The 2003

Women's European Volleyball Championship The Women's European Volleyball Championship is the official competition for senior women's national volleyball teams of Europe, organized by the European Volleyball Confederation ( CEV). The initial gap between championships was variable, but si ...

was the 23rd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in

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from 20 to 28 September 2003. The two finalists Poland and Turkey claimed a ticket for the

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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

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. Defending champion

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finished out of the medals for the first time in volleyball history.

Participating teams

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

Squads

Venues

Preliminary round

* All times are

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( UTC+03:00).

Pool A

*venue location: Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall,

Pool B

*venue location:

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Final round

*venue location: Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall,

* All times are

( UTC+03:00).

5th–8th place

* Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.

5th–8th semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Final

* Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.

Semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final ranking

*''Poland and Turkey qualified for the

Individual awards

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament. *Best Scorer: *Best Spiker: *Best Blocker: *Best Server: *Best Digger: *Best Setter: *Best Receiver:

References

* Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)

External links

Results
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CEV Results

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