# 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup squads

This article shows all participating team squads at the 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup, held from November 16 to November 29, 2003 in several cities in Japan.

## Brazil

* Head Coach: Bernardo Rezende
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 3 | Giovane Gávio | 07.09.1970 | 196 | 89 | 340 | 322 |
| 4 | André Heller | 17.12.1975 | 199 | 93 | 339 | 321 |
| 6 | Maurício Lima | 27.01.1968 | 184 | 79 | 321 | 304 |
| 7 | Giba | 23.12.1976 | 192 | 85 | 325 | 312 |
| 9 | André Nascimento | 04.03.1979 | 195 | 95 | 340 | 320 |
| 10 | Sérgio Dutra Santos | 15.10.1975 | 184 | 78 | 325 | 310 |
| 11 | Anderson Rodrigues | 21.05.1974 | 190 | 95 | 330 | 321 |
| 12 | Nalbert Bittencourt (c) | 09.03.1974 | 195 | 82 | 329 | 309 |
| 13 | Gustavo Endres | 23.08.1975 | 203 | 98 | 337 | 325 |
| 14 | Rodrigo Santana | 17.04.1979 | 205 | 85 | 350 | 328 |
| 17 | Ricardo Garcia | 19.11.1975 | 191 | 89 | 337 | 320 |
| 18 | Dante Amaral | 30.09.1980 | 201 | 86 | 345 | 327 |

## Canada

* Head Coach: Stelio DeRocco
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Douglas Bruce | 07.05.1974 | 197 | 94 | 345 | 320 |
| 5 | Lucas Snider | 06.08.1977 | 183 | 93 | 334 | 319 |
| 6 | Sebastien Ruette | 22.06.1977 | 200 | 95 | 362 | 328 |
| 7 | Jason Haldane | 23.07.1971 | 203 | 102 | 355 | 325 |
| 8 | Scott Koskie (c) | 14.12.1971 | 190 | 85 | 330 | 312 |
| 9 | Paul Duerden | 22.10.1974 | 195 | 98 | 358 | 320 |
| 10 | Brett Youngberg | 15.09.1979 | 204 | 97 | 357 | 333 |
| 11 | Steve Brinkman | 12.01.1978 | 202 | 92 | 352 | 320 |
| 12 | Chris Wolfenden | 22.06.1977 | 194 | 94 | 341 | 321 |
| 13 | Ross Ballard | 14.11.1972 | 195 | 95 | 342 | 322 |
| 14 | Murray Grapentine | 24.08.1977 | 202 | 98 | 359 | 334 |
| 15 | Fred Winters | 25.09.1982 | 198 | 95 | 359 | 327 |

## China

* Head Coach: Di Anhe
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Zhang Xiaodong | 22.11.1979 | 203 | 75 | 350 | 341 |
| 2 | Hu Song | 21.02.1983 | 198 | 75 | 350 | 340 |
| 4 | Yuan Zhi | 29.09.1981 | 195 | 88 | 348 | 334 |
| 6 | Cui Xiaodong | 17.11.1980 | 205 | 80 | 355 | 345 |
| 7 | Tang Miao | 04.05.1982 | 204 | 85 | 355 | 345 |
| 8 | Shi Hairong (c) | 27.03.1977 | 192 | 75 | 350 | 336 |
| 9 | He Jiong | 16.02.1977 | 188 | 76 | 342 | 332 |
| 10 | Li Hang | 03.02.1979 | 203 | 89 | 360 | 343 |
| 11 | Li Chun | 01.04.1982 | 190 | 82 | 348 | 332 |
| 12 | Shen Qiong | 05.09.1981 | 198 | 84 | 359 | 349 |
| 13 | Wu Xiaojiang | 07.03.1978 | 197 | 86 | 357 | 336 |
| 15 | Chu Hui | 11.02.1981 | 187 | 70 | 355 | 323 |

