2003 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: at #4 Green Bay Packers
With Nate Poole of the Cardinals in attendance (a result of knocking the Vikings out of the playoffs the week before) in a mild snowstorm, the Packers hosted the upstart Seahawks. Green Bay clawed to a 13-6 halftime lead, but in the third quarter Shawn Alexander touchdowns put the Seahawks up 20-13. Two Ahman Green touchdown rushes in the fourth quarter put the Packers back up 27-20. After the Seahawks tied the game Brett Favre completed three straight passes for 41 yards in Green Bay's final drive, but Ryan Longwell misfired on the ensuing 47-yard field goal attempt.


2003 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Postseason, NFC Wild Card Playoff: at #4 Green Bay Packers
For the overtime coin toss the Seahawks won; Matt Hasselbeck brashly stated to referee Bernie Kukar "We want the ball and we're gonna score!" The boast was picked up on stadium and FOX Sports television microphones and became a source of infamy; after completing two passes for twelve yards Hasselbeck targeted Alex Bannister but the ball was intercepted by Al Harris at the Packers 48-yard-line and Harris scored, ending the game 33-27 and ending Seattle's season.


2003 Seattle Storm season
The 2003 WNBA season was the fourth for the Seattle Storm. The team almost made the playoffs, but they fell in a tiebreaker to the Minnesota Lynx.


2003 Sedgefield Borough Council election
Elections to Sedgefield Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Sedgemoor District Council election
The 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2003 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) were the final playoffs for promotion from 2002–03 Segunda División B to the 2003–04 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each of the four Segunda División B groups played the Playoffs de Ascenso and the four last placed teams in Segunda División were relegated to Segunda División B.


2003 Segunda División B play-offs
The teams play a league of four teams, divided into 4 groups. The champion of each group is promoted to Segunda División.


2003 Senior British Open
The 2003 Senior British Open was a senior major golf championship and the 17th Senior British Open, held from 24–27 July at Turnberry in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 5th Senior British Open played at the course and the first Senior British Open played as a senior major championship.


2003 Senior British Open
Tom Watson defeated Carl Mason in a playoff to win his first Senior British Open title. The 2003 event was Watson's second senior major championship victory.


2003 Senior British Open, Venue
The 2003 event was the 5th Senior British Open played at Turnberry.


2003 Senior British Open, Field
The field consisted of 144 competitors: 139 professionals and 5 amateurs.


2003 Senior British Open, Round summaries, First round
Tom Kite and Tom Watson posted four-under-par 66's on day one to lead by one shot.


2003 Senior British Open, Round summaries, Second round
Carl Mason shot a 64 (−6) to take a one-shot lead over D.A. Weibring, who shot a seven-under-par 63.


2003 Senior British Open, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Pierse (−1), Reynolds (+5), Boles (+9), Baldwin (+11), MacNamara (+15)


2003 Senior British Open, Round summaries, Third round
Mason and Weibring shot matching rounds of 65 (−5) as Mason maintained his one shot lead. Kite, Summerhays, and Watson all shot rounds of 66 (−4) to trail Mason by three shots. Jim Colbert backed up his eight-under-par 62 with a 66 (−4) in the third round, trailing Mason by 4 strokes.


2003 Senior British Open, Round summaries, Final round
Tom Watson trailed Carl Mason by one stroke heading into the 72nd hole. Needing birdie to tie Mason, Watson bogeyed the par-4 18th hole to fall two shots behind the leader. Mason, now leading by 2 strokes, double bogeyed the 18th hole and fell into a playoff with Watson.


2003 Senior British Open, Round summaries, Playoff
Tom Watson and Carl Mason both parred the first playoff hole. Watson won with par on the second playoff hole as Mason made bogey.


2003 Senior League World Series
The 2003 Senior League World Series took place from August 10–16 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Hilo, Hawaii defeated Chesterfield, Virginia in the championship game.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 28 December 2003 to elect members of the National Assembly. Serbia was one of the two federal units of Serbia and Montenegro, formerly known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election
Serbia had been in a state of political crisis since the overthrow of the post-communist ruler, Slobodan Milošević, in 2001. The reformers, led by former Yugoslav President Vojislav Koštunica, have been unable to gain control of the Serbian presidency because three successive presidential elections have failed to produce the required 50% turnout. The assassination in March 2003 of reformist Prime Minister, Zoran Đinđić was a major setback.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election
At these elections the former reformist alliance, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), had broken up into three parts: Koštunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, late Prime Minister Đinđić's Democratic Party and the G17 Plus group of liberal economists led by Miroljub Labus.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election
Opposing them were the nationalist Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Šešelj and Milošević's Socialist Party of Serbia (descended from the former Communist Party). At the time of the election, both Šešelj and Milošević were in detention at ICTY, Milošević accused of committing war crimes, Šešelj of inspiring them.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election
The remaining candidate was the monarchist Serbian Renewal Movement–New Serbia (SPO–NS) coalition, led by Vuk Drašković.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election
Following the election the three former DOS parties (DSS, DS and G17+) fell two seats short of a parliamentary majority, holding 124 seats between them. After months of coalition talks Koštunica, Labus and Drašković's parties reach an agreement with the outside support of the Socialist Party in March 2004 which enabled Koštunica of the DSS to become prime minister.


2003 Serbian parliamentary election, Results, Seats
This election resulted in a Gallagher index of 11.96, which measures disproportionality of votes received and seats allocated to each party.


2003 Serbian presidential election
The Serbian presidential election was held on 16 November 2003, a month before the December 2003 parliamentary election.


