2003 Women's South American Volleyball Championship

2003 Women's South American Volleyball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Colombia
Dates	September 4–6
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in Bogota host cities)
Champions	Brazil (13th title)

The 2003 Women's South American Volleyball Championship was the 25th edition of the South American Women's Volleyball Championship, organised by South America's governing volleyball body, the Confederación Sudamericana de Voleibol (CSV). It was held in Bogota, Colombia from September 4 to 6, 2003.

Teams

Play-off

• Venue: Caracas, Venezuela

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Venezuela	0–2	Peru	2–3	2–3

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Aug	Venezuela	2–3	Peru	23–25	25–19	16–25	25–12	11–15	100–96
31 Aug	Peru	3–2	Venezuela	12–25	25–15	18–25	25–16	15–10	95–91

Peru and Venezuela played a qualification play-off, Brazil and Argentina played the final round automatically as best two in the previous edition and Colombia qualified as host.

Teams
Argentina Brazil Colombia Peru

Competition System

The competition system for the 2003 Women's South American Championship was a single Round-Robin system. Each team plays once against each of the 3 remaining teams. Points are accumulated during the whole tournament, and the final ranking is determined by the total points gained.

Standings

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Matches

Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
4 Sep	Argentina	3–2	Peru	25–27	28–26	21–25	25–20	15–13	114–112
4 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Colombia	25–15	25–11	25–9			75–34
5 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Peru	26–24	25–14	25–6			76–44
5 Sep	Argentina	3–1	Colombia	25–15	25–23	23–25	25–14		98–87
6 Sep	Peru	3–1	Colombia	25–15	24–26	25–16	25–13		99–71
6 Sep	Brazil	3–0	Argentina	25–17	25–13	25–13			75–43

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Argentina
	Peru
4	Colombia

Qualified for the 2003 World Cup

2003 Women's South American Champions
Brazil 13th title