2003 World Women's Handball Championship

2003 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship Croatia 2 December – 14 December 24 France 1 Hungary South Korea Ukraine Bojana Radulović HUN (97 goals) Valérie Nicolas FRA 2001 World Women's Handball Championship 2005 World Women's Handball Championship The 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 16th handball world championship for women, was played in Croatia between 2 and 14 December 2003.https://archive.ihf.info/upload/PDF-Download/WomenWorldCh/2003_Women_CRO.pdf 2003 Women CRO IHF 28 June 2009 France won their first ever title, beating Hungary in the final. Qualification The following nations were qualified: Group A Group BGroup CGroup D AUS ANG ARG CHN BRA AUT JPN CIV CRO CZE NOR DEN ESP KOR ROU GER FRA RUS TUN HUN SCG URU UKR SLO KAZ won the 2002 Asian Women's Handball Championship and thus secured qualification, but decided later to withdraw, giving the spot to Japan instead.https://www.handzone.net/Home/Actu.aspx?actID=6367 https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.handzone.net%2FHome%2FActu.aspx%3FactID%3D6367 23 December 2023 Handzone Le Kazakhstan forfait 7 September 2026 fr Preliminary round Group A in Split main WDL Q 2 FRA FRA ESP ESP SCG SCG CRO CRO BRA BRA AUS AUS 5 0 0 149 98 4 0 1 150 120 3 0 2 165 143 2 0 3 142 122 1 0 4 136 155 0 0 5 74 178 green1 Main Round A A A complete Tuesday, 2 December: SCG 41 - 18 AUS CRO 32 - 25 BRA FRA 28 - 25 ESP Wednesday, 3 December: ESP 33 - 27 SCG AUS 12 - 38 CRO BRA 15 - 33 FRA Thursday, 4 December: ESP 27 - 25 BRA SCG 28 - 24 CRO FRA 33 - 13 AUS Saturday, 6 December: AUS 12 - 36 ESP CRO 20 - 28 FRA SCG 44 - 41 BRA Sunday, 7 December: BRA 30 - 19 AUS CRO 28 - 29 ESP FRA 27 - 25 SCG Group B in Poreč main WDL Q 2 RUS RUS KOR KOR AUT AUT CZE CZE ANG ANG URU URU 5 0 0 153 106 4 0 1 165 113 3 0 2 165 130 2 0 3 126 125 1 0 4 119 120 0 0 5 77 211 green1 Main Round A A A complete Tuesday, 2 December: RUS 28 - 27 KOR CZE 46 - 16 URU AUT 29 - 19 ANG Wednesday, 3 December: KOR 31 - 18 CZE ANG 22 - 26 RUS URU 20 - 47 AUT Thursday, 4 December: KOR 27 - 21 ANG CZE 22 - 29 AUT RUS 38 - 15 URU Saturday, 6 December: CZE 24 - 18 ANG AUT 26 - 30 RUS URU 12 - 41 KOR Sunday, 7 December: RUS 31 - 16 CZE AUT 34 - 39 KOR ANG 39 - 14 URU Group C in Karlovac main WDL Q 2 UKR UKR NOR NOR ROU ROU JPN JPN TUN TUN ARG ARG 4 1 0 158 116 4 0 1 163 108 3 1 1 158 123 2 0 3 133 153 1 0 4 118 133 0 0 5 74 171 green1 Main Round A A A complete Tuesday, 2 December: JPN 30 - 24 TUN NOR 29 - 30 UKR ROU 43 - 13 ARG Wednesday, 3 December: UKR 28 - 28 ROU TUN 25 - 27 NOR ARG 16 - 24 JPN Thursday, 4 December: UKR 33 - 15 TUN NOR 45 - 13 ARG ROU 41 - 30 JPN Saturday, 6 December: ARG 14 - 28 UKR JPN 19 - 33 NOR ROU 25 - 23 TUN Sunday, 7 December: JPN 30 - 39 UKR NOR 29 - 21 ROU TUN 31 - 18 ARG Group D in Čakovec main WDL Q 2 HUN HUN SLO SLO GER GER DEN DEN CHN CHN CIV CIV 4 0 1 171 129 4 0 1 149 141 3 1 1 144 121 2 1 2 113 119 1 0 4 135 153 0 0 5 117 166 green1 Main Round A A A complete Tuesday, 2 December: HUN 43 - 25 CIV SLO 34 - 26 CHN DEN 20 - 20 GER Wednesday, 3 December: CIV 28 - 32 SLO GER 30 - 27 HUN CHN 20 - 29 DEN Thursday, 4 December: HUN 38 - 25 SLO GER 30 - 28 CHN DEN 24 - 21 CIV Saturday, 6 December: CIV 17 - 36 GER HUN 34 - 30 CHN SLO 29 - 21 DEN Sunday, 7 December: CHN 31 - 26 CIV SLO 29 - 28 GER DEN 19 - 29 HUN 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. Group I main WDL Q 2 FRA FRA KOR KOR ESP ESP RUS RUS SCG SCG AUT AUT 4 0 1 128 121 3 0 2 158 151 2 1 2 139 138 2 1 2 129 129 2 0 3 145 158 1 0 4 149 151 green1 Semifinals A A blue1 Fifth place game B complete Tuesday, 9 December: ESP 27 - 26 AUT SCG 31 - 27 RUS FRA 25 - 27 KOR Wednesday, 