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2003 World Men's Handball Championship

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{{Infobox International Handball Competition

| tourney_name = World Men's Handball Championship

| year = 2003

| yearr =

| other_titles =

| image = 2003 World Men's Handball Championship logo.png

| size =

| caption =

| country = Portugal

| dates = 20 January–2 February

| num_teams = 24

| confederations = 5

| venues = 9

| cities = 9

| champion_other = {{hb|CRO}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{hb|GER}}

| third_other = {{hb|FRA}}

| fourth_other = {{hb|ESP}}

| matches = 84

| goals = 4641

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagathlete|Carlos Pérez|HUN}}
(64 goals)

| player = {{flagathlete|Christian Schwarzer|GER}}

| updated =

| previous = 2001 World Men's Handball Championship

| next = 2005 World Men's Handball Championship

}}

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.

Venues

9 cities were hosts for the tournament. The final match took place in the capital Lisbon.

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!width="100"|Town

!width="150"|Stadium

!width="120"|max. spectators

Lisbon

|Pavilhão Atlântico

|15.000

Rio Maior

|Pavilhão Polidesportivo

|6.500

São João da Madeira

|Pavilhão das Travessas

|6.000

Guimarães

|Pavilhão Multiusos

|3.000

Viseu

|Viseu Arena

|2.600

Funchal

|Madeira Tecnopolo

|2.500

Caminha

|Pavilhão Municipal

|2.500

Póvoa de Varzim

|Pavilhão Desportivo

|2.500

Espinho

|Pavilhão Multiusos NW

|2.000

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Lisbon

! Rio Maior

! São João da Madeira

! Guimarães

Pavilhão Atlântico

| Pavilhão Polidesportivo

| Pavilhão das Travessas

| Pavilhão Multiusos

Capacity: 15,000

| Capacity: 6,500

| Capacity: 6,000

| Capacity: 3,000

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Viseu

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{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=40.67|long=-7.92|label=Viseu|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=41.46|long=-8.4|label=Guimarães|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=41.87|long=-8.83|label=Caminha|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=40.53|long=-8.29|label=São João|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=40.41|long=-8.76|label=Póvoa|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=39.33|long=-8.93|label=Rio Maior|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Portugal|lat=41|long=-8.65|label=Espinho|position=left}}

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Viseu Arena
Capacity: 2,600
150px
Funchal

! Caminha

! Póvoa de Varzim

! Espinho

Madeira Tecnopolo

| Pavilhão Municipal

| Pavilhão Desportivo

| Pavilhão Multiusos NW

Capacity: 2,500

| Capacity: 2,500

| Capacity: 2,500

| Capacity: 2,000

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Qualification

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Competition

!Dates

Vacancieswidth="130px"|Qualified
Host nation| style="text-align:center;" |1{{hb|POR}}
2001 World Men's Handball Championship

|23 January – 4 February 2001

| style="text-align:center;" |1

{{hb|FRA}}
2002 European Men's Handball Championship

|25 January – 3 February 2002

| style="text-align:center;" |3

{{hb|SWE}}
{{hb|GER}}
{{hb|DEN}}
2002 Asian Men's Handball Championship

|10–19 February 2002

| style="text-align:center;" |3

{{hb|KUW}}
{{hb|QAT}}
{{hb|KSA}}
2002 African Men's Handball Championship

|19–28 April 2002

| style="text-align:center;" |4

{{hb|TUN}}
{{hb|ALG}}
{{hb|EGY}}
{{hb|MAR}}
2002 Oceania Handball Championship

|5–7 July 2002

| style="text-align:center;" |1

{{hb|AUS}}
European qualification

|8 January – 9 July 2002

| style="text-align:center;" |8

{{hb|CRO}}
{{hb|HUN}}
{{hb|ISL}}
{{hb|POL}}
{{hb|RUS}}
{{hb|SLO}}
{{hb|ESP}}
{{Hb|FR Yugoslavia}}
2002 Pan American Men's Handball Championship