## Egypt

* Head Coach: Veselin Vuković
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Hamdy Awad El-Safy (c) | 14.04.1972 | 202 | 105 | 346 | 327 |
| 2 | Youssef Saleh | 25.07.1982 | 191 | 85 | 342 | 338 |
| 4 | Mohamed Shehata | 25.02.1975 | 193 | 98 | 337 | 325 |
| 5 | Ossama Kemsan | 12.01.1977 | 192 | 72 | 335 | 326 |
| 6 | Wael El-Aydy | 08.12.1971 | 178 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ashraf El-Hassan | 17.05.1975 | 184 | 84 | 326 | 318 |
| 8 | Mohamed Awad Eslam | 05.08.1976 | 192 | 88 | 335 | 324 |
| 9 | Mohamed El-Mahdy | 02.09.1978 | 196 | 95 | 340 | 335 |
| 11 | Mohamed Moselhy | 07.01.1972 | 183 | 85 | 334 | 326 |
| 13 | Weal Said | 06.01.1979 | 202 | 87 | 345 | 337 |
| 14 | Abdelnaeim Salah | 19.08.1984 | 197 | 84 | 342 | 332 |
| 18 | Mahmoud Hassona | 03.11.1972 | 198 | 100 | 334 | 325 |

## France

* Head Coach: Philippe Blain
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Hubert Henno | 06.10.1976 | 188 | 83 | 330 | 310 |
| 3 | Dominique Daquin (c) | 10.11.1972 | 197 | 85 | 352 | 325 |
| 6 | Jean-Charles Monneraye | 25.08.1980 | 209 | 103 | 356 | 332 |
| 7 | Stéphane Antiga | 03.02.1976 | 200 | 94 | 344 | 321 |
| 8 | Laurent Capet | 05.05.1972 | 202 | 92 | 350 | 325 |
| 9 | Frantz Granvorka | 10.03.1976 | 195 | 90 | 364 | 327 |
| 11 | Loïc De Kergret | 20.08.1970 | 193 | 89 | 335 | 315 |
| 13 | Marc Schalk | 03.12.1973 | 197 | 85 | 350 | 325 |
| 14 | Philippe Barça-Cysique | 22.04.1977 | 194 | 88 | 347 | 325 |
| 16 | Mathias Patin | 25.04.1974 | 185 | 73 | 325 | 315 |
| 17 | Oliver Kieffer | 27.08.1979 | 200 | 85 | 355 | 335 |
| 18 | Sébastien Frangolacci | 31.03.1976 | 192 | 88 | 340 | 322 |

## Italy

* Head Coach: Gian Paolo Montali
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Luigi Mastrangelo | 17.08.1975 | 202 | 90 | 368 | 336 |
| 2 | Marco Meoni | 25.05.1973 | 197 | 86 | 338 | 313 |
| 5 | Valerio Vermiglio | 01.03.1976 | 189 | 86 | 315 | 300 |
| 6 | Samuele Papi | 20.05.1973 | 190 | 84 | 345 | 308 |
| 7 | Andrea Sartoretti | 19.06.1971 | 194 | 88 | 353 | 319 |
| 8 | Alberto Cisolla | 10.10.1977 | 197 | 86 | 367 | 345 |
| 10 | Luca Tencati | 16.03.1979 | 200 | 90 | 365 | 352 |
| 12 | Damiano Pippi | 23.08.1971 | 194 | 86 | 341 | 311 |
| 13 | Andrea Giani (c) | 22.04.1970 | 196 | 97 | 356 | 322 |
| 16 | Francesco Biribanti | 17.01.1976 | 201 | 94 | 360 | 340 |
| 17 | Paolo Cozzi | 26.05.1980 | 200 | 86 | 363 | 328 |
| 18 | Matej Černič | 13.09.1978 | 192 | 80 | 354 | 335 |

