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.

The men's tournament was won by Croatia who won all of their matches and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Serbia Serbia33003513+226
Italy Italy32013115+164
Germany Germany31022726+12
Japan Japan30031655-390
20 March 2007
Japan6 – 20Italy09:00 AEDT
Germany7 – 11Serbia11:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
Japan7 – 17Germany10:20 AEDT
Serbia6 – 3Italy13:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Japan3 – 18Serbia09:00 AEDT
Germany3 – 8Italy13:00 AEDT

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Croatia Croatia33004330+136
United States USA32013927+124
Australia Australia31022425-12
South Africa South Africa30031539-240
20 March 2007
Croatia13 – 5South Africa10:20 AEDT
Australia3 – 9USA21:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
USA14 – 4South Africa11:40 AEDT
Croatia10 – 9Australia21:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Croatia10 – 8USA11:40 AEDT
Australia12 – 6South Africa21:00 AEDT

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Spain Spain33003519+166
Greece Greece32012820+84
Russia Russian Federation31022628-22
China China30031537-220
20 March 2007
China4 – 15Spain13:00 AEDT
Greece10 – 7Russia17:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
Russia8 – 12Spain17:00 AEDT
China5 – 11Greece18:20 AEDT
24 March 2007
China6 – 11Russia10:20 AEDT
Greece7 – 8Spain17:00 AEDT

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Hungary Hungary33005117+346
Canada Canada32012435-114
Romania Romania31023524+112
New Zealand New Zealand30031751-340
20 March 2007
Canada9 – 8Romania18:20 AEDT
Hungary21 – 5New Zealand19:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
New Zealand4 – 18Romania09:00 AEDT
Canada3 – 19Hungary19:40 AEDT
24 March 2007
Canada12 – 8New Zealand18:20 AEDT
Hungary11 – 9Romania19:40 AEDT

Final round

Finals

Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
    28 March 2007 – 13:00 AEST        
26 March 2007 – 17:20 AEST
  Serbia Serbia   8
  Greece Greece   8 30 March 2007 – 17:20 AEST
    Greece Greece   3  
  Romania Romania   7     Serbia Serbia   7
  28 March 2007 – 15:00 AEST
26 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST     Croatia Croatia   10  
  Croatia Croatia   13
  Russia Russian Fed.   17 1 April 2007 – 16:30 AEST
    Russia Russian Fed.   3  
  Canada Canada  13    Croatia Croatia (AET)   9
  28 March 2007 – 16:20 AEST
26 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST    Hungary Hungary   8
  Spain Spain   7
  Italy Italy   12 30 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST
    Italy Italy   5  
  Australia Australia   11     Spain Spain   11 3rd/4th Place
  28 March 2007 – 17:40 AEST
26 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST     Hungary Hungary (AET)   12   1 April 2007 – 15:00 AEST
  Hungary Hungary   13
  Germany Germany   6  Spain Spain (pen)   18
    Germany Germany   6  
  United States USA  3     Serbia Serbia   17

5th-8th place

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

9th-12th place

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

13th-16th place

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

Final ranking

 Croatia
 Hungary
 Spain
4 Serbia
5 Italy
6 Greece
7 Russia
8 Germany
9 United States
10 Australia
11 Romania
12 Canada
13 China
14 South Africa
15 New Zealand
16 Japan

Medalists

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

Head Coach
Ratko Rudić		  Hungary
Tibor Benedek
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
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

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

  1. ↑ "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014.


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