|10–14 July 2002

| style="text-align:center;" |3

{{hb|ARG}}
{{hb|BRA}}
{{hb|GRL}}

First round

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030210122721/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/Group%20A.htm IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=ESP |team2=YUG |team3=POL |team4=TUN |team5=KUW |team6=MAR

|win_ESP=5 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=157|ga_ESP=106

|win_YUG=4 |draw_YUG=0 |loss_YUG=1 |gf_YUG=142|ga_YUG=103

|win_POL=3 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=2 |gf_POL=140|ga_POL=130

|win_TUN=2 |draw_TUN=0 |loss_TUN=3 |gf_TUN=131|ga_TUN=129

|win_KUW=1 |draw_KUW=0 |loss_KUW=4 |gf_KUW=98 |ga_KUW=168

|win_MAR=0 |draw_MAR=0 |loss_MAR=5 |gf_MAR=113|ga_MAR=145

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|name_YUG={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|name_POL={{hb|POL}}

|name_TUN={{hb|TUN}}

|name_KUW={{hb|KUW}}

|name_MAR={{hb|MAR}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Second round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=15:30

|team1={{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score=29–20

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210134117/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report01-TUN-KUW.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|KUW}}

|HT=16–10

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=1,500

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=24–20

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210125732/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/YUG-POL-02.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|POL}}

|HT=12–9

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Dolejš, Kohout

|refnat=CZE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=23–18

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210133217/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report02-YUG-POL.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|HT=13–8

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Kang, Lim

|refnat=KOR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=15:30

|team1={{hb-rt|KUW}}

|score=14–36

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|HT=3–20

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=750

|referee=Kang, Lim

|refnat=KOR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MAR}}

|score=24–28

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210142746/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report14-MAR-TUN.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|HT=15–14

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=150

|referee=Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}

|score=25–34

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210142702/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report15-POL-ESP.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=16–17

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=15:30

|team1={{hb-rt|MAR}}

|score=22–25

|team2={{hb|KUW}}

|HT=9–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Dolejš, Kohout

|refnat=CZE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score=22–24

|team2={{hb|POL}}

|HT=11–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=800

|referee=Kang, Lim

|refnat=KOR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=22–20

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210151051/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report27-ESP-YUG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|HT=12–9

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=3,500

|referee=Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=45–18

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210153405/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report37-ESP-KUW.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|KUW}}

|HT=24–8

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Anusic, Bojsen

|refnat=USA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=28–27

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|HT=20–10

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}

|score=35–29

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|HT=17–12

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=150

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|TUN}}

|score=25–33

|team2={{hb|ESP}}

|HT=13–18

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=900

|referee=Anusic, Bojsen

|refnat=USA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=34–20

|team2={{hb|MAR}}

|HT=17–9

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Selim, Hassan

|refnat=EGY

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KUW}}

|score=21–36

|team2={{hb|POL}}

|HT=10–15

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Guimarães, Guimarães

|attendance=

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030210122854/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/Group%20B.htm IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=GER |team2=ISL |team3=POR |team4=QAT |team5=AUS |team6=GRL

|win_GER=5 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=0 |gf_GER=191|ga_GER=111

|win_ISL=4 |draw_ISL=0 |loss_ISL=1 |gf_ISL=185|ga_ISL=116

|win_POR=3 |draw_POR=0 |loss_POR=2 |gf_POR=164|ga_POR=126

|win_QAT=2 |draw_QAT=0 |loss_QAT=3 |gf_QAT=116|ga_QAT=159

|win_AUS=1 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=4 |gf_AUS=100|ga_AUS=192

|win_GRL=0 |draw_GRL=0 |loss_GRL=5 |gf_GRL=100|ga_GRL=152

|name_GER={{hb|GER}}

|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}

|name_POR={{hb|POR}}

|name_QAT={{hb|QAT}}

|name_AUS={{hb|AUS}}

|name_GRL={{hb|GRL}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Second round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=12:23

