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
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
July 14, 2003 3 – 10 7 – 7
July 16, 2003 9 – 5 3 – 13
July 18, 2003 3 – 13 12 – 9
Group B
July 14, 2003 10 – 2 5 – 5
July 16, 2003 14 – 4 6 – 7
July 18, 2003 7 – 13 15 – 7
Group C
July 14, 2003 4 – 15 7 – 9
July 16, 2003 8 – 11 2 – 17
July 18, 2003 4 – 10 5 – 10
Group D
July 14, 2003 8 – 5 10 – 3
July 16, 2003 7 – 4 10 – 8
July 18, 2003 10 – 3 10 – 5
Playoff round July 20, 2003 6 – 10 3 – 11 6 – 7 15 – 14
Final round
Quarter finals July 22, 2003 13 – 5 2 – 4 3 – 7 7 – 3
Semi finals July 24, 2003 9 – 8 5 – 6
Finals July 26, 2003 — Bronze Medal Match 3 – 5
July 26, 2003 — Gold Medal Match 11 – 9
13th-16th place
July 20, 2003 6 – 1 8 – 6
July 22, 2003 10 – 9 6 – 5
9th-12th place
July 22, 2003 7 – 3 9 – 6
July 24, 2003 7 – 6 8 – 3
5th-8th place
July 24, 2003 11 – 5 10 – 8
July 26, 2003 8 – 11 7 – 9
Final ranking
Rank Team 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
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 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 VáriHead coachDénes Kemény 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 TempestiHead coachPaolo de Crescenzo 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 ZlokovićHead coach Nenad Manojlović
Individual awards Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Topscorer
References
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