2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship

2003 Women’s European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Turkey
Dates	September 20 – September 28
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Poland (1st title)

The 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Ankara, Turkey from September 20 to September 28, 2003.

The two finalists Poland and Turkey claimed a ticket for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup and the first Olympic Qualification Tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Japan in November. The first six ranked teams (Poland, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, and Russia) qualified for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, from January 5 to January 10, 2004. Semifinalists Turkey, Germany, Poland and the Netherlands also automatically qualified for the 2005 Women’s European Championships, which will take place in Croatia. Defending champion Russia finished out of the medals for the first time in volleyball history.

Qualification

• Further information: 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship Qualification

Teams

Group A

• Germany
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovakia
• Turkey

Group B

• Bulgaria
• Czech Republic
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Ukraine

Squads

• Further information: 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship Squads

Prelininary Round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Germany	10	5	5	0	401	328	1.223	15	2	7.500
2.	Turkey	9	5	4	1	393	342	1.149	14	3	4.667
3.	Russia	8	5	3	2	378	342	1.105	10	7	1.286
4.	Romania	7	5	2	3	393	391	1.005	6	12	0.500
5.	Serbia and Montenegro	6	5	1	4	354	403	0.876	5	12	0.417
6.	Slovakia	5	5	0	5	310	422	0.735	2	15	0.133

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Netherlands	9	5	4	1	456	411	1.109	14	6	2.333
2.	Poland	9	5	4	1	512	469	1.092	13	9	1.444
3.	Italy	8	5	3	2	409	383	1.068	11	7	1.571
4.	Bulgaria	7	5	2	3	456	456	1.000	10	11	0.909
5.	Ukraine	7	5	2	3	405	426	0.951	7	12	0.583
6.	Czech Republic	5	5	0	5	367	460	0.798	5	15	0.333

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2003-09-27 – Ankara
	Germany	2
					2003-09-28 – Ankara
	Poland	3
					Poland	3
	2003-09-27 – Ankara
					Turkey	0
	Turkey	3
	Netherlands	0
					3rd place
					2003-09-28 – Ankara
					Germany	3
					Netherlands	2

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	5-8th place				5th place
	2003-09-27 – Ankara
	Bulgaria	2
					2003-09-28 – Ankara
	Russia	3
					Russia	3
	2003-09-27 – Ankara
					Italy	0
	Romania	1
	Italy	3
					7th place
					2003-09-28 – Ankara
					Bulgaria	3
					Romania	1

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Final ranking

Place	Team
	Poland
	Turkey
	Germany
4.	Netherlands
5.	Russia
6.	Italy
7.	Bulgaria
8.	Romania
9.	Serbia and Montenegro
	Ukraine
	Slovakia
	Czech Republic

2003 Women's European Champions
Poland First title

Team Roster

Izabela Bełcik, Małgorzata Glinka, Dominika Leśniewicz, Maria Liktoras, Agata Mróz, Małgorzata Niemczyk-Wolska, Anna Podolec, Aleksandra Przybysz, Katarzyna Skowrońska, Magdalena Śliwa, and Dorota Świeniewicz. Head Coach: Andrzej Niemczyk.

• Poland and Turkey qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup

Individual awards

• Best Scorer: Małgorzata Glinka (POL)
• Best Spiker: Elizaveta Tichtchenko (RUS)
• Best Blocker: Kathy Radzuweit (GER)
• Best Server: Elles Leferink (NED)
• Best Digger: Gülden Kayalar (TUR)
• Best Setter: Magdalena Śliwa (POL)
• Best Receiver: Nicoleta Tolisteanu (ROM)

References

• CEV Results
• Results