2003 World Men's Handball Championship

2003 World Men's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Portugal
Dates 20 January-2 February
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The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from January 20 to February 2, 2003.

Contents

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

Standings

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

Group B in Viseu

Standings

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

Group C in Madeira

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

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

Standings

Rank Country Pts W D L GF GA Diff
1 Spain 6 3 0 0 106 71 +35
2 Iceland 4 2 0 1 106 83 +23
3 Poland 2 1 0 2 89 93 -4
4 Qatar 0 0 0 3 63 117 -54

Group II in Póvoa de Varzim

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 -9
4 Tunisia 0 0 0 3 74 85 -11

Group III in Rio Maior

Standings

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

Group IV in Espinho

Standings

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

Ranking games in Lisbon

Semi-finals in Lisbon

Bronze medal game in Lisbon

Final in Lisbon

Croatian national handball team

Final standings

  1.  Croatia
  2.  Germany
  3.  France
  4.  Spain
  5.  Russia
  6.  Hungary
  7.  Iceland
  8.  Yugoslavia
  9.  Denmark
  10.  Poland
  11.  Slovenia
  12.  Portugal
  13.  Sweden
  14.  Tunisia
  15.  Egypt
  16.  Qatar
  17.  Argentina
  18.  Algeria
  19.  Saudi Arabia
  20.  Kuwait
  21.  Australia
  22.  Brazil
  23.  Morocco
  24.  Greenland

The first 7 teams were qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Christian Schwarzer (Germany) was named MVP of the tournament.

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