2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Wednesday 27 August 2003 at 21:50h.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 2003-08-28 at 22:00h.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003 at 18:35h.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
Tirunesh Dibaba, at 17 years 333 days, is the youngest individual World Champion ever.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, three semi-finals and the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003 at 20:50h.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
These are the official results of the Women's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
These are the official results of the Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with the final held on Thursday 28 August 2003.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, including four non-finishers. The competition started on Saturday 23 August 2003 and ended on Sunday 24 August 2003.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday 31 August 2003.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003. The qualification mark was set at 60.00 metres.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003. The qualification mark standard was set at 6.65 metres (or at least the best twelve qualified).


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The women's marathon at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, was held on Sunday, 31 August 2003, starting at 14:20h local time.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The official results of the Women's Pole Vault at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, held on Monday August 25, 2003. There were a total number of 27 competitors.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 27 August 2003. The qualification mark was set at 18.40 metres.


2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.


2003 World Club Challenge
The 2003 World Club Challenge match was contested on Sunday, 16 February by National Rugby League season 2002 premiers, the Sydney Roosters and Super League VII premiers, St. Helens. 19,807 spectators turned out at Bolton's Reebok Stadium for the match, which was refereed by Russell Smith.


2003 World Club Challenge
This was the first time the two clubs had played each other since the inaugural World Club Challenge game at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1976. On that occasion the Roosters, then known as Eastern Suburbs (as it was a Sydney only competition at the time), defeated St Helens 25-2. The attendance on that occasion was 26,856.


2003 World Club Challenge, Teams
The Roosters went into the Challenge making only one change in their starting lineup (Todd Byrne went on to the wing for the retired Brett Mullins). In the end, though, it made no difference as the Sydney Roosters ran out comprehensive 0-38 champions over the Saints outfit. Tries to Craig Fitzgibbon, Adrian Morley, new input Todd Byrne, captain Brad Fittler and Todd Payten plus the 9 goals from Fitzgibbon completed a wonderful season for the Sydney Roosters.


2003 World Darts Trophy
The 2003 World Darts Trophy was the second edition of the World Darts Trophy, a professional darts tournament held at the De Vechtsebanen in Utrecht, the Netherlands, run by the British Darts Organisation and the World Darts Federation.


2003 World Darts Trophy
The 2002 winner, Tony David was beaten in the semi-finals by, the BDO World Champion and the eventual winner, Raymond van Barneveld in the men's event. Van Barneveld then beat Mervyn King in the final, 6–2 in sets. In the women's event, Mieke de Boer, the 2002 winner, was defeated in the semi-finals by Francis Hoenselaar. Hoenselaar was in turn beaten by, the BDO World Champion, Trina Gulliver, 3–1 in sets in the final.


2003 World Fencing Championships
The 2003 World Fencing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba. The event took place from October 5 to October 11, 2003.


2003 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., USA from March 24 to 30. The senior-level international figure skating competition was sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2003 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups and the ice dancing compulsory dance were split into groups A and B. Ice dancers in both groups performed the same compulsory dance. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.


2003 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Michelle Kwan won her fifth and final world championship, the most of any ladies skater since 1960.


2003 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2003 Paddy Power World Grand Prix was the sixth staging of the World Grand Prix darts tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was held at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin, Ireland, between 20–26 October 2003.


2003 World Grand Prix (darts)
For the second consecutive year, the final was contested between Phil Taylor and John Part. Taylor won 7–2 to secure his fifth Grand Prix title.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition
The 2003 World Horticultural Exposition (in German: Internationale Gartenschau 2003) was organized in the City of Rostock in Germany. It was the 17th international horticultural exposition recognized by the Bureau International des Expositions. The park was created in a derelict area around ruins of the former village of Schmarl on the banks of the river Warnow. This made it possible to have a connection between water and gardens.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, The project IGA 2003
The project was more than the World Horticultural Exposition. The access roads to the newly built Warnow Tunnel, the new trade fair and congress centre, the integration of the historical ship type Frieden as a wharf museum, the reuse of the park after the exhibition and the improvement of infrastructure in Rostock were part of the project as well.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, Participating countries
Thirty-two countries were represented with a national garden: Austria, Bolivia, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mauritania, Netherlands, North Korea, Pakistan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, Financials
The preparation and furnishing of the terrain cost 62 million euros, the trade fair 32 million euros. The bills were paid by the City of Rostock, the State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the German federal government. 2.63 million people visited the exposition. The IGA 2003 met expectations as an attraction for holiday makers and tourists. More than half of the visitors came from outside Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and one third stayed in Rostock overnight, resulting in 50 million euros extra sales in this region. Despite this result the exposition closed with a deficit of 20 million euros due to lack of supervision by the authorities.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, Events
During the IGA 2003, a total of 17,000 visitors attended 275 different meetings and congresses. 32 countries were represented with their own national gardens, and 20 of them got extra attention on the  Nationentage. Visitors liked the national gardens, the aerial cable car, the floating garden, and the 25 alternating displays in the trade fair.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, Events
Several outdoor events, totalling 1361 on 171 days, were held in the park. The main contributors were the Rostocker Volkstheater with 50 events, and the broadcaster NDR with their Open-Air-Veranstaltungen.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, Willow Church
An architectural experiment was the Willow Church constructed during the preparations for the IGA 2003. It was the biggest living building of the world. The dome was 15 meters high and the church was 52 meters long. The building was designed by architect Marcel Kalberer, who also led the construction. 650 volunteers from 13 countries started building in 2001. 50 volunteers at the same time lived at a camp to knot and bundle the willow branches and set up the self-supporting construction. During the IGA an average of 300 visitors attended the mass on Sundays. 250 services took place, 3 of them marriages and 6 baptisms.


2003 World Horticultural Exposition, Reuse
All park facilities and a part of the national gardens were retained and can still be visited. Access to the park however is restricted by a fence, its location outside the city and the entrance fares. The stage in the park and the Willow Church are still in use. The trade fair appears to be a financial burden for the city that still has to pay for the losses.


2003 World Indoor Archery Championships
The 2003 World Indoor Target Archery Championships were held in Nîmes, France from 5 - 9 March 2003.


2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2003 Potters Holidays World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, on 06-26 January 2003. Tony Allcock won his eighth pairs title.


2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship
The 2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship was the first World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, an international box lacrosse tournament organized by the Federation of International Lacrosse every four years. It took place from May 15 to 24 in Hamilton, Kitchener, Mississauga, and Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Canada won the gold medal with a 21–4 victory over the Iroquois Nationals. The United States defeated Scotland 15–9 in the bronze medal game. Two other nations participated, Australia and the Czech Republic.


2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, Preliminary round
Six participating teams played a round-robin in the preliminary round. The first place through fourth place teams each advanced to the semi-finals, while the fifth and sixth place teams advanced to the 5th place playoff.


2003 World Interuniversity Games
The 2003 World Interuniversity Games were the fifth edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Rome, Italy.


2003 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
The 2003 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship was held at Tijuca Tênis Clube, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


2003 World Judo Championships
The 2003 World Judo Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Osaka, Japan 11–14 September 2003.


2003 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2003 World Junior Curling Championships were held at the Die Alpenarena in Flims, Switzerland March 22–30. Teams from the province of Saskatchewan won gold medals in both events for Canada. It would be the last women's championship won by Canada until 2014.


