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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.

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

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	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

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 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 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 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

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.

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

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