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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Korfball World Championship
| year = 2003
| image = 
| size = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| city = 
| country = [[Netherlands]]
| dates = November 1995
| num_teams = 16
| venues = 
| cities = 
| champion_other = {{korf|NED}}
| count = 6
| second_other = {{korf|BEL}}
| third_other = {{korf|CZE}}
| fourth_other = {{korf|POR}}
| matches = 
| goals = 
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = 
| player = 
| young_player = 
| prevseason = [[1999 Korfball World Championship|1999]]
| nextseason = [[2007 Korfball World Championship|2007]]
}}

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

==Preliminary round==
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
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|width=55%|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;" 
|colspan=8 |'''&nbsp;Pool I'''
|-
!width="175" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts
!width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld
!width="20" abbr="Won" |W
!width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D
!width="20" abbr="Lost" |L
!width="20" abbr="Points for" |GF
!width="20" abbr="Points against" |GA
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Great Britain}}
|'''6'''||2||2||0||0||36||24
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Hungary}}
|'''3'''||2||1||0||1||33||30
|-
|align=left|{{korf|India}}
|'''0'''||2||0||0||2||25||40
|}
|width=40%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Hungary}}
|align=center|'''12–17'''||{{korf|Great Britain}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Hungary}}
|align=center|'''21–13'''||{{korf|India}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Great Britain}}
|align=center|'''19–12'''||{{korf|India}}
|}
|}

{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
|width=55%|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;" 
|colspan=8 |'''&nbsp;Pool II'''
|-
!width="175" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts
!width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld
!width="20" abbr="Won" |W
!width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D
!width="20" abbr="Lost" |L
!width="20" abbr="Points for" |GF
!width="20" abbr="Points against" |GA
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Portugal}}
|'''6'''||2||2||0||0||42||24
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Catalonia}}
|'''3'''||2||1||0||1||28||34
|-
|align=left|{{korf|South Africa}}
|'''0'''||2||0||0||2||25||37
|}
|width=40%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Catalonia}}
|align=center|'''15–14'''||{{korf|South Africa}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|South Africa}}
|align=center|'''11–22'''||{{korf|Portugal}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Catalonia}}
|align=center|'''13–20'''||{{korf|Portugal}}
|}
|}

==Groups Round==
{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
|width=55%|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;" 
|colspan=8 |'''&nbsp;Pool A-I'''
|-
!width="175" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts
!width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld
!width="20" abbr="Won" |W
!width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D
!width="20" abbr="Lost" |L
!width="20" abbr="Points for" |GF
!width="20" abbr="Points against" |GA
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Netherlands}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||79||22
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Chinese Taipei}}
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||39||51
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Great Britain}}
|'''2*'''||3||1||0||2||35||54
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Germany}}
|'''1*'''||3||0||0||3||36||62
|}
|width=40%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Germany}}
|align=center|'''16–17*'''||{{korf|Great Britain}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Netherlands}}
|align=center|'''25–10'''||{{korf|Chinese Taipei}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Chinese Taipei}}
|align=center|'''16–14'''||{{korf|Germany}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Great Britain}}
|align=center|'''6–25'''||{{korf|Netherlands}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Chinese Taipei}}
|align=center|'''13–12'''||{{korf|Great Britain}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Netherlands}}
|align=center|'''29–6'''||{{korf|Germany}}
|-
|width=40% align=left| || ||* Golden Goal
|
|}
|}

{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
|width=55%|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;" 
|colspan=8 |'''&nbsp;Pool A-II'''
|-
!width="175" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts
!width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld
!width="20" abbr="Won" |W
!width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D
!width="20" abbr="Lost" |L
!width="20" abbr="Points for" |GF
!width="20" abbr="Points against" |GA
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Belgium}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||69||37
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Czech Republic}}
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||50||42
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Portugal}}
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||41||52
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Australia}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||33||62
|}
|width=40%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Czech Republic}}
|align=center|'''21–13'''||{{korf|Australia}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Belgium}}
|align=center|'''25–15'''||{{korf|Portugal}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Australia}}
|align=center|'''5–24'''||{{korf|Belgium}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Portugal}}
|align=center|'''9–12'''||{{korf|Czech Republic}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Portugal}}
|align=center|'''17–15'''||{{korf|Australia}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Czech Republic}}
|align=center|'''17–20'''||{{korf|Belgium}}
|}
|}

