The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from January 20 to February 2, 2003. January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Qualified teams

24 teams were qualified for the first round and dispatched into 4 groups.

Group A :  Kuwait,  Morocco,  Poland,  Spain,  Tunisia, Yugoslavia. Image File history File links Flag_of_Kuwait. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia. ... It has been suggested that Democratic Federal Yugoslavia be merged into this article or section. ...

Group B :  Australia,  Germany,  Greenland,  Iceland,  Portugal,  Qatar. Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greenland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ...

Group C :  Argentina,  Croatia,  France,  Hungary,  Russia,  Saudi Arabia. Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ...

Group D :  Algeria,  Brazil,  Denmark,  Egypt,  Slovenia,  Sweden. Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ...

First round

The first 4 teams of each group qualify for the second round.

Group A in Guimarães

• Monday, January 20th:
  • Tunisia 29 - 20 Kuwait
  • Yugoslavia 24 - 20 Poland
  • Spain 23 - 18 Morocco

• Tuesday, January 21st:
  • Kuwait 14 - 36 Yugoslavia
  • Morocco 24 - 28 Tunisia
  • Poland 25 - 34 Spain

• Thursday, January 23rd:
  • Morocco 22 - 25 Kuwait
  • Tunisia 22 - 24 Poland
  • Spain 22 - 20 Yugoslavia

• Saturday, January 25th:
  • Spain 45 - 18 Kuwait
  • Yugoslavia 28 - 27 Tunisia
  • Poland 35 - 29 Morocco

• Sunday, January 26th:
  • Tunisie 25 - 33 Spain
  • Yugoslavia 34 - 20 Morocco
  • Poland 36 - 21 Kuwait

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Standings

Group B in Viseu

• Monday, January 20th:
  • Germany 40 - 17 Qatar
  • Iceland 55 - 15 Australia
  • Portugal 34 - 19 Greenland

• Tuesday, January 21st:
  • Qatar 21 - 31 Portugal
  • Australia 16 - 46 Germany
  • Greenland 17 -30 Iceland

• Thursday, January 23rd:
  • Germany 34 - 20 Greenland
  • Australia 23 - 28 Qatar
  • Iceland 29 - 28 Portugal

• Saturday, January 25th:
  • Portugal 29 - 37 Germany
  • Iceland 42 - 22 Qatar
  • Greenland 21 - 26 Australia

• Sunday, January 26th:
  • Iceland 29 - 34 Germany
  • Greenland 23 - 28 Qatar
  • Portugal 42 - 20 Australia

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Standings

Group C in Madeira

• Monday, January 20th:
  • Russia 31 - 30 Hungary
  • Croatia 29 - 30 Argentina
  • France 30 - 23 Saudi Arabia

• Tuesday, January 21st:
  • Argentina 26 - 26 Russia
  • Saudi Arabia 18 - 25 Croatia
  • Hungary 24 - 29 France

• Thursday, January 23rd:
  • Hungary 36 - 25 Saudi Arabia
  • Russia 26 - 28 Croatia
  • France 35 - 18 Argentina

• Saturday, January 25th:
  • Argentina 23 - 35 Hungary
  • Croatia 23 - 22 France
  • Russia 34 - 17 Saudi Arabia

• Sunday, January 26th:
  • Croatia 30 - 29 Hungary
  • Saudi Arabia 31 - 30 Argentina
  • Russia 15 - 31 France

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Standings

Croatia is ranked before France thanks to its victory in the game between those two teams.

Group D in São João da Madeira

• Monday, January 20th:
  • Algeria 22 - 22 Brazil
  • Sweden 29 - 23 Egypt
  • Denmark 33 - 24 Slovenia

• Tuesday, January 21st:
  • Egypt 25 - 25 Algeria
  • Slovenia 29 - 25 Sweden
  • Brazil 24 - 28 Denmark

• Thursday, January 23rd:
  • Slovenia 26 - 27 Egypt
  • Sweden 29 - 21 Brazil
  • Denmark 22 - 19 Algeria

• Saturday, January 25th:
  • Algeria 28 - 32 Sweden
  • Brazil 27 - 30 Slovenia
  • Denmark 35 - 26 Egypt

• Sunday, January 26th:
  • Denmark 28 - 32 Sweden
  • Brazil 24 - 31 Egypt
  • Algeria 25 - 35 Slovenia

Coat of Arms São João da Madeira is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 8. ...

Standings

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, January 29th:
  • Iceland 33 - 29 Poland
  • Spain 40 - 15 Qatar

• Thursday, January 30th:
  • Poland 35 - 26 Qatar
  • Spain 32 - 31 Iceland

Caminha is a town in the north-west of Portugal, 21 km north from Viana do Castelo, in Viana do Castelo district. ...

Standings

Group II in Povoa de Varzim

• Wednesday, January 29th:
  • Germany 30 - 21 Tunisia
  • Yugoslavia 30 - 28 Portugal

• Thursday, January 30th:
  • Germany 31 - 31 Yugoslavia
  • Portugal 27 - 26 Tunisia

Póvoa de Varzim is a city (and a parish) on the coast of northern Portugal with a population of 63,470(the municipality in the 2001 census) and 88 km². ...

Standings

Group III in Rio Maior

• Wednesday, January 29th:
  • Croatia 29 - 23 Egypt
  • Denmark 28 - 35 Russia

• Thursday, January 30th:
  • Russia 29 - 22 Egypt
  • Croatia 33 - 27 Denmark

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Standings

Group IV in Espinho

• Wednesday, January 29th:
  • Sweden 33 - 32 Hungary
  • France 31 - 22 Slovenia

• Thursday, January 30th:
  • Sweden 24 - 30 France
  • Slovenia 25 - 28 Hungary

Coat of Arms 19 Street Espinho is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 21. ...

Standings

Ranking games in Lisboa

• Saturday, February 1st
  • places 5 to 8:
    • Yugoslavia 33 - 34 Hungary (overtime)
    • Iceland 27 - 30 Russia

• Sunday, February 2nd
  • places 7 and 8:
    • Iceland 32 - 27 Yugoslavia
  • places 5 and 6:
    • Russia 30 - 25 Hungary

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Semi-finals in Lisboa

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

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Bronze medal game in Lisboa

• Sunday, February 2nd
  • Spain 22 - 27 France

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Final in Lisboa

• Sunday, February 2nd
  • Croatia 34 - 31 Germany

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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. The 2004 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ...

Christian Schwarzer (Germany) was named MVP of the tournament. In American sports, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests. ...

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