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=55–15

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210134221/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report05-ISL-AUS.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|AUS}}

|HT=23–6

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Anusic, Bojsen

|refnat=USA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=14:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=40–17

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210134222/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report04-GER-QAT.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|QAT}}

|HT=23–8

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=34–19

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210134553/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report06-POR-GRL.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|GRL}}

|HT=20–8

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=14:15

|team1={{hb-rt|AUS}}

|score=16–46

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=6–24

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Anusic, Bojsen

|refnat=USA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|GRL}}

|score=17–30

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210141400/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report17-GRL-ISL.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|HT=8–16

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Selim, Hassan

|refnat=EGY

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|QAT}}

|score=21–31

|team2={{hb|POR}}

|HT=10–15

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Johansson, Kliko

|refnat=SWE

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=14:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=34–20

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210150802/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report28-GER-GRL.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|GRL}}

|HT=20–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|AUS}}

|score=23–28

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210145251/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report29-AUS-QAT.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|QAT}}

|HT=10–14

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Selim, Hassan

|refnat=EGY

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=29–28

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210151254/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report30-ISL-POR.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|POR}}

|HT=14–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee= Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=15:15

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=29–37

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=15–19

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=17:15

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=42–22

|team2={{hb|QAT}}

|HT=24–9

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=19:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GRL}}

|score=21–26

|team2={{hb|AUS}}

|HT=12–12

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Dolejš, Kohout

|refnat=CZE

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=16:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=34–29

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|HT=20–16

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Dolejš, Kohout

|refnat=CZE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=42–20

|team2={{hb|AUS}}

|HT=22–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Kang, Lim

|refnat=KOR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=20:15

|team1={{hb-rt|QAT}}

|score=28–23

|team2={{hb|GRL}}

|HT=15–8

|stadium=Pavilhão Multiusos de Viseu, Viseu

|attendance=

|referee=Borrotti, Marcet

|refnat=FRA

}}

=Group C=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030210124432/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/Group%20C.htm IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=CRO |team2=FRA |team3=RUS |team4=HUN |team5=ARG |team6=KSA

|win_CRO=4 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=1 |gf_CRO=135|ga_CRO=125

|win_FRA=4 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=1 |gf_FRA=147|ga_FRA=103

|win_RUS=2 |draw_RUS=1 |loss_RUS=2 |gf_RUS=132|ga_RUS=132

|win_HUN=2 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=3 |gf_HUN=154|ga_HUN=138

|win_ARG=1 |draw_ARG=1 |loss_ARG=3 |gf_ARG=127|ga_ARG=156

|win_KSA=1 |draw_KSA=0 |loss_KSA=4 |gf_KSA=114|ga_KSA=155

|hth_CRO=Croatia 23–22 France

|hth_FRA=CRO

|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}

|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|name_ARG={{hb|ARG}}

|name_KSA={{hb|KSA}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Second round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=31–30

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210135311/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report07-RUS-HUN.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=15–14

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=29–30

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210134322/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report08-CRO-ARG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|ARG}}

|HT=18–13

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Arnaldsson, Viðarsson

|refnat=ISL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=30–23

|team2={{hb|KSA}}

|HT=14–10

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ARG}}

|score=26–26

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210143424/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report19-RAG-RUS.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|HT=11–15

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KSA}}

|score=18–25

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210144303/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report20-KSA-CRO.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=10–8

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=24–29

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=10–18

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=26–28

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210130434/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Repo31-RUS-CRO.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=10–12

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Arnaldsson, Viðarsson

|refnat=ISL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|HUN}}

|score=36–25

|team2={{hb|KSA}}

|HT=22–12

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=35–18

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210150224/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report33-FRA-ARG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|ARG}}

|HT=14–6

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ARG}}

|score=23–35

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210152957/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report43-HUN-ARG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=15–15

