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2003 World Cups in Japan
World Cups a huge success
- President
Tokyo,
Japan, November 27, 2003 - The Men's and Women's 2003
World Cup tournaments, which have been hosted by Japan
throughout the month of November, have been called "a
truly remarkable success" by FIVB President Dr. Rubén
Acosta in Tokyo on Thursday.
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Pic: FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta with the victorious
Chinese women's team in Osaka
Final
Olympic berth goes to USA; China, Brazil already qualified
Osaka,
Japan Nov. 15, 2003 – USA soaked up the final Olympic berth on
Saturday here at the World Cup of Women’s Volleyball, the first
Olympic qualification tournament when Italy lost their first set
in the match against Brazil thus putting themselves out of
contention. China and Brazil were already qualified after
Friday’s matches in this round robin 11-match series.
And to close the tournament, China left as
giant killers, defeating Japan
(match stats) in straight sets to exit
the World Cup with a perfect scorecard - 11 consecutive wins to
their credit.
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Spanish
German Pic: Most Valuable Player and top scorer,
Malgorzata Glinka of Poland.
Site A
match reports; Site B
match reports
Standings
Results
Match schedule Best
Players
Pictures
Team Profiles
Player Profiles
Coach Profiles
Final Rankings
(win-loss ratio in parenthesis)
1, China, (11-0); 2,
Brazil, (10-1); 3, USA (8-3) – all qualified for Athens 2004
Olympic Games ;
4, Italy (7-4); 5, Japan (7-4); 6, Cuba (6-5); 7, Turkey (5-6);
8, Poland (5-6); 9, Korea (3-8); 10, Dominican Republic
(3-8);11, Argentina (1-10);12, Egypt (0-10).
World Cup Magnificent Seven
Best
Scorer/MVP:
Malgorzata Glinka, Poland
Best
Spiker: Zhao Ruirui, China
Best
Blocker: Valenka Menezes, Brazil
Best
Server: Zoila Barros Fernandez , Cuba
Best
Setter: Feng Kun, China
Best Libero: Arlene Xavier, Brazil
Special award to Japan’s Yoshie Takeshita
FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta receives Prince Takamado
Memorial Prize
Tokyo,
Japan, Nov. 14, 2003 - FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta
on Friday was presented with the Prince Takamado
Memorial Prize for environmental excellence in a special
ceremony in the Japanese capital in the presence of
Japan's Princess Takamado, the widow of the late prince.
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Spanish
French German Pic: FIVB President Dr. Rubén Acosta
Official FIVB Statement
Sapporo, 9 November 2003 - We have the
duty of informing the public opinion that for the first
time in Volleyball history a player has been tested
positive after a sample “A” showed the presence of
Methandienone.
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German
Spanish
Drawing of lots completed; World Cup match schedule announced
October
03, 2003 - Korea and USA launch the FIVB Women's World Cup
tournament on November 1 when they clash in Tokyo at 12:00
(local time) to kick off the quest for a fast track entry into
the Olympic Games in Athens, 2004. The full match schedules for
the 2003 Women's and Men's World Cups were confirmed on Friday
following the drawing of lots in Tokyo. The 12 teams in the
men's and women's tournaments play a round robin format in two
groups in which all teams meet each other.
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Women's World Cup schedule Pic:
Action from the Drawing of Lots
Wild Cards announced for first Olympic qualifier;
teams now complete
Lausanne,
Switzerland, October 1, 2003 - The International Volleyball
Federation on Wednesday announced the allocation of two wild cards
for each of the Men's and Women's World Cup tournament to take place
in Japan in November. The top three teams qualify directly for the
Athens 2004 Olympic tournament. In the women's tournament Italy and
Dominican Republic were granted the wild card entries to complete
the 12 competing teams, and in the men's tournament they went to
Serbia and Montenegro and Egypt. The awarding of wild cards was made
jointly by the FIVB and hosts of the World Cup tournaments, the
Japan Volleyball Federation.
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French
Spanish Pic: Serbia and Montenegro takes on Italy during the 2003 World
League
About
the tournament -
Competition Formula
Twelve women’s and men’s national
teams play off in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast
lane ticket into the Olympic tournament in Athens 2004.
Teams are 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 FIVB and the Japan Volleyball Association.
Teams play a single-round robin format, in two parallel groups
(Site A and Site B). The women play in Tokyo, Nagoya, Sapporo,
Osaka, Kagoshima, Sendai and Toyama and the men’s tournament in
Tokyo, Horoshima, Fukuoka, Nagano, Hamamatsu and Okayama.
World Cup History
Competition Formula
Qualification
About the
Hosts
Japan is the traditional host of
this tournament since it began with the first edition in 1970.
Japan brings to the tournament some of the finest state-of-the
art sports complexes in the world, as well as the world-renowned
Japanese hospitality and an enthusiasm for the sport of
Volleyball that spans decades. Host broadcasters FUJI TV bring
with them a wealth of technical expertise and experience and
will deliver the excitement and action of the 2003 World Cups
into the living rooms of Volleyball enthusiasts around the
world.
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