2003 Serbian presidential election
The election was invalidated because the turnout was 38.8%, considerably less than the 50% of eligible voters threshold required by Serbian law. Therefore, it was repeated some six months later in June 2004.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season
Serena Williams's 2003 tennis season ended abruptly after Wimbledon, as Williams underwent surgery on the quadriceps tendon in her knee at the start of August. Initially she was expected to be out for six to eight weeks.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Hopman Cup
Williams began her season at the Hopman Cup as a preparation for the Australian Open teaming up with James Blake. They played their first tie against Uzbekistan represented by Iroda Tulyaganova and Oleg Ogorodov, Williams won her singles and mixed doubles match both in straight sets. In the second tie, they took on the Spanish pairing of Virginia Ruano Pascual and Tommy Robredo and won all their matches in straight sets.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Hopman Cup
In the final tie, they took on Kim Clijsters and Xavier Malisse for a spot in the final, Williams defeated Clijsters in straight sets, but Malisse defeated Blake to push it to a decisive Mixed Doubles match, which Williams and Blake won in a match tie-break. In the final they took on Australia's Alicia Molik and Lleyton Hewitt and won all three matches to take the Hopman Cup.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
Williams came into the Australian Open trying to win her fourth consecutive slam after winning the 2002 editions of French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. Williams opened her campaign against Frenchwoman Émilie Loit. Williams fell to a slow start as Loit took advantage and claimed the first set. The second set was close, as Williams was pushed to a tie-break, where Loit was 3 points away from the upset, however Williams took the tie-break by seven points to five. In the deciding set, Williams had two match points at the tenth game, however Loit saved them to take the game.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
Williams eventually took the match in the twelfth game in her third match point, overcoming 55 unforced errors she hit in the match. In her next match, she took on Els Callens, the match went on plan for Williams, as she only dropped four games, including a bagel in the second set. Williams also produced 21 winners and 13 unforced errors. In the round of 32, Williams faced Thai Tamarine Tanasugarn, and made quick work delivering a double breadstick domination. In the fourth round, Williams made a slow start but eventually defeated Eleni Daniilidou in straight sets to advance.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
In the last 8, Williams took on compatriot Meghann Shaughnessy, assuring an American semifinalist, however Williams didn't give Shaughnessy a look only dropping two games each set, and was helped by 8 aces she fired down in the match. In the final four, Williams took on Belgian Kim Clijsters. The first set saw Williams struggled, including making two consecutive double faults to give away the set in the tenth game. The second set saw a comeback from the younger Williams as she broke Clijsters in the fifth and ninth game to push it to a decider.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
In the final set, Clijsters took a commanding lead taking five of the first six games. However Williams made a comeback and won the last six games, including saving two match points in the eight game on the Clijsters serve to advance to the final. In the final, Serena Williams faced older sister Venus, in the siblings fourth consecutive slam final, being the first pair in women's tennis to compete in four consecutive slam finals, the sisters were also squared at four wins a piece in their previous meetings.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
The first set saw Venus served for the set, but failed to do so, as Serena pushed it to a tie-break and win seven games to four. However the older Williams came back and took the second set. In the final set Venus saved breakpoints in the eight game, but eventually got broken in the tenth game to hand her sister the victory. Serena had 54 errors to Venus' 51, but beat her 37–28 on winners. This win marks Serena holding the four slams, first since Steffi Graf in 1994, this achievement by Serena was dubbed as the "Serena Slam", as it could not be called a Grand Slam as it did not happen in the same calendar year.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Australian Open
Williams played with sister Venus Williams in the doubles tournament. They breezed through the final without dropping a set defeating the teams Rita Grande and Patty Schnyder, Casey Dellacqua and Nicole Sewell, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Martina Navratilova, Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama, and Lindsay Davenport and Lisa Raymond. In the final, they were pushed by Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paolo Suárez, dropping their first set of the tournament, before coming back to take the final two sets. This is the sisters sixth slam title as a team and second Australian Open title.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, Open Gaz de France
Williams' next tournament after her achieving the 'Serena Slam' was at the Open Gaz de France. As the top seed, Williams received a bye in the first round. Her first opponent was Swiss Myriam Casanova, the American dominated the first set with a bagel and the took a tight second set in the tenth game. She then followed it up with a win against Slovakian Janette Husárová, winning each set with a drop of only three games. In the final four, Williams took on Eleni Daniilidou and dominated the match dropping only two games both in the first set. She only drop six points on serve in the entire match. In the final, It was against Amélie Mauresmo and dominated the Frenchwoman, the first six games went on serve, before Williams took 9 of the last 11 games to take the title and remain unbeaten in 2013.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, NASDAQ-100 Open
After continuing her boycott of the Pacific Life Open, Williams played at the NASDAQ-100 Open and was the defending champion. After receiving a bye in the first round, she took on Italian Francesca Schiavone, after a tight first set, which Williams took on the twelfth game, she cruised through the second dropping only a game to advance. She then cruised pass Tatiana Panova in straight sets, dropping only three games. In the fourth round, she faced Iroda Tulyaganova, where she took the first set with ease, winning it with a bagel.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, NASDAQ-100 Open
In the second set, Williams won the set by a break lead, closing it out in the tenth game. In the last 8, Williams faced Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli, Bartoli failed to hold serve in the match getting broken all eight of her service games, while breaking Williams three times. Williams hit 31 winners to aid her in her win. In the semifinals, Williams push pass with a comfortable win, in a rematch of the epic Australian Open semifinal against Kim Clijsters. Williams won in straight sets despite making 37 unforced errors.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Australian Open and early hard court season, NASDAQ-100 Open
In the final, Williams took on compatriot and rival Jennifer Capriati, who was celebrating her birthday. Williams broke Capriati in the second game, but Capriati took six of the next eight games to hand Williams her first set drop in the event and first since the Australian Open final. Williams took the first four games of the second set, just to see Capriati reel in four of the next five games to bring it back on serve, however Williams broke her compatriot in the tenth game to push it to a decider. In the final set, Williams dominated allowing only Capriati a game to take her third title of the season and remain unbeaten in the year with 17–0 record.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Family Circle Cup
Williams played her first clay court event of the season at the green clay of Family Circle Cup. As the top seed, she received a bye in the first round, then defeated Dally Randriantefy of Madagascar, dropping only three games, including a bagel in the second. In the following match, She made quick work of Conchita Martínez in 61 minutes, winning both sets at two. She also made quick work of Australian Jelena Dokić, also dropping only two games in each set, despite getting broken once. In the semifinals, Williams faced compatriot Lindsay Davenport.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Family Circle Cup
Williams made quick work of the first set, dropping only one game. In the second set, Williams took an early break lead; however Davenport broke back in the eight game. Williams then broke again in the 11th game to serve it out. Williams saved two break points with two aces and eventually closed it out to advance. In the final, Williams took on Belgian Justine Henin-Hardenne. Williams took the first three games to start the match, but Henin-Hardenne took the next six games, allowing Williams to only win 3 of the last 26 points in the set. Williams once again led by a break in the second set, but Henin-Hardenne took six of the last eight games to win the match. This loss marked an end to Williams's undefeated streak in 2003 at 21 wins.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Telecom Italia Masters
Williams final French Open preparation was at the Telecom Italia Masters. After a bye in the first round, Williams went against Klára Zakopalová and defeated the Czech with a break lead in each set. Williams then dominated Nathalie Dechy, winning the first set at three and scoring a bagel against the Frenchwoman in the second set. Facing Conchita Martínez in the  last eight, Williams scraped through a tight first set winning it in the twelfth game, but made easy work in the second set, dropping only 2 games.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, Telecom Italia Masters
In the semifinals, Williams took on Frenchwoman Amélie Mauresmo, Williams dominated the first set, dropping only a game. Williams then served for the match in tenth game of the second and was two points away from the match, but Mauresmo broke Williams and then broke her again in the twelfth game to take the set. In the final set, Mauresmo broke Williams in the eight game and then served it out take eliminate Williams.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
Williams came into the French Open as the top seed and defending champion, and coming in with a 28-match winning streak in slams. Williams started her campaign for a fifth consecutive slam against Barbara Rittner, Williams broke early but Rittner broke back in the fourth game. However, the break seemed to fire up Williams, as Williams won ten of the next eleven games to advance in 52 minutes. She then followed it up with a straight set win against Swiss Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian, dropping just five games.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
In the third round, Williams delivered a double bagel beatdown against former world no. 7 Barbara Schett in just 40 minutes. Schett won just 20 points, 16 of which came from Williams' unforced errors. In the round of 16, Williams faced Japan's Ai Sugiyama, Sugiyama took an early break lead but Williams came back and won five of next six games, closing it out in the twelfth game. Williams then took control of the second set with a break lead.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
In the final 8, It was a rematch of the Rome semifinals, when Williams took on Amélie Mauresmo, where Williams took control of the whole match. Williams took the first four games before Mauresmo could take a game, Williams then rallied to take the next six games, along the way taking the first set. I remained on serve as Williams closed it out. Williams made 24 winners to Mauresmo's 5, Mauresmo also hit 35 unforced errors.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Clay court season and French Open, French Open
In the semifinals, Williams took on Justine Henin-Hardenne in rematch of the Charleston final, The pair traded the first two sets, Henin-Hardenne taking the first at two and Williams taking the second at four. In the final set Williams broke in the fourth game to take a break lead and then held serve. However, Henin-Hardenne took six of the last seven games to end Williams 33 match winning streak in Slams. The match didn't go without controversy as Henin-Hardenne was accused of unsportsmanlike conduct when she denied having raised her hand up when Williams hit a first serve in the seventh game and denied such happened.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
Williams was the world no. 1 and defending coming into the Wimbledon Championships. Williams began her title defense 24-hours after the upset of no. 1 and defending men's champion Lleyton Hewitt, However, Williams did not want to be part of history to have 2 world no. 1 and defending champions bow out in the very first round as she routed compatriot Jill Craybas dropping three games in each set. In the following round, Williams faced Els Callens. Williams broke in the fifth game and that was enough to take the first set.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
In the second set, Williams took the first four games, however Callens came back and won the next four. But Williams broke once again in the ninth game and then served it out. In the next match, Williams defeated compatriot Laura Granville, breaking Granville once and in the first, which was proven enough to take the set. In the next set, Williams only dropped a game to continue her title defense. In the round of 16, Williams made quick work of Russian Elena Dementieva winning each set at two.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
In the quarterfinals, Williams had a tough match against another American Jennifer Capriati. Williams started slow, which allowed Capriati to take control of the first set and win it dropping only two games. However, Williams fought back winning the second set dropping only two games as well. In the ninth game of the deciding set, Williams was serving for the match and saved two break points, and eventually closed it out to advance.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
In the match for a spot in the final, Williams had the tough task as she faces Justine Henin-Hardenne, one of two players who has beaten her in 2003 and the only player she hasn't beaten in 2003. Despite, the anticipation of the match, Williams was proven too much for her Belgian opponent. Williams raced through the first four games, but Henin-Hardenne came back on serve taking the next three games. Williams then broke and served it out to take the first set. In the second set, Williams raced pass it, dropping only two games.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
The final saw a rematch of last year's final. As it was a sister affair, with Serena taking on sister Venus Williams. Venus took initiative breaking in the second game, and squandered four break points in the fourth game. Serena eventually broke back, but lost her serve while serving to stay in it in the tenth game to hand Venus the first set. Serena finished with 30 unforced errors to Venus' 25. The second set saw the first three games leading to breaks.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
In the second set, Serena took four of the first five games, Venus got back one of the breaks, but Serena was able to close it out in the tenth game to push it to a final set. As Venus' abdominal strain showed its effects more, with serves around 85 mph and many errors, Serena took initiative and closed out the match in the eight game. This was Serena's 5th slam of the last six and her 6th overall.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Wimbledon
She and Venus competed in the doubles as the defending champions, in the first round they took on Corina Morariu and Rennae Stubbs, where they dropped the first set in a tie-break, but cruise pass the next two sets dropping only five games. They then made quick work of Australians Alicia Molik and Samantha Stosur, winning with a double breadstick scoreline. However, they fell to the Russian team of Elena Dementieva and Lina Krasnoroutskaya, losing in the third set 7–5.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, US Open, Year-End Championships and hard court season
Williams had a surgery to repair a partial tear in the middle portion of the quadriceps tendon of her left knee in August, which forced her to withdraw from events following Wimbledon, including the US Open and the Year-End Championships, which in turn also dropped her world no. 1 ranking to Kim Clijsters.


