2003 FIVB Volleyball World League

2003 World League
Tournament details
Host nation	Spain (Final)
Dates	16 May–13 July
Teams	16
Venues	(in host cities)
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
MVP	Ivan Miljković
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The 2003 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 14th edition of the annual men's 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
Russia Poland Spain Venezuela	Brazil Italy Portugal Germany	Serbia and Montenegro Netherlands Cuba Bulgaria	France Czech Republic Greece 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

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	22	10	2	31	13	2.385	1054	917	1.149
2	Poland	18	6	6	24	21	1.143	1034	1010	1.024
3	Spain	17	5	7	23	31	0.742	1177	1239	0.950
4	Venezuela	15	3	9	16	29	0.552	948	1047	0.905

Results

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 24	Spain	3-2	Poland	25-27	29-31	26-24	25-22	16-14	121 - 118
May 24	Venezuela	1-3	Russia	25-16	21-25	13-25	15-25	NA	74 - 91
May 25	Venezuela	0-3	Russia	15-25	17-25	22-25	NA	NA	54 - 75
May 25	Spain	3-2	Poland	18-25	27-25	24-26	25-23	15-11	109 - 110
May 30	Russia	3-1	Spain	18-25	25-19	25-20	25-18	NA	93 - 82
May 31	Venezuela	0-3	Poland	17-25	21-25	18-25	NA	NA	56 - 75
May 31	Russia	3-1	Spain	25-19	24-26	25-15	25-20	NA	99 - 80
Jun 1	Venezuela	1-3	Poland	24-26	25-20	19-25	21-25	NA	89 - 96
Jun 6	Spain	2-3	Russia	18-25	23-25	26-24	25-23	09-15	101 - 112
Jun 6	Poland	0-3	Venezuela	20-25	22-25	20-25	NA	NA	62 - 75
Jun 7	Poland	3-0	Venezuela	25-18	25-13	25-23	NA	NA	75 - 54
Jun 8	Spain	1-3	Russia	24-26	25-20	21-25	23-25	NA	93 - 96
Jun 13	Russia	3-0	Venezuela	25-23	25-17	27-25	NA	NA	77 - 65
Jun 13	Poland	3-1	Spain	25-22	33-31	15-25	25-14	NA	98 - 92
Jun 14	Poland	2-3	Spain	22-25	25-18	22-25	25-17	11-15	105 - 100
Jun 14	Russia	3-1	Venezuela	25-14	22-25	25-13	25-21	NA	97 - 73
Jun 20	Spain	3-2	Venezuela	23-25	26-24	25-23	23-25	15-13	112 - 110
Jun 20	Poland	0-3	Russia	19-25	20-25	20-25	NA	NA	59 - 75
Jun 21	Poland	3-1	Russia	25-22	31-33	25-21	25-17	NA	106 - 93
Jun 22	Spain	1-3	Venezuela	25-19	22-25	22-25	16-25	NA	85 - 94
Jun 27	Russia	3-0	Poland	25-15	25-20	25-14	NA	NA	75 - 49
Jun 28	Venezuela	3-1	Spain	22-25	25-22	26-24	26-24	NA	99 - 95
Jun 28	Russia	0-3	Poland	23-25	19-25	29-31	NA	NA	71 - 81
Jun 29	Venezuela	2-3	Spain	22-25	25-20	20-25	25-22	13-15	105 - 107

Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	22	10	2	32	13	2.462	1074	946	1.135
2	Italy	20	8	4	28	16	1.750	1063	985	1.079
3	Germany	16	4	8	20	29	0.690	1053	1148	0.917
4	Portugal	14	2	10	11	33	0.333	929	1040	0.893

===Results (Pool B)===^[1]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 23	Italy	3-0	Portugal	25-16	25-18	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 53
May 24	Brazil	3-0	Germany	25-15	29-27	25-19	NA	NA	79 - 61
May 25	Brazil	3-1	Germany	25-16	23-25	25-13	25-14	NA	98 - 68
May 25	Italy	3-0	Portugal	25-19	27-25	25-18	NA	NA	77 - 62
May 30	Italy	1-3	Brazil	23-25	23-25	25-19	23-25	NA	94 - 94
May 31	Portugal	2-3	Germany	25-23	19-25	25-18	24-26	09-15	102 - 107
Jun 1	Portugal	3-1	Germany	25-21	24-26	25-19	25-17	NA	99 - 83
Jun 1	Italy	3-2	Brazil	23-25	21-25	25-21	25-22	16-14	110 - 107
Jun 7	Germany	1-3	Italy	19-25	24-26	25-22	16-25	NA	84 - 98
Jun 7	Portugal	0-3	Brazil	21-25	25-27	22-25	NA	NA	68 - 77
Jun 8	Germany	1-3	Italy	18-25	25-19	22-25	29-31	NA	94 - 100
Jun 8	Portugal	0-3	Brazil	19-25	23-25	15-25	NA	NA	57 - 75
Jun 14	Germany	2-3	Brazil	18-25	23-25	25-22	25-21	09-15	100 - 108
Jun 14	Portugal	0-3	Italy	22-25	22-25	26-28	NA	NA	70 - 78
Jun 15	Germany	0-3	Brazil	21-25	19-25	20-25	NA	NA	60 - 75
Jun 15	Portugal	0-3	Italy	21-25	15-25	21-25	NA	NA	57 - 75
Jun 21	Brazil	0-3	Italy	27-29	23-25	19-25	NA	NA	69 - 79
Jun 21	Germany	2-3	Portugal	25-22	17-25	23-25	25-23	11-15	101 - 110
Jun 22	Brazil	3-1	Italy	23-25	27-25	25-22	25-21	NA	100 - 93
Jun 22	Germany	3-1	Portugal	17-25	25-22	33-31	25-17	NA	100 - 95
Jun 27	Brazil	3-1	Portugal	21-25	25-16	25-14	25-19	NA	96 - 74
Jun 27	Italy	1-3	Germany	23-25	28-26	22-25	22-25	NA	95 - 101
Jun 28	Brazil	3-1	Portugal	25-16	25-23	21-25	25-18	NA	96 - 82
Jun 29	Italy	1-3	Germany	25-19	21-25	21-25	22-25	NA	89 - 94

Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia and Montenegro	20	8	4	30	19	1.579	1138	1054	1.080
2	Bulgaria	20	8	4	31	21	1.476	1185	1108	1.069
3	Netherlands	17	5	7	20	27	0.741	1029	1081	0.952
4	Cuba	15	3	9	16	30	0.533	954	1063	0.897

Results (Pool C)^[2]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 23	Bulgaria	2-3	Cuba	25-20	25-18	22-25	29-31	13-15	114 - 109
May 24	Netherlands	1-3	Serbia and Montenegro	25-20	21-25	16-25	18-25	NA	80 - 95
May 25	Bulgaria	3-0	Cuba	25-19	32-30	25-15	NA	NA	82 - 64
May 25	Netherlands	3-1	Serbia and Montenegro	25-23	20-25	32-30	25-22	NA	102 - 100
May 30	Serbia and Montenegro	3-2	Bulgaria	26-24	23-25	25-22	18-25	15-13	107 - 109
May 31	Netherlands	3-0	Cuba	25-22	25-16	25-20	NA	NA	75 - 58
Jun 1	Netherlands	3-2	Cuba	19-25	18-25	25-19	25-21	15-12	102 - 102
Jun 1	Serbia and Montenegro	2-3	Bulgaria	28-26	23-25	20-25	26-24	09-15	106 - 115
Jun 6	Netherlands	1-3	Bulgaria	25-22	23-25	21-25	20-25	NA	89 - 97
Jun 7	Netherlands	2-3	Bulgaria	22-25	24-26	25-20	25-21	12-15	108 - 107
Jun 6	Cuba	2-3	Serbia and Montenegro	25-21	21-25	25-17	17-25	11-15	99 - 103
Jun 7	Cuba	1-3	Serbia and Montenegro	20-25	26-24	23-25	21-25	NA	90 - 99
Jun 13	Bulgaria	3-0	Netherlands	25-22	25-18	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 58
Jun 13	Serbia and Montenegro	3-0	Cuba	25-19	25-17	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 55
Jun 15	Bulgaria	2-3	Netherlands	22-25	21-25	25-19	25-20	09-15	102 - 104
Jun 15	Serbia and Montenegro	3-0	Cuba	25-16	25-13	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 47
Jun 20	Bulgaria	3-1	Serbia and Montenegro	23-25	25-20	25-21	25-22	NA	98 - 88
Jun 21	Bulgaria	3-2	Serbia and Montenegro	14-25	25-23	25-22	20-25	15-11	99 - 106
Jun 20	Cuba	3-0	Netherlands	25-18	25-23	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 60
Jun 21	Cuba	1-3	Netherlands	19-25	19-25	25-16	23-25	NA	86 - 91
Jun 27	Serbia and Montenegro	3-0	Netherlands	27-25	25-17	25-23	NA	NA	77 - 65
Jun 27	Cuba	1-3	Bulgaria	20-25	25-22	19-25	13-25	NA	77 - 97
Jun 28	Serbia and Montenegro	3-1	Netherlands	34-32	23-25	25-20	25-18	NA	107 - 95
Jun 28	Cuba	3-1	Bulgaria	25-20	17-25	25-23	25-22	NA	92 - 90

Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Czech Republic	20	8	4	29	19	1.526	1084	1043	1.039
2	Greece	19	7	5	24	25	0.960	1092	1100	0.993
3	France	18	6	6	26	20	1.300	1091	1037	1.052
4	Japan	15	3	9	16	31	0.516	1013	1100	0.921

===Results (Pool D)===^[3]

