The 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup

Volleyball World Cup

The FIVB World Cup is a men's and women's volleyball competition. Created in 1965 and 1973 , it is an international qualification event for the Olympic Games...

 was held from November 16 to November 29, 2003 in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. Twelve men's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the Olympic Tournament

Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

thumb|right|Indoorthumb|right|BeachVolleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal...

 in Athens, Greece 2004.

Teams were made up as follows: hosts Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, 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

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Hiroshima

Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...

, Fukuoka

Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

, Nagano, Hamamatsu and Okayama. Japan is the traditional host of the tournament since it began with the first edition in 1970.

Teams

• Japan
  Japan men's national volleyball team
  The Japan men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Japan. The Asian squad started to play an important role in international competitions in the 1960s, scoring an eighth place at their inaugural World Championship in Brazil in 1960...
  
   – hosts
• Tunisia
  Tunisia men's national volleyball team
  The Tunisia men's national volleyball team represents Tunisia in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches...
  
   – African Champions
• South Korea
  South Korea men's national volleyball team
  The South Korea men's national volleyball team represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches...
  
   – Asian Champions
• Italy
  Italy men's national volleyball team
  The Italy men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Italy. It dominated international volleyball competitions in the 1990s and early 2000s, by winning three World Championships in a row , six European Championships, one World Cup and eight World League The Italy men's...
  
   – European Champions
• United States
  United States men's national volleyball team
  The United States men's national volleyball team is the national team for the United States of America, it is governed by USA Volleyball....
  
   – NORCECA Champions
• Brazil
  Brazil men's national volleyball team
  The Brazil men's national volleyball team is the national team of Brazil. It is governed by the Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol and takes part in international volleyball competitions...
  
   – South American Champions

• China
  China men's national volleyball team
  The China men's national volleyball team represents China in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The team twice took part in the Summer Olympics, finishing in eighth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California., and 5th place in the 2008 Summer Olympics...
  
   – Asian Vice-Champions
• France
  France men's national volleyball team
  The France men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of France.-Olympic Games:*1988 — 8th place*:Philippe Blain, Éric Bouvier, Patrick Duflos, Alain Fabiani, Jean-Marc Jurkovitz, Jean-Baptiste Martzluff, Hervé Mazzon, Christophe Meneau, Eric N'Gapeth, Olivier Rossard, Philippe...
  
   – European Vice-Champions
• Canada
  Canada men's national volleyball team
  The Canada men's national volleyball team represents the Canada in international volleyball competitions. The team placed third in the Pan American Games in 1979 and 1999.-World Championship:*2010 — 19th place-World Cup:...
  
   – NORCECA Vice-Champions
• Venezuela
  Venezuela men's national volleyball team
  The Venezuela men's national volleyball team represents Venezuela in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. In 1962 the squad claimed its first international medal at the South American Championship....
  
   – South American Vice-Champions
• Serbia and Montenegro – wild-card
• Egypt
  Egypt men's national volleyball team
  The Egypt men's national volleyball team represents Egypt in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches...
  
   – wild-card

Site A

• Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its suspension roof design.It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games...
  
   in Tokyo
  Tokyo
  , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
  
  
  • Sunday November 16

    	0 – 3		16-25 16-25 24-26
    	0 – 3		17-25 17-25 17-25
    	3 – 0		25-20 25-17 25-23

• • Monday November 17

    	0 – 3		22-25 16-25 20-25
    	3 – 0		26-24 25-21 25-22
    	3 – 1		23-25 25-21 25-18 25-20

• • Tuesday November 18

    	3 – 1		23-25 25-20 25-20 25-19
    	3 – 1		28-30 25-18 25-21 25-12
    	2 – 3		21-25 16-25 27-25 25-20

Site B

• Venue: White Ring in Nagano
  • Sunday November 16

    	3 – 0		25-16 25-13 25-23
    	3 – 0		25-23 25-21 25-21
    	0 – 3		21-25 19-25 17-25