2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from February 24 to March 2 at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. The ice dancing qualifying event was split into two groups as well, with both groups doing the same dances in the same order. Group B skated their first and second dances one after the other, then Group A skated their first and second, in the same order. The first compulsory dance was the Westminster Waltz, and the second was the Blues.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2003 IIHF World U20 Championship, commonly referred as the 2003 World Junior Hockey Championships (2003 WJHC), was the 27th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. The tournament was held in Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada from December 26, 2002 to January 5, 2003. Russia won the gold medal for the second consecutive year with a 3–2 victory over Canada in the championship game, while Finland won the bronze medal with a 3–2 victory over the United States.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
Playoff round (again) reverted to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye into the semifinals.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Relegation round
Results from any games played during the preliminary round were carried forward to the relegation round.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Relegation round
Germany and  Belarus were relegated to Division I for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I
The following teams took part in the Division I tournament. Group A played in Almaty, Kazakhstan between December 27, 2002 and January 2, 2003. Group B played in Bled, Slovenia between December 16 and December 22, 2002.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A
Ukraine was promoted to the Top Division and  Croatia was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
Austria was promoted to the Top Division and  Poland was relegated to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. Group A played in Miercurea-Ciuc, Romania between January 6 and January 12, 2003. Group B played in Novi Sad, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between December 28, 2002 and January 3, 2003.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A
Estonia was promoted to Division I and  Bulgaria was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
Hungary was promoted to Division I and  Mexico was relegated to Division III for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The following teams took part in the Division II tournament. This group played in Izmit, Turkey between January 21 and January 26, 2003.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
South Korea and  Belgium were promoted to Division II for the 2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2003 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The 2003 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Santiago, Chile, from 14 to 21 December 2004. It was organised by the Federación Chilena de Tenis de Mesa under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


2003 World Marathon Cup
The 2003 World Marathon Cup was the tenth edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Paris, France, inside of the 2003 World Championships.


2003 World Masters Athletics Championships
The fifteenth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Carolina, Puerto Rico, from July 1–13, 2003. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


2003 World Masters Athletics Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a marathon.


2003 World Matchplay
The 2003 Stan James World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.


2003 World Matchplay
This was the fourth World Matchplay tournament to be sponsored by UK bookmaker Stan James. The tournament ran from 27 July–2 August 2003, and was won by Phil Taylor.


2003 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2003 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 2003 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons)  was held at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from April 5–13, 2003.


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: David Nedohin Skip: Randy Ferbey Second: Scott Pfeifer Lead: Marcel Rocque Alternate: Dan Holowaychuk


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Carsten Svensgaard Lead: Joel Ostrowski Alternate: Christian Hansen


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Kalle Kiiskinen Second: Aku Kauste Lead: Teemu Salo Alternate: Tony Träskelin


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andreas Lang Third: Rainer Beiter Second: Jürgen Beck Lead: Sebastian Schweizer Alternate: Jörg Engesser


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Lee Dong-Keun Third: Kim Soo-Hyuk Second: Park Jae-Cheol Lead: Choi Min-Suk Alternate: Ko Seung-Wan


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Niels Siggaard Andersen


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Warwick Smith Third: Peter Smith Second: Ewan MacDonald Lead: David Hay Alternate: Graham Cormack


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Per Carlsén Third: Mikael Norberg Second: Rickard Hallström Lead: Fredrik Hallström Alternate: Niklas Berggren


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ralph Stöckli Third: Claudio Pescia Second: Pascal Sieber Lead: Simon Strübin Alternate: Marco Battilana


2003 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pete Fenson Third: Eric Fenson Second: Shawn Rojeski Lead: John Shuster Alternate: Scott Baird


2003 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2003 World Men's Handball Championship took place in Portugal from 20 January to 2 February 2003. It was the 18th edition of the World Championship in team handball and Croatia won the championship.


2003 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 2003 World Mountain Running Championships was the 19th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


2003 World Music Awards
The 2003 World Music Awards (15th annual World Music Awards) were held on 12 October 2003 in Monaco. Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year. Big winners of the night was 50 Cent, who took home four awards and t.A.T.u. with three awards winning.


2003 World Music Awards, Chopard Diamond Award
The Chopard Diamond award (or simply the Diamond award) is given by the World Music Awards to artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. This award is occasionally confused with the previously created RIAA certification of "Diamond," which represents the sale of over ten million copies of an album in the U.S., and was created in 1999, whereas the Chopard Diamond award was created in 2001.


2003 World Netball Championships
The 2003 World Netball Championships were the eleventh edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica from 10 to 20 July. After 100 matches, New Zealand's Silver Ferns defeated Australia to take the title after its last title 16 years previously. The host country, Jamaica, finished third.


2003 World Netball Championships, Preliminary games
The competition started with two days of two rounds of knockout games between the 16 unseeded nations for four spots in the championship stage of the competition. The losing 12 teams were placed in the consolation round.


2003 World Netball Championships, Championship Round
The four top teams in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.


2003 World Orienteering Championships
The 2003 World Orienteering Championships, the 20th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Rapperswil and Jona, Switzerland, 3 –9 August 2003.


2003 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.


2003 World Rally Championship
The 2003 World Rally Championship was the 31st season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Petter Solberg in a Subaru Impreza WRC, ahead of Sébastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz. The manufacturers' title was won by Citroën, ahead of Peugeot and Subaru.


2003 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2003 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Asia, South America and Oceania.


2003 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Manufacturers' championship
Manufacturer Teams must enter at least two cars. This allowed Manufacturers to have three or four cars registered on a single event, but only their best two result would count to the championship.


2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The XXVI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, during September 24–29, 2003.


2003 World Rowing Championships
The 2003 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2003 on the lake Idroscalo at Milan, Italy. The international rowing season usually ends with the World Championship regatta. Apart from the Olympic Games this is the most prestigious international rowing event, attracting over 1000 rowers.


2003 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2003 World Senior Curling Championships were held from April 2 to 6 at the Heather Curling Club and St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada.


2003 World Senior Curling Championships
The tournament was held partly in conjunction with 2003 World Men's Curling Championship and 2003 World Women's Curling Championship.


2003 World Series
The 2003 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2003 season. The 99th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Florida Marlins and the American League (AL) champion New York Yankees; the Marlins upset the heavily-favored Yankees, four games to two. The series was played from October 18 to 25, 2003. This is the most recent Series in which the losing team outscored the winning team; the Yankees lost, despite outscoring the Marlins 21–17 in the Series. This was the Marlins' second World Series championship win, having won their first in 1997. The Marlins would not return to the postseason until 2020.


2003 World Series, Background
The 2003 World Series featured the New York Yankees in their sixth Series appearance in eight years. Opposing them were the wild card Florida Marlins, appearing in their second World Series in their 11-year franchise history. The Marlins became the second straight wild card team to win the World Series; the Anaheim Angels won in 2002.


2003 World Series, Background
The series was, however, somewhat overshadowed by the League Championship Series that year, when the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox, both teams that had gone decades without winning a World Series (95 years for Chicago, 85 for Boston), went down in dramatic defeats only five outs away from the pennant, and each in seven games. By losing the series, the Yankees became the first team to lose two World Series to post 1960 expansion teams; losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who entered the National League in 1998, in the 2001 World Series and now the Marlins who entered the National League in 1993.


2003 World Series, Background
It was the 100th anniversary of the World Series, and advertised as such. However, it was only the 99th event due to a strike cancelling the 1994 World Series and the boycott of the 1904 World Series by the National League.


2003 World Series, Background
The Marlins started the season 16–22 when they fired manager Jeff Torborg and hired McKeon, who had been retired from baseball for over two years. They went 75–49 under McKeon to win the wild card. At 72, McKeon would become the oldest manager to ever win a World Series. They lost the first game of the NLDS to the San Francisco Giants, but came back to win the final three. After going down three games to one to the Cubs in the NLCS, they rallied to win the final three games.


2003 World Series, Background
In the World Series, the Marlins put up their young roster with a $54 million payroll up against the storied Yankees and their $164 million payroll. By facing the Marlins, the Yankees faced every team in the National League that had won a National League pennant. Since then, the 2005 Houston Astros, 2007 Colorado Rockies and the 2019 Washington Nationals have reached the World Series without facing the Yankees (although the Astros would face the Yankees in the postseason after their switch to the American League in 2013).


