2003 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.

2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationDominican Republic
DatesSeptember 13 - 18 2003
Teams8
Venue(s)Volleyball Pavilion, Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte (in Santo Domingo host cities)
Champions United States (4th title)
Tournament awards
MVP Yumilka Ruiz

Competing nations
Group A Group B

 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Puerto Rico
 Trinidad and Tobago

 Costa Rica
 Cuba
 Mexico — withdrew
 United States

Squads


Preliminary round

Group A
Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  Dominican R. 6 3 3 0 258 188 1.372 9 2 4.500
2.  Canada 5 3 2 1 268 211 1.270 8 4 2.000
3.  Puerto Rico 4 3 1 2 202 219 0.922 4 6 0.666
4.  Trinidad and T. 3 3 0 3 115 225 0.511 0 9 0.000


  • September 13
Canada  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 25-12 25- 9 25-10
Dominican R.  3 – 0  Puerto Rico 25-23 25-16 25-16


  • September 14
Puerto Rico  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 25-15 25-14 25-21
Dominican R.  3 – 2  Canada 22-25 25-20 25-21 21-25 15-08


  • September 15
Dominican R.  3 – 0  Trinidad & T. 25-12 25-08 25-14
Canada  3 – 1  Puerto Rico 19-25 25-20 25-10 25-17


Group B
Team Points G W L PW PL Ratio SW SL Ratio
1.  United States 4 2 2 0 178 144 1.236 6 2 3.000
2.  Cuba 3 2 1 1 178 141 1.262 5 3 1.666
3.  Costa Rica 2 2 0 2 79 150 0.526 0 6 0.000
4.  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000


  • September 13
Cuba  3 – 0  Costa Rica 25-14 25-11 25-13


  • September 14
United States  3 – 0  Costa Rica 25-11 25-11 25-19


  • September 15
United States  3 – 2  Cuba 20-25 25-20 25-20 18-25 15-13


Final round
 
Semi FinalsFinal
 
      
 
2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo
 
 
 Dominican Republic2
 
2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo
 
 Cuba3
 
 Cuba0
 
2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo
 
 United States3
 
 United States3
 
 
 Canada0
 
3rd place
 
 
2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo
 
 
 Dominican Republic3
 
 
 Canada0


Quarter finals
  • September 16
Cuba  3 – 0  Puerto Rico 25-06 25-15 25-14
Canada  3 – 0  Costa Rica 25-18 25-08 25-15


Semi finals
  • September 17
Dominican R.  2 – 3  Cuba 23-25 22-25 25-20 25-20 11-15
United States  3 – 0  Canada 25-16 25-19 25-16

Finals
  • September 17 — Fifth Place Match
Puerto Rico  3 – 2  Costa Rica 25-19 20-25 25-20 19-25 15-13


  • September 18 — Bronze Medal Match
Dominican R.  3 – 0  Canada 25-22 25-19 25-21


  • September 18 — Gold Medal Match
Cuba  0 – 3  United States 22-25 17-25 28-30[3]


Final ranking


Individual awards

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