2003 World Men's Handball Championship

2003 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	20 January–2 February
Final positions
Champions	Croatia
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	France
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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:
- Tunisia 29 - 20 Kuwait
- Yugoslavia 24 - 20 Poland
- Spain 23 - 18 Morocco
Tuesday, 21 January:
- Kuwait 14 - 36 Yugoslavia
- Morocco 24 - 28 Tunisia
- Poland 25 - 34 Spain
Thursday, 23 January:
- Morocco 22 - 25 Kuwait
- Tunisia 22 - 24 Poland
- Spain 22 - 20 Yugoslavia
Saturday, 25 January:
- Spain 45 - 18 Kuwait
- Yugoslavia 28 - 27 Tunisia
- Poland 35 - 29 Morocco
Sunday, 26 January:
- Tunisia 25 - 33 Spain
- Yugoslavia 34 - 20 Morocco
- Poland 36 - 21 Kuwait

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	Spain	10	5	0	157	106	+51
2	Yugoslavia	8	4	1	142	103	+39
3	Poland	6	3	2	140	130	+10
4	Tunisia	4	2	3	131	129	+2
5	Kuwait	2	1	4	98	168	-70
6	Morocco	0	0	5	113	145	-32

Group B in Viseu

Monday, 20 January:
- Germany 40 - 17 Qatar
- Iceland 55 - 15 Australia
- Portugal 34 - 19 Greenland
Tuesday, 21 January:
- Qatar 21 - 31 Portugal
- Australia 16 - 46 Germany
- Greenland 17 -30 Iceland
Thursday, 23 January:
- Germany 34 - 20 Greenland
- Australia 23 - 28 Qatar
- Iceland 29 - 28 Portugal
Saturday, 25 January:
- Portugal 29 - 37 Germany
- Iceland 42 - 22 Qatar
- Greenland 21 - 26 Australia
Sunday, 26 January:
- Iceland 29 - 34 Germany
- Greenland 23 - 28 Qatar
- Portugal 42 - 20 Australia

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	Germany	10	5	0	191	111	+80
2	Iceland	8	4	1	185	116	+69
3	Portugal	6	3	2	164	126	+38
4	Qatar	4	2	3	116	159	-43
5	Australia	2	1	4	100	192	-92
6	Greenland	0	0	5	100	152	-52

Group C in Madeira

Monday, 20 January:
- Russia 31 - 30 Hungary
- Croatia 29 - 30 Argentina
- France 30 - 23 Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, 21 January:
- Argentina 26 - 26 Russia
- Saudi Arabia 18 - 25 Croatia
- Hungary 24 - 29 France
Thursday, 23 January:
- Hungary 36 - 25 Saudi Arabia
- Russia 26 - 28 Croatia
- France 35 - 18 Argentina
Saturday, 25 January:
- Argentina 23 - 35 Hungary
- Croatia 23 - 22 France
- Russia 34 - 17 Saudi Arabia
Sunday, 26 January:
- Croatia 30 - 29 Hungary
- Saudi Arabia 31 - 30 Argentina
- Russia 15 - 31 France

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	Croatia	8	4	0	1	135	125	+10
2	France	8	4	0	1	147	103	+44
3	Russia	5	2	1	2	132	132	0
4	Hungary	4	2	0	3	154	138	+16
5	Argentina	3	1	1	3	127	156	-29
6	Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	4	114	155	-41

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:
- Algeria 22 - 22 Brazil
- Sweden 29 - 23 Egypt
- Denmark 33 - 24 Slovenia
Tuesday, 21 January:
- Egypt 25 - 25 Algeria
- Slovenia 29 - 25 Sweden
- Brazil 24 - 28 Denmark
Thursday, 23 January:
- Slovenia 26 - 27 Egypt
- Sweden 29 - 21 Brazil
- Denmark 22 - 19 Algeria
Saturday, 25 January:
- Algeria 28 - 32 Sweden
- Brazil 27 - 30 Slovenia
- Denmark 35 - 26 Egypt
Sunday, 26 January:
- Denmark 28 - 32 Sweden
- Brazil 24 - 31 Egypt
- Algeria 25 - 35 Slovenia