2003 World Series, Broadcasting
Fox again provided coverage of the World Series on American television. Joe Buck and Tim McCarver broadcast the series for Fox. National radio coverage was provided by ESPN Radio, with Jon Miller and Joe Morgan calling the action.


2003 World Series, Broadcasting
The Marlins' local broadcast aired on WQAM in Miami and on the Marlins Radio Network. Jon Sciambi and Dave Van Horne were in the booth. The Yankees' local broadcast was carried by WCBS-AM and the New York Yankees Radio Network, with John Sterling and Charley Steiner broadcasting.


2003 World Series, Summary
The Yankees had been awarded home-field advantage for this World Series, because the AL won the 2003 All-Star game. MLB had alternated home-field advantage for the World Series between the two leagues prior to this, and the NL would have been due for home-field in 2003 before the change.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
A trio of Marlins pitchers managed to keep the Yankees in check. Brad Penny, Dontrelle Willis, and Ugueth Urbina held New York to two runs. Juan Pierre scored Florida's first run in the first on Iván Rodríguez's sacrifice fly and drove in the other two with a two-run single in the fifth after Jeff Conine and Juan Encarnación reached base and advanced on a sacrifice bunt. The Yankees scored on a single by Derek Jeter in the third and a home run by Bernie Williams in the sixth, the 18th postseason home run of his career, tying a mark shared by Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Urbina ran into immediate trouble in the ninth, walking Jason Giambi to lead off the inning and, one out later, walking pinch-hitter Rubén Sierra to put pinch-runner David Dellucci in scoring position. However, Alfonso Soriano was called out looking on a 3–2 pitch and Nick Johnson flied out to center to end the game.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
David Wells pitched seven solid innings for New York in a losing effort. The defeat marked the first Yankees loss of a home World Series contest since Game 2 of the 1996 World Series.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Yankees bounced back behind the arm of Andy Pettitte who allowed only six hits and one walk in 8+2⁄3 innings. He allowed only one unearned run on a single by Derrek Lee in the ninth. The Yankees' Hideki Matsui hit a three-run home run in the first inning on a 3–0 pitch, becoming the first Japanese player to hit a home run in a World Series, and also became the second Japanese player to play a World Series game.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Nick Johnson hit a bunt single in the second with one out and scored on Juan Rivera's double with Rivera being tagged out at third. Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run shot off reliever Rick Helling in the fourth. Florida's starter Mark Redman lasted only 2+1⁄3 innings while allowing four runs. It would be the last World Series game won by the Yankees at the old Yankee Stadium.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Game 3 was a close pitcher's duel for the first seven innings. Florida starter Josh Beckett held the Yankees to one run through seven innings, the lone run coming on a bases-loaded walk after two consecutive borderline pitches that were called balls. The Marlins struck early off New York starter Mike Mussina with Miguel Cabrera singling in Juan Pierre in the bottom of the first. Mussina settled down and did not allow another run to the Marlins in seven strong innings. Beckett pitched strong into the eighth until he started to tire. He left with one out in the eighth having recorded ten strikeouts for the night.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Reliever Dontrelle Willis entered the 1–1 game and got one out, but gave up an opposite-field single to Hideki Matsui to give the Yankees their first lead of the night. Chad Fox relieved Willis and struck out Rubén Sierra to end the inning. The Yankees offense would return in the ninth. Aaron Boone led off the inning with a home run to left, and after walking Alfonso Soriano and hitting Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams hit a three-run shot to center to give the Yankees a 6–1 lead.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Williams' home run was his 19th in the postseason, a new Major League record. His 65 RBIs were also the most in postseason history. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera pitched the final two innings for his record 30th career postseason save. Mussina received his fifth postseason win. The game was interrupted in the seventh by a rain delay lasting 39 minutes. It was the first weather-related delay of a World Series game since Game 1 of the 1996 World Series, which also involved the Yankees.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Marlins jumped out to an early lead against Yankees starter Roger Clemens. Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the first and Derrek Lee hit an RBI single. Clemens settled down and held the Marlins scoreless in the next six innings. When Clemens struck out Luis Castillo to end the seventh, it was then thought to have marked the end of his Major League career.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
With flashbulbs lighting up the stadium, the crowd gave him a standing ovation; the Marlins even paused to applaud in recognition of Clemens' what then appeared to be a hall-of-fame career (as it turned out, Clemens would put off his retirement to sign with the Houston Astros for 2004). Meanwhile, the Yankees scored their first run on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Boone in the second inning. Marlins starter Carl Pavano held the Yankees to that lone run through eight strong innings.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Clemens was set to get the loss until the Yankees rallied in the ninth inning against Ugueth Urbina. Bernie Williams singled with one out, Hideki Matsui walked and Jorge Posada grounded into a force play. Pinch-hitter Rubén Sierra fouled off two full-count pitches before tripling into the right-field corner to tie the ball game. The game headed to extra innings. The Yankees threatened to score in the top of the 11th inning when they loaded the bases with one out off Chad Fox. Braden Looper relieved Fox and struck out Boone, and replacement catcher John Flaherty popped out to third.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The Marlins won the game in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the 12th inning when Álex González led off with a home run off Jeff Weaver that just cleared the fence in left to help the Marlins win 4–3. Prior to the home run, Gonzalez had been 5-for-53 in the 2003 postseason.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Game 5 featured a rematch of Game 1's starters, Florida's Brad Penny versus New York's David Wells. Before a sellout crowd of 65,975, the Yankees did not appear very sharp, botching a rundown play in the fifth inning that led to two Marlin runs. Slumping Alfonso Soriano was benched and first baseman Jason Giambi nursed a leg injury. Wells left the game after pitching just one inning due to back spasms. His replacement, José Contreras, pitched three shaky innings, allowing three walks and four runs. The Yankees drew first blood with a sacrifice fly from Bernie Williams in the first.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
In the second, the Marlins scored on an RBI double by Álex González and Brad Penny helped his own cause by singling in two more runs. They scored again on a Juan Pierre double in the fourth and a two-run single by Mike Lowell in the fifth, to give the Marlins a 6–1 lead.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The Yankees began clawing away at that lead with a Derek Jeter RBI-single in the seventh. Dontrelle Willis relieved Penny by pitching a scoreless eighth. In the ninth, Jason Giambi hit a pinch-hit home run to right field off reliever Braden Looper. That made it 6–3 Marlins.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
After a Jeter single, Enrique Wilson doubled him home to cut the Marlins' lead to 6–4. Ugueth Urbina relieved Looper and retired Bernie Williams on a fly ball near the outfield wall which was caught by Juan Encarnación just inches away from a home run and Hideki Matsui on a ground ball to first base to preserve the Marlins win.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
This would be the seventh and final World Series game at what was then Pro Player Stadium; the Marlins would continue to play at the stadium until the end of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. This was the first of two consecutive games in this World Series to mark the final World Series game in its respective park. This game also marked the first time in MLB history that 1st inning runs had been scored in the first 5 games played in a World Series.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The series headed back to New York for Game 6, marking the 100th World Series game ever played at Yankee Stadium. Marlins manager Jack McKeon decided to start 23-year-old Josh Beckett on three days' rest instead of Mark Redman, who had struggled in his Game 2 start. Beckett made the move seem brilliant—his complete game shutout in the final game of the World Series made him the first to accomplish the feat since Jack Morris of the Minnesota Twins in 1991.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The Marlins scored the game's only runs on three consecutive two-out singles by Álex González, Juan Pierre and Luis Castillo in the fifth and Juan Encarnación's sacrifice fly that scored Jeff Conine, who had reached on an error the next inning. Andy Pettitte pitched seven strong innings in a losing cause with only one run being earned. Mariano Rivera pitched the last two innings for New York. This game was the last World Series game ever played in the Old Yankee Stadium.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
With the victory, the Marlins became the first National League team since the 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers, the last opposing team to win a Series championship at Yankee Stadium, to win the World Series without having home field advantage. They are just the fourth team overall to do it since the 1984 Detroit Tigers, following the 1992 Toronto Blue Jays and the 1999 New York Yankees. The 2006 St. Louis Cardinals later accomplished the same feat, as did the 2008 Philadelphia Phillies, the 2014 San Francisco Giants, 2016 Chicago Cubs and most recently the 2019 Washington Nationals.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
They also became the second expansion team in the National League to win two World Series titles, following the New York Mets who achieved this feat in 1986; the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League, who pulled this off in 1992 and 1993, are the third major-league expansion franchise to do so. The Kansas City Royals, also of the American League, became the 4th expansion franchise to win two World Series titles, adding the 2015 title to their 1985 win. The Marlins also became the fastest expansion team to win two World Series titles, as the Mets won their second title in their 25th season, and the Blue Jays did it in their 17th (the Royals, joining the group 12 years later, got their second title in their 47th season).


