Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Spain (in Barcelona host cities)
Dates	14 – 26 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (2nd title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Serbia and Montenegro
Fourth place	Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	659 (13.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleksandar Šapić
Best player	Roberto Calcaterra
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The 2003 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the tenth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 14 to 26 July 2003, and was incorporated into the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Participating teams

Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Brazil Canada United States	China Japan	Croatia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Romania Russia Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Spain	Australia

Groups formed

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the playoff round
	Will play for places 13–16

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	29	15	+14
2.	Croatia	5	3	2	1	0	32	19	+13
3.	Romania	2	3	1	0	2	24	24	0
4.	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	9	36	–27

July 14, 2003


Canada	3 – 10	Romania
Croatia	7 – 7	Hungary

July 16, 2003


Hungary	9 – 5	Romania
Canada	3 – 13	Croatia

July 18, 2003


Canada	3 – 13	Hungary
Croatia	12 – 9	Romania

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	United States	5	3	2	1	0	32	16	+16
2.	Serbia and Montenegro	5	3	2	1	0	27	18	+9
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	23	22	+9
4.	Japan	0	3	0	0	3	13	39	–26

July 14, 2003


Australia	10 – 2	Japan
Serbia and Montenegro	5 – 5	United States

July 16, 2003


United States	14 – 4	Japan
Australia	6 – 7	Serbia and Montenegro

July 18, 2003


Australia	7 – 13	United States
Serbia and Montenegro	15 – 7	Japan

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	36	17	+19
2.	Germany	4	3	2	1	27	22	+5
3.	Greece	2	3	1	2	29	21	+8
4.	China	0	3	0	3	10	42	–32

July 14, 2003


China	4 – 15	Italy
Greece	7 – 9	Germany

July 16, 2003


Germany	8 – 11	Italy
China	2 – 17	Greece

July 18, 2003


China	4 – 10	Germany
Greece	5 – 10	Italy

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	6	3	3	0	30	16	+14
2.	Russia	4	3	2	1	26	18	+8
3.	Slovakia	2	3	1	2	17	22	–5
4.	Brazil	0	3	0	3	10	27	–17

July 14, 2003


Russia	8 – 5	Slovakia
Spain	10 – 3	Brazil

July 16, 2003


Slovakia	7 – 4	Brazil
Spain	10 – 8	Russia

July 18, 2003


Russia	10 – 3	Brazil
Spain	10 – 5	Slovakia

Playoff round

July 20, 2003


Croatia	6 – 10	Australia
Romania	3 – 11	Serbia and Montenegro
Germany	6 – 7	Slovakia
Greece	15 – 14	Russia

Final round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

July 22 – Barcelona

Hungary	13
		July 24 – Barcelona
Slovakia	5
		Hungary	9
July 22 – Barcelona
		Greece	8
Greece	4
				July 26 – Barcelona
United States	2
				Hungary	11
July 22 – Barcelona
				Italy	9
Italy	7
		July 24 – Barcelona
Australia	3
		Italy	6
July 22 – Barcelona
		Serbia and M.	5	Third place
Serbia and M.	7
				July 26 – Barcelona
Spain	3
				Greece	3

				Serbia and M.	5

Quarter finals

July 22, 2003


Hungary	13 – 5	Slovakia
United States	2 – 4	Greece
Spain	3 – 7	Serbia and Montenegro
Italy	7 – 3	Australia

Semi finals

July 24, 2003


Hungary	9 – 8	Greece
Serbia and Montenegro	5 – 6	Italy

Finals

July 26, 2003 — Bronze Medal Match


Greece	3 – 5	Serbia and Montenegro

July 26, 2003 — Gold Medal Match


Hungary	11 – 9	Italy

13th-16th place

13th - 16th place		13th place

2003-07-20 – Barcelona

Canada	6
		2003-07-22 – Barcelona
Japan	1
		Canada	5
2003-07-20 – Barcelona
		Brazil	6
Brazil	8

China	6
		15th place

		2003-07-22 – Barcelona

		Japan	10

		China	9

July 20, 2003


Canada	6 – 1	Japan
Brazil	8 – 6	China

July 22, 2003


Japan	10 – 9	China
Brazil	6 – 5	Canada

9th-12th place

9th - 12th place		9th place

2003-07-22 – Barcelona

Croatia	7
		2003-07-24 – Barcelona
Germany	3
		Croatia	8
2003-07-22 – Barcelona
		Russia	2
Russia	9

Romania	6
		11th place

		2003-07-24 – Barcelona

		Germany	7

		Romania	6

July 22, 2003


Croatia	7 – 3	Germany
Russia	9 – 6	Romania

July 24, 2003


Germany	7 – 6	Romania
Croatia	8 – 3	Russia

5th-8th place

5th - 8th place		5th place

2003-07-24 – Barcelona

United States	11
		2003-07-26 – Barcelona
Slovakia	5
		United States	7
2003-07-24 – Barcelona
		Spain	9
Spain	10

Australia	8
		7th place

		2003-07-26 – Barcelona

		Slovakia	8

		Australia	11

July 24, 2003


United States	11 – 5	Slovakia
Spain	10 – 8	Australia

July 26, 2003


Slovakia	8 – 11	Australia
United States	7 – 9	Spain

Final ranking

Rank^[1]	Team
	Hungary
	Italy
	Serbia and Montenegro
4.	Greece
5.	Spain
6.	United States
7.	Australia
8.	Slovakia
9.	Croatia
10.	Russia
11.	Germany
12.	Romania
13.	Brazil
14.	Canada
15.	Japan
16.	China

2003 FINA Men's World champions
Hungary Second title

Team Roster ^[1]

Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Rajmund Fodor, István Gergely, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Norbert Madaras, Tamás Molnár, Barnabás Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Tamás Varga, Zsolt Varga, Attila Vári
Head coach: Dénes Kemény

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary ^[1] Tibor Benedek (c) Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor István Gergely Tamás Kásás Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Barnabás Steinmetz Zoltán Szécsi Tamás Varga Zsolt Varga Attila Vári Head coach Dénes Kemény	Italy Alberto Angelini Fabio Bencivenga Fabrizio Buonocore Alessandro Calcaterra Roberto Calcaterra Maurizio Felugo Goran Fiorentini Marco Gerini Andrea Mangiante Francesco Postiglione Bogdan Rath Carlo Silipo (c) Stefano Tempesti Head coach Paolo de Crescenzo	Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Ćirić Vladimir Gojković Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Predrag Jokić Nikola Kuljača Slobodan Nikić Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Denis Šefik Vanja Udovičić Vladimir Vujasinović (c) Boris Zloković Head coach Nenad Manojlović

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Roberto Calcaterra (ITA)

Best Goalkeeper

Denis Sefik (SCG)

Topscorer

Aleksandar Sapic (SCG)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

External links

Barcelona 2003 FINA World Championships
10th FINA World Championships 2003 FINA Water Polo website
Men Water Polo X World Championship 2003 Barcelona www.todor66.com

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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