2003 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix

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.

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

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

No	Date	Match	Résultat	Sets					Points
				1	2	3	4	5	pour	contre
1	21–07–03	Japan –  Netherlands	0–3	16–25	18–25	19–25	–	–	53	75
2	21–07–03	Germany –  Italy	1–3	26–24	22–25	19–25	22–25	–	89	99
3	21–07–03	United States –  Cuba	3–0	25–22	25–19	25–14	–	–	75	55
7	22–07–03	Japan –  United States	2–3	26–24	17–25	15–25	25–23	12–15	95	112
8	22–07–03	Cuba –  Germany	1–3	16–25	14–25	25–22	16–25	–	71	97
9	22–07–03	Netherlands –  Italy	3–2	16–25	25–20	27–25	15–25	15–8	98	103
13	23–07–03	United States –  Netherlands	3–0	25–23	25–20	25–15	–	–	75	58
14	23–07–03	Germany –  Japan	3–1	25–13	17–25	26–24	25–21	–	93	83
18	23–07–03	Italy –  Cuba	2–3	25–16	25–22	25–27	20–25	12–15	107	105
19	25–07–03	Netherlands –  Cuba	3–2	23–25	19–25	25–23	25–16	15–13	107	102
20	25–07–03	United States –  Germany	3–1	25–21	25–20	17–25	33–31	–	100	97
21	25–07–03	Japan –  Italy	3–2	23–25	16–25	25–21	26–24	15–10	105	105
25	26–07–03	Cuba –  Japan	2–3	25–18	18–25	20–25	25–19	13–15	101	102
27	26–07–03	Germany –  Netherlands	2–3	21–25	28–26	25–22	21–25	13–15	108	113
30	26–07–03	Italy –  United States	3–2	23–25	20–25	25–23	25–15	15–9	108	97

No	Team	Points	Matches		Points			Sets
			W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	United States	9	4	1	14	6	2,333	459	413	1,111
2	Netherlands	9	4	1	12	9	1,333	451	441	1,023
3	Italy	7	2	3	12	12	1,000	522	494	1,057
4	Germany	7	2	3	10	11	0,909	484	466	1,039
5	Japan	3	2	3	9	13	0,692	438	486	0,901
6	Cuba	3	1	4	8	14	0,571	434	488	0,889

Group B

Rank	Date	Match	Résultat	Sets					Points
				1	2	3	4	5	pour	contre
4	21–07–03	Thailand –  Brazil	0–3	10–25	17–25	11–25	–	–	38	75
5	21–07–03	China –  Canada	3–0	25–22	25–14	25–15	–	–	75	51
6	21–07–03	South Korea –  Russia	3–1	25–19	19–25	25–18	31–29	–	100	91
10	22–07–03	Russia –  Thailand	3–0	25–18	25–21	25–19	–	–	75	58
11	22–07–03	Canada –  Brazil	0–3	23–25	18–25	20–25	–	–	61	75
12	22–07–03	China –  South Korea	3–0	29–27	25–8	25–23	–	–	79	58
15	23–07–03	Thailand –  China	0–3	11–25	22–25	10–25	–	–	43	75
16	23–07–03	South Korea –  Canada	3–1	25–18	18–25	25–13	25–23	–	93	79
17	23–07–03	Brazil –  Russia	2–3	16–25	25–20	17–25	25–21	13–15	96	106
22	25–07–03	Canada –  Russia	0–3	17–25	17–25	14–25	–	–	48	75
23	25–07–03	South Korea –  Thailand	3–0	25–21	25–13	25–10	–	–	75	44
24	25–07–03	China –  Brazil	1–3	22–25	25–17	24–26	18–25	–	89	93
26	26–07–03	Russia –  China	3–1	25–23	21–25	25–19	28–26	–	99	93
28	26–07–03	Thailand –  Canada	3–1	28–26	25–18	20–25	25–22	–	98	91
29	26–07–03	Brazil –  South Korea	0–3	20–25	21–25	18–25	–	–	59	75

Rank	Team	Points	Matches		Points			Sets
			W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	South Korea	9	4	1	12	5	2,400	401	352	1,139
2	Russia	9	4	1	13	6	2,167	446	395	1,129
3	China	8	3	2	11	6	1,833	411	344	1,195
4	Brazil	8	3	2	11	7	1,571	398	369	1,079
5	Thailand	6	1	4	3	13	0,231	281	391	0,719
6	Canada	5	0	5	2	15	0,133	330	416	0,793

Final round

Result

No	Date	Match	Résultat	Sets					Points
				1	2	3	4	5	pour	contre
31	28–07–02	Italy- Netherlands	2–3	25–23	25–23	34–36	24–26	17–19	125	127
32	28–07–02	Russia- South Korea	3–0	25–15	25–23	25–16	–	–	75	54
33	28–07–02	United States- China	0–3	21–25	24–26	26–28	–	–	71	79
34	29–07–02	Netherlands- Russia	0–3	22–25	18–25	15–25	–	–	55	75
35	29–07–02	China- South Korea	3–0	25–17	25–14	25–23	–	–	75	54
36	29–07–02	United States- Italy	3–0	25–19	25–19	26–24	–	–	76	62
37	30–07–02	Italy- China	1–3	22–25	25–23	15–25	20–25	–	82	98
38	30–07–02	Russia- United States	3–1	25–19	21–25	25–21	25–17	–	96	82
39	30–07–02	South Korea- Netherlands	2–3	25–18	25–23	21–25	20–25	20–22	111	113
40	02–08–02	China- Netherlands	3–1	25–19	25–20	25–27	25–17	–	100	83
41	02–08–02	Italy- Russia	1–3	25–20	15–25	20–25	17–25	–	77	95
42	02–08–02	United States- South Korea	3–0	30–28	25–21	25–17	–	–	80	66
43	03–08–02	Netherlands- United States	0–3	22–25	20–25	26–28	–	–	68	78
44	03–08–02	South Korea- Italy	1–3	19–25	17–25	25–22	13–25	–	74	97
45	03–08–02	Russia- China	0–3	22–25	26–28	21–25	–	–	69	78

Classement Final

Rank	Team	Points	Matches		Points			Sets
			W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	China	10	5	0	15	2	7,500	430	359	1,198
2	Russia	9	4	1	12	5	2,400	410	346	1,185
3	United States	8	3	2	10	6	1,667	387	371	1,043
4	Netherlands	7	2	3	7	13	0,538	446	489	0,912
5	Italy	6	1	4	7	13	0,538	443	470	0,943
6	South Korea	5	0	5	3	15	0,200	359	440	0,816

Final 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:
  •  Yelizaveta Tishchenko (RUS)
• Best Blocker:
  •  Anastasia Belikova (RUS)
• Best Server:
  •  Yang Hao (CHN)

References

• FIVB
• Results