2003 FIVB Volleyball World League

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.

2003 World League

The Palacio Vistalegre held the final
Tournament details
Host nation	Spain (Final)
Dates	16 May – 13 July
Teams	16
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Ivan Miljković

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		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 (Pool A)

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

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Pool B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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)

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

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Pool C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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)

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

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Pool D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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)

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

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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		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	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Jul	10:30	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Czech Republic	25–23	25–22	26–24			76–69	P2
08 Jul	20:00	Spain	3–1	Greece	22–25	25–21	25–22	25–23		97–91	P2
09 Jul	13:00	Greece	1–3	Czech Republic	25–18	19–25	21–25	15–25		80–93	P2
09 Jul	20:00	Spain	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	Greece	26–24	25–15	15–25	25–21		91–85	P2
10 Jul	20:00	Czech Republic	3–1	Spain	25–15	25–21	22–25	25–23		97–84	P2

Pool F

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		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	13:00	Brazil	3–1	Bulgaria	19–25	25–21	25–18	25–11		94–75	P2
08 Jul	17:30	Russia	3–2	Italy	20–25	25–20	19–25	25–22	15–13	104–105	P2
09 Jul	10:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Italy	25–21	19–25	23–25	23–25		90–96	P2
09 Jul	17:30	Brazil	3–1	Russia	25–19	24–26	25–17	25–15		99–77	P2
10 Jul	10:30	Bulgaria	3–1	Russia	18–25	25–23	25–18	25–22		93–88	P2
10 Jul	17:30	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
					13 July
	Italy	0
					Serbia and Montenegro	2
	12 July
					Brazil	3
	Czech Republic	0
	Brazil	3
					3rd place match
					13 July
					Italy	3
					Czech Republic	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
12 Jul	11:00	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Italy	26–24	25–22	25–16			76–62	P2
12 Jul	13:30	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	15:00	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	18:00	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  Spain 7  Greece  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

1. http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsA.asp
2. http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsB.asp
3. http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsC.asp
4. http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2003/results/resultsD.asp

External links

• Official website