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

The 2003 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from July 14 to July 26, and incorporated in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Teams

Group A  Canada  Croatia  Hungary  Romania

Group B  Australia  Japan  Serbia and Montenegro  United States

Group C  China  Germany  Greece  Italy

Group D  Brazil  Russia  Slovakia  Spain

Squads

Preliminary round

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	27	18	+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	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	0	36	17	+19
2.	Germany	4	3	2	0	1	27	22	+5
3.	Greece	2	3	1	0	2	29	21	+8
4.	China	0	3	0	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	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	6	3	3	0	0	30	16	+14
2.	Russia	4	3	2	0	1	26	18	+8
3.	Slovakia	2	3	1	0	2	17	22	–5
4.	Brazil	0	3	0	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

Second 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			Third place
	July 22 – Barcelona
					Serbia and M.	5
	Serbia and M.	7							Greece	3
	Spain	3							Serbia and M.	5
									July 26 – Barcelona

• July 22, 2003

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

• July 24, 2003

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

• July 26, 2003

Greece	3 – 5	Serbia and Montenegro
Hungary	11 – 9	Italy

Play-offs

	13-16th place				13th place
	2003-07-20 – Barcelona
	Canada	6
	Japan	1
					2003-07-22 – Barcelona
					Canada	5
					Brazil	6
					15th place
	2003-07-20 – Barcelona			2003-07-22 – Barcelona
	Brazil	8		Japan	10
	China	6			China	9

• July 20, 2003

Canada	6 – 1	Japan
Brazil	8 – 6	China

• July 22, 2003

Japan	10 – 9	China
Brazil	6 – 5	Canada

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	9-12th place				9th place
	2003-07-22 – Barcelona
	Croatia	7
	Germany	3
					2003-07-24 – Barcelona
					Croatia	8
					Russia	2
					11th place
	2003-07-22 – Barcelona			2003-07-24 – Barcelona
	Russia	9		Germany	7
	Romania	6			Romania	6

• July 22, 2003

Croatia	7 – 3	Germany
Russia	9 – 6	Romania

• July 24, 2003

Germany	7 – 6	Romania
Croatia	8 – 3	Russia

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	5-8th place				5th place
	2003-07-24 – Barcelona
	United States	11
	Slovakia	5
					2003-07-26 – Barcelona
					United States	7
					Spain	9
					7th place
	2003-07-24 – Barcelona			2003-07-26 – Barcelona
	Spain	10		Slovakia	8
	Australia	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 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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary [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	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 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 Boris Zloković Head Coach Nenad Manojlović

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

Roberto Calcaterra

• Best Goalkeeper

Denis Sefik

• Topscorer

Aleksandar Sapic

References

1. "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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