2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons
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The 2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the second edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After two preliminary rounds, held in São Paulo, Brazil and Budapest, Hungary, the Super Final was held in New York, United States from August 22 to August 24, 2003.^[1]

Preliminary round

	Semi-finals
	Playoffs

Group A

• Held in São Paulo, Brazil

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	9	3	3	0	0	34	20	+14
2.	Greece	7	3	2	0	1	27	21	+6
3.	Netherlands	5	3	1	0	2	24	33	–9
4.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	3	19	30	–11

• June 27, 2003

Greece	10 – 6	Brazil
Italy	15 – 8	Netherlands

• June 28, 2003

Italy	10 – 6	Brazil
Greece	11 – 6	Netherlands

• June 29, 2003

Italy	9 – 6	Greece
Brazil	7 – 10	Netherlands

Group B

• Held in Budapest, Hungary

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	3	3	0	0	37	22	+15
2.	Serbia and Montenegro	5	3	1	0	2	33	27	+6
3.	United States	5	3	1	0	2	22	34	–12
4.	Australia	5	3	1	0	2	26	35	–9

• June 27, 2003

United States	10 – 7	Australia
Hungary	11 – 7	Serbia and Montenegro

• June 28, 2003

Hungary	14 – 7	Australia
Serbia and Montenegro	15 – 4	United States

• June 29, 2003

Serbia and Montenegro	11 – 12	Australia
Hungary	12 – 8	United States

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Super Final

Play-Offs

• August 22, 2003

Greece	2 – 6	United States
Serbia and Montenegro	15 – 9	Netherlands

Semi-finals

• August 23, 2003

Hungary	6 – 5	United States
Italy	5 – 4	Serbia and Montenegro

Fifth-place match

• August 23, 2003

Netherlands	7 – 8	Greece

Bronze-medal match

• August 24, 2003

United States	12 – 9	Serbia and Montenegro

Gold-medal match

• August 24, 2003

Hungary	13 – 8	Italy

Final ranking

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

RANK	TOPSCORERS	GOALS
1.	Tony Azevedo (USA)	12
2.	Aleksandar Sapic (SCG)	11
3.	Gerben Silvis (NED)	10
	Péter Biros (HUN)
5.	Bogdan Rath (ITA)	8
	Marco Booij (NED)
	Tamás Kásás (HUN)
	Thomas Whalan (AUS)
9.	Eelco Uri (NED)	7
	Francesco Postiglione (ITA)
	Gergely Kiss (HUN)
	Ioannis Thomakos (GRE)
	Norbert Madaras (HUN)
	Ryan Bailey (USA)
15.	Fabio Bencivenga (ITA)	6
	Felipe Perrone (BRA)
	Goran Fiorentini (ITA)
	Jesse Smith (USA)
	Predrag Jokic (SCG)
	Tamás Molnár (HUN)
	Vanja Udovicic (SCG)
	Vladimir Gojkovic (SCG)

Statistics

• Total goals: 331
• Total matches: 19
• Goals per match: 17.4
• Total of scorers: 83

References

• FINA^{[permanent dead link]}
• Sports123