{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
|width=55%|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;" 
|colspan=8 |'''&nbsp;Pool B-I'''
|-
!width="175" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts
!width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld
!width="20" abbr="Won" |W
!width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D
!width="20" abbr="Lost" |L
!width="20" abbr="Points for" |GF
!width="20" abbr="Points against" |GA
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Hungary}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||56||31
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|South Africa}}
|'''5*'''||3||2||0||1||41||42
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Slovakia}}
|'''4*'''||3||1||0||2||54||41
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Japan}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||21||58
|}
|width=40%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Japan}}
|align=center|'''5–20'''||{{korf|Hungary}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Slovakia}}
|align=center|'''15–16*'''||{{korf|South Africa}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|South Africa}}
|align=center|'''11–10'''||{{korf|Japan}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Hungary}}
|align=center|'''19–12'''||{{korf|Slovakia}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Japan}}
|align=center|'''6–27'''||{{korf|Slovakia}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Hungary}}
|align=center|'''17–14'''||{{korf|South Africa}}
|-
|width=40% align=left| || ||* Golden Goal
|
|}
|}

{| cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|-
|width=55%|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|- align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;" 
|colspan=8 |'''&nbsp;Pool B-II'''
|-
!width="175" |Team
!width="20" abbr="Points" |Pts
!width="20" abbr="Played" |Pld
!width="20" abbr="Won" |W
!width="20" abbr="Drawn" |D
!width="20" abbr="Lost" |L
!width="20" abbr="Points for" |GF
!width="20" abbr="Points against" |GA
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Catalonia}}
|'''9'''||3||3||0||0||48||29
|- 
|align=left|{{korf|Poland}}
|'''6'''||3||2||0||1||48||34
|-
|align=left|{{korf|India}}
|'''3'''||3||1||0||2||37||54
|-
|align=left|{{korf|Armenia}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||33||49
|}
|width=40%|
{| cellpadding=2 style=font-size:90% align=center
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Armenia}}
|align=center|'''14–17'''||{{korf|India}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Poland}}
|align=center|'''10–14'''||{{korf|Catalonia}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|India}}
|align=center|'''10–23'''||{{korf|Poland}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Catalonia}}
|align=center|'''17–9'''||{{korf|Armenia}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|Armenia}}
|align=center|'''10–15'''||{{korf|Poland}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|India}}
|align=center|'''10–17'''||{{korf|Catalonia}}
|}
|}

==Final round==
{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=40% 
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|colspan=3 align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''Finals Pool B'''
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|15–16 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|JPN}}
|align=center|12–13||{{korf|ARM}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|13–14 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|SVK}}
|align=center|21*–20||{{korf|IND}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|11–12 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|RSA}}
|align=center|19–15||{{korf|POL}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|9–10 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|HUN}}
|align=center|13–14*||{{korf|CAT}}
|}

{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=40%
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''Semifinals Pool A'''
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|5–8 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|GBR}}
|align=center|15–13||{{korf|AUS}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|GER}}
|align=center|12–19||{{korf|POR}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|1–4 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|TPE}}
|align=center|10–23||{{korf|BEL}}
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|NED}}
|align=center|23–12||{{korf|CZE}}
|}

{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=40% 
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="background:#dfdfdf;"|'''Finals Pool A'''
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|7–8 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|AUS}}
|align=center|14–13||{{korf|GER}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|5–6 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|POR}}
|align=center|17–18||{{korf|GBR}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|3–4 places
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|TPE}}
|align=center|15–21||{{korf|CZE}}
|-
|width=40% align=left colspan=3 style="background:#efefef;"|FINAL
|-
|width=40% align=right|{{korf-rt|NED}}
|align=center|22–9||{{korf|BEL}}
|}

==Final ranking==

# {{korf|Netherlands}}
# {{korf|Belgium}}
# {{korf|Czech Republic}}
# {{korf|Chinese Taipei}}
# {{korf|Great Britain}}
# {{korf|Portugal}}
# {{korf|Australia}}
# {{korf|Germany}}
# {{korf|Catalonia}}
# {{korf|Hungary}}
# {{korf|South Africa}}
# {{korf|Poland}}
# {{korf|Slovakia}}
# {{korf|India}}
# {{korf|Armenia}}
# {{korf|Japan}}

==See also==
*[[Korfball World Championship]]
*[[International Korfball Federation]]

==External links==
*[http://www.ikf.org International Korfball Federation]

{{Korfball World Championship}}

[[Category:2003 in korfball|Korfball World Championship]]
[[Category:2003 in Dutch sport|Korfball World Championship]]
[[Category:IKF World Korfball Championship]]
[[Category:International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Korfball in the Netherlands]]