2003 FIVB Volleyball World League

2003 World League
	The Palacio Vistalegre held the final
Tournament details
Host nation	Spanien (Final)
Dates	16 May – 13 July
Teams	16
Champions	Brasilien (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ivan Miljković
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The 2003 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 14th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 16 May to 13 July 2003. The Final Round was held in Madrid, Spain.

Pools composition

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Russland Polen Spanien Venezuela	Brasilien Italien Portugal Deutschland	Serbia and Montenegro Niederlande Cuba Bulgarien	Frankreich Tschechische Republik Griechenland Japan

Intercontinental round

The top two teams in each pool will qualify for the Final Round. If the Final Round hosts Spain finish lower than second in their pool, they will still qualify along with the best three second teams across all four pools.

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Russland	12	10	2	22	31	13	2.385	1054	917	1.149	Final round
2	Polen	12	6	6	18	24	21	1.143	1034	1010	1.024
3	Spanien^[a] (H)	12	5	7	17	23	31	0.742	1177	1239	0.950	Final round
4	Venezuela	12	3	9	15	16	29	0.552	948	1047	0.905

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host
Notes:

^ Qualified as hosts

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
24 May	Spanien	3–2	Polen	25–27	29–31	26–24	25–22	16–14	121–118	P2
24 May	Venezuela	1–3	Russland	25–16	21–25	13–25	15–25		74–91	P2
25 May	Venezuela	0–3	Russland	15–25	17–25	22–25			54–75	P2
25 May	Spanien	3–2	Polen	18–25	27–25	24–26	25–23	15–11	109–110	P2
30 May	Russland	3–1	Spanien	18–25	25–19	25–20	25–18		93–82	P2
31 May	Venezuela	0–3	Polen	17–25	21–25	18–25			56–75	P2
31 May	Russland	3–1	Spanien	25–19	24–26	25–15	25–20		99–80	P2
1 Jun	Venezuela	1–3	Polen	24–26	25–20	19–25	21–25		89–96	P2
6 Jun	Spanien	2–3	Russland	18–25	23–25	26–24	25–23	9–15	101–112	P2
6 Jun	Polen	0–3	Venezuela	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	P2
7 Jun	Polen	3–0	Venezuela	25–18	25–13	25–23			75–54	P2
8 Jun	Spanien	1–3	Russland	24–26	25–20	21–25	23–25		93–96	P2
13 Jun	Russland	3–0	Venezuela	25–23	25–17	27–25			77–65	P2
13 Jun	Polen	3–1	Spanien	25–22	33–31	15–25	25–14		98–92	P2
14 Jun	Polen	2–3	Spanien	22–25	25–18	22–25	25–17	11–15	105–100	P2
14 Jun	Russland	3–1	Venezuela	25–14	22–25	25–13	25–21		97–73	P2
20 Jun	Spanien	3–2	Venezuela	23–25	26–24	25–23	23–25	15–13	112–110	P2
20 Jun	Polen	0–3	Russland	19–25	20–25	20–25			59–75	P2
21 Jun	Polen	3–1	Russland	25–22	31–33	25–21	25–17		106–93	P2
22 Jun	Spanien	1–3	Venezuela	25–19	22–25	22–25	16–25		85–94	P2
27 Jun	Russland	3–0	Polen	25–15	25–20	25–14			75–49	P2
28 Jun	Venezuela	3–1	Spanien	22–25	25–22	26–24	26–24		99–95	P2
28 Jun	Russland	0–3	Polen	23–25	19–25	29–31			71–81	P2
29 Jun	Venezuela	2–3	Spanien	22–25	25–20	20–25	25–22	13–15	105–107	P2

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Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brasilien	12	10	2	22	32	13	2.462	1074	946	1.135	Final round
2	Italien	12	8	4	20	28	16	1.750	1063	985	1.079	Final round
3	Deutschland	12	4	8	16	20	29	0.690	1053	1148	0.917
4	Portugal	12	2	10	14	11	33	0.333	929	1040	0.893

