2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual Women's Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from Monday June 30 to Saturday July 5, 2003 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

Tournament details
Host nation	Mexico
Dates	June 30 to July 5
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Centro de Convenciones (in Saltillo host cities)
Champions	United States (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Milagros Cabral (DOM)

Competing nations

Group A	Group B
Brazil  Canada  Puerto Rico  United States	Cuba  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Venezuela

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	United States	6	3	3	0				9	0	9.000
2.	Brazil	5	3	2	1				6	3	2.000
3.	Canada	4	3	1	2				3	7	0.428
4.	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	3				1	9	0.111

• Monday June 30, 2003

Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Canada	22–25 25–22 25–18 25–23
United States	3 – 0	Brazil	25–22 25–20 25–14

• Tuesday July 1, 2003

Brazil	3 – 0	Canada	25–18 25–21 25–19
United States	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25–15 25–20 25–21

• Wednesday July 2, 2003

United States	3 – 0	Canada	25–10 25–19 25–21
Brazil	3 – 0	Puerto Rico	25–19 25–20 25–23

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0				9	0	9.000
2.	Dominican R.	5	3	2	1				6	3	2.000
3.	Venezuela	4	3	1	2				3	7	0.428
4.	Mexico	3	3	0	3				1	9	0.111

• Monday June 30, 2003

Cuba	3 – 0	Venezuela	25–18 25–16 25–23
Dominican Republic	3 – 0	Mexico	25–21 25–19 25–16

• Tuesday July 1, 2003

Dominican Republic	3 – 0	Venezuela	27–25 25–15 25–11
Cuba	3 – 0	Mexico	25–19 27–25 25–23

• Wednesday July 2, 2003

Cuba	3 – 0	Dominican Republic	25–14 25–15 25–21
Venezuela	3 – 1	Mexico	25–21 20–25 25–15 25–21

Classification Round

• Thursday July 3, 2003
  • Seventh Place Match

Puerto Rico	3 – 1	Mexico	25–17 13–25 25–23 25–20

• • Classification Matches

Brazil	3 – 0	Venezuela	25–23 25–19 25–18
Dominican Republic	3 – 0	Canada	25–21 25–23 25–22

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2003-07-04
	United States	3
					2003-07-05
	Brazil	1
					United States	3
	2003-07-04
					Dominican Republic	0
	Dominican Republic	3
	Cuba	2
					3rd place
					2003-07-05
					Brazil	0
					Cuba	3

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• Friday July 4, 2003
  • Fifth Place Match

Venezuela	3 – 1	Canada	17–25 25–20 25–16 26–24

• • Semi Finals

United States	3 – 1	Brazil	25–20 22–25 25–20 25–16
Dominican Republic	3 – 2	Cuba	24–26 23–25 25–21 25–16 17–15

• Saturday July 5, 2003
  • Bronze Medal Match

Brazil	0 – 3	Cuba	16–25 19–25 30–32

• • Gold Medal Match

United States	3 – 0	Dominican Republic	25–20 25–18 25–19

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Final ranking

Place Team 1.  United States 2.  Dominican Republic 3.  Cuba 4.  Brazil 5.  Venezuela 6.  Canada 7.  Puerto Rico 8.  Mexico

2003 Women's Pan-American Cup Winners  United States First title

• • United States, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Brazil qualified for the 2004 World Grand Prix

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player  Milagros Cabral (DOM)[1] Best Attacker  Milagros Cabral (DOM) Best Blocker  Elisabeth Bachman (USA) Best Defender  Alessandra Sperb (BRA)

Best Libero  Evelyn Carrera (DOM) Best Receiver  Logan Tom (USA) Best Server  Zoila Barros (CUB) Best Setter  Lindsey Berg (USA)

References

1. "Cubanas han dominado la Copa Panamericana". Terra (in Spanish). EFE. 2005-06-10. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

• results
• AVCA