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, and both teams qualified to the 2003 FIVB World Cup. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal.

2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
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

Group A	Group B
Canada Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago	Costa Rica Cuba Mexico — withdrew United States

Squads

Further information: 2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship 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-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

• 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

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Final ranking

Place	Team
1.	United States
2.	Cuba
3.	Dominican Republic
4.	Canada
5.	Puerto Rico
6.	Costa Rica
7.	Trinidad and Tobago

2003 Women's NORCECA winners
United States Fourth title

• The United States and Cuba qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup

Individual awards

• 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)

External links

• Results