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
23 May	Italien	3–0	Portugal	25–16	25–18	25–19			75–53	P2
24 May	Brasilien	3–0	Deutschland	25–15	29–27	25–19			79–61	P2
25 May	Brasilien	3–1	Deutschland	25–16	23–25	25–13	25–14		98–68	P2
25 May	Italien	3–0	Portugal	25–19	27–25	25–18			77–62	P2
30 May	Italien	1–3	Brasilien	23–25	23–25	25–19	23–25		94–94	P2
31 May	Portugal	2–3	Deutschland	25–23	19–25	25–18	24–26	9–15	102–107	P2
1 Jun	Portugal	3–1	Deutschland	25–21	24–26	25–19	25–17		99–83	P2
1 Jun	Italien	3–2	Brasilien	23–25	21–25	25–21	25–22	16–14	110–107	P2
7 Jun	Deutschland	1–3	Italien	19–25	24–26	25–22	16–25		84–98	P2
7 Jun	Portugal	0–3	Brasilien	21–25	25–27	22–25			68–77	P2
8 Jun	Deutschland	1–3	Italien	18–25	25–19	22–25	29–31		94–100	P2
8 Jun	Portugal	0–3	Brasilien	19–25	23–25	15–25			57–75	P2
14 Jun	Deutschland	2–3	Brasilien	18–25	23–25	25–22	25–21	9–15	100–108	P2
14 Jun	Portugal	0–3	Italien	22–25	22–25	26–28			70–78	P2
15 Jun	Deutschland	0–3	Brasilien	21–25	19–25	20–25			60–75	P2
15 Jun	Portugal	0–3	Italien	21–25	15–25	21–25			57–75	P2
21 Jun	Brasilien	0–3	Italien	27–29	23–25	19–25			69–79	P2
21 Jun	Deutschland	2–3	Portugal	25–22	17–25	23–25	25–23	11–15	101–110	P2
22 Jun	Brasilien	3–1	Italien	23–25	27–25	25–22	25–21		100–93	P2
22 Jun	Deutschland	3–1	Portugal	17–25	25–22	33–31	25–17		100–95	P2
27 Jun	Brasilien	3–1	Portugal	21–25	25–16	25–14	25–19		96–74	P2
27 Jun	Italien	1–3	Deutschland	23–25	28–26	22–25	22–25		95–101	P2
28 Jun	Brasilien	3–1	Portugal	25–16	25–23	21–25	25–18		96–82	P2
29 Jun	Italien	1–3	Deutschland	25–19	21–25	21–25	22–25		89–94	P2

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Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	12	8	4	20	30	19	1.579	1138	1054	1.080	Final round
2	Bulgarien	12	8	4	20	31	21	1.476	1185	1108	1.069	Final round
3	Niederlande	12	5	7	17	20	27	0.741	1029	1081	0.952
4	Cuba	12	3	9	15	16	30	0.533	954	1063	0.897

