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

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]

2003 World Water Polo Championship
10th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location Spain
Date(s)13–25 July
Category2003 World Aquatics Championships
 2001 2005 

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


Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Canada 63300296+23
2.  Australia 43201279+18
3.  Brazil 231021418–4
4.  Great Britain 03003441–37
  • July 13, 2003
Great Britain  1 – 14  Canada
Australia  8 – 1  Brazil
  • July 15, 2003
Brazil  2 – 9  Canada
Australia  16 – 2  Great Britain
  • July 17, 2003
Great Britain  1 – 11  Brazil
Australia  3 – 6  Canada

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 532104115+26
2.  Russia 532104414+30
3.  Japan 231021932–13
4.  Venezuela 030031253–41
  • July 13, 2003
Japan  4 – 13  Russia
Netherlands  18 – 4  Venezuela
  • July 15, 2003
Venezuela  4 – 23  Russia
Netherlands  15 – 3  Japan
  • July 17, 2003
Venezuela  4 – 12  Japan
Netherlands  8 – 8  Russia

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  United States 633003515+20
2.  Germany 432013023+7
3.  Greece 231022221+1
4.  France 03003937–28
  • July 13, 2003
Germany  15 – 5  France
Greece  7 – 10  United States
  • July 15, 2003
United States  15 – 3  France
Germany  10 – 8  Greece
  • July 17, 2003
Germany  4 – 10  United States
Greece  7 – 1  France

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 633003726+11
2.  Italy 432012924+5
3.  Spain 231022128–7
4.  Kazakhstan 030031928–9
  • July 13, 2003
Italy  11 – 6  Kazakhstan
Hungary  16 – 7  Spain
  • July 15, 2003
Italy  10 – 11  Hungary
Spain  7 – 4  Kazakhstan
  • July 17, 2003
Italy  8 – 7  Spain
Hungary  10 – 9  Kazakhstan

Play-offs

  • July 19, 2003
Australia  12 – 1  Japan
Italy  8 – 5  Greece
Russia  12 – 2  Brazil
Spain  9 – 6  Germany

Final round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 21 – Barcelona
 
 
 Canada9
 
July 23 – Barcelona
 
 Spain8
 
 Canada2
 
July 21 – Barcelona
 
 Italy5
 
 Italy8 (5)
 
July 25 – Barcelona
 
 Netherlands8 (3)
 
 Italy6
 
July 21 – Barcelona
 
 United States8
 
 Russia8
 
July 23 – Barcelona
 
 Hungary6
 
 Russia7
 
July 21 – Barcelona
 
 United States11 Third place
 
 United States8
 
July 25 – Barcelona
 
 Australia4
 
 Canada7
 
 
 Russia9
 

Quarterfinals

  • July 21, 2003
Canada  9 – 8  Spain
Italy  8 (5) – 8 (3) [aps]  Netherlands
Russia  8 – 6  Hungary
United States  8 – 4  Australia

Semifinals

  • July 19, 2003 — 13th/16th place
Great Britain  5 – 6  Venezuela
France  4 – 9  Kazakhstan
  • July 21, 2003 — 9th/12th place
Greece  14 – 4  Brazil
Germany  11 – 8  Japan
  • July 23, 2003 — 5th/8th place
Hungary  6 – 3  Australia
Netherlands  7 – 3  Spain
  • July 23, 2003 — 1st/4th place
Canada  2 – 5  Italy
United States  11 – 7  Russia

Finals

  • July 21, 2003 — 15th place
France  9 – 6  Great Britain
  • July 21, 2003 — 13th place
Kazakhstan  15 – 5  Venezuela
  • July 23, 2003 — 11th place
Japan  4 – 3  Brazil
  • July 23, 2003 — 9th place
Greece  10 – 5  Germany
  • July 25, 2003 — 7th place
Australia  7 – 3  Spain
  • July 25, 2003 — 5th place
Hungary  8 – 7  Netherlands
  • July 25, 2003 — Bronze Medal Match
Canada  7 – 9  Russia
  • July 25, 2003 — Gold Medal Match
United States  8 – 6  Italy

Final ranking

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States [1]
Nicolle Payne
Heather Petri
Ericka Lorenz
Brenda Villa
Ellen Estes
Natalie Golda
Margaret Dingeldein
Jacqueline Frank
Heather Moody
Robin Beauregard
Amber Stachowski
Gabrielle Domanic
Thalia Munro

Head Coach
Guy Baker
 Italy
Francesca Conti
Martina Miceli
Carmela Allucci
Silvia Bosurgi
Erika Lava
Manuela Zanchi
Tania di Mario
Cinzia Ragusa
Giusi Malato
Alexandra Araujo
Maddalena Musumeci
Melania Grego
Noémi Tóth

Head Coach
Pierluigi Formiconi
 Russia
Valentina Vorontsova
Natalya Shepelina
Yekaterina Salimova
Sofia Konoukh
Yelena Smurova
Galina Zlotnikova
Anastassia Zoubkova
Veronika Linkova
Tatiana Petrova
Olga Turova
Ekaterina Shishova
Svetlana Bogdanova
Maria Yaina

Head Coach
Yury Mitianin

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 57. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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