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Arnaldsson, Viðarsson

|refnat=ISL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=23–22

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=11–10

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=34–17

|team2={{hb|KSA}}

|HT=19–8

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=30–29

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=16–13

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|KSA}}

|score=31–30

|team2={{hb|ARG}}

|HT=14–14

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=31–15

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|HT=15–6

|stadium=Madeira Tecnopolo, Funchal

|attendance=

|referee=Nachevski, Nachevski

|refnat=MKD

}}

=Group D=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030210124103/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/Group%20D.htm IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=SWE |team2=DEN |team3=SLO |team4=EGY |team5=ALG |team6=BRA

|win_SWE=4 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=1 |gf_SWE=147|ga_SWE=129

|win_DEN=4 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=1 |gf_DEN=146|ga_DEN=125

|win_SLO=3 |draw_SLO=0 |loss_SLO=2 |gf_SLO=144|ga_SLO=137

|win_EGY=2 |draw_EGY=1 |loss_EGY=2 |gf_EGY=132|ga_EGY=139

|win_ALG=0 |draw_ALG=2 |loss_ALG=3 |gf_ALG=119|ga_ALG=136

|win_BRA=0 |draw_BRA=1 |loss_BRA=4 |gf_BRA=118|ga_BRA=140

|hth_SWE=Sweden 32–28 Denmark

|hth_DEN=SWE

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|name_SLO={{hb|SLO}}

|name_EGY={{hb|EGY}}

|name_ALG={{hb|ALG}}

|name_BRA={{hb|BRA}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q |result3=Q |result4=Q

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Second round

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score=22–22

|team2={{hb|BRA}}

|HT=10–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=29–23

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|HT=14–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=20 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=33–24

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210131751/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/12-DEN-SLO.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|SLO}}

|HT=17–10

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=25–25

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210143605/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report22-EGY-ALG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|ALG}}

|HT=13–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=29–25

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210145147/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report23-SLO-SWE.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|HT=14–12

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

{{handballbox

|date=21 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|BRA}}

|score=24–28

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=10–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Hussain, Haider

|refnat=KUW

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=26–27

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210150047/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report34-SLO-EGY.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|HT=14–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=29–21

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210152734/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report35-SWE-BRA.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|BRA}}

|HT=12–12

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=23 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=22–19

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210134102/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Repo36-DEN-ALG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|ALG}}

|HT=9–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=13:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score=28–32

|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20030210152223/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/statistics/Match_Report46-SWE-ALG.htm Report]

|team2={{hb|SWE}}

|HT=12–17

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Hussain, Haider

|refnat=KUW

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|BRA}}

|score=27–30

|team2={{hb|SLO}}

|HT=10–15

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=1,200

|referee=Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=25 January 2003

|time=20:00

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=35–26

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|HT=18–12

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=2,100

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=16:00

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=32–28

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=19–14

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=18:00

|team1={{hb-rt|EGY}}

|score=31–24

|team2={{hb|BRA}}

|HT=17–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

{{handballbox

|date=26 January 2003

|time=19:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ALG}}

|score=25–35

|team2={{hb|SLO}}

|HT=13–16

|stadium=Pavilhão Municipal das Travessas, São João da Madeira

|attendance=

|referee=Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

Second round

=Group I=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030210124717/http://www.ihf.info/web/2$News/5$WC%20Portugal/Group%20I.htm IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=ESP |team2=ISL |team3=POL |team4=QAT

|win_ESP=3 |draw_ESP=0 |loss_ESP=0 |gf_ESP=106|ga_ESP=71

|win_ISL=2 |draw_ISL=0 |loss_ISL=1 |gf_ISL=106|ga_ISL=83

|win_POL=1 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=2 |gf_POL=89 |ga_POL=93

