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

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

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 532102915+14
2.  Croatia 532103219+13
3.  Romania 2310224240
4.  Canada 03003936–27
  • 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 532103216+16
2.  Serbia and Montenegro 532102718+9
3.  Australia 231022322+9
4.  Japan 030031339–26
  • 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 633003617+19
2.  Germany 432012722+5
3.  Greece 231022921+8
4.  China 030031042–32
  • 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 633003016+14
2.  Russia 432012618+8
3.  Slovakia 231021722–5
4.  Brazil 030031027–17
  • 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-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

  • 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 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

 
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

 
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

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
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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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