The 2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

FINA Water Polo World League

The FINA Water Polo World League began in 2002 to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by recent Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. Competition between the world’s best male players began on national teams in a season format with a prize...

was the second edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

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. 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.

GROUP A

• Held in São Paulo, Brazil

  14

  6

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

• June 27, 2003

  	10 – 6
  	15 – 8

• June 28, 2003

  	10 – 6
  	11 – 6

• June 29, 2003

  	9 – 6
  	7 – 10

GROUP B

• Held in Budapest, Hungary

  15

  6

  Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
  1.		9	3	3	0	0	37	23
  2.		5	3	1	0	2	33	27
  3.		5	3	1	0	2	22	34	–12
  4.		5	3	1	0	2	26	35	–9

• June 27, 2003

  	10 – 7
  	10 – 5

• June 28, 2003

  	14 – 7
  	15 – 4

• June 29, 2003

  	11 – 12
  	12 – 8

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Play-Offs

• August 22, 2003

  	2 – 6
  	15 – 9

Semi finals

• August 23, 2003

  	6 – 5
  	5 – 4

Fifth Place Match

• August 23, 2003

  7 – 8

Bronze medal match

• August 24, 2003

  12 – 9

Gold Medal Match

• August 24, 2003

  13 – 8

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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7.
8.

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

RANK	TOPSCORERS	GOALS
1.		12
2.		11
3.		10
5.		8
9.		7
15.		6