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The 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Berlin, Germany from September 5 to September 14, 2003.

Qualification

• For more details on this topic, see 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship Qualification.

The first five from the 2001 edition of the Men's European Volleyball Championship — Serbia & Montenegro, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, and Poland — plus hosts Germany were automatically qualified. The four group winners qualified, and the two best numbers two.

Teams

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Serbia and M.	9	5	4	1	454	299	1.138	14	5	2.800
2.	Russia	8	5	3	2	439	366	1.199	10	9	1.111
3.	Netherlands	8	5	3	2	463	449	1.031	10	10	1.000
4.	Poland	7	5	2	3	485	479	1.013	11	11	1.000
5.	Bulgaria	7	5	2	3	320	416	0.769	7	11	0.636
6.	Greece	6	5	1	4	402	454	0.885	7	13	0.538

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	L	PW	PL	Ratio	SW	SL	Ratio
1.	Italy	10	5	5	0	415	329	1.261	15	2	7.500
2.	France	9	5	4	1	418	364	1.148	13	4	3.250
3.	Germany	8	5	3	2	417	398	1.048	10	8	1.250
4.	Spain	7	5	2	3	403	428	0.942	7	11	0.636
5.	Czech Republic	6	5	1	4	399	440	0.907	5	13	0.385
6.	Slovakia	5	5	0	5	354	447	0.792	3	15	0.200

Final round

	Semi Finals				Final
	2003-09-13 – Berlin
	Italy	3
	Russia	0
					2003-09-14 – Berlin
					Italy	3
					France	2
					3rd place
	2003-09-13 – Berlin			2003-09-14 – Berlin
	Serbia and Montenegro	2		Russia	3
	France	3			Serbia and Montenegro	1

	5-8th place				5th place
	2003-09-13 – Berlin
	Netherlands	3
	Spain	2
					2003-09-14 – Berlin
					Poland	3
					Netherlands	0
					7th place
	2003-09-13 – Berlin			2003-09-14 – Berlin
	Poland	3		Spain	1
	Germany	1			Germany	3

Final ranking

1.  Italy 2.  France 3.  Russia 4.  Serbia and Montenegro 5.  Poland 6.  Netherlands 7.  Germany 8.  Spain 9.  Czech Republic 9.  Bulgaria 11.  Greece 11.  Slovakia

2003 Men's European Champions  Italy Fifth title Team Roster Francesco Biribanti, Matej Cernic, Paolo Cozzi, Alessandro Fei, Andrea Giani, Luigi Mastrangelo, Marco Meoni, Samuele Papi, Damiano Pippi, Andrea Sartoretti, Cristian Savani, and Valerio Vermiglio. Head Coach: Gian Paolo Montali.

Awards

References

• CEV Results
• Results
• Czech Results

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