## Japan

* Head Coach: Mikiyasu Tanaka
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Daisuke Usami | 29.03.1979 | 184 | 82 | 339 | 325 |
| 3 | Nobuhiro Ito | 04.11.1977 | 200 | 85 | 350 | 340 |
| 4 | Nobuyoshi Hosokawa | 17.05.1973 | 191 | 87 | 340 | 320 |
| 5 | Kenji Onoue | 12.05.1978 | 199 | 79 | 345 | 340 |
| 6 | Atsushi Kobayashi | 10.03.1974 | 194 | 92 | 335 | 318 |
| 8 | Katsutoshi Tsumagari | 02.11.1975 | 183 | 75 | 322 | 310 |
| 9 | Takehiro Kihara | 13.09.1974 | 193 | 82 | 338 | 328 |
| 11 | Yoichi Kato (c) | 12.08.1976 | 190 | 82 | 347 | 329 |
| 14 | Takahiro Yamamoto | 12.07.1978 | 200 | 87 | 345 | 330 |
| 16 | Ryu Morishige | 18.07.1980 | 191 | 83 | 346 | 330 |
| 17 | Yuta Abe | 08.08.1981 | 192 | 78 | 335 | 322 |
| 18 | Akira Koshiya | 12.06.1979 | 190 | 73 | 335 | 320 |

## Serbia and Montenegro

* Head Coach: Ljubomir Travica
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 3 | Goran Marić | 02.11.1981 | 204 | 87 | 344 | 327 |
| 4 | Bojan Janić | 11.03.1982 | 198 | 83 | 345 | 322 |
| 6 | Slobodan Boškan | 18.08.1975 | 197 | 87 | 343 | 320 |
| 8 | Vasa Mijić | 11.04.1973 | 186 | 80 | 332 | 307 |
| 9 | Nikola Grbić (c) | 06.09.1973 | 194 | 91 | 346 | 320 |
| 10 | Vladimir Grbić | 14.12.1970 | 193 | 87 | 360 | 350 |
| 11 | Novica Bjelica | 09.02.1983 | 202 | 97 | 343 | 324 |
| 12 | Andrija Gerić | 24.01.1977 | 203 | 101 | 350 | 323 |
| 13 | Goran Vujević | 27.02.1973 | 192 | 94 | 339 | 315 |
| 14 | Ivan Miljković | 13.09.1979 | 206 | 88 | 354 | 333 |
| 15 | Ivan Ilić | 19.12.1976 | 194 | 85 | 337 | 318 |
| 18 | Igor Vusurović | 24.09.1974 | 200 | 86 | 342 | 323 |

## South Korea

* Head Coach: Cha Joo-Hyun
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Ko Hee-Jin | 13.07.1980 | 200 | 90 | 330 | 320 |
| 4 | Chang Kwang-Kyun | 14.03.1981 | 190 | 81 | 321 | 312 |
| 5 | Yeo Oh-Hyun | 02.09.1978 | 175 | 66 | 268 | 266 |
| 6 | Choi Tae-Woong (c) | 09.04.1976 | 185 | 78 | 330 | 317 |
| 9 | Shin Sun-Ho | 28.05.1978 | 195 | 80 | 318 | 316 |
| 10 | Lee Sun-Kyu | 14.03.1981 | 202 | 87 | 325 | 320 |
| 12 | Yoon Kwan-Yeol | 10.01.1978 | 198 | 97 | 337 | 334 |
| 13 | Kim Young-Rae | 28.07.1981 | 193 | 80 | 320 | 311 |
| 14 | Suk Jin-Wook | 05.12.1976 | 186 | 73 | 320 | 312 |
| 15 | Lee Hyung-Doo | 11.05.1980 | 190 | 76 | 313 | 311 |
| 16 | Shin Young-Soo | 01.07.1982 | 200 | 90 | 300 | 290 |
| 18 | Chang Byung-Chul | 15.08.1976 | 195 | 85 | 325 | 316 |

