2003 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship

The 2003 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship was the 5th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 8 teams) held in Croatia from 22 to 27 April 2003.^[1]

2003 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Croatia
Dates	22 – 27 April 2003
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Tournament awards
MVP	Senna Ušić
Official website
Official website
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Qualification

Main article: 2003 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship Qualification

Means of qualification		Qualifier
Host Country		Croatia
Winner of 2001 tournament		Italy
Qualification Round	Pool A	Poland
	Pool B	Belarus
	Pool C	Germany
	Pool D	Russia
	Pool E	Hungary
	Pool F	Serbia and Montenegro

Venues

All matches
Zagreb, Croatia	Zagreb
Zrinjevac Sport Hall
Capacity: 1,160

Preliminary round

Pool I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	6	9	3	3.000	263	237	1.110	Semifinals
2	Russia	3	2	1	5	8	3	2.667	248	184	1.348
3	Belarus	3	1	2	4	4	7	0.571	223	248	0.899	5th–8th semifinals
4	Hungary	3	0	3	3	1	9	0.111	179	250	0.716

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Apr	11:30	Hungary	0–3	Russia	20–25	9–25	20–25			49–75	Report
22 Apr	16:30	Italy	3–1	Belarus	25–21	18–25	25–22	25–21		93–89	Report
23 Apr	11:30	Italy	3–0	Hungary	25–7	25–17	28–26			78–50	Report
23 Apr	16:30	Belarus	0–3	Russia	16–25	8–25	13–25			37–75	Report
24 Apr	11:30	Russia	2–3	Italy	17–25	21–25	25–21	25–12	10–15	98–98	Report
24 Apr	16:30	Hungary	1–3	Belarus	20–25	25–21	24–26	11–25		80–97	Report

Pool II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	6	9	0	MAX	225	136	1.654	Semifinals
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	5	6	3	2.000	197	186	1.059
3	Germany	3	1	2	4	3	8	0.375	204	241	0.846	5th–8th semifinals
4	Poland	3	0	3	3	2	9	0.222	190	253	0.751

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Apr	14:00	Poland	0–3	Serbia and Montenegro	14–25	23–25	14–25			51–75	Report
22 Apr	19:00	Germany	0–3	Croatia	13–25	16–25	12–25			41–75	Report
23 Apr	14:00	Germany	3–2	Poland	19–25	25–15	25–17	19–25	15–9	103–91	Report
23 Apr	19:00	Croatia	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	25–12	25–19	25–16			75–47	Report
24 Apr	14:00	Serbia and Montenegro	3–0	Germany	25–23	25–17	25–20			75–60	Report
24 Apr	19:00	Poland	0–3	Croatia	13–25	22–25	13–25			48–75	Report

5th–8th classification

	Semifinals				5th place match
	26 April
	Hungary	0
					27 April
	Germany	3
					Poland	0
	26 April
					Germany	3
	Belarus	1
	Poland	3
					7th place match
					27 April
					Belarus	1
					Hungary	3

5th–8th semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Apr	11:30	Hungary	0–3	Germany	22–25	24–26	15–25			61–76	Report
26 Apr	14:00	Belarus	1–3	Poland	26–28	25–22	26–28	15–25		92–103	Report

7th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	10:30	Belarus	1–3	Hungary	25–19	23–25	23–25	19–25		90–94	Report

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	13:00	Poland	0–3	Germany	20–25	22–25	20–25			62–75	Report

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	26 April
	Russia	1
					27 April
	Croatia	3
					Italy	0
	26 April
					Croatia	3
	Italy	3
	Serbia and Montenegro	0
					3rd place match
					27 April
					Serbia and Montenegro	3
					Russia	1

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Apr	16:30	Russia	1–3	Croatia	20–25	25–18	20–25	26–28		91–96	Report
26 Apr	19:00	Italy	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro	25–20	25–22	30–28			80–70	Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	15:30	Serbia and Montenegro	3–1	Russia	25–27	25–21	25–17	25–19		100–84	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	18:00	Italy	0–3	Croatia	13–25	14–25	18–25			45–75	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Italy
	Serbia and Montenegro
4	Russia
5	Germany
6	Poland
7	Hungary
8	Belarus

Qualified for the 2003 Girls' U18 World Championship

Awards

• Most valuable player

  Senna Ušić

• Best attacker

  Veronica Angeloni

• Best server

  Mirjana Đurić

• Best blocker

  Ilaria Garzaro

• Best setter

  Diana Reščić

• Best libero

  Ekaterina Kabeshova

• Best receiver

  Senna Ušić