2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship

The 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Ankara, Turkey from 20 to 28 September 2003.

2003 Women’s European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Turkey
Dates20 – 28 September
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Poland (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP Małgorzata Glinka
Official website

The two finalists Poland and Turkey claimed a ticket for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup 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 Croatia. Defending champion Russia finished out of the medals for the first time in volleyball history.

Participating teams
Team Method of qualification
 Bulgaria2001 edition third place
 Czech RepublicQualification Category A best third
 GermanyQualification Category A group 3 second
 Italy2001 edition second place
 NetherlandsQualification Category A group 2 second
 PolandQualification Category A group 3 winners
 RomaniaQualification Category A group 1 second
 Russia2001 edition first place
 Serbia and MontenegroQualification Category A group 2 winners
 SlovakiaQualification Category A second best third
 TurkeyHosts
 UkraineQualification Category A group 1 winners

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
Pool A Pool B
 Germany  Bulgaria
 Romania  Czech Republic
 Russia  Italy
 Serbia and Montenegro  Netherlands
 Slovakia  Poland
 Turkey  Ukraine

Squads
Main article: 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship squads

Venues
Pool A and Final round Pool B
Ankara
Antalya
Tournament host cities
Ankara Antalya
Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall Dilek Sabancı Sport Hall
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 2,500

Preliminary round
(A)Advance to 1st–4th semifinals
(a)Advance to 5th–8th semifinals

Pool A
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Germany (A) 10 5 0 15 2 7.500 401 328 1.223
2  Turkey (A) 9 4 1 14 3 4.667 393 342 1.149
3  Russia (a) 8 3 2 9 7 1.286 378 342 1.105
4  Romania (a) 7 2 3 6 12 0.500 393 391 1.005
5  Serbia and Montenegro 6 1 4 5 12 0.417 354 404 0.876
6  Slovakia 5 0 5 2 15 0.133 310 422 0.735
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Sep14:00Germany  3–0  Slovakia 25–1425–1525–16  75–45Report
20 Sep16:30Serbia and Montenegro  1–3  Russia 13–2525–1817–2518–25 73–93Report
20 Sep19:00Romania  0–3  Turkey 22–2520–2517–25  59–75Report
21 Sep14:00Slovakia  0–3  Russia 25–2717–2519–25  61–77Report
21 Sep16:30Germany  3–0  Romania 25–2225–2225–22  75–66Report
21 Sep19:00Turkey  3–0  Serbia and Montenegro 25–2325–2025–20  75–63Report
22 Sep14:00Romania  3–2  Slovakia 25–1425–1022–2528–3015–8115–87Report
22 Sep16:30Serbia and Montenegro  0–3  Germany 15–2522–2522–25  59–75Report
22 Sep19:00Russia  0–3  Turkey 21–2522–2524–26  67–76Report
24 Sep14:00Romania  3–1  Serbia and Montenegro 25–1125–2123–2525–22 98–79Report
24 Sep16:30Germany  3–0  Russia 25–2227–2525–19  77–66Report
24 Sep19:00Slovakia  0–3  Turkey 20–2520–2514–25  54–75Report
25 Sep14:00Russia  3–0  Romania 25–1625–1725–22  75–55Report
25 Sep16:30Serbia and Montenegro  3–0  Slovakia 28–2625–1227–25  80–63Report
25 Sep19:00Turkey  2–3  Germany 16–2516–2525–2225–1210–1592–99Report

Pool B
Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Netherlands (A) 9 4 1 14 6 2.333 456 411 1.109
2  Poland (A) 9 4 1 13 9 1.444 512 469 1.092
3  Italy (a) 8 3 2 11 7 1.571 409 383 1.068
4  Bulgaria (a) 7 2 3 10 11 0.909 456 456 1.000
5  Ukraine 7 2 3 7 12 0.583 405 426 0.951
6  Czech Republic 5 0 5 5 15 0.333 367 460 0.798
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
20 Sep14:00Poland  3–2  Netherlands 25–2225–1932–3423–2515–5120–105Report
20 Sep16:30Ukraine  3–1  Bulgaria 25–2325–1923–2525–19 98–86Report
20 Sep19:00Italy  3–0  Czech Republic 25–1825–1625–22  75–56Report
21 Sep14:00Ukraine  1–3  Poland 19–2525–2319–2523–25 86–98Report
21 Sep16:30Bulgaria  3–0  Czech Republic 25–1325–1725–16  75–46Report
21 Sep19:00Netherlands  3–0  Italy 25–2025–1925–18  75–57Report
22 Sep14:00Poland  3–2  Bulgaria 25–1725–2222–2520–2515–12107–101Report
22 Sep16:30Czech Republic  2–3  Netherlands 14–2525–1817–2525–2010–1591–103Report
22 Sep19:00Italy  3–0  Ukraine 25–2325–2225–14  75–59Report
24 Sep14:00Bulgaria  1–3  Netherlands 25–2223–2518–2524–26 90–98Report
24 Sep16:30Ukraine  3–2  Czech Republic 25–2125–1422–2522–2515–7109–92Report
24 Sep19:00Poland  1–3  Italy 25–2022–2520–2522–25 89–95Report
25 Sep14:00Netherlands  3–0  Ukraine 25–1525–1825–20  75–53Report
25 Sep16:30Italy  2–3  Bulgaria 19–2525–2021–2525–1517–19107–104Report
25 Sep19:00Czech Republic  1–3  Poland 19–2525–2322–2516–25 82–98Report

Final round

5th–8th place
  • Pools A and B third and fourth positions play each other.
 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
27 Sep
 
 
 Russia3
 
28 Sep
 
 Bulgaria2
 
 Russia3
 
27 Sep
 
 Italy0
 
 Romania1
 
 
 Italy3
 
7th place
 
 
28 Sep
 
 
 Bulgaria3
 
 
 Romania1

5th–8th semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep11:30Russia  3–2  Bulgaria 25–2128–3025–1526–2815–11119–105Report
27 Sep14:00Romania  1–3  Italy 25–2115–2526–2821–25 87–99Report

7th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep11:30Bulgaria  3–1  Romania 25–2120–2525–2025–22 95–88Report

5th place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep14:00Russia  3–0  Italy 25–1625–1425–20  75–50Report

Final
  • Pools A and B first and second positions play each other.
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 Sep
 
 
 Germany2
 
28 Sep
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland3
 
27 Sep
 
 Turkey0
 
 Turkey3
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
3rd place
 
 
28 Sep
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 Netherlands2

Semifinals
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
27 Sep16:30Germany  2–3  Poland 23–2525–2025–2222–259–15104–107Report
27 Sep19:00Turkey  3–0  Netherlands 25–1725–2225–22  75–61Report

3rd place match
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep16:30Germany  3–2  Netherlands 25–2025–1524–2623–2518–16115–102Report

Final
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
28 Sep19:00Poland  3–0  Turkey 25–1725–1425–17  75–48Report

Final ranking

Individual awards

Players awarded for their performances in the tournament.[1]

References
  • Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)[2]
  1. "2002/2003 Senior European Championships (Individual Awards)". CEV. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. "2002/2003 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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