|win_QAT=0 |draw_QAT=0 |loss_QAT=3 |gf_QAT=63 |ga_QAT=117

|name_ESP={{hb|ESP}}

|name_ISL={{hb|ISL}}

|name_POL={{hb|POL}}

|name_QAT={{hb|QAT}}

|result1=Q |result2=S

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Semifinals

|col_S=blue1 |text_S=5–8th place semifinals

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=33–29

|team2={{hb|POL}}

|HT=14–17

|stadium=Caminha

|attendance=

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=40–15

|team2={{hb|QAT}}

|HT=20–6

|stadium=Caminha

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|POL}}

|score=35–26

|team2={{hb|QAT}}

|HT=18–11

|stadium=Caminha

|attendance=

|referee=Kang, Lim

|refnat=KOR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=32–31

|team2={{hb|ISL}}

|HT=18–18

|stadium=Caminha

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

=Group II=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/2003_Men_POR.pdf IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=GER |team2=YUG |team3=POR |team4=TUN

|win_GER=2 |draw_GER=1 |loss_GER=0 |gf_GER=98 |ga_GER=81

|win_YUG=2 |draw_YUG=1 |loss_YUG=0 |gf_YUG=89 |ga_YUG=86

|win_POR=1 |draw_POR=0 |loss_POR=2 |gf_POR=84 |ga_POR=93

|win_TUN=0 |draw_TUN=0 |loss_TUN=3 |gf_TUN=74 |ga_TUN=85

|hth_GER=Germany 31–31 Yugoslavia

|hth_YUG=GER

|name_GER={{hb|GER}}

|name_YUG={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|name_POR={{hb|POR}}

|name_TUN={{hb|TUN}}

|result1=Q |result2=S

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Semifinals

|col_S=blue1 |text_S=5–8th place semifinals

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=14:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=30–21

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|HT=14–13

|stadium=Póvoa de Varzim

|attendance=

|referee= Vakula, Liudovyk

|refnat=UKR

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=30–28

|team2={{hb|POR}}

|HT=18–7

|stadium=Póvoa de Varzim

|attendance=

|referee= Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=14:15

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=31–31

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|HT=15–16

|stadium=Póvoa de Varzim

|attendance=800

|referee=Arnaldsson, Viðarsson

|refnat=ISL

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|POR}}

|score=27–26

|team2={{hb|TUN}}

|HT=14–12

|stadium=Póvoa de Varzim

|attendance=

|referee= Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

=Group III=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/2003_Men_POR.pdf IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=CRO |team2=RUS |team3=DEN |team4=EGY

|win_CRO=3 |draw_CRO=0 |loss_CRO=0 |gf_CRO=90 |ga_CRO=76

|win_RUS=2 |draw_RUS=0 |loss_RUS=1 |gf_RUS=90 |ga_RUS=78

|win_DEN=1 |draw_DEN=0 |loss_DEN=2 |gf_DEN=90 |ga_DEN=94

|win_EGY=0 |draw_EGY=0 |loss_EGY=3 |gf_EGY=71 |ga_EGY=93

|name_CRO={{hb|CRO}}

|name_RUS={{hb|RUS}}

|name_DEN={{hb|DEN}}

|name_EGY={{hb|EGY}}

|result1=Q |result2=S

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Semifinals

|col_S=blue1 |text_S=5–8th place semifinals

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=29–23

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|HT=13–11

|stadium=Rio Maior

|attendance=

|referee= Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|DEN}}

|score=28–35

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|HT=16–16

|stadium=Rio Maior

|attendance=

|referee=Repenšek, Požežnik

|refnat=SLO

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=18:15

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=29–22

|team2={{hb|EGY}}

|HT=12–11

|stadium=Rio Maior

|attendance=

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=33–27

|team2={{hb|DEN}}

|HT=19–11

|stadium=Rio Maior

|attendance=

|referee= Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

=Group IV=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/2003_Men_POR.pdf IHF]

|winpoints=2

|team1=FRA |team2=HUN |team3=SLO |team4=SWE

|win_FRA=3 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=0 |gf_FRA=90 |ga_FRA=70

|win_HUN=1 |draw_HUN=0 |loss_HUN=2 |gf_HUN=84 |ga_HUN=87

|win_SLO=1 |draw_SLO=0 |loss_SLO=2 |gf_SLO=76 |ga_SLO=84

|win_SWE=1 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=2 |gf_SWE=82 |ga_SWE=91

