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

2003 World Water Polo Championship
Number:	10
Series:	FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location:	Spain
Dates:	13–25 July
Category:	2003 World Aquatics Championships
Prev:	2001
Next:	2005

The 2003 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the sixth edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 13 to 25 July 2003, and was incorporated into the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Hungary, United States, Canada, Russia and Italy qualified for this event by finishing in the top five at the 2002 FINA World Cup in Perth, Australia.

Teams

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	6	3	3	0	29	6	+23
2.	align=left	4	3	2	1	27	9	+18
3.	align=left	2	3	1	2	14	18	–4
4.	align=left	0	3	0	3	4	41	–37

July 13, 2003

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July 15, 2003

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July 17, 2003

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Group B

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	5	3	2	1	0	41	15	+26
2.	align=left	5	3	2	1	0	44	14	+30
3.	align=left	2	3	1	0	2	19	32	–13
4.	align=left	0	3	0	0	3	12	53	–41

July 13, 2003

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July 15, 2003

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July 17, 2003

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align=right	4 – 12	align=left
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Group C

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	6	3	3	0	35	15	+20
2.	align=left	4	3	2	1	30	23	+7
3.	align=left	2	3	1	2	22	21	+1
4.	align=left	0	3	0	3	9	37	–28

July 13, 2003

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align=right	15 – 5	align=left
align=right	7 – 10	align=left

July 15, 2003

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align=right	15 – 3	align=left
align=right	10 – 8	align=left

July 17, 2003

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Group D

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	6	3	3	0	37	26	+11
2.	align=left	4	3	2	1	29	24	+5
3.	align=left	2	3	1	2	21	28	–7
4.	align=left	0	3	0	3	19	28	–9

July 13, 2003

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align=right	11 – 6	align=left
align=right	16 – 7	align=left

July 15, 2003

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align=right	10 – 11	align=left
align=right	7 – 4	align=left

July 17, 2003

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Play-offs

July 19, 2003

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Final round

Quarterfinals

July 21, 2003

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Semifinals

July 19, 2003 — 13th/16th place

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July 21, 2003 — 9th/12th place

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align=right	14 – 4	align=left
align=right	11 – 8	align=left

July 23, 2003 — 5th/8th place

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July 23, 2003 — 1st/4th place

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Finals

July 21, 2003 — 15th place

July 21, 2003 — 13th place

July 23, 2003 — 11th place

July 23, 2003 — 9th place

July 25, 2003 — 7th place

July 25, 2003 — 5th place

July 25, 2003 — Bronze Medal Match

July 25, 2003 — Gold Medal Match

Final ranking

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References

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Notes and References

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