2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup
# 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup

The 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from Monday June 30 to Saturday July 5, 2003 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The intercontinental event served as a qualifier for the 2004 FIVB World Grand Prix.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Brazil  Canada  Puerto Rico  United States | Cuba  Dominican Republic  Mexico  Venezuela |

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | United States | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.000 |
| 2. | Brazil | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 |
| 3. | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.428 |
| 4. | Puerto Rico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 |

* Monday June 30, 2003

| Puerto Rico | 3 – 1 | Canada | 22–25 25–22 25–18 25–23 |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 – 0 | Brazil | 25–22 25–20 25–14 |

* Tuesday July 1, 2003

| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25–18 25–21 25–19 |
| - | - | - | - |
| United States | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–15 25–20 25–21 |

* Wednesday July 2, 2003

| United States | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25–10 25–19 25–21 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Puerto Rico | 25–19 25–20 25–23 |

### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | L | SW | SL | Ratio |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Cuba | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.000 |
| 2. | Dominican R. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2.000 |
| 3. | Venezuela | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0.428 |
| 4. | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 |

* Monday June 30, 2003

| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Venezuela | 25–18 25–16 25–23 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25–21 25–19 25–16 |

* Tuesday July 1, 2003

| Dominican Republic | 3 – 0 | Venezuela | 27–25 25–15 25–11 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Mexico | 25–19 27–25 25–23 |

* Wednesday July 2, 2003

| Cuba | 3 – 0 | Dominican Republic | 25–14 25–15 25–21 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 3 – 1 | Mexico | 25–21 20–25 25–15 25–21 |

## Classification round

* Thursday July 3, 2003
   * Seventh-place match

| Puerto Rico | 3 – 1 | Mexico | 25–17 13–25 25–23 25–20 |
| - | - | - | - |

   * Classification Matches

| Brazil | 3 – 0 | Venezuela | 25–23 25–19 25–18 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 3 – 0 | Canada | 25–21 25–23 25–22 |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2003-07-04 | 2003-07-04 |
| United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 2003-07-05 | 2003-07-05 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2003-07-05 | 2003-07-05 |
| Brazil | 1 | United States | 3 |
| 2003-07-04 | 2003-07-04 | | United States | 3 |
| 2003-07-04 | 2003-07-04 | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | Dominican Republic | 0 |
| Cuba | 2 | | |
| Cuba | 2 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2003-07-05 | 2003-07-05 |
| | | Brazil | 0 |
| | | Cuba | 3 |

* Friday July 4, 2003
   * Fifth-place match

| Venezuela | 3 – 1 | Canada | 17–25 25–20 25–16 26–24 |
| - | - | - | - |

   * Semi-finals

| United States | 3 – 1 | Brazil | 25–20 22–25 25–20 25–16 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 3 – 2 | Cuba | 24–26 23–25 25–21 25–16 17–15 |

* Saturday July 5, 2003
   * Bronze-medal match

| Brazil | 0 – 3 | Cuba | 16–25 19–25 30–32 |
| - | - | - | - |

   * Gold-medal match

| United States | 3 – 0 | Dominican Republic | 25–20 25–18 25–19 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| - | - |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Dominican Republic |
| 3. | Cuba |
| 4. | Brazil |
| 5. | Venezuela |
| 6. | Canada |
| 7. | Puerto Rico |
| 8. | Mexico |

* 2003 Women's Pan-American Cup winners
* United States First title
   * United States, Dominican Republic, Cuba and Brazil qualified for the 2004 World Grand Prix

## Individual awards

* Most valuable player
   * Milagros Cabral (DOM)
* Best attacker
   * Milagros Cabral (DOM)
* Best blocker
   * Elisabeth Bachman (USA)
* Best defender
   * Alessandra Sperb (BRA)
* Best libero
   * Evelyn Carrera (DOM)
* Best receiver
   * Logan Tom (USA)
* Best server
   * Zoila Barros (CUB)
* Best setter
   * Lindsey Berg (USA)
