th
5.	Japan	22:19	18th
6th	Cuba	24:18	17th
7th	Turkey	22:20	16
8th.	Poland	18:22	16
9.	South Korea	15:24	14th
10.	Dominican R.	13:26	14th
11.	Argentina	4:30	12
12.	Egypt	0:33	11

First round

Games in Tokyo November 1st South Korea United States 2: 3 Italy Egypt 3-0 Argentina Japan 0: 3 November 2 Italy South Korea 3-0 United States Argentina 3-0 Japan Egypt 3-0 November 3rd United States Italy 3-0 Egypt Argentina 0: 3 Japan South Korea 3: 2

Games in Kagoshima November 1st Dominican R. Cuba 1: 3 Brazil China 1: 3 Turkey Poland 2: 3 November 2 Dominican R. Poland 3: 1 China Cuba 3-0 Brazil Turkey 3: 1 November 3rd China Dominican R. 3-0 Poland Brazil 0: 3 Cuba Turkey 2: 3

Second round

Games in Nagoya November 5th United States Egypt 3-0 South Korea Argentina 3-0 Italy Japan 3: 1 November 6th Egypt South Korea 0: 3 Argentina Italy 0: 3 Japan United States 0: 3

Games in Sendai November 5th Cuba Poland 3-0 Brazil Dominican R. 3: 2 China Turkey 3: 1 November 6th Poland China 0: 3 Turkey Dominican R. 3-0 Cuba Brazil 2: 3

Third round

Games in Sapporo November 8th United States Poland 2: 3 Italy Dominican R. 3-0 Japan Turkey 3-0 November 9th Italy Poland 3-0 United States Turkey 3: 2 Japan Dominican R. 3: 1 November 10th United States Dominican R. 3-0 Italy Turkey 3: 1 Japan Poland 3: 2

Games in Toyama November 8th Cuba Argentina 3-0 Brazil Egypt 3-0 China South Korea 3-0 November 9th Cuba Egypt 3-0 China Argentina 3-0 Brazil South Korea 3-0 November 10th Cuba South Korea 3: 2 Brazil Argentina 3-0 China Egypt 3-0

Fourth round

Games in Osaka Namihaya Dome November 13th Italy Cuba 0: 3 United States China 2: 3 Japan Brazil 0: 3 14th November United States Brazil 0: 3 Italy China 0: 3 Japan Cuba 3: 2 15th of November Italy Brazil 1: 3 United States Cuba 3-0 Japan China 0: 3

Games in Osaka Osaka Prefectural High School November 13th Dominican R. South Korea 0: 3 Poland Argentina 3-0 Turkey Egypt 3-0 14th November Poland South Korea 3-0 Turkey Argentina 3-0 Dominican R. Egypt 3-0 15th of November Turkey South Korea 3-0 Dominican R. Argentina 3: 1 Poland Egypt 3-0

Web links

• Official web presence (English)
• Results (English)