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

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]

Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Spain (in Barcelona host cities)
Dates14 – 26 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Hungary (2nd title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Serbia and Montenegro
Fourth place Greece
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored659 (13.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Šapić
Best playerItaly Roberto Calcaterra
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Participating teams

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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

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Preliminary round

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

Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

Playoff round

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  • July 20, 2003
Croatia   6 – 10   Australia
Romania   3 – 11   Serbia and Montenegro
Germany   6 – 7   Slovakia
Greece   15 – 14   Russia

Final round

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 22 – Barcelona
 
 
  Hungary13
 
July 24 – Barcelona
 
  Slovakia5
 
  Hungary9
 
July 22 – Barcelona
 
  Greece8
 
  Greece4
 
July 26 – Barcelona
 
  United States2
 
  Hungary11
 
July 22 – Barcelona
 
  Italy9
 
  Italy7
 
July 24 – Barcelona
 
  Australia3
 
  Italy6
 
July 22 – Barcelona
 
  Serbia and M.5 Third place
 
  Serbia and M.7
 
July 26 – Barcelona
 
  Spain3
 
  Greece3
 
 
  Serbia and M.5
 

Quarter finals

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  • July 22, 2003
Hungary   13 – 5   Slovakia
United States   2 – 4   Greece
Spain   3 – 7   Serbia and Montenegro
Italy   7 – 3   Australia

Semi finals

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  • July 24, 2003
Hungary   9 – 8   Greece
Serbia and Montenegro   5 – 6   Italy

Finals

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  • 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

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13th - 16th place13th place
 
      
 
2003-07-20 – Barcelona
 
 
  Canada6
 
2003-07-22 – Barcelona
 
  Japan1
 
  Canada5
 
2003-07-20 – Barcelona
 
  Brazil6
 
  Brazil8
 
 
  China6
 
15th place
 
 
2003-07-22 – Barcelona
 
 
  Japan10
 
 
  China9
  • 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

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9th - 12th place9th place
 
      
 
2003-07-22 – Barcelona
 
 
  Croatia7
 
2003-07-24 – Barcelona
 
  Germany3
 
  Croatia8
 
2003-07-22 – Barcelona
 
  Russia2
 
  Russia9
 
 
  Romania6
 
11th place
 
 
2003-07-24 – Barcelona
 
 
  Germany7
 
 
  Romania6
  • 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

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5th - 8th place5th place
 
      
 
2003-07-24 – Barcelona
 
 
  United States11
 
2003-07-26 – Barcelona
 
  Slovakia5
 
  United States7
 
2003-07-24 – Barcelona
 
  Spain9
 
  Spain10
 
 
  Australia8
 
7th place
 
 
2003-07-26 – Barcelona
 
 
  Slovakia8
 
 
  Australia11
  • 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

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Medalists

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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

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  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

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  1. ^ 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.
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