The 2003 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship was the twelfth edition of

Asian Championship An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...

, a biennial international

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

tournament organised by the

Asian Volleyball Confederation The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russi ...

(AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV). The tournament was held in

Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) ('','' TP.HCM; ), commonly known as Saigon (; ), is the most populous city in Vietnam with a population of around 14 million in 2025. The city's geography is defined by rivers and canals, of which the largest is Saigo ...

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

from 20 to 27 September 2003.

Pools composition

The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2001 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Classification 9th–10th

Final round

Quarterfinals

5th–8th semifinals

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*MVP: Zhao Ruirui *Best scorer: Choi Kwang-hee *Best spiker: Miyuki Takahashi *Best blocker: Zhao Ruirui *Best server: Yang Hao *Best setter: Yoshie Takeshita *Best digger: Fan Hsin-wen *Best receiver: Zhang Na *Miss Volleyball: Pham Thi Kim Hue

References

Resultswww.jva.or.jp
{{Asian Women's Volleyball Championship V A Asian Women's Volleyball Championship V