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

The 2003 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the sixth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from July 13 to July 25, and incorporated in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Hungary, United States, Canada, Russia and Italy qualified by finishing in the top-five at the 2002 FINA World Cup in Perth, Australia.

Teams

Group A

Group B


Group C

Group D

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Canada 6 3 3 0 0 29 6 +23
2.  Australia 4 3 2 0 1 27 9 +18
3.  Brazil 2 3 1 0 2 14 18 –4
4.  Great Britain 0 3 0 0 3 4 41 –37
Great Britain  1 – 14  Canada
Australia  8 – 1  Brazil
Brazil  2 – 9  Canada
Australia  16 – 2  Great Britain
Great Britain  1 – 11  Brazil
Australia  3 – 6  Canada

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 5 3 2 1 0 41 15 +26
2.  Russia 5 3 2 1 0 44 14 +30
3.  Japan 2 3 1 0 2 19 32 –13
4.  Venezuela 0 3 0 0 3 12 53 –41
Japan  4 – 13  Russia
Netherlands  18 – 4  Venezuela
Venezuela  4 – 23  Russia
Netherlands  15 – 3  Japan
Venezuela  4 – 12  Japan
Netherlands  8 – 8  Russia

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  United States 6 3 3 0 0 35 15 +20
2.  Germany 4 3 2 0 1 30 23 +7
3.  Greece 2 3 1 0 2 22 21 +1
4.  France 0 3 0 0 3 9 37 –28
Germany  15 – 5  France
Greece  7 – 10  United States
United States  15 – 3  France
Germany  10 – 8  Greece
Germany  4 – 10  United States
Greece  7 – 1  France

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 37 26 +11
2.  Italy 4 3 2 0 1 29 24 +5
3.  Spain 2 3 1 0 2 21 28 –7
4.  Kazakhstan 0 3 0 0 3 19 28 –9
Italy  11 – 6  Kazakhstan
Hungary  16 – 7  Spain
Italy  10 – 11  Hungary
Spain  7 – 4  Kazakhstan
Italy  8 – 7  Spain
Hungary  10 – 9  Kazakhstan

Play-offs

Australia  12 – 1  Japan
Italy  8 – 5  Greece
Russia  12 – 2  Brazil
Spain  9 – 6  Germany

Final round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
July 21 – Barcelona        
  Canada  9
July 23 – Barcelona
  Spain  8  
  Canada  2
July 21 – Barcelona
    Italy  5  
  Italy  8 (5)
July 25 – Barcelona
  Netherlands  8 (3)  
  Italy  6
July 21 – Barcelona
    United States  8
  Russia  8
July 23 – Barcelona
  Hungary  6  
  Russia  7 Third place
July 21 – Barcelona
    United States  11  
  United States  8   Canada  7
  Australia  4     Russia  9
July 25 – Barcelona

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

Great Britain  5 – 6  Venezuela
France  4 – 9  Kazakhstan
Greece  14 – 4  Brazil
Germany  11 – 8  Japan
Hungary  6 – 3  Australia
Netherlands  7 – 3  Spain
Canada  2 – 5  Italy
United States  11 – 7  Russia

Finals

France  9 – 6  Great Britain
Kazakhstan  15 – 5  Venezuela
Japan  4 – 3  Brazil
Greece  10 – 5  Germany
Australia  7 – 3  Spain
Hungary  8 – 7  Netherlands
Canada  7 – 9  Russia
United States  8 – 6  Italy

Final ranking

Rank Team
 United States
 Italy
 Russia
4.  Canada
5.  Hungary
6.  Netherlands
7.  Australia
8.  Spain
9.  Greece
10.  Germany
11.  Japan
12.  Brazil
13.  Kazakhstan
14.  Venezuela
15.  France
16.  Great Britain

 2003 FINA Women's World Champion 

United States
First title

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, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Women's Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 2015-07-07.


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