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
23 May	Bulgarien	2–3	Cuba	25–20	25–18	22–25	29–31	13–15	114–109	P2
24 May	Niederlande	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	25–20	21–25	16–25	18–25		80–95	P2
25 May	Bulgarien	3–0	Cuba	25–19	32–30	25–15			82–64	P2
25 May	Niederlande	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	25–23	20–25	32–30	25–22		102–100	P2
30 May	Serbia and Montenegro	3–2	Bulgarien	26–24	23–25	25–22	18–25	15–13	107–109	P2
31 May	Niederlande	3–0	Cuba	25–22	25–16	25–20			75–58	P2
1 Jun	Niederlande	3–2	Cuba	19–25	18–25	25–19	25–21	15–12	102–102	P2
1 Jun	Serbia and Montenegro	2–3	Bulgarien	28–26	23–25	20–25	26–24	9–15	106–115	P2
6 Jun	Niederlande	1–3	Bulgarien	25–22	23–25	21–25	20–25		89–97	P2
7 Jun	Niederlande	2–3	Bulgarien	22–25	24–26	25–20	25–21	12–15	108–107	P2
6 Jun	Cuba	2–3	Serbia and Montenegro	25–21	21–25	25–17	17–25	11–15	99–103	P2
7 Jun	Cuba	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	20–25	26–24	23–25	21–25		90–99	P2
13 Jun	Bulgarien	3–0	Niederlande	25–22	25–18	25–18			75–58	P2
13 Jun	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Cuba	25–19	25–17	25–19			75–55	P2
15 Jun	Bulgarien	2–3	Niederlande	22–25	21–25	25–19	25–20	9–15	102–104	P2
15 Jun	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Cuba	25–16	25–13	25–18			75–47	P2
20 Jun	Bulgarien	3–1	Serbia and Montenegro	23–25	25–20	25–21	25–22		98–88	P2
21 Jun	Bulgarien	3–2	Serbia and Montenegro	14–25	25–23	25–22	20–25	15–11	99–106	P2
20 Jun	Cuba	3–0	Niederlande	25–18	25–23	25–19			75–60	P2
21 Jun	Cuba	1–3	Niederlande	19–25	19–25	25–16	23–25		86–91	P2
27 Jun	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Niederlande	27–25	25–17	25–23			77–65	P2
27 Jun	Cuba	1–3	Bulgarien	20–25	25–22	19–25	13–25		77–97	P2
28 Jun	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Niederlande	34–32	23–25	25–20	25–18		107–95	P2
28 Jun	Cuba	3–1	Bulgarien	25–20	17–25	25–23	25–22		92–90	P2

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Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Tschechische Republik	12	8	4	20	29	19	1.526	1084	1043	1.039	Final round
2	Griechenland	12	7	5	19	24	25	0.960	1092	1100	0.993	Final round
3	Frankreich	12	6	6	18	26	20	1.300	1091	1037	1.052
4	Japan	12	3	9	15	16	31	0.516	1013	1100	0.921

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
16 May	Frankreich	3–1	Tschechische Republik	20–25	25–23	25–19	25–17		95–84	P2
16 May	Griechenland	3–0	Japan	25–19	25–20	25–16			75–55	P2
17 May	Frankreich	3–0	Tschechische Republik	25–18	25–22	25–22			75–62	P2
17 May	Griechenland	3–1	Japan	25–20	25–17	22–25	25–16		97–78	P2
23 May	Frankreich	1–3	Japan	15–25	24–26	25–22	21–25		85–98	P2
23 May	Griechenland	3–2	Tschechische Republik	21–25	25–23	19–25	25–22	15–13	105–108	P2
24 May	Frankreich	3–1	Japan	25–16	25–18	22–25	29–27		101–86	P2
25 May	Griechenland	0–3	Tschechische Republik	27–29	22–25	23–25			72–79	P2
31 May	Tschechische Republik	3–1	Frankreich	25–23	18–25	25–17	25–20		93–85	P2
31 May	Japan	2–3	Griechenland	25–19	21–25	22–25	25–23	12–15	105–107	P2
1 Jun	Japan	3–2	Griechenland	26–28	25–16	25–22	22–25	15–13	113–104	P2
1 Jun	Tschechische Republik	3–2	Frankreich	19–25	25–18	19–25	26–24	18–16	107–108	P2
6 Jun	Griechenland	0–3	Frankreich	24–26	28–30	23–25			75–81	P2
7 Jun	Tschechische Republik	3–0	Japan	25–23	25–14	26–24			76–61	P2
7 Jun	Griechenland	3–1	Frankreich	25–20	16–25	30–28	28–26		99–99	P2
8 Jun	Tschechische Republik	3–0	Japan	25–21	25–19	25–18			75–58	P2
13 Jun	Frankreich	2–3	Griechenland	24–26	28–30	25–22	25–21	13–15	115–114	P2
14 Jun	Japan	1–3	Tschechische Republik	20–25	22–25	25–22	22–25		89–97	P2
15 Jun	Japan	2–3	Tschechische Republik	24–26	25–20	21–25	25–23	15–17	110–111	P2
15 Jun	Frankreich	3–0	Griechenland	25–20	25–20	25–19			75–59	P2
21 Jun	Tschechische Republik	3–1	Griechenland	21–25	25–16	25–20	25–13		96–74	P2
21 Jun	Japan	0–3	Frankreich	26–28	26–28	17–25			69–81	P2
22 Jun	Japan	3–1	Frankreich	25–22	25–23	16–25	25–21		91–91	P2
22 Jun	Tschechische Republik	2–3	Griechenland	21–25	25–23	25–23	17–25	8–15	96–111	P2