2003 Serena Williams tennis season, Year in detail, Fed Cup
Williams represented the United States Fed Cup team against Czech Republic and won all her matches. She defeated Iveta Benešová and Klára Zakopalová in straight sets. She toughed out the first set against Benešová and cruised pass the second set, while against Zakopalová it was all cruise control for the American. She also teamed up with sister Venus Williams to defeat Dája Bedáňová and Eva Birnerová dropping just a game. The Williams sisters made a 5–0 sweep for United States.


2003 Seve Trophy
The 2003 Seve Trophy took place 6–9 November at Campo de Golf Parador El Saler, Valencia, Spain. The team captain for Continental Europe was Seve Ballesteros, with the team captain for Great Britain and Ireland being Colin Montgomerie. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.


2003 Seve Trophy, Format
For the first time the event was staged over four days. There were five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team (but not either captain) would play a two hole play-off using the greensomes format to find the winner.


2003 Seve Trophy, Format
Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €70,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,200,000.


2003 Seve Trophy, Teams
Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players were the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid and the leading four players (not qualified from the World Rankings) from the Volvo Order of Merit after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid.


2003 Seve Trophy, Teams
David Howell replaced Darren Clarke who was playing in the 2003 Tour Championship which was being playing in the same week.


2003 Seve Trophy, Day four, Singles
Thomas Bjørn was injured and retired from his match. Because he withdrew less than 30 minutes before games started Paul Casey was awarded the match. If Bjørn had retired earlier the match would have been declared as halved.


2003 Seville City Council election
The 2003 Seville City Council election, also the 2003 Seville municipal election, was held on Sunday, 25 May 2003, to elect the 7th City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 33 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


2003 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly. Elections to the local councils in Spain were fixed for the fourth Sunday of May every four years.


2003 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Seville and in full enjoyment of their political rights, as well as resident non-national European citizens and those whose country of origin allowed Spanish nationals to vote in their own elections by virtue of a treaty. Local councillors were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


2003 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the appointee would be determined by lot.


2003 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within ten days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of a determined amount of the electors registered in the municipality for which they were seeking election, disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. For the case of Seville, as its population was between 300,001 and 1,000,000, at least 5,000 signatures were required.


2003 Seville City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 17 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Seville.


2003 Sha Tin District Council election
The 2003 Sha Tin District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 36 elected members to the 46-member District Council.


2003 Sham Shui Po District Council election
The 2003 Sham Shui Po District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 21 elected members to the 26-member District Council.


2003 Shanghai Open
The 2003 Shanghai Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Shanghai in the People's Republic of China and was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from September 22 through September 28, 2003.


2003 Shanghai Open, Finals, Doubles
Wayne Arthurs /  Paul Hanley defeated  Zeng Shaoxuan /  Zhu Benqiang 6–2, 6–4


2003 Shanghai Open – Doubles
Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Zeng Shaoxuan and Zhu Benqiang.


2003 Shanghai Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 Shanghai Open – Singles
Mark Philippoussis won in the final 6–2, 6–1 against Jiří Novák.


2003 Shanghai Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 Sheffield City Council election
The 2003 Sheffield Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Sheffield City Council. One third of the council was up for election, and Labour took control of the council from no overall control, with six gains from the Liberal Democrats.


2003 Sheffield City Council election
The election saw a trial of electronic voting in half of the council's wards. Voters in these wards were able to vote by either text message, touch tone phone, internet, post, or use electronic kiosks as well as the normal polling stations. Overall turnout was 29.5%, a half a percent fall on the previous year, a drop negated somewhat by the higher turnout in the wards trialing electronic voting.


2003 Sheffield City Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


2003 Shelbourne F.C. season
In the 2003 season, Shelbourne were crowned League of Ireland Premier Division champions.


2003 Shelbourne F.C. season, Personnel, 2003 Squad Members
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2003 Shelbourne F.C. season, Results/League Tables, League of Ireland Premier Division, League Results summary
Last updated: November 28, 2003. Source: League of Ireland Premier Division Fixtures


2003 Shell Turbo Chargers season
The 2003 Shell Turbo Chargers season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2003 Shell Turbo Chargers season, Occurrences
During halftime of Shell's second game of the season against Purefoods, the Turbo Chargers retire the number 14 jersey of their franchise player Benjie Paras, who owns the distinction of being the only rookie-MVP in PBA history.


2003 Shell Turbo Chargers season, Occurrences
Returning import Sedric Webber could only play four games in the Reinforced Conference where Shell scored two victories, he fractured his right ankle and watched helplessly on the sidelines when the Turbo Chargers absorbed their third setback against Talk 'N Text. Former Houston Rocket Tim Breaux replaces Webber in their next game against Barangay Ginebra in Calape, Bohol and he played only one game after Shell lost to the Gin Kings. Jamal Kendrick, a veteran of the Lebanon league, plane in for Shell's next game against San Miguel on October 1.


2003 Shetland Islands Council election
Elections to the Shetland Islands Council were held on 1 May 2003 as part of Scottish local elections. The Liberal Democrats were reduced to 5 seats, with independent candidates making gains. Eight seats were uncontested.


2003 Shetland Islands Council election, Aggregate results
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2003 Shibuya mayoral election
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan held a mayoral election on April 27, 2003. Kuwahara Toshitake, an independent, won.


2003 Shimizu S-Pulse season
The 2003 S-Pulse season was S-Pulse's twelfth season in existence and their eleventh season in the J1 League. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup and the J.League Cup. The team finished the season eleventh in the league.


2003 Shinjuku local election
Shinjuku, Tokyo held an election to the local ward assembly on April 27, 2003, as part of the 15th unified local elections.


2003 Shinjuku local election, Candidates, Newcomers
Two of the male candidates, 54-year-old male Jirō Nemoto (根本 二郎, Nemoto Jirō) and 39-year-old male Kenji Yamaguchi (山口 健二, Yamaguchi Kenji), were previously in this office.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship
The 2003 FIM Sidecarcross World Championship, the 24th edition of the competition, started on 6 April and finished after thirteen race weekends on 7 September 2003.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship
The defending champions were the Latvian's Kristers Sergis and Artis Rasmanis who had won their fifth title in 2002. The 2003 championship was won by Dutch rider Daniël Willemsen and his Latvian passenger Kaspars Stupelis who finished 60 points ahead of the defending champion Sergis and his new passenger Sven Verbrugge in second place. It was the second title for Willemsen, having previously been crowned World Champions in 1999 and the first for Stupelis.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship
The Sidecarcross World Championship, first held in 1980 and organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, is an annual competition. All races, manufacturers and the vast majority of riders in the competition being in and from Europe. Sidecarcross is similar to motocross except that the teams consist of two riders, a driver and a passenger. Races are held on the same tracks as solo motocross but the handling of the machines differs as sidecars don't lean. The majority of physical work in the sport is carried out by the passenger, who speeds up the sidecarcross in corners by leaning out. The coordination between the driver and the passenger are therefore of highest importance.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
The thirteen races of the season were held in nine countries, Spain, France (twice), Netherlands (2x), Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia (2x), Estonia, Germany (2x) and Belgium. In comparison to the 2002 edition, the Grand Prix of Sweden and Czech Republic had been dropped off the calendar while the Spanish and Romanian GP were added.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
Events typically consist of a qualifying competition, held in multiple stages on Saturdays of a race weekend while the two race events are typically held on Sundays. One exception to this rule is Easter weekends, when the races are held on Easter Monday. Race weekends can consist of additional motocross or quart support races as well, but the FIM stipulates that the World Championship races have priority. Riders have to be provided with at least one 30 minute free practice season, which will be timed.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
A race can consist of up to 30 starters and the qualifying modus is dependent on the number of entries. With up to 32 entries, it will be held in one group split into two sessions of 30 minutes each. Above 32 entries, the starter field will be sub-divided into two groups through ballot and the current standings. Each qualifying group can consist of up to 30 racers. Should there be more than 60 entries, a pre-qualifying has to be held. Of the riders in the two groups, the top twelve directly qualify for the races. The remaining teams then go to a second-chance qualifying, in which the best six advance. The riders placed seventh and eighth remain in reserve should one of the qualified teams not be able to participate.