10 December: RUS 25 - 25 ESP AUT 25 - 28 FRA KOR 33 - 35 SCG Thursday, 11 December: SCG 27 - 38 AUT ESP 29 - 32 KOR FRA 20 - 19 RUS Group II in Rijeka main WDL Q 2 HUN HUN UKR UKR NOR NOR SLO SLO ROU ROU GER GER 3 1 1 154 129 3 1 1 132 140 3 1 1 142 133 2 0 3 137 149 1 1 3 135 140 1 0 4 134 143 green1 Semifinals A A blue1 Fifth place game B complete Tuesday, 9 December: NOR 31 - 30 GER ROU 27 - 30 HUN UKR 26 - 25 SLO Wednesday, 10 December: HUN 24 - 24 NOR GER 23 - 25 UKR SLO 30 - 28 ROU Thursday, 11 December: ROU 31 - 23 GER NOR 29 - 28 SLO UKR 23 - 35 HUN Final round In Zagreb Semifinal Final Bronze Match 13 December - 16:00 FRA 28 UKR 26 13 December - 19:15 HUN 40 KOR 38 14 December - 19:15 FRA (ET) 32 HUN 29 14 December - 16:00 UKR 29 KOR 31 5th/6th place ESP 27 NOR 26 Ranking and statistics Final ranking Image:gold medal icon.svg FranceImage:silver medal icon.svg HungaryImage:bronze medal icon.svg 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 Cote d'Ivoire 22 Argentina 23 Australia 24 Uruguay 2003 Women's World Champions France 150pxFranceFirst 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 Tsyhytsia UKR Pivot: Isabelle Wendling FRA Centre back: Anita Görbicz HUN Right back: Bojana Radulović HUN Right wing: Woo Sun-Hee KOR Top Goalkeepers RankNameTeam%SavesShots 1 Joanne Dudziak FRA 47% 57 122 2 Heidi Tjugum NOR 46% 66 145 3 Cecilie Leganger NOR 43% 89 207 Lene Rantala DEN 21 49 5 Katalin Pálinger HUN 42% 141 336 6 Tatiana Alizar RUS 41% 58 141 7 Ildiko Barbu ROU 40% 34 84 Irina Sirina HUN 30 75 9 Luminita Dinu ROU 39% 93 239 Valérie Nicolas FRA 103 262 Top goalscorers RankNameTeamGoalsShots% 1 Bojana Radulović HUN 97 170 57% 2 Olena Tsyhytsia UKR 66 120 55% 3 Bojana Petrović SCG 58 104 56% 4 Susana Fraile Celaya ESP 50 116 43% 5 Zsuzsanna Lovasz HUN 48 68 71% 6 Montserrat Puche Díaz ESP 47 84 56% 7 Grit Jurack GER 46 90 51% 8 Woo Sun-Hee KOR 45 75 60% 9 Ausra Fridrikas AUT 45 82 55% 10 Elodie Mambo CIV 43 86 50% Statistics The total average number of shots and throws taken in the preliminary round was 51.79 with a shot efficacy of 52.46%.Ohnjec et al. 2008 72 The greatest efficacy was acquired by shots at the goal line (70%). Teams won on average 4.58 penalty (7m) throws.Ohnjec et al. 2008 72 The winning teams took on average 3.55 shots more that the defeated teams.Ohnjec et al. 2008 72 Defeated teams were also 17.98% less efficient than the winning ones, not only in goal-scoring but also in number and efficacy of the fast breaks and assists.Ohnjec et al. 2008 72 Medalists GoldSilver Bronze FRA text-align:center; 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 HUN text-align:center; Irina Sirina Bernadett Ferling Beáta Bohus Ibolya Mehlmann Erika Kirsner Hortenzia Szrnka Bojana Radulovics Krisztina Pigniczki Ágnes Farkas Tímea Sugár Anita Görbicz Eszter Siti Katalin Pálinger Tímea Tóth Zsuzsanna Lovász Anita Kulcsár Head coach : Mr. Lajos Mocsai KORtext-align:center; 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 : ? Literature Ohnjec et al. 2008 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/14397687.pdf Ohnjec Katarina Vuleta Dinko Milanović Dragan Gruić Igor Kinesiology Performance indicators of teams at the 2003 World handball championship for women in Croatia 40 1 2008 69-79 1331-1441 References W 2003 W Category:Women's handball in Croatia World Women's Handball Championship Category:December 2003 sports events in Europe Category:Sports competitions in Zagreb Category:2000s in Zagreb Category:Sports competitions in Split, Croatia Category:Sport in Karlovac Category:Sport in Čakovec Category:Sport in Rijeka Category:Sports competitions in Poreč Category:History of Čakovec Category:21st century in Split, Croatia