2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship explained

Competition:	Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Gender:	women
Continent:	Americas
Year:	2003
Host:	Dominican Republic
Dates:	September 13 - 18 2003
Teams:	8
Venues:	Volleyball Pavilion, Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
Cities:	Santo Domingo
Champions:	USA
Title Number:	4
Mvp:	Yumilka Ruiz
Last:	2001 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Next:	2005 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

The 2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 13 to September 18, 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The United States won the championship by defeating Cuba 3-0,^[1] and both teams qualified to the 2003 FIVB World Cup.^[2] The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal.

Competing nations

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	- withdrew

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		6	3	3	0	258	188	1.372	9	2	4.500
2.		5	3	2	1	268	211	1.270	8	4	2.000
3.		4	3	1	2	202	219	0.922	4	6	0.666
4.		3	3	0	3	115	225	0.511	0	9	0.000

• September 13

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	3  - 0		25-12 25- 9 25-10
	3  - 0		25-23 25-16 25-16

• September 14

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	3  - 0		25-15 25-14 25-21
	3  - 2		22-25 25-20 25-21 21-25 15-08

• September 15

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	3  - 0		25-12 25-08 25-14
	3  - 1		19-25 25-20 25-10 25-17

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.		4	2	2	0	178	144	1.236	6	2	3.000
2.		3	2	1	1	178	141	1.262	5	3	1.666
3.		2	2	0	2	79	150	0.526	0	6	0.000
4.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000

• September 13

• September 14

• September 15

Final round

Quarter-finals

• September 16

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	3  - 0		25-06 25-15 25-14
	3  - 0		25-18 25-08 25-15

Semi-finals

• September 17

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	2  - 3		23-25 22-25 25-20 25-20 11-15
	3  - 0		25-16 25-19 25-16

Finals

• September 17 - Fifth Place Match

• September 18 - Bronze Medal Match

• September 18 - Gold Medal Match

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Final ranking

Place	Team
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• The United States and Cuba qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup

Individual awards

• Most valuable player
  • • Best spiker
    • Best blocker
    • Best server
    • Best digger
    • Best setter
    • Best receiver
    • Best libero
    • Best coach

References

1. Web site: USA wins the gold medal, Cuba and Dominican Republic follow. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. FIVB. 2003-09-18. 2017-12-20.
2. Web site: ¡A comer con palitos en noviembre!. Nacianceno. Alfonso. Spanish. Granma . 2003-09-16. 2017-12-20.
3. Web site: USA wins the gold medal, Cuba and Dominican Republic follow. FIVB. 2010-06-17.

External links

• Results