2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

2003 FIVB World Grand Prix

Tournament details
Host nation	Italy
Dates	21 July – 3 August
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Paola Cardullo (ITA)
Official website
fivb.com

The FIVB World Grand Prix 2003 was the eleventh edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2003 edition was played by twelve countries from July 21 to August 3, 2003 with the final round held in Andria, Italy. Hosts Italy and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round.

Competing nations

Qualification process

Europe	America	Asia
Germany Italy Netherlands Russia	Brazil Canada Cuba United States	China Japan South Korea Thailand

Calendar

Group A	Group B
Site : Gioia del Colle, Matera Italy Germany Cuba Italy Japan Netherlands United States	Site : Matera, Gioia del Colle Italy Brazil Canada China South Korea Russia Thailand

Teams

Further information: 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	4	1	9	14	6	2.333	459	413	1.111	Final round
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	9	12	9	1.333	451	441	1.023
3	Italy	5	2	3	7	12	12	1.000	522	494	1.057
4	Germany	5	2	3	7	10	11	0.909	484	466	1.039
5	Japan	5	2	3	7	9	13	0.692	438	486	0.901
6	Cuba	5	1	4	6	8	14	0.571	434	488	0.889

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Japan	0–3	Netherlands	16–25	18–25	19–25			53–75
21 Jul	Germany	1–3	Italy	26–24	22–25	19–25	22–25		89–99
21 Jul	United States	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–19	25–14			75–55
22 Jul	Japan	2–3	United States	26–24	17–25	15–25	25–23	12–15	95–112
22 Jul	Cuba	1–3	Germany	16–25	14–25	25–22	16–25		71–97
22 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	Italy	16–25	25–20	27–25	15–25	15–8	98–103
23 Jul	United States	3–0	Netherlands	25–23	25–20	25–15			75–58
23 Jul	Germany	3–1	Japan	25–13	17–25	26–24	25–21		93–83
23 Jul	Italy	2–3	Cuba	25–16	25–22	25–27	20–25	12–15	107–105
25 Jul	Netherlands	3–2	Cuba	23–25	19–25	25–23	25–16	15–13	107–102
25 Jul	United States	3–1	Germany	25–21	25–20	17–25	33–31		100–97
25 Jul	Japan	3–2	Italy	23–25	16–25	25–21	26–24	15–10	105–105
26 Jul	Cuba	2–3	Japan	25–18	18–25	20–25	25–19	13–15	101–102
26 Jul	Germany	2–3	Netherlands	21–25	28–26	25–22	21–25	13–15	108–113
26 Jul	Italy	3–2	United States	23–25	20–25	25–23	25–15	15–9	108–97

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	401	352	1.139	Final round
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	13	6	2.167	446	395	1.129
3	China	5	3	2	8	11	6	1.833	411	344	1.195
4	Brazil	5	3	2	8	11	7	1.571	398	369	1.079
5	Thailand	5	1	4	6	3	13	0.231	281	391	0.719
6	Canada	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	330	416	0.793

Source:

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
21 Jul	Thailand	0–3	Brazil	10–25	17–25	11–25			38–75
21 Jul	China	3–0	Canada	25–22	25–14	25–15			75–51
21 Jul	South Korea	3–1	Russia	25–19	19–25	25–18	31–29		100–91
22 Jul	Russia	3–0	Thailand	25–18	25–21	25–19			75–58
22 Jul	Canada	0–3	Brazil	23–25	18–25	20–25			61–75
22 Jul	China	3–0	South Korea	29–27	25–8	25–23			79–58
23 Jul	Thailand	0–3	China	11–25	22–25	10–25			43–75
23 Jul	South Korea	3–1	Canada	25–18	18–25	25–13	25–23		93–79
23 Jul	Brazil	2–3	Russia	16–25	25–20	17–25	25–21	13–15	96–106
25 Jul	Canada	0–3	Russia	17–25	17–25	14–25			48–75
25 Jul	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	25–21	25–13	25–10			75–44
25 Jul	China	1–3	Brazil	22–25	25–17	24–26	18–25		89–93
26 Jul	Russia	3–1	China	25–23	21–25	25–19	28–26		99–93
26 Jul	Thailand	3–1	Canada	28–26	25–18	20–25	25–22		98–91
26 Jul	Brazil	0–3	South Korea	20–25	21–25	18–25			59–75

Final round

Pool Final

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
28 Jul	Italy	2–3	Netherlands	25–23	25–23	34–36	24–26	17–19	125–127
28 Jul	Russia	3–0	South Korea	25–15	25–23	25–16			75–54
28 Jul	United States	0–3	China	21–25	24–26	26–28			71–79
29 Jul	Netherlands	0–3	Russia	22–25	18–25	15–25			55–75
29 Jul	China	3–0	South Korea	25–17	25–14	25–23			75–54
29 Jul	United States	3–0	Italy	25–19	25–19	26–24			76–62
30 Jul	Italy	1–3	China	22–25	25–23	15–25	20–25		82–98
30 Jul	Russia	3–1	United States	25–19	21–25	25–21	25–17		96–82
30 Jul	South Korea	2–3	Netherlands	25–18	25–23	21–25	20–25	20–22	111–113
2 Ago	China	3–1	Netherlands	25–19	25–20	25–27	25–17		100–83
2 Ago	Italy	1–3	Russia	25–20	15–25	20–25	17–25		77–95
2 Ago	United States	3–0	South Korea	30–28	25–21	25–17			80–66
3 Ago	Netherlands	0–3	United States	22–25	20–25	26–28			68–78
3 Ago	South Korea	1–3	Italy	19–25	17–25	25–22	13–25		74–97
3 Ago	Russia	0–3	China	22–25	26–28	21–25			69–78

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	China	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	430	359	1.198
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	410	346	1.185
3	United States	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	387	371	1.043
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	7	7	13	0.538	446	489	0.912
5	Italy	5	1	4	6	7	13	0.538	443	470	0.943
6	South Korea	5	0	5	5	3	15	0.200	359	440	0.816

Source:

Overall ranking

Place	Team
	China
	Russia
	United States
4.	Netherlands
5.	Italy
6.	South Korea
7.	Germany
8.	Brazil
9.	Japan
10.	Thailand
11.	Cuba
12.	Canada

2003 FIVB Women's World Grand Prix winners
China First title

Team roster

Feng Kun (c), Yang Hao, Liu Yanan, Chu Jinling, Li Shan, Zhou Suhong, Zhao Ruirui, Zhang Yuehong, Chen Jing, Song Nina, Wang Lina and Zhang Na.

Head coach

Chen Zhonghe

Individual awards

• Most valuable player:
  • Paola Cardullo (ITA)
• Best scorer:
  • Ekaterina Gamova (RUS)
• Best spiker:
  • Evguenia Artamonova (RUS)
• Best blocker:
  • Anastasia Belikova (RUS)
• Best server:
  • Yang Hao (CHN)
• Best setter:
  • Fernanda Venturini (BRA)

Dream Team

• Setter:
  • Fernanda Venturini (BRA)
• Middle Blockers:
  • Danielle Scott (USA)
  • Zhao Ruirui (CHN)
• Outside Hitters:
  • Yevgeniya Artamonova (RUS)
  • Yang Hao (CHN)
• Opposite Spiker:
  • Zhou Suhong (CHN)

References

• FIVB
• Results