2003 World Women's Handball Championship

2003 World Women's Handball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
Dates	2 December – 14 December
Teams	24
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Bojana Radulović (HUN)
Best player	Valérie Nicolas (FRA)
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The 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 16th handball world championship for women, was played in Croatia between 2 and 14 December 2003.

Qualification

The following nations were qualified:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Australia	Angola	Argentina	China
Brazil	Austria	Japan	Ivory Coast
Croatia	Czech Republic	Norway	Denmark
Spain	South Korea	Romania	Germany
France	Russia	Tunisia	Hungary
Serbia and Montenegro	Uruguay	Ukraine	Slovenia

Preliminary round

	Team advanced to the Main Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	5	0	149	98	+51	10
Spain	5	4	1	150	120	+30	8
Serbia and Montenegro	5	3	2	165	143	+22	6
Croatia	5	2	3	142	122	+20	4
Brazil	5	1	4	136	155	−19	2
Australia	5	0	5	74	178	−104	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	5	5	0	153	106	+47	10
South Korea	5	4	1	165	113	+52	8
Austria	5	3	2	165	130	+35	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	126	125	+1	4
Angola	5	1	4	119	120	−1	2
Uruguay	5	0	5	77	211	−134	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ukraine	5	4	1	0	158	116	+42	9
Norway	5	4	0	1	163	108	+55	8
Romania	5	3	1	1	158	123	+35	7
Japan	5	2	0	3	133	153	−20	4
Tunisia	5	1	0	4	118	133	−15	2
Argentina	5	0	0	5	74	171	−97	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	4	0	1	171	129	+42	8
Slovenia	5	4	0	1	149	141	+8	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	144	121	+23	7
Denmark	5	2	1	2	113	119	−6	5
China	5	1	0	4	135	153	−18	2
Ivory Coast	5	0	0	5	117	166	−49	0

Main Round

Top two teams from each group advanced to the Semifinals. The third placed teams from each group competed in the 5th/6th placement match.

	Team advanced to the Semifinals
	Team will compete in placement matches

Group I

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	5	4	0	1	128	121	+7	8
South Korea	5	3	0	2	158	151	+7	6
Spain	5	2	1	2	139	138	+1	5
Russia	5	2	1	2	129	129	0	5
Serbia and Montenegro	5	2	0	3	145	158	−13	4
Austria	5	1	0	4	149	151	−2	2

Group II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	5	3	1	1	154	129	+25	7
Ukraine	5	3	1	1	132	140	−8	7
Norway	5	3	1	1	142	133	+9	7
Slovenia	5	2	0	3	137	149	−12	4
Romania	5	1	1	3	135	140	−5	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	134	143	−9	2

Final round

Semifinal			Final


France	28
Ukraine	26


			France	32
			Hungary	29


			Bronze Match

Hungary	40	Ukraine	29
South Korea	38		South Korea	31

5th/6th place


1	Spain	27

2	Norway	26

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

	France
	Hungary
	South Korea
4	Ukraine
5	Spain
6	Norway
7	Russia
8	Slovenia
9	Serbia and Montenegro
10	Romania
11	Austria
12	Germany
13	Denmark
14	Croatia
15	Czech Republic
16	Japan
17	Angola
18	Tunisia
19	China
20	Brazil
21	Ivory Coast
22	Argentina
23	Australia
24	Uruguay

2003 Women's World Champions

France
First Title

Team Roster

Stéphanie Cano, Joanne Dudziak, Myriame Said Mohamed, Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin, Sophie Herbrecht, Estelle Vogein, Leila Lejeune, Isabelle Wendling, Sandrine Delerce, Myriam Borg-Korfanty, Mélinda Jacques-Szabo, Stéphanie Ludwig, Nodjialem Myaro, Valérie Nicolas, Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland, Raphaëlle Tervel.
Head Coach: Olivier Krumbholz.

