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

Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue Australia (in Melbourne host cities)
Dates19 March – 1 April
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up Hungary
Third place Spain
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored943 (19.65 per match)
Top scorer(s) Anthony Azevedo
(19 goals)
Awards
Best player Guillermo Molina
2007 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

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]

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

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

Finals

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

 
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

 
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

 
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

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 (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

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

  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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