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
The championship was the Marlins' second despite never having won a division title. The Atlanta Braves had won the NL East every year since 1995 going into this World Series, a strike ended the 1994 season without division winners, and the Philadelphia Phillies won the Marlins' division in 1993 (that streak would end in 2006, when the New York Mets claimed the NL East title). The Marlins also became the first team since the creation of the Division Series to win the World Series without ever having home-field advantage during their entire post-season.


2003 World Series, Matchups, Game 6
As of 2020, the Marlins have a 6-1 record in postseason series play; until the Tampa Bay Rays lost the 2008 World Series, they had extended their home state's perfect streak to 8-0. The now-Miami Marlins recorded their first-ever postseason series loss against the Atlanta Braves in 2020. This was the last World Series game held in the original Yankee Stadium before its closure after the 2008 season. The last World Series in which two stadiums hosted their final World Series games until this year was the 1959 World Series. The Marlins have not played in a World Series since 2003, but the Yankees have, as the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009, the year of their 27th World Championship.


2003 World Series, Composite box
2003 World Series (4–2): Florida Marlins (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)


2003 World Series, Composite box
This World Series is notable for being one of the few six-game series in which the winning team was outscored. It happened previously in 1918, 1959, 1977, 1992, and 1996. Seven-game series winners were outscored in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1991, 1997, and 2002; (equaled in 2016 and 2017).


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
The 2003 World Champion Marlins were led by stars picked up in 1997 fire sale, Derrek Lee, A. J. Burnett and Braden Looper, and after it - Mike Lowell, Josh Beckett, Juan Pierre (picked up in trade for Preston Wilson). There were slight tweaks to the team over the next two years as they traded away Lee, Mark Redman and Brad Penny and lost Carl Pavano and Ivan Rodriguez to free agency.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
But the team began a full blown fire sale after the 2005 season. They let Burnett, Todd Jones, Antonio Alfonseca, Jeff Conine and Juan Encarnacion leave as free agents. They then traded Carlos Delgado and Paul Lo Duca to the New York Mets in two separate deals that brought in prospects Mike Jacobs and Yusmeiro Petit. On the same day as the Delgado deal, they also sent Lowell, Beckett and Guillermo Mota to the Boston Red Sox for future Rookie of the Year Hanley Ramirez, Anibal Sanchez (who threw a no-hitter in 2006), Harvey Garcia and Jesus Delgado. Just days after that deal, second baseman Luis Castillo was sent to the Minnesota Twins for Travis Bowyer and Scott Tyler. For his part, outfielder Pierre was then sent to the Chicago Cubs for Sergio Mitre, Ricky Nolasco and Renyel Pinto.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
Despite these deals, or maybe because of them, the Marlins actually contended for most of the 2006 season before a late slump dropped them below .500. They are the only team in MLB history to have been 20 games under .500 at one point in the season but still finish with a winning record. This was in stark contrast to their terrible performance in 1998, in which they lost 108 games one year after their original post-World Series fire sale that followed their first championship.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
In one of the more controversial deals in Major League Baseball in the 21st century, the Marlins sent Miguel Cabrera to Detroit along with Dontrelle Willis for Burke Badenhop, Frankie De La Cruz, Cameron Maybin, Andrew Miller and Mike Rabelo (plus a minor leaguer) in the 2007-2008 off-season. Cabrera went on to Detroit, going to seven more All-Star games, winning back-to-back MVP awards and a triple crown in 2013.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
Meanwhile, for the Marlins, Maybin never developed into the star he was projected to be, Andrew Miller failed miserably as a starter and became a star reliever after leaving, De La Cruz pitched a total of 18 innings in a Marlins uniform, Rabelo hit .202 in 34 games in Miami, while Badenhop had a decent career for the Marlins as a middle reliever.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
Over the years, the Marlins became known as the team that will engage in the fire-sale. The Marlins changed their name (to Miami Marlins) and got a new ballpark for the 2012 season, but were unable to change their ways, as they sold off players at the trade deadline and after the season after a disappointing first half of the 2012 season.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
Following the sale of the Marlins by Jeffrey Loria to Bruce Sherman and the installation of Derek Jeter as team president, after the 2017 season, there was some hope that the Miami franchise was about to turn a new leaf and make a serious effort at putting a competitive product on the field in order to rebuild its fan base's shattered confidence. Alas, this hope was very short-lived, as the new management team quickly sent out the word that they were looking to cut payroll as the team was supposedly losing money badly. During the 2017-2018 off-season, the team traded its star outfield consisting of Marcel Ozuna, Christian Yelich, and Giancarlo Stanton.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, The Marlins second post-World Series fire sale
The Marlins would not return to the playoffs until the COVID-19 shortened 60 game regular season in 2020.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, Torre's last hurrah
For the Yankees, it would prove to be their final appearance in the World Series with Joe Torre as their manager. They would not get back to the World Series until 2009 when they beat the defending Champion Philadelphia Phillies in six games, this time with second-year manager Joe Girardi (Torre had stepped down after the 2007 season). After pairing ways with the Yankees, Torre managed the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2008-2010. For his success with the Yankees, Torre was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014. Since retiring in 2010, he has worked various jobs in the commissioner’s office, serving as a special assistant to the Commissioner since 2020.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, Exit Boone, Enter Rodriguez
In January 2004, Aaron Boone tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a pick-up basketball game in his hometown in Newport Beach, California. In the game, Boone caught a pass from his teammate on the court and an opponent wiped him out on his side in a violent manner. Boone, who disobeyed the terms of his contract with the Yankees by playing basketball, was released fourteen days after the incident and ended up missing the entirety of the 2004 season.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, Exit Boone, Enter Rodriguez
With spring training a month away, the Yankees found themselves in the market for a third baseman. On February 15, 2004, the Rangers traded Alex Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for second baseman Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later (Joaquín Árias was sent to the Rangers on March 24). The Rangers also agreed to pay $67 million of the $179 million left on Rodriguez's contract. Rodriguez agreed to switch positions from shortstop to third base, paving the way for the trade, because the popular Derek Jeter was already entrenched at shortstop. This was only the second time in MLB history that a reigning MVP was traded, with the first coming in 1914 when Eddie Collins was traded to the Chicago White Sox from the Philadelphia Athletics for cash considerations.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, Exit Boone, Enter Rodriguez
Rodriguez ended up having a successful, yet controversial career with New York. He put up huge numbers throughout his tenure in pinstripes, which included an MVP season in 2007 where he hit .314, with 54 home runs, 156 runs driven in, and a slugging percentage of .645. Despite this, he was often the most criticized on the team when the Yankees flamed out in post-season, such as blowing a 3-0 lead to the Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series. Rodriguez was also popped for steroids twice in pinstripes. Nevertheless, Rodriguez and the Yankees would win a World Series in 2009. In that postseason, he batted .365, hit six homeruns, and drove in 18 runs. Rodriguez also hit home run number 600 with the Yankees, becoming only the eighth player in baseball history to reach 600 home runs.