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship, Overview
The first twenty teams of each race score competition points. The point system for the season was as follows:


2003 Sidecarcross World Championship, Classification, Riders
The top ten teams in the final overall standings were:


2003 Siebel Open
The 2003 Siebel Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California in the United States that was part of the International Series of the 2003 ATP Tour. It was the 114th edition of the tournament and was held from February 10 through February 16, 2003. First-seeded Andre Agassi won the singles title.


2003 Siebel Open, Finals, Doubles
Hyung-Taik Lee /  Vladimir Voltchkov defeated  Paul Goldstein /  Robert Kendrick 7–5, 4–6, 6–3


2003 Siebel Open – Doubles
Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett were the defending champions but only Black competed that year with Mark Philippoussis.


2003 Siebel Open – Doubles
Black and Philippoussis lost in the quarterfinals to Davide Sanguinetti and Jim Thomas.


2003 Siebel Open – Doubles
Hyung-Taik Lee and Vladimir Voltchkov won in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 against Paul Goldstein and Robert Kendrick.


2003 Siebel Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


2003 Siebel Open – Singles
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


2003 Siebel Open – Singles
Andre Agassi won in the final 6–3, 6–1 against Davide Sanguinetti.


2003 Siebel Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2003 Siirt Province by-election
The 2003 by-election in the Province of Siirt was held on 9 March 2003 in order to elect three Members of Parliament from the eastern Turkish province of Siirt to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The by-election was held four months after the 2002 general election in November, which the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey declared null and void in Siirt due to voting irregularities in the district of Pervari. The council decided on 2 December 2002 that the complaints by the local electoral authorities had influenced on the election result, thus calling a by-election.


2003 Siirt Province by-election
The by-election remains a significant event in Turkish politics, since it allowed Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to run for parliament. Despite having won the 2002 general election with nearly a two-thirds supermajority, Erdoğan had been barred from running for office due to a previous conviction for inciting religious intolerance in 1998. The AKP government, led by the party's co-founder Prime Minister Abdullah Gül, annulled Erdoğan's political ban and thus allowed him to run in the by-election. Gül subsequently resigned and Erdoğan became the 25th Prime Minister of Turkey on 14 March 2003.


2003 Siirt Province by-election
Four parties contested the by-election, as opposed to the 19 that contested the 2002 general election. Similar to general elections, the by-election elected three MPs through a party-list proportional representation system using the D'Hondt method. The parties contesting the election were the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Republican People's Party (CHP), the Workers' Party (İP) and the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP). The AKP won all three seats up for election with 84.82% of the votes, gaining the two other seats that had been won by the CHP and an independent candidate in November 2002. The CHP came second with 13.79% of the vote and lost their seat despite increasing their vote share since November.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Background
The Province of Siirt is a province in the south-east Anatolia region of Turkey with a predominantly Kurdish population. With an electorate in 2003 of approximately 119,198, it elects three of the 550 MPs to the Grand National Assembly. In the 2002 general election, the province was won by the Kurdish nationalist Democratic People's Party (DHP), which gained 32.17% of the votes. Since the party polled below 10% nationally, it was unable to win any parliamentary seats.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Background
According to the Turkish electoral system, the DHP's votes were allocated to the winning party of the election, namely the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which had come second with 17.56% of the vote. Turkish businessman Fadıl Akgündüz was elected as an independent with 13.65% of the votes, coming third. The CHP came fifth with 8.92% of the vote, but won the province's final MP since it was the only other political party apart from the AKP to poll above 10% nationwide.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Background
In the 2002 general election, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's AKP won 363 seats in Parliament and formed the first single-party government since 1987. While serving as Mayor of Istanbul in 1998, he had been convicted of reciting a poem which incited religious intolerance in Siirt and sentenced to 10 months in prison. After serving four months, Erdoğan founded the AKP in 2001 as a moderately Islamist political party, capitalising on voter dissatisfaction with the existing political parties and their poor economic records. His imprisonment forced him to give up the mayoralty and resulted in a political ban. Despite being the AKP leader, Erdoğan was unable to seek parliamentary election in 2002 and thus the party's co-founder Abdullah Gül became Prime Minister instead. With the help of the opposition CHP, Gül pushed forward constitutional reforms which nullified Erdoğan's political ban and allowed him to run for office.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Election
The by-election was held on 9 March 2003, four months after the 2002 general election. Four parties contested.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Election, Irregularities in the 2002 general election
The local electoral authorities investigated irregularities in the district of Pervari in south-eastern Siirt. The alleged irregularities were the fact that three ballot boxes in a village named Doğan Köy were broken and thus could not be voted in, meaning 706 voters boycotted the election in protest. The number was significant since had the AKP won 122 more votes, it would have gained two MPs rather than just one in 2002.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Election, Irregularities in the 2002 general election
On 2 December 2002, the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey declared the general election in Siirt null and void and ordered a repeat scheduled for March, citing the broken ballot boxes as having an influence on the results and the subsequent MP distribution. Since Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's political ban had been annulled, the AKP's first candidate Mervan Gül voluntarily stepped aside so that Erdoğan could take his place. Gül subsequently became the AKP Mayor of Siirt in the 2004 local elections.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Election, Candidates
The Workers' Party legally contested Erdoğan's candidacy, claiming that the by-elections were a repeat of the general elections and thus the party candidate lists could not be changed. This complaint was rejected by the Supreme Electoral Council. The council further ruled that independent candidates which did not run in 2002 would not be able to declare their candidacy in the by-election.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Results, Results by district
* The number of valid votes recorded for Aydınlar is recorded as higher than the number of votes cast (1,460). The actual results in this district are therefore disputed.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Controversies
Critics of the AKP have often accused the government of deliberately forcing the Supreme Electoral Council to call a by-election so that Erdoğan could become Prime Minister. Despite allegations that ballot boxes were broken, the residents of Doğan Köy refused to vote until their village received the support it needed during periods of heavy snow, putting the reasons for their boycott in question. The AKP government began a heavy snow clearing operation in the village before the by-election. The initial complaints that ballot boxes had been broken had been made by the AKP. Controversies regarding the exact reasons why the AKP's initial candidate Mervan Gül stepped down, as well as the Supreme Electoral Court's decision to ban Fadıl Akgündüz from running again as an independent due to an arrest warrant from Interpol have also generated criticism.


2003 Siirt Province by-election, Controversies, Electoral fraud
The election results in the district of Aydınlık show that the number of valid votes (1,585) is higher than the total number of votes cast (1,460), meaning that there was a negative number of invalid/blank votes. This has raised questions about electoral conduct during the election.


2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic
The 2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the UCLA Bruins and the Fresno State Bulldogs on December 30, 2003, at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. It was the fourth time the Silicon Valley Football Classic was played and the final game of the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams. Fresno State defeated UCLA 17–9. It was the sixth time the two teams had met on the field and the first victory for Fresno State.


2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic
For the 2003 bowl season the Silicon Valley Classic had contractual tie-ins with the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10). The SVC organizers had a choice between UCLA and the Washington Huskies, both of whom finished the season 6–6 and bowl eligible, to represent the Pac-10. The SVC invited UCLA, citing UCLA's victory against Washington earlier in the season.


2003 Silicon Valley Football Classic
Since the beginning of the bowl in 2000, the Fresno State Bulldogs represented the WAC. Fresno State and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane finished the season tied for second in the WAC and available for the SVC. Fresno State returned to the SVC for the fourth straight year, while Tulsa went to the Humanitarian Bowl.


2003 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s
The 2003 Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s was the fifth year that the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines Rugby 7s tournament was held and was the first year that teams from Africa (Kenya, Morocco and the Arabian Gulf) and Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and the Cook Islands) participated. Kenya defeated Portugal 16 points to 12 in the Cup final, with Arabian Gulf winning the Bowl and host nation, Sri Lanka, winning the Plate.


2003 Six Nations Championship
The 2003 Six Nations Championship was the fourth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, and the 109th international championship overall. The annual tournament was won by England, who completed a grand slam, and went on to win the 2003 Rugby World Cup later the same year. Italy won their first match with Wales (30-22), finishing in 5th place for the first time in the process.


