2003 World Water Polo Championships

The 2003 World Aquatics Championships took place as part of the 2003 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona .

Men

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Hungary	United States	Italy	Spain
Croatia	Serbia and Montenegro	Germany	Russia
Romania	Australia	Greece	Slovakia
Canada	Japan	People's Republic of China	Brazil

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	29:15	+14	5
2	Croatia	3	2	1	0	32:19	+13	5
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	24:24	00	2
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	9:36	−27	0

July 14th	Canada	-	Romania	3:10
	Croatia	-	Hungary	7: 7
16th of July	Hungary	-	Romania	9: 5
	Canada	-	Croatia	3:13
July 18th	Canada	-	Hungary	3:13
	Croatia	-	Romania	12: 9

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	United States	3	2	1	0	32:16	+16	5
2	Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	1	0	27:18	+9	5
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	27:18	+9	2
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	13:39	−26	0

July 14th	Australia	-	Japan	10: 2
	Serbia and Montenegro	-	United States	5: 5
16th of July	United States	-	Japan	14: 4
	Australia	-	Serbia and Montenegro	6: 7
July 18th	Australia	-	United States	7:13
	Serbia and Montenegro	-	Japan	15: 7

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	36:17	+19	6th
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	27:22	+5	4th
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	29:21	+8	2
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	10:42	−32	0

July 14th	China	-	Italy	4:15
	Greece	-	Germany	7: 9
16th of July	Germany	-	Italy	8:11
	China	-	Greece	2:17
July 18th	China	-	Germany	4:10
	Greece	-	Italy	5:10

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	30:16	+14	6th
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	26:18	+8	4th
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	17:22	−5	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	10:27	−17	0

July 14th	Russia	-	Slovakia	8: 5
	Spain	-	Brazil	10: 3
16th of July	Brazil	-	Slovakia	4: 7
	Russia	-	Spain	8:10
July 18th	Russia	-	Brazil	10: 3
	Spain	-	Slovakia	10: 5

Main round

Main round
20th of July	Croatia	-	Australia	6:10
	Romania	-	Serbia and Montenegro	3:11
	Germany	-	Slovakia	6: 7
	Greece	-	Russia	15:14

Quarter finals

The group winners as well as the winners from the main round games qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter finals
22nd of July	Serbia and Montenegro	-	Spain	7: 3
	Italy	-	Australia	7: 3
	Greece	-	United States	4: 2
	Hungary	-	Slovakia	13: 5

The winners of the matches qualify for the semi-finals. The losers play for fifth to eighth place.

Placement games for 9th to 12th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here a loser from the round of 16 plays against another loser from the round of 16.

Preludes for places 9–12
22nd of July	Croatia	-	Germany	7: 3
	Russia	-	Romania	9: 6

Game for 11th place

Game for 7th place
24th July	Germany	-	Romania	7: 6

Play for 9th place

Play for 5th place
24th July	Croatia	-	Russia	8: 2

Placement games for 5th to 8th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here a loser from the quarterfinals plays against another loser from the quarterfinals.

Preludes for places 5-8
24th July	Spain	-	Australia	10: 8
	United States	-	Slovakia	11: 5

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
July 26th	Slovakia	-	Australia	8:11

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
July 26th	United States	-	Spain	7: 9

Semifinals

The semi-finals will be played by the winners of the quarter-finals.

Semifinals
24th July	Italy	-	Serbia and Montenegro	6: 5
	Hungary	-	Greece	9: 8

Game for third place

3rd place match
July 26th	Greece	-	Serbia and Montenegro	3: 5

final

final
July 26th	Hungary	-	Italy	11: 9

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Hungary		HUN
2.	Italy		ITA
3.	Serbia and Montenegro		SCG
4th	Greece		GRE
5.	Spain		ESP
6th	United States		United States
7th	Australia		OUT
8th.	Slovakia		SVK
9.	Croatia		CRO
10.	Russia		RUS
11.	Germany		GER
12.	Romania		ROME
13.	Brazil		BRA
14th	Canada		CAN
15th	Japan		JPN
16.	China		CHN

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