|hth_HUN=Hungary 2Pts, +2GD; Slovenia 2Pts, +1GD; Sweden 2Pts, –3GD

|hth_SLO=HUN

|hth_SWE=HUN

|name_FRA={{hb|FRA}}

|name_HUN={{hb|HUN}}

|name_SLO={{hb|SLO}}

|name_SWE={{hb|SWE}}

|result1=Q |result2=S

|res_col_header=Q

|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=Semifinals

|col_S=blue1 |text_S=5–8th place semifinals

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=33–32

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=17–17

|stadium=Espinho

|attendance=

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

{{handballbox

|date=29 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}

|score=31–22

|team2={{hb|SLO}}

|HT=14–11

|stadium=Espinho

|attendance=

|referee= Breto, Huelin

|refnat=ESP

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=18:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}

|score=24–30

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=11–15

|stadium=Espinho

|attendance=

|referee=Dolejš, Kohout

|refnat=CZE

}}

{{handballbox

|date=30 January 2003

|time=20:30

|team1={{hb-rt|SLO}}

|score=25–28

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=10–13

|stadium=Espinho

|attendance=

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

Final round

=5–8th place semifinals=

{{handballbox

|date=1 February 2003

|time=09:30

|team1={{hb-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

|score=33–34

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=12–11

|FT=25–25

|OT1=2–2

|OT2=6–7

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=

|referee=Baum, Góralczyk

|refnat=POL

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=1 February 2003

|time=12:00

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=27–30

|team2={{hb|RUS}}

|HT=12–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=

|referee=Lemme, Ullrich

|refnat=GER

}}

=Semifinals=

{{handballbox

|date=1 February 2003

|time=15:00

|team1={{hb-rt|GER}}

|score=23–22

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=11–10

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=

|referee=Dolejš, Kohout

|refnat=CZE

}}

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{{handballbox

|date=1 February 2003

|time=17:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=37–39

|team2={{hb|CRO}}

|HT=14–9

|FT=26–26

|OT1=5–5

|OT2=6–8

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=

|referee=Arnaldsson, Viðarsson

|refnat=ISL

}}

=7th place game=

{{handballbox

|date=2 February 2003

|time=11:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ISL}}

|score=32–27

|team2={{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

|HT=16–13

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=

|referee=Bord, Buy

|refnat=FRA

}}

=5th place game=

{{handballbox

|date=2 February 2003

|time=09:00

|team1={{hb-rt|RUS}}

|score=30–25

|team2={{hb|HUN}}

|HT=16–11

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=3,000

|referee=Hansson, Olsson

|refnat=SWE

}}

=Third place game=

{{handballbox|bg=#CC9966

|date=2 February 2003

|time=14:30

|team1={{hb-rt|ESP}}

|score=22–27

|team2={{hb|FRA}}

|HT=11–16

|goals1=Ortega 7

|goals2=Narcisse 7

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Goulão, Macau

|refnat=POR

}}

=Final=

{{handballbox|bg=gold

|date=2 February 2003

|time=17:00

|team1={{hb-rt|CRO}}

|score=34–31

|team2={{hb|GER}}

|HT=20–18

|goals1=Džomba 8

|goals2=Baur 8

|stadium=Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

|attendance=12,000

|referee=Boye, Jensen

|refnat=DEN

}}

Final standings

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"

! style="width: 40px;" | Rank

! style="width: 180px;" | Team

bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|File:gold medal icon.svg

{{hb|CRO}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|File:silver medal icon.svg

{{hb|GER}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|File:bronze medal icon.svg

