2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2003 Women’s European Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	20 – 28 September
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Małgorzata Glinka
Official website
Website

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.

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
Bulgaria	2001 edition third place
Czech Republic	Qualification Category A best third
Germany	Qualification Category A group 3 second
Italy	2001 edition second place
Netherlands	Qualification Category A group 2 second
Poland	Qualification Category A group 3 winners
Romania	Qualification Category A group 1 second
Russia	2001 edition first place
Serbia and Montenegro	Qualification Category A group 2 winners
Slovakia	Qualification Category A second best third
Turkey	Hosts
Ukraine	Qualification 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

Venues

Pool A and Final round	Pool B	Ankara Antalya Tournament host cities
Ankara	Antalya	Ankara Antalya Tournament host cities

Preliminary round

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

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

Pool A

venue location: Ankara, Turkey

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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 Sep	14:00	Germany	3–0	Slovakia	25–14	25–15	25–16			75–45	Report
20 Sep	16:30	Serbia and Montenegro	1–3	Russia	13–25	25–18	17–25	18–25		73–93	Report
20 Sep	19:00	Romania	0–3	Turkey	22–25	20–25	17–25			59–75	Report
21 Sep	14:00	Slovakia	0–3	Russia	25–27	17–25	19–25			61–77	Report
21 Sep	16:30	Germany	3–0	Romania	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66	Report
21 Sep	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	25–23	25–20	25–20			75–63	Report
22 Sep	14:00	Romania	3–2	Slovakia	25–14	25–10	22–25	28–30	15–8	115–87	Report
22 Sep	16:30	Serbia and Montenegro	0–3	Germany	15–25	22–25	22–25			59–75	Report
22 Sep	19:00	Russia	0–3	Turkey	21–25	22–25	24–26			67–76	Report
24 Sep	14:00	Romania	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	25–11	25–21	23–25	25–22		98–79	Report
24 Sep	16:30	Germany	3–0	Russia	25–22	27–25	25–19			77–66	Report
24 Sep	19:00	Slovakia	0–3	Turkey	20–25	20–25	14–25			54–75	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Russia	3–0	Romania	25–16	25–17	25–22			75–55	Report
25 Sep	16:30	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Slovakia	28–26	25–12	27–25			80–63	Report
25 Sep	19:00	Turkey	2–3	Germany	16–25	16–25	25–22	25–12	10–15	92–99	Report

Pool B

venue location: Antalya, Turkey

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	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 Sep	14:00	Poland	3–2	Netherlands	25–22	25–19	32–34	23–25	15–5	120–105	Report
20 Sep	16:30	Ukraine	3–1	Bulgaria	25–23	25–19	23–25	25–19		98–86	Report
20 Sep	19:00	Italy	3–0	Czech Republic	25–18	25–16	25–22			75–56	Report
21 Sep	14:00	Ukraine	1–3	Poland	19–25	25–23	19–25	23–25		86–98	Report
21 Sep	16:30	Bulgaria	3–0	Czech Republic	25–13	25–17	25–16			75–46	Report
21 Sep	19:00	Netherlands	3–0	Italy	25–20	25–19	25–18			75–57	Report
22 Sep	14:00	Poland	3–2	Bulgaria	25–17	25–22	22–25	20–25	15–12	107–101	Report
22 Sep	16:30	Czech Republic	2–3	Netherlands	14–25	25–18	17–25	25–20	10–15	91–103	Report
22 Sep	19:00	Italy	3–0	Ukraine	25–23	25–22	25–14			75–59	Report
24 Sep	14:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Netherlands	25–22	23–25	18–25	24–26		90–98	Report
24 Sep	16:30	Ukraine	3–2	Czech Republic	25–21	25–14	22–25	22–25	15–7	109–92	Report
24 Sep	19:00	Poland	1–3	Italy	25–20	22–25	20–25	22–25		89–95	Report
25 Sep	14:00	Netherlands	3–0	Ukraine	25–15	25–18	25–20			75–53	Report
25 Sep	16:30	Italy	2–3	Bulgaria	19–25	25–20	21–25	25–15	17–19	107–104	Report
25 Sep	19:00	Czech Republic	1–3	Poland	19–25	25–23	22–25	16–25		82–98	Report

Final round

venue location: Ankara, Turkey
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).

