2003 World Men's Handball Championship
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Dates | 20 January–2 February |
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Champions |
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Runner-up |
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Third place |
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The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from 20 January to 2 February 2003. It was the 18th edition of the World Championship in team handball and Croatia won the championship.
Qualified teams
24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.
Group A : Kuwait,
Morocco,
Poland,
Spain,
Tunisia,
Yugoslavia.
Group B : Australia,
Germany,
Greenland,
Iceland,
Portugal,
Qatar.
Group C : Argentina,
Croatia,
France,
Hungary,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia.
Group D : Algeria,
Brazil,
Denmark,
Egypt,
Slovenia,
Sweden.
First round
The first 4 teams of each group qualify for the second round.
Group A in Guimarães
- Monday, 20 January:
- Tuesday, 21 January:
- Thursday, 23 January:
- Saturday, 25 January:
- Sunday, 26 January:
Standings
Group B in Viseu
- Monday, 20 January:
- Tuesday, 21 January:
- Thursday, 23 January:
- Saturday, 25 January:
- Sunday, 26 January:
Standings
Group C in Madeira
- Monday, 20 January:
- Tuesday, 21 January:
- Thursday, 23 January:
- Saturday, 25 January:
- Sunday, 26 January:
Standings
Croatia is ranked before France thanks to its victory in the game between those two teams.
Group D in São João da Madeira
- Monday, 20 January:
- Tuesday, 21 January:
- Thursday, 23 January:
- Saturday, 25 January:
- Sunday, 26 January:
Standings
Sweden is ranked before Denmark thanks to its victory in the game between those two teams.
Second round
The best teams of each group advance to the semifinals. The runners-up qualify for the ranking games for 5th to 8th place.
Group I in Caminha
- Wednesday, 29 January:
- Thursday, 30 January:
Standings
Rank | Country | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 71 | +35 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 83 | +23 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 93 | -4 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 117 | -54 |
Group II in Póvoa de Varzim
- Wednesday, 29 January:
Germany 30 - 21
Tunisia
Yugoslavia 30 - 28
Portugal
- Thursday, 30 January:
Germany 31 - 31
Yugoslavia
Portugal 27 - 26
Tunisia
Standings
Rank | Country | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 81 | +17 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 86 | +3 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 93 | -3 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 85 | -11 |
Group III in Rio Maior
- Wednesday, 29 January:
- Thursday, 30 January:
Standings
Rank | Country | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 76 | +14 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 78 | +12 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 94 | -4 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 93 | -22 |
Group IV in Espinho
- Wednesday, 29 January:
- Thursday, 30 January:
Standings
Rank | Country | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 70 | +20 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 87 | -3 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 76 | 84 | -8 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 91 | -9 |
Ranking games in Lisbon
- Saturday, 1 February
- places 5 to 8:
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Yugoslavia 33 - 34
Hungary (double overtime)
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Iceland 27 - 30
Russia
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- places 5 to 8:
- Sunday, 2 February
- places 7 and 8:
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Iceland 32 - 27
Yugoslavia
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- places 5 and 6:
- places 7 and 8:
Semi-finals in Lisbon
Bronze medal game in Lisbon
Final in Lisbon
Croatian national handball team |
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Final standings
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Croatia
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Germany
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France
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Spain
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Russia
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Yugoslavia
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Denmark
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Poland
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Slovenia
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Portugal
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Sweden
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Tunisia
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Egypt
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Qatar
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Argentina
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Algeria
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Saudi Arabia
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Kuwait
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Australia
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Brazil
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Morocco
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Greenland
The first 7 teams were qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Awards
MVP : Christian Schwarzer
All Star Team
- Goalkeeper : Henning Fritz (Germany)
- Left Wing : Edouard Kokcharov (Russian Federation)
- Left Back : Carlos Pérez (Hungary)
- Center Back : Enric Masip (Spain)
- Pivot : Christian Schwarzer (Germany)
- Right Back : Patrick Cazal (France)
- Right Wing : Mirza Džomba (Croatia)
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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