{{hb|FRA}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|4

{{hb|ESP}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|5

{{hb|RUS}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|6

{{hb|HUN}}
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=center|7

{{hb|ISL}}
align=center|8{{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}
align=center|9{{hb|DEN}}
align=center|10{{hb|POL}}
align=center|11{{hb|SLO}}
align=center|12{{hb|POR}}
align=center|13{{hb|SWE}}
align=center|14{{hb|TUN}}
align=center|15{{hb|EGY}}
align=center|16{{hb|QAT}}
align=center|17{{hb|ARG}}
align=center|18{{hb|ALG}}
align=center|19{{hb|KSA}}
align=center|20{{hb|KUW}}
align=center|21{{hb|AUS}}
align=center|22{{hb|BRA}}
align=center|23{{hb|MAR}}
style="background: lightgrey"

|align=center|24

{{hb|GRL}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
style="width: 10px; background: lightgrey" |Ineligible to qualify for the Olympics: Greenland do not have a National Olympic Committee recognized by the IOC

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="width: 80%;"
style="text-align: center;"

|2003 Men's World Champions

Image:Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
First title

{{col-end}}

Awards

MVP: {{flagicon|GER}} Christian Schwarzer

=All Star Team=

Statistics

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Top goalscorers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

!Goals

1

| align="left"| Carlos Pérez

| align="left"| {{hb|HUN}}

| 64

2

| align="left"| Hussein Zaky

| align="left"| {{hb|EGY}}

| 61

3

| align="left"| Ólafur Stefánsson

| align="left"| {{hb|ISL}}

| 58

rowspan=2|4

| align="left"| László Nagy

| align="left"| {{hb|HUN}}

| rowspan=2|51

align="left"| Aleksey Rastvortsev

| align="left"| {{hb|RUS}}

rowspan=2|6

| align="left"| Markus Baur

| align="left"| {{hb|GER}}

| rowspan=2|50

align="left"| Ivan Simonovič

| align="left"| {{hb|SLO}}

rowspan=2|8

| align="left"| Stefan Kretzschmar

| align="left"| {{hb|GER}}

| rowspan=2|48

align="left"| Florian Kehrmann

| align="left"| {{hb|GER}}

10

| align="left"| Petar Metličić

| align="left"| {{hb|CRO}}

| 46

{{col-2}}

=Top goalkeepers=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!Team

!Saves

!Shots

!%

1

| align="left"| Andrey Lavrov

| align="left"| {{hb|RUS}}

| 109

32533.5
2

| align="left"| Henning Fritz

| align="left"| {{hb|GER}}

| 99

25638.7
3

| align="left"| Arpad Sterbik

| align="left"| {{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 97

21644.9
4

| align="left"| José Javier Hombrados

| align="left"| {{hb|ESP}}

| 94

19847.5
5

| align="left"| Nándor Fazekas

| align="left"| {{hb|HUN}}

| 88

23138.1
6

| align="left"| Vlado Šola

| align="left"| {{hb|CRO}}

| 78

19639.8
7

| align="left"| Dejan Perić

| align="left"| {{hb|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 71

18039.4
8

| align="left"| Sławomir Szmal

| align="left"| {{hb|POL}}

| 69

15544.5
9

| align="left"| Beno Lapajne

| align="left"| {{hb|SLO}}

| 68

18836.2
10

| align="left"| Kasper Hvidt

| align="left"| {{hb|DEN}}

| 68

20633.0

{{col-end}}

Medalists

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%;"
style="width: 15em; background: gold"|Gold

|style="width: 15em; background: silver"|Silver

|style="width: 15em; background: #CC9966"|Bronze

style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|CRO}}

{{unbulleted list|list_style=text-align:center;|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

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Head coach : Lino Červar }}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|GER}}

{{unbulleted list|list_style=text-align:center;|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

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Head coach : Heiner Brand }}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|{{hb|FRA}}

{{unbulleted list|list_style=text-align:center;|Jérôme Fernandez|Didier Dinart|Cédric Burdet|Bertrand Gille|Christophe Kempe|Daniel Narcisse|Grégory Anquetil|Andrej Golic|Olivier Girault|Bruno Martini|François-Xavier Houlet|Thierry Omeyer|Jackson Richardson|Joël Abati|Patrick Cazal

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Head coach : Claude Onesta }}

External links

  • [https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/MenWorldCh/2003_Men_POR.pdf XVI Men's World Championship] at IHF.info

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