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.
Tournament details | |
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Host nation | Dominican Republic |
Dates | September 13 - 18 2003 |
Teams | 8 |
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 edit
Group A | Group B |
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Costa Rica |
Squads edit
Preliminary round edit
Group A edit
Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio | |
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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 edit
Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio | |
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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. | 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 edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
Dominican Republic | 2 | |||||
2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
Cuba | 3 | |||||
Cuba | 0 | |||||
2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
United States | 3 | |||||
United States | 3 | |||||
Canada | 0 | |||||
3rd place | ||||||
2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
Dominican Republic | 3 | |||||
Canada | 0 |
Quarter-finals edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
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- The United States and Cuba qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup
Individual awards edit
- Most valuable player
- Yumilka Ruiz (CUB)
- Best spiker
- Prikeba Phipps (USA)
- Best blocker
- Annerys Vargas (DOM)
- Best server
- Zoila Barros (CUB)
- Best digger
- Amy Tutt (CAN)
- Best setter
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (USA)
- Best receiver
- Cosiri Rodríguez (DOM)
- Best libero
- Annie Levesque (CAN)
- Best coach
- Yoshiaki Toshida (USA)
References edit
- ^ "USA wins the gold medal, Cuba and Dominican Republic follow". Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: FIVB. 2003-09-18. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ Nacianceno, Alfonso (2003-09-16). "¡A comer con palitos en noviembre!" (in Spanish). Granma. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ^ FIVB. "USA wins the gold medal, Cuba and Dominican Republic follow". Retrieved 2010-06-17.