All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Valérie Nicolas (FRA)
Left wing: Tanja Oder (SLO)
Left back: Olena Tsygitsa (UKR)
Pivot: Isabelle Wendling (FRA)
Centre back: Anita Görbicz (HUN)
Right back: Bojana Radulović (HUN)
Right wing: Woo Sun-Hee (KOR)

Top Goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Team	%	Saves	Shots
1	Joanne Dudziak	France	47%	57	122
2	Heidi Tjugum	Norway	46%	66	145
3	Cecilie Leganger	Norway	43%	89	207
3	Lene Rantala	Denmark	43%	21	49
5	Katalin Pálinger	Hungary	42%	141	336
6	Tatiana Alizar	Russia	41%	58	141
7	Ildiko Barbu	Romania	40%	34	84
7	Irina Sirina	Hungary	40%	30	75
9	Luminita Dinu	Romania	39%	93	239
9	Valérie Nicolas	France	39%	103	262

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Bojana Radulović	Hungary	97	170	57%
2	Olena Tsygitsa	Ukraine	66	120	55%
3	Bojana Petrović	Serbia and Montenegro	58	104	56%
4	Susana Fraile Celaya	Spain	50	116	43%
5	Zsuzsanna Lovasz	Hungary	48	68	71%
6	Montserrat Puche Díaz	Spain	47	84	56%
7	Grit Jurack	Germany	46	90	51%
8	Woo Sun-Hee	South Korea	45	75	60%
9	Ausra Fridrikas	Austria	45	82	55%
10	Elodie Mambo	Ivory Coast	43	86	50%

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
France Stéphanie Cano Joanne Dudziak Myriame Said Mohamed Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin Sophie Herbrecht Estelle Vogein Leila Lejeune Isabelle Wendling Sandrine Delerce Myriam Borg-Korfanty Mélinda Jacques-Szabo Stéphanie Ludwig Nodjialem Myaro Valérie Nicolas Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland Raphaëlle Tervel Head Coach : Mr. Olivier Krumbholz	Hungary Irina Sirina Bernadett Ferling Beata Bohus Ibolya Mehlmann Erika Kirsner Hortenzia Szrnka Bojana Radulovics Krisztina Pigniczki Agnes Farkas Timea Sugar Anita Görbicz Eszter Siti Katalin Palinger Tímea Tóth Zsuszanna Lovasz Anita Kulcsár Head Coach : Mr. Lajos Mocsai	South Korea Oh Yong-ran Woo Sun-hee Huh Soon-young Lee Gong-joo Jang So-hee Kim Cha-youn Oh Seong-ok Huh Young-sook Moon Kyeong-ha Lim O-kyeong Park Jung-hee Lee Sang-eun Lee Min-hee Myoung Bok-hee Choi Im-jeong Moon Pil-hee Head Coach : ?

References

"2003 Women CRO" (PDF). IHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.

International handball

IHF World Championships Men Women Olympic Games Men Women Super Globe National teams Player of the Year Achievements by nation Beach Handball World Champion Men Women World Games Men Women

Africa	African Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth African Games Men Women

Americas	Pan American Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Pan American Games Men Women

Asia	Asian Championship Men Women Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Beach Beach (Youth) Asian Games Men Women

Europe	European Championship Men Women Men's U-20 Women's U-19 Men's U-18 Women's U-17 Beach European Open

Oceania	Oceania Championship Nations Junior Youth Beach Pacific Cup

International	World Championships Men's Junior Women's Junior Men's Youth Women's Youth Youth Olympics Men Women Emerging Nations Universiade Men Women IHF Inter-Continental Trophy

World Handball Championships

Men's

Tournaments	Germany 1938 Sweden 1954 East Germany 1958 West Germany 1961 Czechoslovakia 1964 Sweden 1967 France 1970 East Germany 1974 Denmark 1978 West Germany 1982 Switzerland 1986 Czechoslovakia 1990 Sweden 1993 Iceland 1995 Japan 1997 Egypt 1999 France 2001 Portugal 2003 Tunisia 2005 Germany 2007 Croatia 2009 Sweden 2011 Spain 2013 Qatar 2015 France 2017 Denmark/Germany 2019 Egypt 2021 Poland/Sweden 2023

Squads	1938 1954 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Women's

Tournaments	Yugoslavia 1957 Romania 1962 West Germany 1965 Netherlands 1971 Yugoslavia 1973 Soviet Union 1975 Czechoslovakia 1978 Hungary 1982 Netherlands 1986 South Korea 1990 Norway 1993 Austria/Hungary 1995 Germany 1997 Denmark/Norway 1999 Italy 2001 Croatia 2003 Russia 2005 France 2007 China 2009 Brazil 2011 Serbia 2013 Denmark 2015 Germany 2017 Japan 2019 2021 2023

Squads	1957 1962 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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