• • Monday November 17

    	0 – 3		19-25 20-25 26-28
    	0 – 3		21-25 15-25 15-25
    	1 – 3		26-24 21-25 20-25 22-25

• • Tuesday November 18

    	3 – 0		25-19 25-16 25-20
    	3 – 2		23-25 23-25 25-18 25-21 18-16
    	3 – 1		25-18 21-25 25-18 25-21

Site A

• Venue: Hiroshima Green Arena
  Hiroshima Green Arena
  Hiroshima Green Arena and was known as Hiroshima Prefectural Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Hiroshima, Japan. The capacity of the arena's main stadium is 8,000. The arena was rebuilt for 1994 Asian Games...
  
   in Hiroshima
  Hiroshima
  is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
  
  
  • Thursday November 20

    	3 – 1		25-14 23-25 25-20 26-24
    	0 – 3		22-25 20-25 29-31
    	3 – 1		19-25 25-14 25-23 25-19

• • Friday November 21

    	3 – 1		25-22 25-19 22-25 25-14
    	2 – 3		23-25 26-24 36-34 22-25 13-15
    	1 – 3		25-21 18-25 22-25 20-25

Site B

• Venue: Hamamatsu Arena
  Hamamatsu Arena
  is a　multipurpose indoor sporting arena located in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is a 15-minute walk from Tenryūgawa Station on the Tōkaidō Main Line railway, or a 10-minute drive from the Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tōmei Expressway....
  
   in Hamamatsu
  • Thursday November 20

    	3 – 1		20-25 25-23 25-23 25-21
    	0 – 3		23-25 21-25 22-25
    	3 – 1		25-18 26-24 20-25 25-22

• • Friday November 21

    	3 – 0		25-22 26-24 25-20
    	1 – 3		21-25 22-25 25-23 24-26
    	3 – 0		25-17 25-16 25-11

Site A

• Venue: Marine Messe in Fukuoka
  Fukuoka, Fukuoka
  is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...
  
  
  • Sunday November 23

    	3 – 0		25-13 25-17 25-22
    	3 – 0		27-25 25-20 26-24
    	0 – 3		20-25 18-25 23-25

• • Monday November 24

    	3 – 0		25-20 25-20 25-17
    	3 – 0		25-23 25-22 25-18
    	2 – 3		25-23 25-22 22-25 21-25 10-15

• • Tuesday November 25

    	3 – 0		25-16 25-14 25-21
    	3 – 0		28-26 25-16 25-23
    	0 – 3		22-25 13-25 23-25

Site B

• Venue: Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium
  Okayama General and Cultural Gymnasium
  , or , is an indoor sporting arena located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 8,000 people and was opened in 1982. It hosted some of the group games for the 2003 Volleyball World Cup....
  
   in Okayama
  • Sunday November 23

    	3 – 0		25-22 25-19 25-20
    	3 – 1		25-21 25-20 23-25 25-18
    	3 – 0		25-15 25-23 25-15

• • Monday November 24

    	3 – 0		25-13 25-17 25-14
    	3 – 0		25-16 25-16 25-17
    	3 – 1		25-16 25-14 24-26 25-19

• • Sunday November 25

    	3 – 0		25-15 25-15 25-20
    	3 – 0		25-20 25-20 25-13
    	3 – 1		25-19 25-20 25-16

Site A

• Venue: Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  is an arena in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo, Japan which is famous for its suspension roof design.It was designed by Kenzo Tange and built between 1961 and 1964 to house swimming and diving events in the 1964 Summer Olympics. A separate annex was used for the basketball competition at those same games...
  
   in Tokyo
  Tokyo
  , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
  
  
  • Friday November 28

    	0 – 3		12-25 27-29 22-25
    	1 – 3		25-23 21-25 21-25 21-25
    	0 – 3		23-25 18-25 21-25

• • Saturday November 29

    	0 – 3		20-25 21-25 23-25
    	1 – 3		18-25 22-25 25-21 19-25
    	1 – 3		21-25 25-27 27-25 20-25

