The 2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship

European Water Polo Championship

The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation , the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and women's competitions.The first European Water Polo...

was the 26th edition of the event, organised by the Europe's governing body in aquatics, the Ligue Européenne de Natation

Ligue Européenne de Natation

Ligue Européenne de Natation or LEN is the European governing body for aquatic sports affiliated to FINA—it is the Continental Association for Europe. It was founded in 1927 in Bologna, Italy....

. The event took place in the Aquatic Centre in Kranj

Kranj

' is the third largest municipality and fourth largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 54,500 . It is located approximately 20 km north-west of Ljubljana...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 from June 6 to June 15, 2003.

There were two qualification tournaments ahead of the event, held from April 9 to April 13, 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine (with Belarus, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, France and Ukraine competing) and Bratislava, Slovakia (Greece, Slovakia, Romania, Poland, Malta and Turkey).

GROUP A

23

16

3

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		8	5	4	0	1	56	33
2.		8	5	4	0	1	46	30
3.		6	5	3	0	2	44	41
4.		4	5	2	0	3	41	51	–10
5.		2	5	1	0	4	37	48	–11
6.		2	5	1	0	4	28	49	–21

GROUP B

7

3

2

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		8	5	4	0	1	38	31
2.		6	5	3	0	2	34	31
3.		6	5	3	0	2	37	35
4.		4	5	2	0	3	39	41	–2
5.		4	5	2	0	3	33	33	0
6.		2	5	1	0	4	39	49	–10

Quarterfinals

• Thiursday June 12, 2003

  	10 – 6
  	10 – 2
  	10 – 8
  	9 – 2

Semifinals

• Friday June 13, 2003

  	10 – 9
  	11 – 7

Finals

• Sunday June 15, 2003 — Bronze Medal

  12 – 6

• Sunday June 15, 2003 — Gold Medal

  9 – 8 [aet]

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Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
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Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

• Topscorer— 24 goals