2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
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The 2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the Women's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 13 to September 18, 2003 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Host nation
Dominican Republic
Dominican RepublicDatesSeptember 13 - 18 2003
Teams8
Venue(s)Volleyball Pavilion, Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte (in Santo Domingo host cities)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Dominican Republic |
| Dates | September 13 - 18 2003 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | Volleyball Pavilion, Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte (in Santo Domingo host cities) |
| Champions |  United States (4th title) |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP |  Yumilka Ruiz |
The United States won the championship, after defeating Cuba 3-0,[1] and both teams qualified to the 2003 FIVB World Cup.[2] The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal.
Competing nations
| Group A | Group B |
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Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dominican R. |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 188 | 1.372 | 9 | 2 | 4.500 |
| 2. |  Canada |
5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 268 | 211 | 1.270 | 8 | 4 | 2.000 |
| 3. |  Puerto Rico |
4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 219 | 0.922 | 4 | 6 | 0.666 |
| 4. |  Trinidad and T. |
3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 225 | 0.511 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 |
- September 13
| Canada |
3 – 0 | Trinidad & T. |
25-12 25- 9 25-10 | |
| Dominican R. |
3 – 0 | Puerto Rico |
25-23 25-16 25-16 |
- September 14
| Puerto Rico |
3 – 0 | Trinidad & T. |
25-15 25-14 25-21 | |
| Dominican R. |
3 – 2 | Canada |
22-25 25-20 25-21 21-25 15-08 |
- September 15
| Dominican R. |
3 – 0 | Trinidad & T. |
25-12 25-08 25-14 | |
| Canada |
3 – 1 | Puerto Rico |
19-25 25-20 25-10 25-17 |
Group B
| Team | Points | G | W | L | PW | PL | Ratio | SW | SL | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 144 | 1.236 | 6 | 2 | 3.000 |
| 2. | Cuba |
3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 141 | 1.262 | 5 | 3 | 1.666 |
| 3. |  Costa Rica |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 150 | 0.526 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 |
| 4. |  Mexico |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 |
- September 13
| Cuba |
3 – 0 | Costa Rica |
25-14 25-11 25-13 |
- September 14
| United States |
3 – 0 | Costa Rica |
25-11 25-11 25-19 |
- September 15
| United States |
3 – 2 | Cuba |
20-25 25-20 25-20 18-25 15-13 |
Final round
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 2 | |||||
| 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Cuba | 3 | |||||
| Cuba | 0 | |||||
| 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||
| 3rd place | ||||||
| 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | ||||||
| Dominican Republic | 3 | |||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||
Quarter-finals
- September 16
| Cuba |
3 – 0 | Puerto Rico |
25-06 25-15 25-14 | |
| Canada |
3 – 0 | Costa Rica |
25-18 25-08 25-15 |
Semi-finals
- September 17
| Dominican R. |
2 – 3 | Cuba |
23-25 22-25 25-20 25-20 11-15 | |
| United States |
3 – 0 | Canada |
25-16 25-19 25-16 |
Finals
- September 17 — Fifth Place Match
| Puerto Rico |
3 – 2 | Costa Rica |
25-19 20-25 25-20 19-25 15-13 |
- September 18 — Bronze Medal Match
| Dominican R. |
3 – 0 | Canada |
25-22 25-19 25-21 |
- September 18 — Gold Medal Match
| Cuba |
0 – 3 | United States |
22-25 17-25 28-30[3] |
Final ranking
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- The United States and Cuba qualified for the 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup
Individual awards
- Most valuable player
Yumilka Ruiz (CUB)
- Best spiker
Prikeba Phipps (USA)
- Best blocker
- Annerys Vargas (DOM)
- Best server
- Zoila Barros (CUB)
- Best digger
Amy Tutt (CAN)
- Best setter
- Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (USA)
- Best receiver
- Cosiri Rodríguez (DOM)
- Best libero
- Annie Levesque (CAN)
- Best coach
- Yoshiaki Toshida (USA)