# 2003 Beach Volleyball World Championships

These page shows the results of the IV Beach Volleyball World Championships, held from October 7 to October 12, 2003, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was the fourth official edition of this event, after ten unofficial championships (1987–1996) all held in Rio de Janeiro.

## Men's competition
### Final ranking

| Rank | Athletes | Seed |
| | Emanuel Rego and Ricardo Santos (BRA) | 1 |
| | Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger (USA) | 15 |
| | Márcio Araújo and Benjamin Insfran (BRA) | 2 |
| 4. | João Brenha and Miguel Maia (POR) | 13 |
| 5. | Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga (SUI) | 3 |
| 5. | Patrick Heuscher and Stefan Kobel (SUI) | 6 |
| 5. | Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard (USA) | 7 |
| 5. | Pedro Brazão and Frederico Souza (BRA) | 32 |
| 9. | Christoph Dieckmann and Andreas Scheuerpflug (GER) | 9 |
| 9. | Harley Marques and Franco Neto (BRA) | 11 |
| 9. | Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud (NOR) | 16 |
| 9. | Eric Fonoimoana and Kevin Wong (USA) | 20 |
| 9. | Björn Berg and Simon Dahl (SWE) | 21 |
| 9. | Julien Prosser and Mark Williams (AUS) | 26 |
| 9. | David Klemperer and Niklas Rademacher (GER) | 35 |
| 9. | Ramón Hernández and Raúl Papaleo (PUR) | 36 |
| 17. | Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann (GER) | 4 |
| 17. | Markus Egger and Sascha Heyer (SUI) | 5 |
| 17. | Nikolas Berger and Clemens Doppler (AUT) | 8 |
| 17. | Mariano Baracetti and Martín Conde (ARG) | 17 |
| 17. | Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell (CUB) | 18 |
| 17. | Iver Horrem and Bjørn Maaseide (NOR) | 23 |
| 17. | Jody Holden and Conrad Leinemann (CAN) | 24 |
| 17. | Fábio Luiz Magalhães and Paulo Emílio Silva (BRA) | 25 |
| 17. | Antonio Cotrino and Juan García Thompson (ESP) | 27 |
| 17. | Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera (ESP) | 28 |
| 17. | Roman Arkaev and Dmitri Barsouk (RUS) | 29 |
| 17. | Pedro Cunha and Tande Ramos (BRA) | 30 |
| 17. | Rogério Ferreira and Anselmo Sigoli (BRA) | 31 |
| 17. | Jörg Ahmann and Axel Hager (GER) | 39 |
| 17. | Richard Kogel and Sander Mulder (NED) | 40 |
| 17. | Riccardo Fenili and Fabio Galli (ITA) | 46 |
| 33. | Todd Rogers and Sean Scott (USA) | 12 |
| 33. | Jefferson Bellaguarda and Juca Dultra (BRA) | 17 |
| 33. | Guilherm Deulofeu and Ogier Molinier (FRA) | 38 |
| 33. | Katsuhiro Shiratori and Satoshi Watanabe (JPN) | 43 |
| 37. | Paul Schroffenegger and Thomas Schroffenegger (AUT) | 14 |
| 37. | Stéphane Canet and Mathieu Hamel (FRA) | 19 |
| 37. | Manuel Carrasco and Raul Mesa (ESP) | 22 |
| 37. | Peter Gartmayer and Robert Nowotny (AUT) | 33 |
| 37. | John Child and Mark Heese (CAN) | 34 |
| 37. | Max Backer and Emiel Boersma (NED) | 37 |
| 37. | Kristjan Kais and Rivo Vesik (EST) | 41 |
| 37. | Kevin Ces and Yannick Salvetti (FRA) | 42 |
| 37. | Kentaro Asahi and Koichi Nishimura (JPN) | 44 |
| 37. | Andreas Gilbertsson and Robert Svensson (SWE) | 45 |
| 37. | Pavlos Beligratis and Thanassis Michalopoulos (GRE) | 47 |
| 37. | Mário Silva and Miguel Xisto (ANG) | 37 |