2003 Six Nations Championship
This was the sixth time in the Championship's history, but the first time since it became the Six Nations, that two teams met in the final round with undefeated records, both England and Ireland having won their first four games, making the final match a decider for the Grand Slam. It was also the first time Ireland had been involved: and the first that was won by the away team. Wales were whitewashed, losing all five of their games, and earned themselves the wooden spoon as a result.


2003 Six Nations Championship, Results, Round 5, Red carpet incident
The deciding game between Ireland and England was overshadowed by an incident in the pre-game ceremonies in which the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, had to walk on the grass instead of the red carpet to meet the Irish team. England had lined up on the left hand side when facing the tunnel, which was said to be Ireland's lucky side. When asked to move his team, England captain Martin Johnson refused, so Ireland lined up to the left of them, with no team now on the right hand side, leaving insufficient red carpet on that side.


2003 Six Nations Championship, Results, Round 5, Red carpet incident
A day after the game the Irish Rugby Football Union sent a written apology to the president for the England team's failure to "follow established and communicated protocol", while the Rugby Football Union also sent her a "full and unreserved apology".


2003 Six Nations Championship, Results, Round 5, Red carpet incident
Having dismissed it at the time as "a fuss about nothing", Johnson later explained ahead of meeting the president again in Ireland for the 2011 Championship that he had lined up on that side as it was customary to line up on the side you warmed up on, that he had no prior knowledge of the protocol, and his subsequent refusal to move was because the request came from some "random guy", rather than the match referee.


2003 Six Nations Championship squads, France
*captain in the first two games**captain in the third, fourth and fifth games


2003 Skate America
The 2003 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2003–04 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 23–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2003–04 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.


2003 Skate America
This was the first Grand Prix event to use the New Judging System.


2003 Skate Canada International
The 2003 Skate Canada International was the second event of six in the 2003–04 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario on October 30 – November 3. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2003–04 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Ravensburger Waltz.


2003 Skate Israel
The 2003 Skate Israel was the 7th edition of a senior-level international figure skating competition held in Metulla, Israel. It was held between October 13 and 15 at the Canada Centre. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2003 Skyrunner World Series
The 2003 Skyrunner World Series was the 2nd edition of the global skyrunning competition, Skyrunner World Series, organised by the International Skyrunning Federation from 2002.


2003 Skyrunner World Series, Results
The World Cup has developed in 7 races from June to September.


2003 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 2003 Sligo Senior Football Championship. Curry ended a 31-year wait for Championship glory, defeating holders Eastern Harps in the decider.


2003 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Group Stages
The Championship was contested by 14 teams, divided into four groups. The top two sides in each group advanced to the Quarter-Finals, with the remaining sides facing the Relegation playoffs to retain Senior status for 2004.


2003 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Playoff
There was one playoff required, in Group C where Castleconnor surprised the 2000 Champions Bunninadden to win by a point.


2003 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:J. DurcanB. CollinsG. KennedyS. MarrenB. McDonaghM. DurcanB. GiblinS. Davey (0-1)D. Colleary (0-1)G. Maye (0-1)K. Giblin (Capt)A. Marren (0-5)P. HenryP. Durcan (0-1)K. Davey


2003 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:P. WalshK. GallagherK. PhillipsP. PhillipsP McGovernB. Phillips (Capt)F. SextonP. GradyT. TaylorK. Carty (0- 2)R. DonovanM. Doddy (0-1)R. HannonP. Taylor (0-5)S. Dorrian


2003 Slovak Cup Final
The 2003 Slovak Cup Final, was the final match of the 2002–03 Slovak Cup, the 34th season of the top cup competition in Slovak football. The match was played at the Vojtech Schottert Stadium in Topoľčany on 8 May 2003 between ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FK Matador Púchov. Matador Púchov defeated Slovan Bratislava 2-1.


2003 Slovak European Union membership referendum
A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Slovakia on 16 and 17 May 2003. It was approved by 93.7% of those voting, and Slovakia  subsequently joined the EU on 1 May 2004. It remains the only referendum in the country's history to have not failed due to insufficient voter turnout.


2003 Slovak Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 Slovak Figure Skating Championships (Slovak: Majstrovstva Slovenska seniorov a juniorov 2003) were held in Bratislava from January 10 through 11, 2003. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior level.


2003 Slovenian European Union and NATO membership referendum
A referendum on membership of the European Union and NATO was held in Slovenia on 23 March 2003. Voters were asked two questions;


2003 Slovenian European Union and NATO membership referendum
Both questions received a majority in favor, with 89.61% voting for EU membership and 66.02% for NATO membership. Voter turnout was 60.23%.


2003 Slovenian Sunday shopping referendum
A referendum on Sunday shopping was held in Slovenia on 21 September 2003. Voters were asked whether they approved of limiting shops to opening on ten Sundays a year. The proposal was approved by 58% of voters, although voter turnout was only 27.5%.


2003 Slovenian privatisation referendum
A referendum on privatisation was held in Slovenia on 19 January 2003. Voters were asked whether Slovenian Railways should be kept as a single company during the privatisation process and whether subscribers to Telekom Slovenije should receive a rebate for the above market price fees paid for cable TV prior to privatisation. The railways question was rejected by 51.9% of voters, whilst the Telekom proposal was approved by 77.6% of voters. Voter turnout was only 31%.


2003 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
The 2003 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. ANPP candidate Attahiru Bafarawa won the election, defeating PDP Abdallah Wali and 4 other candidates.


2003 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, Results
Attahiru Bafarawa from the ANPP won the election. 6 candidates contested in the election.


2003 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,476,691, total votes cast was 1,014,573, valid votes was 925,711 and rejected votes was 88,862.


2003 Solheim Cup
The 2003 Solheim Cup was the eighth Solheim Cup, held 12–14 September 2003 at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club in Loddekopinge, Skåne, Sweden. This was the first time the European team hosted outside of the United Kingdom.


2003 Solheim Cup
When Rosie Jones of the U.S. conceded a birdie putt to Catriona Matthew giving her a 3&1 win, Europe reached the 141⁄2 points required to win the Solheim Cup for the third time. With the overall competition's outcome decided, amid some controversy, four of the five remaining matches were conceded for a final score of 171⁄2 to 101⁄2.


2003 Solheim Cup, Teams
The European team consisted of seven automatic qualifiers and five wild card picks from Captain Catrin Nilsmark. The US team consisted of 10 automatic qualifiers and two picks from Captain Patty Sheehan.


2003 Solheim Cup, Format
The match format was unchanged from 2002. A total of 28 points were available, divided among four periods of team play, followed by one period of singles play. The first period, on Friday morning, was four rounds of foursomes. This was followed in the afternoon by four rounds of fourballs. This schedule was repeated on the Saturday morning and afternoon. The four periods on Friday and Saturday accounted for 16 points. During these team periods, the players played in teams of two. All players had to play in at least one session of the first two days . The final 12 points were decided in a round of singles matchplay, in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes
The European team started Day 1 strongly, dominating the foursomes matches. The first point was won by the Scottish pairing of Catriona Matthew and Janice Moodie. A birdie putt on 15 sealed the 5&3 win for the Scottish pairing who had, somewhat controversially, not been picked for the 2002 team. The second European point was also gained on the 15th green. Annika Sörenstam and Suzann Pettersen had gone 4 up after 11 and closed out the match 4&3.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day one, Morning foursomes
The third victorious European team was Sophie Gustafson and Solheim Cup rookie, Elisabeth Esterl who beat the highly experienced American combination of Meg Mallon and Rosie Jones 3&2 winning the 16th. The US team avoided a morning session whitewash by gaining a half point in the top match. Carin Koch and Laura Davies were one up with five to play but Beth Daniel and Kelly Robbins made a birdie at the 15th and the match was halved.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day one, Afternoon fourball
The afternoon fourball matches saw a fightback from the US team. Only Suzann Pettersen and the four months pregnant Patricia Meunier-Lebouc won a point for the Europeans beating US rookie Angela Stanford and veteran Meg Mallon. Juli Inkster and Beth Daniel, at 48 the oldest ever Solheim Cup player, came back from 1 down with three to play to win 1up on the 18th against Annika Sörenstam and Carin Koch thus ending Koch's unbeaten record. Kelli Kuehne and Cristie Kerr won the top match against Laura Davies and Catriona Matthew, whilst Michele Redman and Rosie Jones came from behind with Redman chipping in from off the green on 14.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day two, Morning foursomes
Europe won three out of a potential four points in the morning foursomes to extend their lead. The big hitting Scandinavian pairing of Suzann Pettersen and Sophie Gustafson kicked things off with a 3&1 win over previous day winners Cristie Kerr and Kelli Kuehne. The second match saw two European rookies, Iben Tinning and Elisabeth Esterl, the first German to play in the Solheim Cup, taking on US rookie Angela Stanford and veteran Michele Redman. This match was always close and Tinning had to hole a testy 4 footer on 18 to gain a half.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day two, Morning foursomes
Annika Sörenstam and Carin Koch returned to winning ways beating Wendy Ward and Heather Bowie. They won three holes around the turn and parred the 16th hole to win 3&2. The bottom match was also very close and ended in a half when neither team could make a birdie.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon fourball
The afternoon fourballs started encouragingly for the US team. The European rookie pairing, playing their first match of the week, Ana Belén Sánchez and Mhairi McKay were well beaten 5&4 by the veteran US combination of Beth Daniel and Juli Inkster. The US won match two as well, Kelli Kuehne and Cristie Kerr teaming up once more to beat Laura Davies and Sophie Gustafson 2&1 winning both the 16th and 17th holes. The Scottish pair of Janice Moodie and Catriona Matthew got a point back for Europe. They were 1 up after 11, then won the 12th, 14th and 15th to win 4&3.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day two, Afternoon fourball
The final match of the day had a spectacular finish. Laura Diaz and Kelly Robbins had a tap in birdie on the 17th hole only for Annika Sörenstam to halve the hole with a 20-foot putt from the fringe of the green. On 18, Diaz had a six-foot putt for birdie but missed. Pettersen's birdie putt from ten feet did not miss and Europe had a three-point lead going into the final day singles.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day three, Singles
Janice Moodie led off for Europe taking a four-hole lead after seven holes, eventually beating Kelli Kuehne 3&2. Juli Inkster got the first point of the day for the US team comprehensively beating Carin Koch. Sophie Gustafson beat Heather Bowie 5&4 to leave Bowie pointless for the week.