2003 World Series, Aftermath, Exit Boone, Enter Rodriguez
Aaron Boone would become the Yankees manager in 2018, replacing Joe Girardi. Boone’s job prior to becoming manager was a color analyst for ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, in which he was ironically replaced again by Alex Rodriguez.


2003 World Series Lights
The 2003 World Series Lights season was contested over eight race weekends with 16 races. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Dallara chassis (Dallara WSL3) and Nissan engines (Nissan AER). Six different teams and sixteen drivers competed with the titles going to Argentinian driver Juan Cruz Álvarez and Spanish team Meycom.


2003 World Series Lights, Teams and drivers
All teams used the Dallara WSL3 chassis and Nissan AER engines.


2003 World Series Lights, Race calendar and results, Final points standings
For every race the points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner-up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points).


2003 World Series by Nissan
The 2003 Telefónica World Series by Nissan was contested over 9 race weekends/18 rounds. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use the Dallara chassis (Dallara SN01) and Nissan engines (Nissan VQ). 11 different teams and 28 different drivers competed.


2003 World Series by Nissan, Final points standings, Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 15 for runner-up, 12 for third place, 10 for fourth place, 8 for fifth place, 6 for sixth place, 4 for seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points). The best 14 race results count, but all additional points count. One driver had a point deduction, which is given in ().


2003 World Series of Poker
The 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe.


2003 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 839 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter what was the largest poker tournament ever played in a brick and mortar casino at the time. Many entrants, including the overall winner Chris Moneymaker, won their seat in online poker tournaments. The 2003 Main Event was the first tournament to pay out at least $2,500,000 to the winner. Dan Harrington made the final table and looked to win his second Main Event championship, but fell short in third place.


2003 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2003 Main Event.


2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 2003 in Warsaw, Poland. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


2003 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held 14–16 March 2003 in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, Germany.


2003 World Snooker Championship
The 2003 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2003 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 19 April to 5 May 2003 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the final ranking event of the 2002–03 snooker season. This was the 26th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship had been held at the Crucible, marking the 25th anniversary of the first staging of the event at this venue. The championships were sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.


2003 World Snooker Championship
Mark Williams won his second World Championship title by defeating Ken Doherty 18–16 in the final. Having won the UK Championship and the Masters earlier in the season, Williams held all three Triple Crown titles simultaneously. The defending champion, Peter Ebdon, lost 12–13 to Paul Hunter in the quarter-finals and became another first-time champion to fall to the Crucible curse by failing to defend his first world title. A total prize fund of £1,682,900 was awarded at the event, with the winner receiving £270,000.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is a professional tournament and the official world championship of the game of snooker. Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the sport was popular in the British Isles. However, in the modern era it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single elimination format, each played over several frames. The 32 competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top players in the world snooker rankings and a pre-tournament qualification stage. Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, the final match being held in Camkin's Hall, Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held in the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The championship was held from 19 April and 5 May 2003 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, the 26th consecutive time that the tournament was held at the venue. It was the ninth and last ranking event of the 2001–02 snooker season on the World Snooker Tour. There were a total of 120 entrants from the tour, and the competition's main draw had 32 participants.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Format
The top 16 players in the latest world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. As defending champion, Peter Ebdon was seeded first for the event, with world number 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan seeded 2; the remaining seeds were allocated based on the players' world ranking positions. Matches in the first round of the main draw were played as best-of-19-frames. The number of frames needed to win a match increased to 13 in the second round and quarter-finals, and 17 in the semi-finals; the final match was played as best-of-35-frames.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The opening round was played from 19 to 24 April as the best-of-19 frames, held over two sessions. Ronnie O'Sullivan compiled a maximum break in his first-round match against Marco Fu, making him the first player to have scored two 147s at the venue. This was the fifth maximum compiled at the world championships; the first since O'Sullivan at the 1997 World Championship. However, Fu won the match 10–6. Stephen Hendry made a 132 break in his first round match against Gary Wilkinson, and became the first player to compile 100 century breaks at the Crucible. Hendry won the match 10–7.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The number one seed Peter Ebdon won the opening match of the event, with a 10–3 victory over Gerard Greene. Ebdon lead 4–3 but then won six frames in a row to win. Ebdon thanked stronger contact lenses for his ability to stay in the match. Ken Doherty lead qualifier Shaun Murphy 8–4, but Murphy won four frames to tie the match at 8–8. The next two frames were tied, sending the match to a deciding frame, which was won on the final black ball by Doherty.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round was played from 24 to 28 April as the best-of-25 frames, held over three sessions. Mark Williams lost the opening two frames of his second-round match against Quinten Hann before winning 13 in a row – a record for a single match in the modern era of snooker – to triumph 13–2. Matthew Stevens played Paul Hunter, with Hunter compiling the 750th century at the Crucible in frame four. He led 12–4 after two sessions, and won 13–6. Ken Doherty had a second deciding frame in two matches as he defeated Graeme Dott. Doherty was 2–7 behind, but won 9 of the next 11 frames to lead 11–9. With the scores tied at 12–12, Doherty won a 42-minute final frame. In an all Scottish clash, Stephen Hendry defeated Drew Henry 13–10 from 9–10 behind.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-final was played on 29 and 30 April as the best-of-25 frames played over three sessions. Paul Hunter defeated the defending champion Peter Ebdon in a deciding frame 13–12. The pair were tied 8–8 after the first two sessions, with Ebdon leading 10–9 after breaks of 76 and 109. Hunter won the next three frames with breaks of 55, 106 and 71 to be one frame from victory. Ebdon won the next two frames to tie the match 12–12 before Hunter won the decider. Having not reached a single final during his year as champion, Ebdon commented that "it has been a disappointing season", whilst Hunter drew on his Masters final win to motivate him in the deciding frame.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
In his match against John Higgins, Ken Doherty won the first ten frames, before Higgins took the next seven. In seeing his lead shrink, Doherty referred to it as the "biggest collapse since Wall Street in the 20s". Doherty eventually won the match 13–8. Mark Williams defeated seven-time champion and close friend Stephen Hendry 13–7. Stephen Lee and Marco Fu were tied at 4–4 after the first session of their match, but Lee won the next five frames to lead 9–4, and eventually win 13–7.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played between 1 and 3 May, as the best-of-33 frames, held over four sessions. In the first semi-final, Ken Doherty trailed Paul Hunter 9–15 at the start of the final session with Hunter only requiring two more frames for victory. Doherty won five in a row to reduce the deficit to a single frame. Hunter took frame 30 to lead 16–14, but Doherty won all three remaining frames to win the match 17–16. After the match, Hunter commented that he was "devastated" by the result. A condensed version of the match was showcased on BBC Two on 28 April 2020 in place of the 2020 World Snooker Championship which was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The other semi-final was played between Mark Williams and Stephen Lee. Williams took an early 7–1 lead after the first session, but Lee won five of the eight frames in the second session to trail 10–6. Williams won the opening four frames of the third session, and lead 16–8 leading into the final session, and won the remaining frame to win 17–8. After the match, Lee called Williams "dangerous", whilst Williams suggested the opening session was when the match was won.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final was held on 4 and 5 May between Ken Doherty and Mark Williams as a best-of-35 frames match. The final was officiated by the Netherlands' Jan Verhaas, the youngest referee at a world final. Williams took an early lead in the final, leading at 6–2 after the first session, and extended the lead to 10–2 in the second session. Doherty won three of the remaining four frames in the session to leave Williams with an 11–5 lead overnight. On the resumption in the third session, Doherty won six frames in-a-row to tie the match at 11–11. The pair shared the next six frames with the scores tied at 14–14, before Williams won the next two frames to lead 16–14. Doherty won the next two, before Williams won frame 33 and then frame 34 with a break of 77 to win the match 18–16.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The win was Williams' second world championship, having won the title in 2000. In winning the event, Williams completed the Triple Crown, having also won the UK Championship and Masters in the season. He was only the third player to win these three events in a single season and as of 2020 he is the last player to have achieved this. The win allowed Williams to become world number one again, the first player to regain the position under the current ranking system and only the second overall after Ray Reardon.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Williams had only lost 19 frames through the first four rounds, winning 52. With three of his matches going to a deciding frame, Doherty played 132 frames in the tournament, a record for the modern era, with only his quarter final win over Higgins having been decided by more than two frames.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in brackets represents players seeding, whilst those in bold denote match winners.