## Tunisia

* Head Coach: Antonio Giacobbe
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 2 | Mohamed Trabelsi | 15.09.1981 | 202 | 92 | 340 | 320 |
| 3 | Mehdi Gara | 01.03.1981 | 189 | 78 | 332 | 317 |
| 5 | Samir Sellami | 13.07.1977 | 194 | 82 | 320 | 308 |
| 7 | Chaker Ghezal | 14.01.1977 | 199 | 90 | 352 | 335 |
| 9 | Khaled Belaïd | 30.12.1973 | 195 | 82 | 326 | 312 |
| 10 | Oualid Ben Abbes | 19.06.1980 | 186 | 76 | 331 | 308 |
| 11 | Marouan Fehri | 01.07.1979 | 197 | 79 | 325 | 306 |
| 13 | Noureddine Hfaiedh | 27.08.1973 | 200 | 86 | 350 | 315 |
| 14 | Mehrez Berriri | 13.04.1975 | 186 | 80 | 328 | 305 |
| 15 | Ghazi Guidara (c) | 18.05.1974 | 186 | 75 | 326 | 305 |
| 16 | Tarek Sammari | 01.01.1978 | 192 | 82 | 328 | 312 |
| 18 | Hosni Karamosly | 01.06.1980 | 197 | 82 | 338 | 315 |

## United States

* Head Coach: Doug Beal
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 1 | Lloy Ball (c) | 17.02.1972 | 203 | 95 | 351 | 316 |
| 5 | Erik Sullivan | 09.08.1972 | 193 | 86 | 340 | 320 |
| 7 | Donald Suxho | 21.02.1976 | 196 | 100 | 349 | 329 |
| 8 | William Priddy | 01.10.1977 | 196 | 89 | 353 | 330 |
| 9 | Ryan Millar | 22.01.1978 | 204 | 98 | 354 | 326 |
| 10 | Riley Salmon | 02.07.1976 | 197 | 89 | 345 | 331 |
| 11 | Brook Billings | 30.04.1980 | 196 | 95 | 351 | 331 |
| 12 | Thomas Hoff | 09.06.1973 | 198 | 94 | 353 | 333 |
| 13 | Clayton Stanley | 20.01.1978 | 205 | 104 | 357 | 332 |
| 15 | Gabriel Gardner | 18.03.1976 | 209 | 103 | 353 | 335 |
| 17 | James Polster | 08.02.1979 | 198 | 100 | 352 | 333 |
| 18 | Adam Naeve | 09.02.1978 | 211 | 98 | 353 | 338 |

## Venezuela

* Head Coach: Miguel Cambero
| # | Name | Date of Birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block |
| 4 | Gustavo Valderrama | 31.07.1977 | 192 | 80 | 323 | 323 |
| 5 | Rodman Valera | 20.04.1982 | 188 | 82 | 337 | 332 |
| 6 | Carlos Luna | 25.01.1981 | 194 | 85 | 339 | 331 |
| 7 | Luis Díaz | 20.08.1983 | 204 | 92 | 349 | 342 |
| 8 | Andrés Manzanillo | 01.08.1977 | 197 | 80 | 334 | 334 |
| 10 | Ronald Méndez | 26.10.1982 | 203 | 84 | 357 | 352 |
| 11 | Ernardo Gómez (c) | 30.07.1982 | 195 | 85 | 355 | 350 |
| 12 | Carlos Tejeda | 28.07.1980 | 198 | 90 | 340 | 315 |
| 13 | Iván Márquez | 04.10.1981 | 205 | 85 | 339 | 333 |
| 14 | Thomas Ereu | 25.10.1979 | 193 | 85 | 338 | 330 |
| 17 | Juan Carlos Blanco | 27.07.1981 | 195 | 83 | 341 | 336 |
| 18 | Fredy Cedeño | 10.09.1981 | 202 | 90 | 353 | 348 |