2003 Solheim Cup, Day three, Singles
Iben Tinning was 3 up at the turn on Wendy Ward and won when Ward missed a par putt on 17. Ana Belén Sánchez fought hard all day but eventually lost to Michele Redman. Annika Sörenstam was never behind and always in control in her win over Angela Stanford and minutes after she won, Catriona Matthew gained the winning point and the remaining matches were conceded with the winner being whoever was in the lead. The match between Laura Davies and Meg Mallon was level at the time and Davies won because Mallon offered to concede first.


2003 Solheim Cup, Individual player records
Each entry refers to the Win–Loss–Half record of the player.


2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 28 seats, compared to 13 for Labour and 10 for the Liberal Democrats, with 17 seats being contested in the election. The election came after a by-election in Shirley West ward in March 2003, which saw the Liberal Democrats gain the seat on a swing of 26%, making that ward a key seat in the election.


2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
Issues in the election included broad opposition to windfall development, while Labour campaigned on a north-south divide they said was evident in the council. Proposals for the expansion of Birmingham Airport divided the parties, with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats opposing expansion, while almost all Labour councillors supported it.


2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Campaign
A recent increase in council tax of 11% was another issue in the election, with the ruling Conservative group blaming the increase on the national Labour government due to a change in the grant, but the Labour Local Government Minister Nick Raynsford said the increase was double that of other local Labour controlled councils.


2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives keep a 5-seat majority on the council. The Conservatives gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats in Packwood ward, but lost another one back to the Liberal Democrats in Shirley West.


2003 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections :


2003 Solomon Islands National Club Championship
The 2003 Solomon Islands National Club Championship was the 1st season of the National Club Championship in the Solomon Islands. Central Realas FC won the inaugural league. All matches were played at the hillside ground called Lawson Tama Stadium, with an approximate capacity of 20,000.


2003 Somaliland presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 14 April 2003. The result was a victory for incumbent President Dahir Riyale Kahin, who won by a margin of just 0.01%. The outcome was initially rejected by the main opposition, which led to violence and a subsequent ban on public protests for a ten-day period starting on 22 April. Nevertheless, the International Crisis Group labeled the election a democratic "milestone" for the breakaway state. On 11 May the Somaliland Supreme Court endorsed Kahin's victory. He was sworn in on 16 May.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background
Having come into existence in 1991, in the early 2000s the unrecognised Republic of Somaliland began to transition from a state-run, tribal government to a democratic nation. The country was mostly made up of three clan families — the Isaaq (the largest), the Dir (which includes the Gadabuursi clan), and the Darod. The elections were seen as a crucial part of the transition from a clan based power sharing system to a constitutional government based in multi-party democracy.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background, District elections
The district council elections in December 2002 not only served to elect the local council members, but also determined which three political associations would gain enough popular support to be able to nominate presidential candidates. The elections also acted as a test for the newly founded Somaliland Electoral Commission (SEC). The SEC had been established in December 2001 through a series of Electoral Laws composed of 66 articles, setting the rules, regulations, and expected conduct for democratic elections moving forward. To help the SEC with the elections, the European Commission sent technical consultants, funded voter education and trained election workers and NGOs to assist wth the local elections, despite Somaliland's lack of international recognition.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background, District elections
The district council elections were largely considered a success, despite some problems. Authorities in Puntland, another autonomous region of Somalia that disputes some territorial boundaries with Somaliland, threatened the election. Because of security concerns, 74 polling stations out of 800 were closed In Eastern Saang and Sool. Most of the problems in the election could be attributed to the newly founded SEC, rather than security concerns.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background, District elections
Though reports of double voting and ballot stuffing were present and there were problems due to an undereducated and mostly illiterate voting population, international observers from Denmark, Sweden, Kenya, South Africa and Britain confirmed that the elections were well conducted and successful, noting the high turnout of female voters and the organization of the electoral officials.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background, District elections
The United Peoples' Democratic Party (UDUB) gained 40.8% of the overall vote in the district elections, followed by The Peace Unity and Development Party (Kulmiye) which gained 18.9%, and The Justice and Welfare Party (UCID) which gained 11.2%. Members elected outside of these political parties were forced to change political affiliation. Sool (where many polling stations closed for security concerns) was the only one of the six regions in Somaliland where UDUB did not win a plurality of the vote. UDUB's success can be attributed to its incumbency, superior financial resources and its advantageous clan ties. It was also considered the more conservative, stable choice.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background, Election preparations
Learning from the previous experience in the district elections, the number of polling places increased from 800 to 900 for the presidential elections. The SEC improved and increased training for staff and party agents and cross-assigned election officers to ensure electoral officials were not presiding over their own communities where they could be influenced by their clans. Since a huge portion of the population was still nomadic and illiterate, voter education was crucial. The SEC organized acting groups that traveled around with loudspeakers mounted on cars informing people about the upcoming elections and voting procedures. On election day polling stations had posters with written and illustrative information about the candidates and voter protocol.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Background, Election preparations
The British Government had been more likely than other foreign powers to subtly treat Somaliland as an independent state. However, fearing that its assistance in the presidential election would be construed as support for Somaliland's international recognition, the European Commission did not assist the SEC, as it had in the local district elections.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Candidates
Three candidates ran for president. Dahir Riyale Kahin was the incumbent President from UDUB, who become president after the unexpected death of Somaliland's first President, Egal. His peaceful takeover was a major success for Somaliland because Kahin was not a member of the majority Isaaq Clan, but the Gadabursi Clan. The acceptance of a non-Isaaq ruler was a sign of political maturity and improved Somaliland's status abroad.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Candidates
Riyale's Main opposition was Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo (Kulmiye). Silanyo was a former chairman of the Somali National Movement Liberation Struggle (SNM). Faysal Ali Waraabe ran as the UCID candidate. UCID had narrower base of support meaning the election was essentially between Kahin and Silanyo.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Campaign
The candidates all shared similar campaign platforms. Firstly, independence and international recognition for Somaliland. The majority of the people of Somaliland have developed a sense of identity distinct from the rest of Somalis based on their different clans ties and their different colonial History. The rest of the platform promised economic growth, peace and stability. UDUB's campaign slogan simplified this to "Peace and Milk."