2003 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 53 century breaks made in the tournament. The highest break was a maximum break of 147 made by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the opening round.


2003 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 34th World Sprint Speed Skating Championships took place in Calgary, Canada (Olympic Oval) on the 18th the 19th of January, 2003.


2003 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Competition, Women, Final Standings
Table shows the 12 highest finishing athletes at the Championships


2003 World Table Tennis Championships
The LIEBHERR 2003 World Table Tennis Championships was held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from May 19 to May 25, 2003. It was the 47th edition to be contested. Liebherr Group is the title sponsor of the Championships.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Singles
Werner Schlager def. Joo Se-Hyuk, 4-2: 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10


2003 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Singles
Wang Nan def. Zhang Yining, 4-3: 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 5-11, 6-11, 8-11, 11-5


2003 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Wang Liqin / Yan Sen def. Wang Hao / Kong Linghui, 4-2: 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5


2003 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Wang Nan / Zhang Yining def. Guo Yue / Niu Jianfeng, 4-1: 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-2, 14-12


2003 World Table Tennis Championships, Finals, Mixed Doubles
Ma Lin / Wang Nan def. Liu Guozheng / Bai Yang, 4-3: 9-11, 12-10, 0-11, 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 47th edition of the men's doubles championship. Wang Liqin and Yan Sen won the title after defeating Kong Linghui and Wang Hao in the final by four sets to two.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles was the 47th edition of the men's singles championship.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Werner Schlager defeated Joo Sae-hyuk in the final, winning four sets to two to secure the title.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 47th edition of the mixed doubles championship.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Ma Lin and Wang Nan defeated Liu Guozheng and Bai Yang in the final by four sets to three.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 46th edition of the women's doubles championship. Zhang Yining and Wang Nan defeated Niu Jianfeng and Guo Yue in the final by four sets to one.


2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 2003 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 47th edition of the women's singles championship. Wang Nan defeated Zhang Yining in the final by four sets to three, to win a third consecutive title.


2003 World Taekwondo Championships
The 2003 World Taekwondo Championships are the 16th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany from September 24 to September 28, 2003. A total of 830 athletes, 502 males and 328 females, from 100 nations took part in the championships.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from November 14 to November 22, 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's +105 kilograms division was staged on 21 and 22 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 105 kilograms division was staged on 20 and 21 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 56 kilograms division was staged on 14 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 62 kilograms division was staged on 14 and 15 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 69 kilograms division was staged on 15 and 16 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada, from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 77 kilograms division was staged on 17 and 18 November.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 85 kilograms division was staged on 18 and 19 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The men's 94 kilograms division was staged on 19 and 20 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's +75 kilograms division was staged on 20 and 21 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 48 kilograms division was staged on 14 and 15 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 53 kilograms division was staged on 15 and 16 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 58 kilograms division was staged on 17 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 63 kilograms division was staged on 17 and 18 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 69 kilograms division was staged on 19 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
The 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Canada from 14 November to 22 November. The women's 75 kilograms division was staged on 19 and 20 November 2003.


2003 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


2003 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2003 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 2003 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from April 5–13, 2003.


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Colleen Jones Third: Kim Kelly Second: Mary-Anne WayeLead: Nancy Delahunt Alternate: Laine Peters


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dorthe Holm Third: Malene Krause Second: Denise Dupont Lead: Lisa Richardson Alternate: Maria Poulsen


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Diana Gaspari Third: Giulia Lacedelli Second: Rosa Pompanin Lead: Violetta Caldart Alternate: Arianna Lorenzi


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Shinobu Aota Third: Yukari Okazaki Second: Eriko Minatoya Lead: Kotomi Ishizaki Alternate: Satomi Tsujii


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Camilla Holth


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Olga Jarkova Third: Nkeiruka Ezekh Second: Yana Nekrasova Lead: Anastassia Skoultan Alternate: Ludmila Privivkova


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Edith Loudon Third: Karen Addison Second: Lynn Cameron Lead: Katie Loudon Alternate: Jackie Lockhart


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anette Norberg Third: Eva Lund Second: Cathrine Norberg Lead: Helena Lingham Alternate: Maria Prytz


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Selina Breuleux Skip: Nicole Strausak Second: Madlaina Breuleux Lead: Bianca Röthlisberger Alternate: Carine Mattille


2003 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Debbie McCormick Third: Allison Pottinger Second: Ann Swisshelm Silver Lead: Tracy Sachtjen Alternate: Joni Cotten


2003 World Women's Handball Championship
The 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 16th handball world championship for women, was played in Croatia between 2 and 14 December 2003.


2003 World Women's Handball Championship, Main Round
Top two teams from each group advanced to the Semifinals. The third placed teams from each group competed in the 5th/6th placement match.


2003 World Women's Handball Championship, Ranking and Statistics, Final ranking
Stéphanie Cano, Joanne Dudziak, Myriame Said Mohamed, Isabelle Cendier Ajaguin, Sophie Herbrecht, Estelle Vogein, Leila Lejeune, Isabelle Wendling, Sandrine Delerce, Myriam Borg-Korfanty, Mélinda Jacques-Szabo, Stéphanie Ludwig, Nodjialem Myaro, Valérie Nicolas, Véronique Pecqueux-Rolland, Raphaëlle Tervel. Head Coach: Olivier Krumbholz.


2003 World Women's Handball Championship squads
The following squads and players competed in the World Women's Handball Championship in 2003 in Croatia.


2003 World Women's Snooker Championship
The 2003 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom in 2003. Defending champion Kelly Fisher beat Lisa Quick 4–1 in the final to win the title.


2003 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Defending champion Fisher took a lead of 3–0 in the final at the Crucible Theatre, with breaks of 32, 45 and 90. Quick won the fourth frame on the black before Fisher won the fifth to take the match 4–1 and win the world championship for the fifth time in six years.


2003 World Women's Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The highest break of the tournament was 125, by Fisher during qualifying. Quick made a break of 115.


2003 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 2003 World Wrestling Championships. The Freestyle Competition was held in New York City, United States, while the Greco-Roman Competition was held in Créteil, France.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 2 to 4 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 2 to 4 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 3 to 5 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 2 to 4 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 3 to 5 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 84 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 2 to 4 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Palais des Sports Robert Oubron in Créteil, France from 3 to 5 October 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 120 kg
The men's freestyle 120 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 55 kg
The men's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 60 kg
The men's freestyle 60 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 66 kg
The men's freestyle 66 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 74 kg
The men's freestyle 74 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 84 kg
The men's freestyle 84 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 96 kg
The men's freestyle 96 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 48 kg
The women's freestyle 48 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg
The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 55 kg
The women's freestyle 55 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg
The women's freestyle 59 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 63 kg
The women's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 67 kg
The women's freestyle 67 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 72 kg
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2003 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States from 12 to 14 September 2003.


