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2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup

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Dates
  
16 Nov 2003 – 29 Nov 2003

Champion
  
Brazil men's national volleyball team

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The 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup was held from November 16 to November 29, 2003 in Japan. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament in Athens, Greece 2004.

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Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan, continental champions and vice-champions from Europe, Asia, NORCECA and South America, continental champion from Africa plus two wild-card teams nominated jointly by FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association. Teams played a single-round robin format (66 games overall), in two parallel groups (site A and site B). The men played in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Nagano, Hamamatsu and Okayama. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since 1977.

Site A

  • Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo
  • Sunday November 16
  • Monday November 17
  • Tuesday November 18

    • Site B

  • Venue: White Ring in Nagano
  • Sunday November 16
  • Monday November 17
  • Tuesday November 18

    • Site A

  • Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima
  • Thursday November 20
  • Friday November 21

    • Site B

  • Venue: Hamamatsu Arena in Hamamatsu
  • Thursday November 20
  • Friday November 21

    • Site A

  • Venue: Marine Messe in Fukuoka
  • Sunday November 23
  • Monday November 24
  • Tuesday November 25

    • Site B

  • Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium in Okayama
  • Sunday November 23
  • Monday November 24
  • Sunday November 25

    • Site A

  • Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo
  • Friday November 28
  • Saturday November 29
  • Sunday November 30

    • Site B

  • Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo
  • Friday November 28
  • Saturday November 29
  • Sunday November 30

    • Ranking

  • Brazil, Italy and Serbia & Montenegro qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

    • Awards

  • MVP:  Takahiro Yamamoto (JPN)
  • Best Scorer:  Takahiro Yamamoto (JPN)
  • Best Spiker:  Giovane Gávio (BRA)
  • Best Blocker:  Andrija Gerić (SCG)
  • Best Server:  Andrea Sartoretti (ITA)
  • Best Libero:  Sergio (BRA)
  • Best Setter:  Nikola Grbić (SCG)
  • Most Spectacular Player:  Daisuke Usami (JPN)

    • References

    2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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