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Campaign
UDUB, because of its incumbency was the government party and benefited from government resources sometimes unfairly. UDUB campaign propaganda equated UDUB with peace, continuity and stability and Kulmiye with war. UDUB, despite its incumbency and stability, was painted by Kulmiye as holdovers from the former Barre Government in Somalia—a military regime that ruled Somalia for 20 years till the rise of the SNM in the late 1980s. Kulmiye propaganda equated Kulmiye with liberation and change and UDUB with oppression. They also promised a "cleaner and leaner" administration and more participation for women.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Campaign
UDUB used public funds and assets, including the use of ministry staff, the government radio, and government vehicles to get out the vote in UDUB areas. All three of the parties handed out cash to manipulate the process. But because bribes went through the ministries, it almost never reached the voters making it highly unlikely this influenced election. All of this was in direct violation of the electoral conduct laws.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Conduct
Voting occurred as planned on 14 April 2003. Voting was reportedly orderly and well mannered. The election was considered a success and International observers confirmed that the election was free and fair, despite some the predictable problems of a first-time presidential election. Although the problems from the district elections like illiteracy, ballot stuffing, and double voting were still present, more controls were put in place. Some of the controls may be responsible for the lower voter turnout in some regions.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Conduct
International observers from countries including the U.S., Canada, Sweden, the U.K., Ethiopia, and South Africa came to observe the election mostly as members of NGOs. The Observers gave favorable reports but noted some variation in the management of different polling stations and a lack of voter age restriction enforcement. The elections were described as "among the freest and most transparent democratic exercises ever staged in the Horn of Africa." The elections served as a signal to the international community that Somaliland should be respected and acknowledged and were a point of pride for the men and women of Somaliland. Despite the success of its democratic elections, Somaliland has not yet received international recognition.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Conduct
118 polling stations were closed in the same regions (East Saang and Sool) and for the same reasons as in the district elections. The most major electoral issue occurred in the Sool region where a conflict caused the death of an election official.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Results
Voter turnout was lower than expected and only increased 10% from the district elections.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Results
On 18 April 2002 the SEC announced that the results would be announced the following day. Most people, supporters and opposition alike, believed that Kulmiye had won the election. Silanyo even declared victory and the Somaliland Times reported that he had won. However, the celebration for Kulmiye supporters was short lived. On April 19, the SEC announced that UDUB had won by just 80 votes. Kulmiye supporters and party officials were furious and believed that the election was rigged. Small protests erupted in areas that were Kulmiye strongholds and the government invoked emergency laws.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Results
The human rights organization, African Rights, wrote a report that strongly criticized the government reaction and the police intimidation and violence used against Kulmiye supporters. While party activists and the political elite were agitated, the general public remained calm. Four days later Kulmiye challenged the result and their complaint was taken to the Supreme Court.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath
Anticipating Kulmiye's complaint to the Supreme Court, UDUB alleged that the SEC had improperly annulled ballots despite initially agreeing with the SEC's decision to disqualify ballots on procedural grounds. The SEC called UDUB's complaint "baseless."


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath
Kulmiye on the other hand, while first alleging mistabulation on the part of the SEC, instead alleged that a specific ballot box from the pro-Kulmiye region of Balle Alanle had been improperly omitted from the vote count. The box had been mishandled after a security incident involving UDUB supporters attempting to tamper with the vote. It had been taken to Bur'o and the SEC had been unable to trace it until after the announcement of the preliminary results. The SEC left it up to the court to decide the validity of the votes in the box. The box held about 700 votes the majority of which could be assumed votes for Silanyo. The Supreme Court refused to open the box and announced on May 11 that Kahin had won by a margin of 214 rather than 80 votes. No further explanation was given.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath
Kulmiye's chairman challenged the Court because of the change in the result and the lack of explanation. Kulmiye claimed the court was incompetent, a common complaint about the Somaliland Judiciary, and lacked impartiality. Kulmiye refused to recognize UDUB and Kulmiye and UCID officials were absent from Kahin's swearing in on May 16. Silyano appealed to his supporters to remain calm but despite reports of some intimidation and mistreatment of Kulmiye supporters, most of the public was largely uninvolved and unmoved. There were no mass rallies or protests. The public largely considered the problems following the election a matter for politicians.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath
Despite the urging of his supporters, Silyano refused to form an opposing government and, on 8 June 2003, Kulmiye conceded the election and abided by the courts decision "despite strong grievances of injustice in the election," ensuring a successful first democratic presidential election in Somaliland.


2003 Somaliland presidential election, Aftermath
The dramatic events of the presidential election meant the 2005 parliamentary elections were even more important. Until the 2005 parliamentary elections, the UDUB government would function as a de facto one party state.


2003 Soul Train Music Awards
The 2003 Soul Train Music Awards were held on March 1, 2003, at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California. The show was co-hosted by Queen Latifah and Arsenio Hall.


2003 South African Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 South African Figure Skating Championships were held in Cape Town on 13–18 October 2002. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles at the senior, novice, and pre-novice levels. There was also a junior and juvenile ladies' competition.


2003 South African floor-crossing window period
The 2003 floor crossing window period in South Africa was a period of 15 days, from 21 March to 4 April 2003, in which members of the National Assembly and the provincial legislatures were able to cross the floor from one political party to another without giving up their seats. The period was authorised by the passage of the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa. The amendment scheduled regular window periods in the second and fourth September after each election, but the second and fourth Septembers after the 1999 election had already passed, so it included provision for a special window period starting fifteen days after the amendment came into effect.


2003 South African floor-crossing window period
In the National Assembly, the floor-crossing expanded the African National Congress' (ANC) representation from 266 seats, one short of the two-thirds majority needed to amend the constitution, to 275 seats. In the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Legislature, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and the ANC were before the window period the largest and second-largest parties respectively. As a result of the floor-crossing, they changed places; however, the ANC did not attain an absolute majority, holding 35 seats of 80. In the Western Cape Provincial Parliament the ANC expanded its representation to an absolute majority, growing from 18 to 22 seats of a total 42.


2003 South African floor-crossing window period
During this window period representatives of the Democratic Party (DP) officially became representatives of the Democratic Alliance (DA). Amongst a group of new parties created by floor-crossing, the most significant was the Independent Democrats, who gained one member in the National Assembly and one in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.


2003 South African floor-crossing window period
The tables below show all the changes; in those provinces not listed there was no change in the provincial legislature, other than the DP becoming the DA.


2003 South African floor-crossing window period, Tables, National Council of Provinces
The National Council of Provinces was reconstituted as a result of the changes in the provincial legislatures. Its reconstituted makeup was as follows:


2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 April 2003 at the Phakisa Freeway.


2003 South African motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.


2003 South American Championships in Athletics
The 2003 South American Championships in Athletics were held from June 20 to June 22 at the Polideportivo Máximo Viloria in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Detailed day-by-day reports can be found on the IAAF website.


2003 South American Championships in Athletics – Results
These are the official results of the 2003 South American Championships in Athletics which took place from June 20–22, 2003 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.


2003 South American Cross Country Championships
The 2003 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 22–23, 2003. The races were held at the Circuito de Ñu Guazú in Asunción, Paraguay.


2003 South American Cross Country Championships
Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.


2003 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 95 athletes from 8 countries participated.


2003 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 35th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were heldat the Estadio Modelo in Guayaquil, Ecuador from June 7–8, 2003.


2003 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 230 athletes from about 12 countries:  Argentina (21), Bolivia (4), Brazil (68), Chile (37), Colombia (20), Ecuador (34), Guyana (1), Panama (2), Paraguay (2), Peru (10), Uruguay (4), Venezuela (27).


2003 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


2003 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The 2003 South American Rugby Championship was the 25th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


2003 South American Rugby Championship "A"
The tournament was played in Montevideo, with four team participating. Paraguay and Brazil (winner of 2002 "B" championship play before a play-off to obtain qualification.


2003 South American Rugby Championship "A", Final Phase, Standings
Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost


2003 South American Rugby Championship "B"
The 2003 South American Rugby Championship "B" was the fourth edition of the competition of the second level national Rugby Union teams in South America.


2003 South American Rugby Championship "B"
The tournament was played in Bogota, with four team participating.


2003 South American Rugby Championship "B"
Venezuela won  for the first time the tournament, winning the direct match with Peru. Every team won at least one match. Brazil participate after lost, against Paraguay, the preliminary round for participating the 2003 "A" championship


2003 South American Rugby Championship "B", Standings
Three point for victory, two for draw, and one for lost


2003 South American U-17 Championship
The 2003 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Bolivia from 1 to 18 May 2003.


2003 South American U-17 Championship
The competition was originally scheduled for February 28-March 16 in Venezuela, Maracay - it was postponed to May and moved to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia due to social unrest in Venezuela;Venezuela were awarded the organisation of the 2005 edition instead.


2003 South American U-17 Championship
The host of the competition were the cities of Santa Cruz and Montero.


2003 South American U-17 Championship, First round
The 10 national teams were divided in 2 groups of 5 teams each. The top 2 teams qualified for the final round.


2003 South American U-17 Championship, Final round
The final round were played in the same system that first round, with the best 4 teams.


2003 South American U-20 Championship
The 2003 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericana sub-20) is a football competition contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay between 4 January and 28 January 2003, it was the 21st time the competition has been held and the second to take place in Uruguay. Argentina won their fourth trophy.


