2003 Korfball World Championship

The 7th Korfball World Championship was held in the Netherlands on 2003, with the participation of 16 national teams.

2003 Korfball World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Dates	November 1995
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (6th title)
Runners-up	Belgium
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Portugal
← 1999 2007 →

Preliminary round

Pool I Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA   Great Britain 6 2 2 0 0 36 24   Hungary 3 2 1 0 1 33 30   India 0 2 0 0 2 25 40

Hungary   12–17   Great Britain Hungary   21–13   India Great Britain   19–12   India

Pool II Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA   Portugal 6 2 2 0 0 42 24   Catalonia 3 2 1 0 1 28 34   South Africa 0 2 0 0 2 25 37

Catalonia   15–14   South Africa South Africa   11–22   Portugal Catalonia   13–20   Portugal

Groups Round

Pool A-I Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA   Netherlands 9 3 3 0 0 79 22   Chinese Taipei 6 3 2 0 1 39 51   Great Britain 2* 3 1 0 2 35 54   Germany 1* 3 0 0 3 36 62

Germany   16–17*   Great Britain Netherlands   25–10   Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei   16–14   Germany Great Britain   6–25   Netherlands Chinese Taipei   13–12   Great Britain Netherlands   29–6   Germany * Golden Goal

Pool A-II Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA   Belgium 9 3 3 0 0 69 37   Czech Republic 6 3 2 0 1 50 42   Portugal 3 3 1 0 2 41 52   Australia 0 3 0 0 3 33 62

Czech Republic   21–13   Australia Belgium   25–15   Portugal Australia   5–24   Belgium Portugal   9–12   Czech Republic Portugal   17–15   Australia Czech Republic   17–20   Belgium

Pool B-I Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA   Hungary 9 3 3 0 0 56 31   South Africa 5* 3 2 0 1 41 42   Slovakia 4* 3 1 0 2 54 41   Japan 0 3 0 0 3 21 58

Japan   5–20   Hungary Slovakia   15–16*   South Africa South Africa   11–10   Japan Hungary   19–12   Slovakia Japan   6–27   Slovakia Hungary   17–14   South Africa * Golden Goal

Pool B-II Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA   Catalonia 9 3 3 0 0 48 29   Poland 6 3 2 0 1 48 34   India 3 3 1 0 2 37 54   Armenia 0 3 0 0 3 33 49

Armenia   14–17   India Poland   10–14   Catalonia India   10–23   Poland Catalonia   17–9   Armenia Armenia   10–15   Poland India   10–17   Catalonia

Final round

Finals Pool B
15–16 places
Japan	12–13	Armenia
13–14 places
Slovakia	21*–20	India
11–12 places
South Africa	19–15	Poland
9–10 places
Hungary	13–14*	Catalonia

Semifinals Pool A
5–8 places
Great Britain	15–13	Australia
Germany	12–19	Portugal
1–4 places
Chinese Taipei	10–23	Belgium
Netherlands	23–12	Czech Republic

Finals Pool A
7–8 places
Australia	14–13	Germany
5–6 places
Portugal	17–18	Great Britain
3–4 places
Chinese Taipei	15–21	Czech Republic
FINAL
Netherlands	22–9	Belgium

Final ranking

1.   Netherlands
2.   Belgium
3.   Czech Republic
4.   Chinese Taipei
5.   Great Britain
6.   Portugal
7.   Australia
8.   Germany
9.   Catalonia
10.   Hungary
11.   South Africa
12.   Poland
13.   Slovakia
14.   India
15.   Armenia
16.   Japan

See also

• Korfball World Championship
• International Korfball Federation

External links

• International Korfball Federation