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Final round

Venue: Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid, Spanien
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

Pool play

Pool E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	6	9	2	4.500	262	236	1.110	Semifinals
2	Tschechische Republik	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	259	240	1.079	Semifinals
3	Spanien	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	263	283	0.929
4	Griechenland	3	0	3	3	3	9	0.333	256	281	0.911

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Bericht
08 Jul	10:30	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Tschechische Republik	25–23	25–22	26–24		76–69	P2
08 Jul	20:00	Spanien	3–1	Griechenland	22–25	25–21	25–22	25–23	97–91	P2
09 Jul	13:00	Griechenland	1–3	Tschechische Republik	25–18	19–25	21–25	15–25	80–93	P2
09 Jul	20:00	Spanien	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	19–25	20–25	25–20	18–25	82–95	P2
10 Jul	13:00	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Griechenland	26–24	25–15	15–25	25–21	91–85	P2
10 Jul	20:00	Tschechische Republik	3–1	Spanien	25–15	25–21	22–25	25–23	97–84	P2

Pool F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brasilien	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	291	250	1.164	Semifinals
2	Italien	3	1	2	4	6	7	0.857	299	292	1.024	Semifinals
3	Bulgarien	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	258	278	0.928
4	Russland	3	1	2	4	5	8	0.625	269	297	0.906

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
08 Jul	13:00	Brasilien	3–1	Bulgarien	19–25	25–21	25–18	25–11		94–75	P2
08 Jul	17:30	Russland	3–2	Italien	20–25	25–20	19–25	25–22	15–13	104–105	P2
09 Jul	10:30	Bulgarien	1–3	Italien	25–21	19–25	23–25	23–25		90–96	P2
09 Jul	17:30	Brasilien	3–1	Russland	25–19	24–26	25–17	25–15		99–77	P2
10 Jul	10:30	Bulgarien	3–1	Russland	18–25	25–23	25–18	25–22		93–88	P2
10 Jul	17:30	Italien	1–3	Brasilien	29–31	21–25	25–17	23–25		98–98	P2

Final four

Semifinals		Final

12 July

Serbia and Montenegro	3
		13 July
Italien	0
		Serbia and Montenegro	2
12 July
		Brasilien	3
Tschechische Republik	0

Brasilien	3
		3rd place match

		13 July

		Italien	3

		Tschechische Republik	1

Semifinals

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
12 Jul	11:00	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Italien	26–24	25–22	25–16			76–62	P2
12 Jul	13:30	Tschechische Republik	0–3	Brasilien	12–25	20–25	18–25			50–75	P2

3rd place match

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
13 Jul	15:00	Italien	3–1	Tschechische Republik	22–25	25–22	25–22	25–19		97–88	P2

Final

Date	Zeit		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Bericht
13 Jul	18:00	Serbia and Montenegro	2–3	Brasilien	16–25	25–21	25–19	23–25	29–31	118–121	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brasilien
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Italien
4	Tschechische Republik
5	Bulgarien
5	Spanien
7	Griechenland
7	Russland
9	Polen
10	Frankreich
	Deutschland
	Niederlande
13	Cuba
	Japan
	Portugal
	Venezuela

2003 World League champions
Brasilien 3rd title

**12-man Roster for Final Round**
Giovane, André Heller, Henrique, Maurício, Giba, André, Sérgio, Anderson, Nalbert, Rodrigão, Ricardo, Dante
Head coach
Bernardinho

Awards

Best scorer (most valuable player)
Ivan Miljković
Best spiker
Martin Lebl
Best blocker
Andrija Gerić
Best server
Andrija Gerić

References

External links

Official website

[table_note_ESP0.81287767077465-1] Qualified as hosts

[2] "Match results".

[3] "Match results".

[4] "Match results".

[5] "Match results".

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