2003 World Wushu Championships
The 2003 World Wushu Championships was the 7th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Indoor Stadium of the Macau Polytechnic Institute in Macau, China from November 3 to November 7, 2003. 411 athletes from 59 IWUF national federations participated in this event. This is the first edition where women's sanshou was added.


2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics
The 2003 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the third edition of the international athletics competition for youth (under-18) athletes organised by the IAAF. It was held in Sherbrooke, Canada from the 9–13 July at the Université de Sherbrooke Stadium.


2003 World's Strongest Man
The 2003 World's Strongest Man was the 26th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his second title, and Pudzianowski's record-setting score of 66 points in the Final eclipsed the previous record of 60. His margin of victory (20 points) was also a record. The contest was held at Victoria Falls, Zambia.


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 1
events: Farmer's Walk, Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Train Pull, Atlas Stones, Log Lift Ladder, Tyre Flip


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 2
Levi Vaoga was originally in this heat but could not go to Zambia, and he was replaced by Heinz Ollesch.


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 2
events: Carry & Flip (Duck Walk & Tyre Flip), Squat Lift with Barrels Machine, Train Pull, Giant Farmer's Walk, Atlas Stones, Tyre Flip


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 3
events: Farmer's Walk, Train Pull, Car Dead Lift for reps, Atlas Stones, Log Lift Ladder, Tyre Flip


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 4
events: Farmer's Walk, Squat Lift with Barrels Machine; Train Pull, Atlas Stones, Log Lift Ladder, Tyre Flip


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 5
Juha-Matti Räsänen was supposed to be in this heat but injured his bicep just before the contest. He was replaced by Malone Horn.


2003 World's Strongest Man, Qualifying heats, Heat 5
Carry & Flip (Duck Walk & Tyre Flip), Train Pull, Giant Farmer's Walk, Car Dead Lift for reps, Atlas Stones, Tyre Flip


2003 World's Strongest Man, Final results
events: Carry & Drag (Duck Walk & Drag Chain & Anchor), Log Lift Ladder, Hercules Hold, Atlas Stones, Train Pull, Dead Lift with Barrels Machine, Farmer's Walk


2003 Worthing Borough Council election
The 2003 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control. Overall turnout was 28.61%.


2003 Worthing Borough Council election
The election saw 38 candidates from 4 parties competing for the 13 seats which were being contested. 7 sitting councillors stood down at the election which saw the Liberal Democrats attempting to defend the majority they had won in the previous election in 2002. The Liberal Democrats campaigned on the record of their "Clean and Safe Worthing" campaign and on plans to upgrade the leisure centre and replace the Aquarena. However the Conservatives attacked them for stopping improvements to the seafront and for the poor state of facilities in Worthing. The Green and Labour parties also stood candidates but did not contest all of the wards with Labour only putting up 3 candidates.


2003 Worthing Borough Council election
The results saw the Conservatives make one gain from the Liberal Democrats in Selden ward, with the winner, Jack Saheid, becoming the first Muslim councillor on Worthing council. After the Liberal Democrats failed by 6 votes to gain Gaisford from the Conservatives, both parties ended the election on 18 seats making Worthing a hung council. The results meant that the Liberal Democrat mayor of Worthing had the casting vote on the council.


2003 Wrocław football riot
The Wrocław football riot 2003 was an organised fight between Polish football hooligans in Wrocław, Lower Silesia Poland on 30 March 2003. As a result of the incident, one person died, 229 hooligans were arrested and more than twelve were taken to the hospital.


2003 Wrocław football riot, Background
Arranged football hooligan fights in Poland are known as ustawka. They became common in Poland in the late 1990s.


2003 Wrocław football riot, Background
Each club has a hooligan firm and from these, different firms form alliances, supporting each other in their fights with other firms.


2003 Wrocław football riot, The fight
On 30 March 2003 a Polish Second Division game between Śląsk Wrocław and Arka Gdynia took place in Wrocław (Stadion Oporowska). Hooligans from Wrocław, Poznań, Kraków, Gdynia and Lubin all took part in the huge fight which was centred on Grabiszynska Street, 500 m  from the stadium, using knives, cleavers, wooden clubs and stones. Triad was defeated and fled from the place of combat.


2003 Wrocław football riot, The fight
Wrocław police later stated that the fight had been pre-arranged, adding that "They did not come to watch the game; they had made an appointment on their mobile phones to fight". Local residents had to hide in houses, shops and buses as the fight, which lasted some hours spread through the city. When the police arrived some of the hooligans attacked them with stones, before the police restored order, using water cannons on the rioters. After the arrival of a special police squad, the police finally surrounded most of the hooligans, ordering them to lie down, and 120 people were arrested.


2003 Wrocław football riot, The fight
Ambulances took the injured to hospitals in Wrocław. A 24-year-old Arka Gdynia fan, named only as Mariusz B, who had been stabbed in the back, died in the hospital. Some witnesses claimed that he had fallen onto a street lamp, collapsed and was then beaten up. Of those taken to the hospital most had stab wounds, as well as fractures and contusions. However, most refused hospital treatment as they believed they would be arrested by the police. Rydygier hospital confirmed that some had fled the hospital and that one had a broken leg, another's shoulder was dislocated. Still another had stab wounds in his thigh, but all three refused to be hospitalized and left. Others were seen at Babiński hospital with most of them also refusing treatment.


2003 Wrocław football riot, The fight
In a statement to the Polish State News agency, PAP, The head of the Polish Football Association, Michal Listkiewicz, blamed the violence on what he called "bandits posing as fans", adding that, "They are murdering Polish soccer and all of our sport."


2003 Wrocław football riot, Aftermath
Wrocław Police Department announced that 229 hooligans were arrested. 100 were subsequently banned from football matches in Poland for three years. 120 were indicted on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon by the district prosecutor and 100 were found guilty.


2003 Wrocław football riot, Aftermath
The police had videotape evidence from the fight, which has been handed to them by a local man. And so they knew the circumstances of the killing of the Arka Gdynia fan who had died of knife wounds, which had been inflicted by a man, named only as Tomasz P, a Wisła Kraków fan, who a few months later was caught hiding under a false name in Rzeszów in southeastern Poland. In October 2005 he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.


2003 Wychavon District Council election
The 2003 Wychavon District Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999 reducing the number of seats by four. The Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


2003 Wychavon District Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives controlled the council with 33 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 10 seats, Labour had 3, there was 1 independent and 2 seats were vacant. Boundary changes since 1999 reduced the number of wards from 36 to 32 and the number of councillors fell by four. Although all of the seats on the council were up for election, in Norton and Whittington, and Pinvin, there was no election as there was only one candidate in each ward.


2003 Wychavon District Council election, Background
One-third of the Conservative councillors stood down at the election, as well as independent John Smith who had represented Pershore on Wychavon District Council from its first election in 1973.


2003 Wychavon District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning 31 of the 45 seats on the council. The Liberal Democrats remained the largest opposition with 12 seats, while Labour took two seats. Overall turnout at the election was 37.94%, almost 4% higher than at the 1999 election.


2003 Wychavon District Council election, Election result
Among the defeated candidates was the Labour leader on Worcestershire County Council, Peter Pinfield, who lost in Droitwich East. Meanwhile, the Conservative leader of the council, Malcolm Meikle, held his seat by 39 votes and the Liberal Democrat group leader, Margaret Rowley was elected by 19 votes after recounts in both wards. However the Conservatives did lose seats in Pershore, where the Liberal Democrats won all three seats for the ward.


2003 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2003 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 2003 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Joe Glenn, who was in his first year at Wyoming. They played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming, and competed in the Mountain West Conference.