5th–8th place

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

Semifinals			5th place

27 Sep
Russia	3
Bulgaria	2

			28 Sep
			Russia	3
			Italy	0


			7th place
27 Sep		28 Sep
Romania	1	Bulgaria	3
Italy	3		Romania	1

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	11:30	Russia	3–2	Bulgaria	25–21	28–30	25–15	26–28	15–11	119–105	Report
27 Sep	14:00	Romania	1–3	Italy	25–21	15–25	26–28	21–25		87–99	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	11:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Romania	25–21	20–25	25–20	25–22		95–88	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	14:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	25–16	25–14	25–20			75–50	Report

Final

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

Semifinals			Final

27 Sep
Germany	2
Poland	3

			28 Sep
			Poland	3
			Turkey	0


			3rd place
27 Sep		28 Sep
Turkey	3	Germany	3
Netherlands	0		Netherlands	2

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Sep	16:30	Germany	2–3	Poland	23–25	25–20	25–22	22–25	9–15	104–107	Report
27 Sep	19:00	Turkey	3–0	Netherlands	25–17	25–22	25–22			75–61	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	16:30	Germany	3–2	Netherlands	25–20	25–15	24–26	23–25	18–16	115–102	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
28 Sep	19:00	Poland	3–0	Turkey	25–17	25–14	25–17			75–48	Report

Final ranking

Place	Team
01 !	Poland
02 !	Turkey
03 !	Germany
4.	Netherlands
5.	Russia
6.	Italy
7.	Bulgaria
8.	Romania
9.	Ukraine
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Czech Republic
	Slovakia

2003 Women's European Champions
Poland First title

**Team Roster**
Izabela Bełcik, Małgorzata Glinka, Dominika Leśniewicz, Maria Liktoras, Agata Mróz, Małgorzata Niemczyk-Wolska, Anna Podolec, Aleksandra Przybysz, Katarzyna Skowrońska, Magdalena Śliwa, and Dorota Świeniewicz. Head Coach: Andrzej Niemczyk.

Poland and Turkey qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup

Individual awards

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

Best Scorer: Małgorzata Glinka (POL)
Best Spiker: Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)
Best Blocker: Kathy Radzuweit (GER)
Best Server: Elles Leferink (NED)
Best Digger: Gülden Kayalar (TUR)
Best Setter: Magdalena Śliwa (POL)
Best Receiver: Nicoleta Țolișteanu (ROM)

References

Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)^[2]

↑ "2002/2003 Senior European Championships (Individual Awards)". CEV. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
↑ "2002/2003 Senior European Championships Women". CEV. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

External links

Results at todor66.com
CEV Results
Results

European Volleyball Championship

Men's

Tournaments	Italy 1948 Bulgaria 1950 France 1951 Romania 1955 Czechoslovakia 1958 Romania 1963 Turkey 1967 Italy 1971 Yugoslavia 1975 Finland 1977 France 1979 Bulgaria 1981 East Germany 1983 Netherlands 1985 Belgium 1987 Sweden 1989 Germany 1991 Finland 1993 Greece 1995 Netherlands 1997 Austria 1999 Czech Republic 2001 Germany 2003 Italy&Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Russia 2007 Turkey 2009 Austria&Czech Republic 2011 Denmark&Poland 2013 Bulgaria&Italy 2015 Poland 2017
Qualification	1948 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Squads	1948 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Czechoslovakia 1949 Bulgaria 1950 France 1951 Romania 1955 Czechoslovakia 1958 Romania 1963 Turkey 1967 Italy 1971 Yugoslavia 1975 Finland 1977 France 1979 Bulgaria 1981 East Germany 1983 Netherlands 1985 Belgium 1987 West Germany 1989 Italy 1991 Czech Republic 1993 Netherlands 1995 Czech Republic 1997 Italy 1999 Bulgaria 2001 Turkey 2003 Croatia 2005 Belgium/Luxembourg 2007 Poland 2009 Italy/Serbia 2011 Germany/Switzerland 2013 Netherlands/Belgium 2015 Azerbaijan/Georgia 2017
Qualification	1949 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Squads	1949 1950 1951 1955 1958 1963 1967 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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