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
May 16	France	3-1	Czech Republic	20-25	25-23	25-19	25-17	NA	95 - 84
May 16	Greece	3-0	Japan	25-19	25-20	25-16	NA	NA	75 - 55
May 17	France	3-0	Czech Republic	25-18	25-22	25-22	NA	NA	75 - 62
May 17	Greece	3-1	Japan	25-20	25-17	22-25	25-16	NA	97 - 78
May 23	France	1-3	Japan	15-25	24-26	25-22	21-25	NA	85 - 98
May 23	Greece	3-2	Czech Republic	21-25	25-23	19-25	25-22	15-13	105 - 108
May 24	France	3-1	Japan	25-16	25-18	22-25	29-27	NA	101 - 86
May 25	Greece	0-3	Czech Republic	27-29	22-25	23-25	NA	NA	72 - 79
May 31	Czech Republic	3-1	France	25-23	18-25	25-17	25-20	NA	93 - 85
May 31	Japan	2-3	Greece	25-19	21-25	22-25	25-23	12-15	105 - 107
Jun 1	Japan	3-2	Greece	26-28	25-16	25-22	22-25	15-13	113 - 104
Jun 1	Czech Republic	3-2	France	19-25	25-18	19-25	26-24	18-16	107 - 108
Jun 6	Greece	0-3	France	24-26	28-30	23-25	NA	NA	75 - 81
Jun 7	Czech Republic	3-0	Japan	25-23	25-14	26-24	NA	NA	76 - 61
Jun 7	Greece	3-1	France	25-20	16-25	30-28	28-26	NA	99 - 99
Jun 8	Czech Republic	3-0	Japan	25-21	25-19	25-18	NA	NA	75 - 58
Jun 13	France	2-3	Greece	24-26	28-30	25-22	25-21	13-15	115 - 114
Jun 14	Japan	1-3	Czech Republic	20-25	22-25	25-22	22-25	NA	89 - 97
Jun 15	Japan	2-3	Czech Republic	24-26	25-20	21-25	25-23	15-17	110 - 111
Jun 15	France	3-0	Greece	25-20	25-20	25-19	NA	NA	75 - 59
Jun 21	Czech Republic	3-1	Greece	21-25	25-16	25-20	25-13	NA	96 - 74
Jun 21	Japan	0-3	France	26-28	26-28	17-25	NA	NA	69 - 81
Jun 22	Japan	3-1	France	25-22	25-23	16-25	25-21	NA	91 - 91
Jun 22	Czech Republic	2-3	Greece	21-25	25-23	25-23	17-25	08-15	96 - 111

Final round

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

Pool play

	Qualified for the Semifinals

Pool E

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Serbia and Montenegro	6	3	0	9	2	4.500	262	236	1.110
2	Czech Republic	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	259	240	1.079
3	Spain	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	263	283	0.929
4	Greece	3	0	3	3	9	0.333	256	281	0.911

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
08 Jul	10:38	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Czech Republic	25–23	25–22	26–24		76–69	P2
08 Jul	20:08	Spain	3–1	Greece	22–25	25–21	25–22	25–23	97–91	P2
09 Jul	13:07	Greece	1–3	Czech Republic	25–18	19–25	21–25	15–25	80–93	P2
09 Jul	20:08	Spain	1–3	Serbia and Montenegro	19–25	20–25	25–20	18–25	82–95	P2
10 Jul	13:07	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Greece	26–24	25–15	15–25	25–21	91–85	P2
10 Jul	20:07	Czech Republic	3–1	Spain	25–15	25–21	22–25	25–23	97–84	P2

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Brazil	6	3	0	9	3	3.000	291	250	1.164
2	Italy	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	299	292	1.024
3	Bulgaria	4	1	2	5	7	0.714	258	278	0.928
4	Russia	4	1	2	5	8	0.625	269	297	0.906

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Jul	13:08	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	19–25	25–21	25–18	25–11		94–75	P2
08 Jul	17:37	Russia	3–2	Italy	20–25	25–20	19–25	25–22	15–13	104–105	P2
09 Jul	10:36	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	25–21	19–25	23–25	23–25		90–96	P2
09 Jul	17:37	Brazil	3–1	Russia	25–19	24–26	25–17	25–15		99–77	P2
10 Jul	10:37	Bulgaria	3–1	Russia	18–25	25–23	25–18	25–22		93–88	P2
10 Jul	17:37	Italy	1–3	Brazil	29–31	21–25	25–17	23–25		98–98	P2

Final four

Semifinals			Final

12 July
Serbia and Montenegro	3
Italy	0

			13 July
			Serbia and Montenegro	2
			Brazil	3


			3rd place match
12 July		13 July
Czech Republic	0	Italy	3
Brazil	3		Czech Republic	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	11:07	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Italy	26–24	25–22	25–16			76–62	P2
12 Jul	13:37	Czech Republic	0–3	Brazil	12–25	20–25	18–25			50–75	P2

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jul	15:07	Italy	3–1	Czech Republic	22–25	25–22	25–22	25–19		97–88	P2

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
13 Jul	18:07	Serbia and Montenegro	2–3	Brazil	16–25	25–21	25–19	23–25	29–31	118–121	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Italy
4	Czech Republic
5	Bulgaria
5	Spain
7	Greece
7	Russia
9	Poland
10	France
	Germany
	Netherlands
13	Cuba
	Japan
	Portugal
	Venezuela

2003 World League Champions
Brazil 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

[1] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsB.asp

[2] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsC.asp

[3] ttp://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsD.asp

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Contents

Pools composition