2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship
# 2003 Women's NORCECA Volleyball Championship

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. The United States won the championship by defeating Cuba 3-0, and both teams qualified to the 2003 FIVB World Cup. The Dominican Republic won the bronze medal.

## Competing nations

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Canada  Dominican Republic  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago | Costa Rica  Cuba  Mexico — withdrew  United States |

## 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo |
| Dominican Republic | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo |
| Cuba | 3 | 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo |
| Cuba | 3 | Cuba | 0 |
| 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | | Cuba | 0 |
| 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | 2003-09-17 – Santo Domingo | United States | 3 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 3 |
| Canada | 0 | | |
| Canada | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2003-09-18 – Santo Domingo | 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 |
| - | - | - | - |

## Final ranking

| Place | Team |
| - | - |
| 1. | United States |
| 2. | Cuba |
| 3. | Dominican Republic |
| 4. | Canada |
| 5. | Puerto Rico |
| 6. | Costa Rica |
| 7. | Trinidad and Tobago |

* 2003 Women's NORCECA winners
* United States Fourth title
* 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)
