FIVB World League 2003
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The 2003 FIVB World League was an international men's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 tournament played by 16 countries from 16 May to 13 July 2003. The Final Round was held in Madrid
Madrid
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, Spain
Spain
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.

Competing nations

The following national teams have been invited:
Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D





























Intercontinental Round

  • Because Spain was not among the eight automatically qualifying teams (first or second of each pool), the lowest second-ranked team of the Intercontinental Round, Poland, was eliminated to make way for Spain.

Pool A

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1 22 10 2 31 13 2.385 1,054 917 1.149
2 18 6 6 24 21 1.143 1,034 1,010 1.024
3 17 5 7 23 31 0.742 1,177 1,239 0.950
4 15 3 9 16 29 0.552 948 1,047 0.905

Pool B

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1 22 10 2 32 13 2.462 1,074 946 1.135
2 20 8 4 28 16 1.750 1,063 985 1.079
3 16 4 8 20 29 0.690 1,053 1,148 0.917
4 14 2 10 11 33 0.333 929 1,040 0.893

Pool C

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1 20 8 4 30 19 1.579 1,138 1,054 1.080
2 20 8 4 31 21 1.476 1,185 1,108 1.069
3 17 5 7 20 27 0.741 1,029 1,081 0.952
4 15 3 9 16 30 0.533 954 1,063 0.897

Pool D

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1 20 8 4 29 19 1.526 1,084 1,043 1.039
2 19 7 5 24 25 0.960 1,092 1,100 0.993
3 18 6 6 26 20 1.300 1,091 1,037 1.052
4 15 3 9 16 31 0.516 1,013 1,100 0.921

Pool E

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1 6 3 0 9 2 4.500 262 236 1.110
2 5 2 1 6 5 1.200 259 240 1.079
3 4 1 2 5 7 0.714 263 283 0.929
4 3 0 3 3 9 0.333 256 281 0.911


July 8, 2003
3–0 25-23, 25-22, 26-24
3–1 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 25-23


July 9, 2003
1–3 25-18, 19-25, 21-25, 15-25
1–3 19-25, 20-25, 25-20, 18-25


July 10, 2003
3–1 26-24, 25-15, 15-25, 25-21
3–1 25-15, 25-21, 22-25, 25-23

Pool F

Rk Team Points Won Lost SW SL Ratio PW PL Ratio
1 6 3 0 9 3 3.000 291 250 1.164
2 4 1 2 6 7 0.857 299 292 1.024
3 4 1 2 5 7 0.714 258 278 0.928
4 4 1 2 5 8 0.625 269 297 0.906


July 8, 2003
3–1 19-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-11
3–2 20-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 15-13


July 9, 2003
1–3 25-21, 19-25, 23-25, 23-25
3–1 25-19, 24-26, 25-17, 25-15


July 10, 2003
3–1 18-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-22
1–3 29-31, 21-25, 25-17, 23-25

Semifinals & Finals

July 12, 2003
3–0 26-24, 25-22, 25-16
0–3 12-25, 20-25, 18-25


July 13, 2003
3–1 22-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-19
2–3 16-25, 25-21, 25-19, 23-25, 29-31

Final standings

Place Team
4.
5.
7.
9.
10.
13.



Team Roster

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

, Henrique Randow, Mauricio Lima
Maurício Lima
Maurício Lima is a retired volleyball player from Brazil. He participated in both Olympic gold medals of the Brazil men's national volleyball team , against The Netherlands at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and against Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, GreeceLima and Italy's...

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

, André Nascimento, Sérgio Dutra Santos
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:*...

, Nalbert Bitencourt, 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 Garcia, 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

  • Best Scorer:   Ivan Miljković
    Ivan Miljkovic
    Ivan Miljković is a Serbian volleyball player, whose first club was Student Niš. He started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997 and currently playing for Fenerbahçe Grundig in Turkey...

  • Best Spiker:   Martin Lebl
    Martin Lébl
    Martin Lébl is a volleyball player from the Czech Republic, who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the beach volleyball competition alongside Michal Palinek. As an indoor player he became Best Attacker at the 2001 European Championship, where the men's national team ended up in fourth place...

  • Best Blocker:   Andrija Gerić
    Andrija Geric
    Andrija Gerić is a Serbian volleyball player . He started playing volleyball in OK Vojvodina club. He plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul from Turkey. He signed two years contract on 6 September 2010....

  • Best Server:   Andrija Gerić
    Andrija Geric
    Andrija Gerić is a Serbian volleyball player . He started playing volleyball in OK Vojvodina club. He plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul from Turkey. He signed two years contract on 6 September 2010....


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