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2003 World Women's Handball Championship

2003 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship

Field	Value
country	Croatia
dates	2 December – 14 December
num_teams	24
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
top_scorer	Bojana Radulović (97 goals)
player	Valérie Nicolas
previous	2001 World Women's Handball Championship
next	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.

France won their first ever title, beating Hungary in the final.

Qualification

The following nations were qualified:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Preliminary round

Group A in [[Split, Croatia|Split]]

Tuesday, 2 December:
- 41 - 18
- 32 - 25
- 28 - 25
Wednesday, 3 December:
- 33 - 27
- 12 - 38
- 15 - 33
Thursday, 4 December:
- 27 - 25
- 28 - 24
- 33 - 13
Saturday, 6 December:
- 12 - 36
- 20 - 28
- 44 - 41
Sunday, 7 December:
- 30 - 19
- 28 - 29
- 27 - 25

Group B in [[Poreč]]

Tuesday, 2 December:
- 28 - 27
- 46 - 16
- 29 - 19
Wednesday, 3 December:
- 31 - 18
- 22 - 26
- 20 - 47
Thursday, 4 December:
- 27 - 21
- 22 - 29
- 38 - 15
Saturday, 6 December:
- 24 - 18
- 26 - 30
- 12 - 41
Sunday, 7 December:
- 31 - 16
- 34 - 39
- 39 - 14

Group C in [[Karlovac]]

Tuesday, 2 December:
- 30 - 24
- 29 - 30
- 43 - 13
Wednesday, 3 December:
- 28 - 28
- 25 - 27
- 16 - 24
Thursday, 4 December:
- 33 - 15
- 45 - 13
- 41 - 30
Saturday, 6 December:
- 14 - 28
- 19 - 33
- 25 - 23
Sunday, 7 December:
- 30 - 39
- 29 - 21
- 31 - 18

Group D in [[Čakovec]]

Tuesday, 2 December:
- 43 - 25
- 34 - 26
- 20 - 20
Wednesday, 3 December:
- 28 - 32
- 30 - 27
- 20 - 29
Thursday, 4 December:
- 38 - 25
- 30 - 28
- 24 - 21
Saturday, 6 December:
- 17 - 36
- 34 - 30
- 29 - 21
Sunday, 7 December:
- 31 - 26
- 29 - 28
- 19 - 29

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

Tuesday, 9 December:
- 27 - 26
- 31 - 27
- 25 - 27
Wednesday, 10 December:
- 25 - 25
- 25 - 28
- 33 - 35
Thursday, 11 December:
- 27 - 38
- 29 - 32
- 20 - 19

Group II in [[Rijeka]]

Tuesday, 9 December:
- 31 - 30
- 27 - 30
- 26 - 25
Wednesday, 10 December:
- 24 - 24
- 23 - 25
- 30 - 28
Thursday, 11 December:
- 31 - 23
- 29 - 28
- 23 - 35

Final round

In Zagreb | 13 December - 16:00 | **** | 28 | | 26 | 13 December - 19:15 | **** | 40 | | 38 | 14 December - 19:15 | **** (ET)| 32 | | 29 | 14 December - 16:00 | | 29 | **** | 31

| RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1= 27 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2= 26

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

24

2003 Women's World Champions

All Star Team

Goalkeeper: Valérie Nicolas
Left wing: Tanja Oder
Left back: Olena Tsyhytsia
Pivot: Isabelle Wendling
Centre back: Anita Görbicz
Right back: Bojana Radulović
Right wing: Woo Sun-Hee

Top Goalkeepers

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Bojana Radulović	****	97	170	57%
2	Olena Tsyhytsia		66	120	55%
3	Bojana Petrović		58	104	56%
4	Susana Fraile Celaya		50	116	43%
5	Zsuzsanna Lovasz		48	68	71%
6	Montserrat Puche Díaz		47	84	56%
7	Grit Jurack		46	90	51%
8	Woo Sun-Hee		45	75	60%
9	Ausra Fridrikas		45	82	55%
10	Elodie Mambo		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%. The greatest efficacy was acquired by shots at the goal line (70%). Teams won on average 4.58 penalty (7m) throws. The winning teams took on average 3.55 shots more that the defeated teams. 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.

Medalists

		{{unbulleted list	list_style=text-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

Literature

References

"2003 Women CRO". [[International Handball Federation.

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