## Women's competition
### Final ranking

| Rank | Athletes | Seed |
| | Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh (USA) | 1 |
| | Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar (BRA) | 3 |
| | Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson (AUS) | 5 |
| 4. | Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan (USA) | 7 |
| 5. | Ana Paula Connelly and Sandra Pires (BRA) | 2 |
| 5. | Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs (USA) | 6 |
| 5. | Simone Kuhn and Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (SUI) | 8 |
| 5. | Shaylyn Bede and Renata Ribeiro (BRA) | 41 |
| 9. | Eva Celbová and Sona Novaková (CZE) | 12 |
| 9. | Dianne DeNecochea and Nancy Mason (USA) | 13 |
| 9. | Stephanie Pohl and Okka Rau (GER) | 14 |
| 9. | Wang Lu and You Wenhui (CHN) | 24 |
| 9. | Lina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova (BUL) | 30 |
| 9. | Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin (CAN) | 35 |
| 9. | Helke Claasen and Judith Deister (GER) | 40 |
| 9. | Juliana Silva and Jackie Silva (BRA) | 9 |
| 17. | Tian Jia and Wang Fei (CHN) | 4 |
| 17. | Vasso Karadassiou and Efi Sfyri (GRE) | 9 |
| 17. | Susanne Lahme and Danja Müsch (GER) | 10 |
| 17. | Dalixia Fernández and Tamara Larrea (CUB) | 11 |
| 17. | Vassiliki Arvaniti and Efthalia Koutroumanidou (GRE) | 15 |
| 17. | Leigh-Ann Naidoo and Julia Willand (RSA) | 16 |
| 17. | Rebekka Kadijk and Marrit Leenstra (NED) | 18 |
| 17. | Alexandra Fonseca and Tatiana Minello (BRA) | 19 |
| 17. | Mayra García and Hilda Gaxiola (MEX) | 17 |
| 17. | Andrea Ahmann and Jana Vollmer (GER) | 21 |
| 17. | Angela Clarke and Kylie Gerlic (AUS) | 22 |
| 17. | Nila Håkedal and Ingrid Tørlen (NOR) | 23 |
| 17. | Chiaki Kusuhara and Ryo Tokuno (JPN) | 28 |
| 17. | Anouk Boileau and Julie Morin (CAN) | 34 |
| 17. | Tatiana Barerra and Claire Jaouen (FRA) | 44 |
| 17. | Larissa França and Ana Richa (BRA) | 47 |
| 33. | Daniela Gattelli and Lucilla Perrotta (ITA) | 25 |
| 33. | Gabriele Jobst and Patricia Stragliotto (CAN) | 31 |
| 33. | Barbara Hansel and Sara Montagnolli (AUT) | 32 |
| 33. | Mônica Rodrigues and Ângela Vieira (BRA) | 36 |
| 37. | Nancy Gougeon and Wanda Guenette (CAN) | 17 |
| 37. | Milagros Crespo and Imara Esteves (CUB) | 26 |
| 37. | Ethel-Julie Arjona and Virginie Kadjo (FRA) | 27 |
| 37. | Susanne Glesnes and Kathrine Maaseide (NOR) | 6 |
| 37. | Krisztina Nagy and Anita Petho (HUN) | 33 |
| 37. | Laura Bruschini and Annamaria Solazzi (ITA) | 37 |
| 37. | Ester Alcón and Cati Pol (ESP) | 38 |
| 37. | Katerina Nikolaidou and Maria Tsiartsiani (GRE) | 39 |
| 37. | Cecilie Josefsen and Kristine Wiig (NOR) | 42 |
| 37. | Annika Granström and Angelica Ljungquist (SWE) | 43 |
| 37. | Rii Seike and Misaki Yamakawa (JPN) | 45 |