• • Sunday November 30

    	3 – 1		25-18 21-25 30-28 25-22
    	3 – 1		25-19 20-25 26-24 28-26
    	0 – 3		17-25 20-25 16-25

Site B

• Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
  Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
  is a world-class sporting complex in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, it was also used as the venue for gymnastics events at the 1964 Summer Olympics...
  
   in Tokyo
  Tokyo
  , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
  
  
  • Friday November 28

    	3 – 1		23-25 25-22 28-26 25-20
    	0 – 3		23-25 20-25 20-25
    	2 – 3		20-25 25-21 25-18 23-25 11-15

• • Saturday November 29

    	1 – 3		21-25 25-23 20-25 21-25
    	3 – 1		25-20 25-19 23-25 25-16
    	3 – 0		25-19 25-21 26-24

• • Sunday November 30

    	3 – 1		31-29 25-23 22-25 25-21
    	1 – 3		17-25 26-24 25-27 29-31
    	2 – 3		30-28 24-26 25-20 25-27 13-15

Ranking

Rk	Team	Points	Won	Lost	SW	SL	Ratio	PW	PL	Ratio
1		22	11	0	33	4	8.250	916	720	1.272
2		20	9	2	29	8	3.625	910	762	1.194
3		20	9	2	29	10	2.900	951	842	1.129
4		19	8	3	24	13	1.846	883	794	1.112
5		18	7	4	24	16	1.500	950	868	1.094
6		16	5	6	20	20	1.000	909	915	0.993
7		16	5	6	18	23	0.783	883	954	0.926
8		15	4	7	14	23	0.609	832	893	0.932
9		14	3	8	14	27	0.519	879	948	0.927
10		13	2	9	13	28	0.464	898	1.012	0.887
11		13	2	9	9	30	0.300	803	932	0.862
12		12	1	10	7	32	0.219	787	961	0.819

• Brazil, Italy and Serbia & Montenegro qualified for the Men's Volleyball Competition
  Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  thumb|right|Indoorthumb|right|BeachVolleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal...
  
   at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  2004 Summer Olympics
  The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
  
   in Athens, Greece.

Final ranking

Place	Team
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Team Roster
Giovane Gávio

Giovane Gavio

Giovane Farinazzo Gavio is a retired Brazilian volleyball coach and former player, who was a member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain by defeating The Netherlands in the final.Playing as an outside hitter, Gavio...

, André Heller

André Heller (volleyball)

André Heller is a volleyball player from Brazil. A three-time Olympian , he played as a middle-blocker...

, Mauricio

Mauricio

Mauricio may refer to:*Mauricio *216428 Mauricio...

, Gilberto Godoy

Giba

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba , is a Brazilian professional volleyball player.-Biography:...

, André Nascimiento, Sérgio

Sérgio Dutra Santos

Sérgio Dutra Santos, known as Serginho or Escadinha , is a Brazilian professional volleyball player who plays in the libero position...

, Anderson Rodrigues

Anderson Rodrigues (volleyball)

Anderson Rodrigues is a Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...

, Gustavo Endres

Gustavo Endres

Gustavo Endres is a Brazilian volleyball player.With the Brazil national team he won for World Leagues , two World Cups , two World Championships and one Olympic gold medal...

, Rodrigo Santana

Rodrigo Santana

Rodrigo Santana is a Brazilian volleyball player who won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...

, Ricardo

Ricardo

Ricardo is the Portuguese and Spanish cognate of the name Richard. Therefore the name means "Brave Ruler".-People with the first name Ricardo:*Ricardo Arona, Brazilian mixed martial artist*Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portuguese comedian...

 and Dante Amaral

Dante Amaral

Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral is a Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring 2,01 m and 86 kg, he plays in the position of outside hitter.-Career:...

.
Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende.

Awards

• MVP:

• Best Scorer:

• Best Spiker:

• Best Blocker:

• Best Server:

• Best Libero:

• Best Setter:

• Most Spectacular Player:

External links

• FIVB 2003 World Cup