Champions China (3rd title) Teams 12 Venues 7 | Dates 1 Nov 2003 – 15 Nov 2003 Host nation Japan | |
Champion China women's national volleyball team MVP Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale Similar 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's, 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's, 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's | ||
The 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from November 1 to November 15, 2003, in Japan. Twelve women'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 the 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 women played in Tokyo, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Toyama, Sapporo, Sendai and Osaka. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since the second edition of the event in 1977.