Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The men's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.[1]

Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Australia (in Melbourne host cities)
Dates19 March – 1 April
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Spain
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored943 (19.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Anthony Azevedo
(19 goals)
Best playerSpain Guillermo Molina
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The men's tournament was won by Croatia who won all of their matches and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.

Participating teams

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Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  South Africa   Canada
  United States
  China
  Japan
  Croatia
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Romania
  Russia
  Serbia
  Spain
  Australia
  New Zealand

Groups formed

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Preliminary round

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Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the playoff round
Will play for places 13–16

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
  Serbia 3 3 0 0 35 13 +22 6
  Italy 3 2 0 1 31 15 +16 4
  Germany 3 1 0 2 27 26 +1 2
  Japan 3 0 0 3 16 55 -39 0
20 March 2007
Japan 6 – 20 Italy 09:00 AEDT
Germany 7 – 11 Serbia 11:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
Japan 7 – 17 Germany 10:20 AEDT
Serbia 6 – 3 Italy 13:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Japan 3 – 18 Serbia 09:00 AEDT
Germany 3 – 8 Italy 13:00 AEDT

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
  Croatia 3 3 0 0 43 30 +13 6
  USA 3 2 0 1 39 27 +12 4
  Australia 3 1 0 2 24 25 -1 2
  South Africa 3 0 0 3 15 39 -24 0
20 March 2007
Croatia 13 – 5 South Africa 10:20 AEDT
Australia 3 – 9 USA 21:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
USA 14 – 4 South Africa 11:40 AEDT
Croatia 10 – 9 Australia 21:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Croatia 10 – 8 USA 11:40 AEDT
Australia 12 – 6 South Africa 21:00 AEDT

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
  Spain 3 3 0 0 35 19 +16 6
  Greece 3 2 0 1 28 20 +8 4
  Russian Federation 3 1 0 2 26 28 -2 2
  China 3 0 0 3 15 37 -22 0
20 March 2007
China 4 – 15 Spain 13:00 AEDT
Greece 10 – 7 Russia 17:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
Russia 8 – 12 Spain 17:00 AEDT
China 5 – 11 Greece 18:20 AEDT
24 March 2007
China 6 – 11 Russia 10:20 AEDT
Greece 7 – 8 Spain 17:00 AEDT

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
  Hungary 3 3 0 0 51 17 +34 6
  Canada 3 2 0 1 24 35 -11 4
  Romania 3 1 0 2 35 24 +11 2
  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 17 51 -34 0
20 March 2007
Canada 9 – 8 Romania 18:20 AEDT
Hungary 21 – 5 New Zealand 19:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
New Zealand 4 – 18 Romania 09:00 AEDT
Canada 3 – 19 Hungary 19:40 AEDT
24 March 2007
Canada 12 – 8 New Zealand 18:20 AEDT
Hungary 11 – 9 Romania 19:40 AEDT

Final round

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Finals

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Play-off
26 March 2007
Quarterfinals
28 March 2007
Semifinals
30 March 2007
Final
1 April 2007
  Serbia 8
  Greece 8   Greece 3
  Romania 7   Serbia 7
  Croatia 10
  Croatia 13
  Russian Fed. 17   Russian Fed. 3
  Canada 13   Croatia (AET) 9
  Hungary 8
  Spain 7
  Italy 12   Italy 5
  Australia 11   Spain 11 Third place
  Hungary (AET) 12
  Hungary 13   Spain (pen) 18
  Germany 6   Germany 6   Serbia 17
  USA 3

5th-8th place

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5th-8th place5th/6th place
 
      
 
30 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
 
 
  Greece 9
 
1 April 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
  Russian Fed. 8
 
  Greece 15
 
30 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST
 
  Italy (pen) 16
 
  Italy 6
 
 
  Germany 5
 
7th/8th place
 
 
1 April 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
  Russian Fed. 11
 
 
  Germany 8

9th-12th place

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9th-12th place9th/10th place
 
      
 
28 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST
 
 
  Australia 15
 
30 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
  Romania 9
 
  Australia 9
 
28 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
 
  USA 10
 
  USA 16
 
 
  Canada 11
 
11th/12th place
 
 
30 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
  Romania 15
 
 
  Canada 13

13th-16th place

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13th-16th place13th/14th place
 
      
 
26 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
  Japan 7
 
28 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
  South Africa 9
 
  South Africa 12
 
26 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
  People's Republic of China  13
 
  People's Republic of China  11
 
 
  New Zealand 8
 
15th/16th place
 
 
28 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
  Japan 9
 
 
  New Zealand 10

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Croatia [1]

Samir Barač
Miho Bošković
Damir Burić
Andro Bušlje
Teo Đogaš
Igor Hinić
Maro Joković
Aljoša Kunac
Pavo Marković
Josip Pavić
Mile Smodlaka
Frano Vićan
Zdeslav Vrdoljak (c)

Head coach
Ratko Rudić

  Hungary

Tibor Benedek (c)
Péter Biros
Rajmund Fodor
Tamás Kásás
Gábor Kis
Gergely Kiss
Norbert Madaras
Tamás Molnár
Viktor Nagy
Zoltán Szécsi
Márton Szivós
Dániel Varga
Dénes Varga

Head coach
Dénes Kemény

  Spain

Iñaki Aguilar
Ángel Andreo
Iván Gallego
Mario García
Xavier García
David Martín
Marc Minguell
Guillermo Molina
Iván Pérez (c)
Felipe Perrone
Ricardo Perrone
Svilen Piralkov
Xavier Vallès

Head coach
Rafael Aguilar


Croatia, Hungary and Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China

Individual awards

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  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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