2003 South American U-20 Championship, Format
The teams are separated in two groups of five, and each team plays four matches in a pure round-robin stage. The three top competitors advance to a single final group of six, wherein each team plays five matches. The top four teams in the final group qualify to the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2003 South American U-20 Championship, Squads
For a list of all the squads in the final tournament, see 2003 South American Youth Championship squads.


2003 South American U-20 Championship, First group stage
When teams finish level of points, the final order determined according to:


2003 South American U-20 Championship squads
Below are the rosters for the 2003 South American Youth Championship tournament held in Uruguay. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament.


2003 South American U-20 Championship squads
Players name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship
The 2003 South American Women's Football Championship (Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino 2003) was the fourth staging of the South American Women's Football Championship and determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament was held between April 9 and April 27.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship
Originally, the competition was  scheduled to take place from April 5 to April 16, 2002 in Córdoba, Argentina. Later, it was moved to Peru, January/February 2003, with Lima and Chincha as venues.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship
Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time in a row, after finishing first in the final round. Also, they qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup along with Argentina, the runners-up.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship, Venues
Three venues (located in three different countries) were used for the tournament:


2003 South American Women's Football Championship, Officials
The following referees and assistant referees were named for the tournament:


2003 South American Women's Football Championship, Results
In contrast to previous tournaments, this edition's format had a first round with three regional groups, where the first-placed teams joined Brazil (who got a bye to the second round after winning the previous edition) for a final tournament in Peru.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship, Results
The final tournament was set up in a round-robin format, where each team played one match against each of the other teams within the group. The top two teams in the group qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States, and the first-placed team won the tournament.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship, Results
Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw, and zero points for a loss.


2003 South American Women's Football Championship, Results, Final round
Brazil won the tournament and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup along with runners-up Argentina.


2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
The 2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh between 10 January 2003 and 20 January 2003. All matches were played at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Originally scheduled to be held between 26 January 2002 and 5 February 2002, the tournament was postponed due to the suspension of Bangladesh Football Federation by FIFA. Afghanistan were not in the draw, but were included in the tournament following the recommendation from AFC to do so. It was also Bhutan's first tournament.


2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup
The final was contested by Bangladesh and the Maldives. Ali Umar had levelled in the second half after Kanchan had given Bangladesh the lead. The match went to penalties and Asraf Lufty had missed from the spot for the Maldives. Mohmmed Sujon kept his nerve to score the final penalty giving Bangladesh a 5–3 victory, and with it, their first SAFF Cup championship. Pakistan's Safraz Rasool was top goal scorer.


2003 South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup, Venue
The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the only venue for the tournament. It is also home venue for Bangladesh national football team.


2003 South Ayrshire Council election
Elections to South Ayrshire Council area were held on 1 May 2003, alongside elections to the Scottish Parliament. All 30 seats were up and this was the final election to the council using First Past the Post. Whilst the Scottish Conservative Party were able to achieve more votes than any other party in the council area, they only received 15 seats - no majority administration was formed with the Scottish Labour Party also holding 15 council seats. Labour continued to run the council after the election following a "cut of the cards" to decide which party would run the administration.


2003 South Ayrshire Council election, By-election
The North Carrick and Maybole East by-election was called following the resignation of South Ayrshire Labour Party leader Andy Hill on health grounds. In the election Independent candidate Brian Connolly won by a single vote. The loss of the ward for Labour allowed for the Conservatives to take control of the South Ayrshire Council area, governing with a 15-14 majority.


2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 2003 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks were led by Lou Holtz in his fifth season as head coach and played their home games in Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks did not finish the season bowl-eligible.


2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak
The 2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, known locally as "Tornado Tuesday", was a tornado outbreak that occurred in the southeastern and east central part of South Dakota in the United States on June 24, 2003. At the time, this outbreak tied a United States record for the most tornado touchdowns in a single day for one state, with 67. The event was part of a larger outbreak that produced 125 tornadoes. However this record was surpassed by a tornado outbreak in Kansas on May 23, 2008 when 73 tornadoes hit the state, including two that started in Oklahoma. It was also the largest tornado outbreak ever recorded in the astronomical summer period that was not related to a tropical cyclone.


2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Manchester tornado
The most powerful tornado was located around Manchester in Kingsbury County and was rated an F4 on the Fujita scale. In the National Weather Service survey released shortly after the tornado, winds were estimated to be up to 260 miles per hour. There, every single structure was either heavily damaged or destroyed. Trees were debarked and all three homes were swept away. No fatalities were reported with this tornado, but at least 4 people were injured by the storm. Manchester was never rebuilt and is now a "ghost town" with some farm buildings but otherwise no houses or stores. Researchers had placed several sensors all across the area that was hit by the tornado. The twister passed right over one of the sensors which recorded a 100 millibar pressure drop. One film shot showed the tornado passing directly over a camera placed and buried on the ground.


2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Other tornadoes
Most tornadoes across South Dakota during that day were weak F0's and F1's; however, many caused extensive damage to farms and crops. One tornado tore through the Turner County Fairgrounds in Parker, destroying many structures at the site.


2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Other tornadoes
In Minnesota, several tornadoes touched down near the Buffalo Lake area with one of the storms causing extensive damage to the town. No tornado-related fatalities were reported during the entire day; however, tornadoes on June 22 and 23 killed two people in Nebraska.


2003 South Dakota tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Other tornadoes
During a four-day period from June 21 to June 24, the entire area from Wyoming to Minnesota was hit by a total of 125 tornadoes including 2 F4s.


2003 South Florida Bulls football team
The 2003 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2003 college football season. Their head coach was Jim Leavitt, and the USF Bulls played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. The 2004 college football season was only the 7th season overall for the Bulls, and their first season in Conference USA.


2003 South Gloucestershire Council election
The 2003 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Gloucestershire unitary authority in England. All 70 seats in the  council were up for election. The Liberal Democrats once again gained a plurality of seats but lost overall control of the council as the Conservatives won the most votes and therefore made large gains at the expense of the Lib Dems and Labour.


2003 South Gloucestershire Council election, Ward results
In wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.


2003 South Hams District Council election
Elections to South Hams District Council took place on 1 May 2003, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.


2003 South Kesteven District Council election
The 2003 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council from no overall control.


2003 South Kesteven District Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives had half of the seats on the council with 29 councillors, compared to 14 independents, 12 Labour and 3 Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives ran the council in alliance with the Liberal Democrats, with Linda Neal taking over as leader of the council from Phil Taylor in 2002.


2003 South Kesteven District Council election, Background
96 candidates stood for the 58 seats on the council over 34 wards, 15 fewer candidates than at the 1999 election. In 11 wards there was no election as the candidates for those seats were elected without opposition. The Conservatives stood 42 candidates, compared to 20 for Labour, 19 independents, 13 Liberal Democrats and 2 candidates for the Green party.


2003 South Kesteven District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained two seats to take an overall majority on the council with 31 councillors. This came at the expense of the independents and Labour, who both lost two seats to have 12 and 10 councillors respectively. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats picked up two seats to have 5 councillors. Overall turnout at the election was 29.65%, around 3% less than in 1999.


2003 South Kesteven District Council election, Election result
The successful candidates included five married couples, Labour's Dorrien and Neil Dexter, Fereshteh and John Hurst and Avril and Mike Williams, as well as Conservatives Margery and Norman Radley and Graham and Mary Wheat. Conservative gains included picking up a seat in Bourne East, but they did lose three seats to the Liberal Democrats in Stamford St John's. In Stamford St George's the second seat for the ward was decided by the toss of a coin and had Conservative Bob Sandall defeat Liberal Democrat Ray Lee.


2003 South Kesteven District Council election, By-elections between 2003 and 2007, St Anne's
Labour won a by-election in St Anne's ward after the death of councillor Fred Burrows. Labour candidate Lee Steptoe was unopposed after the Conservative candidates papers were found to be invalid, while the Liberal Democrats were unable to find the required 10 seconders.


2003 South Lakeland District Council election
The 2003 South Lakeland District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of South Lakeland District Council in Cumbria, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2003 South Lakeland District Council election, Background
Before the election the Liberal Democrats had 21 seats, the Conservatives 19, Labour 9 and independents 3. 17 seats were being contested with the Conservatives defending 10, the Liberal Democrats 6 and an independent 1 seat. 2 sitting Liberal Democrat councillors stood down at the election, Patricia Himsworth in Arnside and Beetham, and Claire Chorley in Burneside.


2003 South Lakeland District Council election, Background
Major issues in the election included housing, regeneration, recycling, public toilets, affordable transport and refuse collection.