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	Sweden	8	4	0	1	147	129	+18
2	Denmark	8	4	0	1	146	125	+21
3	Slovenia	6	3	0	2	144	137	+7
4	Egypt	5	2	1	2	132	139	-7
5	Algeria	2	0	2	3	119	136	-17
6	Brazil	1	0	1	4	118	140	-22

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:
- Iceland 33 - 29 Poland
- Spain 40 - 15 Qatar
Thursday, 30 January:
- Poland 35 - 26 Qatar
- Spain 32 - 31 Iceland

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	Spain	6	3	0	106	71	+35
2	Iceland	4	2	1	106	83	+23
3	Poland	2	1	2	89	93	-4
4	Qatar	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
1	Germany	5	2	1	0	98	81	+17
2	Yugoslavia	5	2	1	0	89	86	+3
3	Portugal	2	1	0	2	89	93	-3
4	Tunisia	0	0	0	3	74	85	-11

Group III in Rio Maior

Wednesday, 29 January:
- Croatia 29 - 23 Egypt
- Denmark 28 - 35 Russia
Thursday, 30 January:
- Russia 29 - 22 Egypt
- Croatia 33 - 27 Denmark

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	Croatia	6	3	0	90	76	+14
2	Russia	4	2	1	90	78	+12
3	Denmark	2	1	2	90	94	-4
4	Egypt	0	0	3	71	93	-22

Group IV in Espinho

Wednesday, 29 January:
- Sweden 33 - 32 Hungary
- France 31 - 22 Slovenia
Thursday, 30 January:
- Sweden 24 - 30 France
- Slovenia 25 - 28 Hungary

Standings

Rank	Country	Pts	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1	France	6	3	0	90	70	+20
2	Hungary	2	1	2	84	87	-3
3	Slovenia	2	1	2	76	84	-8
4	Sweden	2	1	2	82	91	-9

Ranking games in Lisbon

Saturday, 1 February
- places 5 to 8:
  - Yugoslavia 33 - 34 Hungary (double overtime)
  - Iceland 27 - 30 Russia
Sunday, 2 February
- places 7 and 8:
  - Iceland 32 - 27 Yugoslavia
- places 5 and 6:
  - Russia 30 - 25 Hungary

Semi-finals in Lisbon

Saturday, 1 February
- Germany 23 - 22 France
- Spain 37 - 39 Croatia (double overtime)

Bronze medal game in Lisbon

Sunday, 2 February
- Spain 22 - 27 France

Final in Lisbon

Croatian national handball team

Sunday, 2 February
- Croatia 34 - 31 Germany

Final standings

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
Croatia Mario Kelentrić Nikša Kaleb Renato Sulić Ivano Balić Božidar Jović Blaženko Lacković Vedran Zrnić Igor Vori Davor Dominiković Denis Špoljarić Mirza Džomba Petar Metličić Vlado Šola Tonči Valčić Slavko Goluža Valter Matošević Head Coach : Lino Červar	Germany Henning Fritz Pascal Hens Mark Dragunski Stefan Kretzschmar Christian Rose Jan-Olaf Immel Christian Schwarzer Klaus-Dieter Petersen Steffen Weber Volker Zerbe Christian Ramota Markus Baur Christian Zeitz Heiko Grimm Florian Kehrmann Carsten Lichtlein Head Coach : Heiner Brand	France Jérôme Fernandez Didier Dinart Cédric Burdet Bertrand Gille Christophe Kempe Daniel Narcisse Grégory Anquetil Andrej Golić Olivier Girault Bruno Martini François-Xavier Houlet Thierry Omeyer Jackson Richardson Joël Abati Patrick Cazal Head Coach : Claude Onesta

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