2003 Wyre Borough Council election
Elections to Wyre Borough Council were held on 5 May 2003. All 55 councillors were elected from 26 wards in elections held every four years. The Conservative Party kept hold overall control of the council. For this election boundary changes had taken place which resulted in reducing the number of seats by one.


2003 Wyre Borough Council election
After the election composition of the council was as follows:


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


2003 Wyre Forest District Council election, Background
Before the election the council was composed of 21 Health Concern, 7 Conservative, 5 Labour, 5 Liberal, 2 Liberal Democrats and 2 independent councillors. 15 seats were up for election with Health Concern needing to gain one seat to win a majority but the other parties predicted they could make gains instead. The seats being defended in the election were 6 Health Concern, 3 Conservative, 3 Labour, 1 Liberal, 1 Liberal Democrat and 1 independent, which included 2 seats in Oldington and Foley Park ward where a Conservative councillor had stood down.


2003 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
Health Concern suffered a net loss of 2 councillors after losing 3 seats and only gaining 1 in Oldington and Foley Park. Despite the losses Health Concern said that would continue as a minority administration on the council. The Conservatives strengthened their position as the main opposition on the council after increasing their number of seats to 9 including a shock gain from Labour in Wolverley. They put their gains down to a focus on "community issues" including crime, tax and health and disillusionment with Health Concern.


2003 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
Meanwhile, Labour dropped to only holding 4 seats, their lowest number of seats on the council since the late 1970s and their joint lowest ever. Other changes included 2 gains for the Liberals in Broadwaters and Habberley and Blakebrook, while the Liberal Democrats lost 1 seat but gained another in Aggborough and Spennells.


2003 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
Voter turnout in the election was down to below 31%, the lowest since 1998, with only 2 wards seeing a turnout of over 35%. This was attributed to the lack of strong issues during the campaign compared to previous elections where controversy over Kidderminster hospital and a planned incinerator increased interest.


2003 XXXIX FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 2003 XXXIX FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín" was the 39th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Raimundo Saporta Pavilion, Madrid, Spain, on 25 December 2003 with the participations of Real Madrid and Ülker.


2003 YN107
2003 YN107 is a tiny asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Aten group moving in a 1:1 mean-motion resonance with Earth. Because of that, it is in a co-orbital configuration relative to Earth.


2003 YN107, Discovery, orbit and physical properties
2003 YN107 was discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) system in orbit around the Sun on 20 December 2003. Its diameter is approximately 10 to 30 metres. The object is on NASA's Earth Close Approach list, and is estimated to miss Earth by 0.01 AU. It revolves around the Sun on an Earth-like, almost circular, orbit. Its orbital period of 363.846 days also is very close to the sidereal year.


2003 YN107, Co-orbital with Earth and orbital evolution
From approximately 1997 to 2006, the asteroid remained within 0.1 AU (15,000,000 km; 9,300,000 mi) of Earth and it appeared to slowly orbit Earth. However, 2003 YN107 is no second moon, as it is not bound to Earth. It is the first discovered member of a postulated group of coorbital objects, or quasi-satellites, which show these path characteristics. Other members of this group include 10563 Izhdubar, 54509 YORP, (66063) 1998 RO1, (85770) 1998 UP1, and (85990) 1999 JV6. Before 1996, the asteroid had been on a so-called horseshoe orbit around the Sun, along the Earth's orbit. After 2006, it had regained such an orbit. This makes it very similar to 2002 AA29, which will become a quasi-satellite of Earth in approximately 600 years.


2003 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 2003 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by seventh-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in a four-way tie for second in the Ivy League with a 4–3 record, 6–4 overall.


2003 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election
The 2003 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 16 elected members to the 20-member District Council.


2003 Yemeni parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 2003, having originally scheduled for 2001. The General People's Congress of President Ali Abdullah Saleh received 58% of the vote, winning 226 of the 301 seats. As of 2021, these were the last parliamentary elections in Yemen as the country descended into a civil war several years later.


2003 Yemeni parliamentary election, Campaign
Nineteen parties fielded a total of 991 candidates for the 301 seats in the House of Representatives, in addition to 405 independent candidates. Over eight million Yemeni citizens were registered to vote, with the number of registered women voters almost doubling since 1997 (3.4 million compared to 1.8 million).


2003 Yemeni parliamentary election, Conduct
Although the election was deemed to be more free and fair than in previous years, there were still concerns about the conduct of the vote. The National Democratic Institute noted that:


2003 Yemeni parliamentary election, Results
The General People's Congress initially won 226 seats, and were immediately joined by 12 independents. Results in three seats were invalidated. Despite the increase in the number of women voters, only one woman was elected, down from two in the 1997 elections.


2003 Ykkönen
League tables for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 2003.


2003 Ykkönen, League table
HIFK Helsinki withdrew from the Ykkönen and their place was inherited by Korsholm Mustasaari, the highest placed relegated team in 2002.


2003 Ykkönen, Promotion Play-Offs
KooTeePee Kotka as 13th placed team in the 2003 Veikkausliiga and RoPS as runners-up of the 2003 Ykkönen competed in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Veikkausliiga. RoPS won the play-offs 6-4 on aggregate and were promoted to the Veikkausliiga.


2003 Ykkönen, Promotion Play-Offs
RoPS Rovaniemi - KooTeePee Kotka  4-1KooTeePee Kotka - RoPS Rovaniemi  3-2


2003 Ykkönen, Relegation Play-Offs
GBK Kokkola - P-Iirot Rauma       1-1P-Iirot Rauma - GBK Kokkola       3-0


2003 Ykkönen, Relegation Play-Offs
PS Kemi - FC Kuusankoski          2-3FC Kuusankoski - PS Kemi          2-0


2003 Ykkönen, Relegation Play-Offs
P-Iirot Rauma were promoted to the Ykkönen and GBK Kokkola relegated to the Kakkonen. P-Iirot Rauma won 4-1 on aggregate. FC Kuusankoski remained in the Ykkönen after beating PS Kemi 5-2 on aggregate.


2003 Yobe State gubernatorial election
The 2003 Yobe State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. ANPP candidate Bukar Ibrahim won the election, defeating PDP Adamu Waziri and 3 other candidates.


2003 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results
Bukar Ibrahim from the ANPP won the election. 5 candidates contested in the election.


2003 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 966,749, valid votes was 560,576.


2003 Youth Asia Cup
The 2003 Youth Asia Cup was an international under-19 cricket tournament held in Karachi, Pakistan, from 14 to 27 July 2003. The fifth ACC under-19 tournament to be held, it was originally scheduled to be held in Singapore, but was moved to Karachi as a precaution against the SARS outbreak. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared organising responsibilities.


2003 Youth Asia Cup
Nepal defeated Malaysia in the final, winning its second title and qualifying for the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh. Played during the usual off-season in Pakistan, the tournament was heavily impacted by monsoon rains – three matches (including the final) were shortened, three ended in no result (including a semi-final), and five were abandoned entirely (including the other semi-final), with no play possible. The player of the tournament was Oman's Adnan Ilyas, who was the leading runscorer, and also one of three players who led the tournament's wicket-taking, alongside Nepal's Manjeet Shrestha and Kuwait's Waqas Jamil.


2003 Youth Asia Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.


2003 Youth Asia Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


2003 Yuen Long District Council election
The 2003 Yuen Long District Council election was held on 23 November 2003 to elect all 29 elected members to the 42-member District Council.


2003 Zamfara State gubernatorial election
The 2003 Zamfara State gubernatorial election occurred on April 19, 2003. ANPP candidate Ahmad Sani Yerima won the election, defeating PDP Bala Mande and 3 other candidates.


2003 Zamfara State gubernatorial election, Results
Ahmad Sani Yerima from the ANPP won the election. 5 candidates contested in the election.