The 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 1 to 15 November 2003 in

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. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the

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. Teams were made up as follows: hosts

, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa, and two wild-card teams nominated jointly by the FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The women played in

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, Kagoshima,

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, Toyama,

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, Sendai, and

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Teams

* — Host * — African Champions * — Asian Champions * — European Champions * — NORCECA Champions * — South American Champions * — Asian bronze medalists * — European Vice-champions * — NORCECA Vice-champions * — South American Vice-champions * — Wild-card * — Wild-card

Squads

Results

All times are

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( UTC+09:00).

First round

Site A

Venue:

Yoyogi National Gymnasium Yoyogi National Gymnasium, officially is an indoor arena located at Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, which is famous for its Suspended structure, suspension roof design. The arena holds 13,291 people (9,079 stand seats, 4,124 arena sea ...

Site B

Venue: Kagoshima Arena, Kagoshima

Second round

Site A

Venue: Nagoya Rainbow Hall,

Site B

Venue: Sendai Gymnasium, Sendai

Third round

Site A

Venue: Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center,

Site B

Venue:

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, Toyama

Fourth round

Site A

Venue: Namihaya Dome, Kadoma

Site B

Venue: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium,

Final standing

Awards

* Most valuable player *: Małgorzata Glinka * Best scorer *: Małgorzata Glinka * Best spiker *: Zhao Ruirui * Best blocker *: Valeska Menezes * Best server *: Zoila Barros * Best receiver *: Zhou Suhong * Best libero *: Arlene Xavier * Best setter *:

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* Special award *: Yoshie Takeshita

External links

FIVB 2003 World Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:2003 Fivb Women's World Cup 2003 Women's Women's World Cup V V November 2003 sports events in Asia Women's volleyball in Japan