Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 2005 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eleventh edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held in a temporary pool on Île Sainte-Hélène from 18 to 30 July 2005, and was incorporated into the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.[1]

Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Canada (in Montréal host cities)
Dates18 – 30 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Serbia and Montenegro (1st title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Greece
Fourth place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored740 (15.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Šapić
(26 goals)
Best playerSerbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Šapić
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Qualification

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Participating teams

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

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 Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Russia 6 3 3 0 0 24 18 +6
2.   Spain 4 3 2 0 1 25 17 +8
3.   Italy 2 3 1 0 2 24 16 +8
4.   South Africa 0 3 0 0 3 15 37 –22
  • Monday July 18, 2005
Russia   11 – 7   South Africa
Spain   7 – 5   Italy
  • Wednesday July 20, 2005
Spain   11 – 4   South Africa
Russia   5 – 4   Italy
  • Friday July 22, 2005
Russia   8 – 7   Spain
Italy   15 – 4   South Africa

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Serbia and Montenegro 6 3 3 0 0 46 10 +36
2.   United States 4 3 2 0 1 24 18 +6
3.   Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 16 42 –26
4.   Japan 0 3 0 0 3 17 33 –16
  • Monday July 18, 2005
United States   7 – 4   Japan
Serbia and Montenegro   21 – 1   Cuba
  • Wednesday July 20, 2005
Serbia and Montenegro   17 – 5   Japan
United States   13 – 6   Cuba
  • Friday July 22, 2005
Cuba   9 – 8   Japan
Serbia and Montenegro   8 – 4   United States

Group C

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 35 11 +24
2.   Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 29 18 +11
3.   Romania 2 3 1 0 2 18 22 –4
4.   Canada 0 3 0 0 3 9 40 –31
  • Monday July 18, 2005
Hungary   14 – 4   Romania
Croatia   19 – 4   Canada
  • Wednesday July 20, 2005
Croatia   6 – 4   Romania
Hungary   11 – 3   Canada
  • Friday July 22, 2005
Hungary   10 – 4   Croatia
Romania   10 – 2   Canada

Group D

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Greece 6 3 3 0 0 29 16 +13
2.   Germany 4 3 2 0 1 24 22 +2
3.   Australia 2 3 1 0 2 27 25 +2
4.   China 0 3 0 0 3 16 33 –17
  • Monday July 18, 2005
Greece   11 – 4   China
Germany   9 – 8   Australia
  • Wednesday July 20, 2005
Greece   8 – 4   Germany
Australia   11 – 6   China
  • Friday July 22, 2005
Germany   11 – 6   China
Greece   10 – 8   Australia

Final round

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Finals

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Play-off
24 July 2005
Quarterfinals
26 July 2005
Semifinals
28 July 2005
Final
30 July 2005
  Croatia 6
  Croatia 10   Russia 4
  Australia 6   Serbia and Montenegro 5
  Croatia 4
  Serbia and Montenegro 10
  Romania 7   Romania 8
  Germany 5   Serbia and Montenegro 8
  Hungary 7
  Hungary 8
  Spain 17   Spain 4
  Cuba 2   Hungary 7 Third place
  Greece 6
  Greece 13   Greece 11
  Italy 6   Italy 9   Croatia 10
  USA 5

5th-8th place

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5th–8th place5th / 6th place
 
      
 
28 July 2005
 
 
  Russia 7
 
30 July 2005
 
  Romania 11
 
  Romania 7
 
28 July 2005
 
  Spain 8
 
  Spain 7
 
 
  Italy 4
 
7th / 8th place
 
 
30 July 2005
 
 
  Russia 7
 
 
  Italy 6

9th-12th place

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9th–12th place9th / 10th place
 
      
 
26 July 2005
 
 
  Australia 16
 
28 July 2005
 
  Cuba 3
 
  Australia 5
 
26 July 2005
 
  Germany 11
 
  Germany 5
 
 
  USA 3
 
11th / 12th place
 
 
28 July 2005
 
 
  Cuba 6
 
 
  USA 10

13th-16th place

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13th–16th place13th / 14th place
 
      
 
24 July 2005
 
 
  South Africa 8
 
26 July 2005
 
  Japan 13
 
  Canada 10
 
24 July 2005
 
  Japan 8
 
  Canada 11
 
 
  China 5
 
15th / 16th place
 
 
26 July 2005
 
 
  South Africa 7
 
 
  China 6

Playoff round

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  • Sunday July 24, 2005
Spain   17 – 2   Cuba
Italy   6 – 5   United States
Croatia   10 – 6   Australia
Romania   7 – 5   Germany

Classification round

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  • Sunday July 24, 2005 — 13th/16th place
South Africa   8 – 13   Japan
Canada   11 – 5   China
  • Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 9th/12th place
Australia   16 – 3   Cuba
Germany   5 – 3   United States
  • Thursday July 28, 2005 — 5th/8th place
Russia   7 – 11   Romania
Spain   7 – 4   Italy

Quarter finals

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  • Tuesday July 26, 2005
Croatia   6 – 4   Russia
Serbia and Montenegro   10 – 8   Romania
Hungary   8 – 4   Spain
Greece   13 – 9   Italy

Semi finals

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  • Thursday July 28, 2005
Hungary   7 – 6   Greece
Serbia and Montenegro   5 – 4   Croatia

Finals

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  • Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 15th place
South Africa   7 – 6   China
  • Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 13th place
Canada   10 – 8   Japan
  • Thursday July 28, 2005 — 11th place
Cuba   6 – 10   United States
  • Thursday July 28, 2005 — 9th place
Australia   5 – 11   Germany
  • Saturday July 30, 2005 — 7th place
Russia   7 – 6   Italy
  • Saturday July 30, 2005 — 5th place
Romania   7 – 8   Spain
  • Saturday July 30, 2005 —   Bronze-medal match
Greece   11 – 10   Croatia
  • Saturday July 30, 2005 —   Gold-medal match
Serbia and Montenegro   8 – 7   Hungary

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Serbia and Montenegro [1]

Denis Šefik
Petar Trbojević
Nikola Janović
Vanja Udovičić
Dejan Savić
Danilo Ikodinović
Slobodan Nikić
Vladimir Gojković
Boris Zloković
Aleksandar Šapić
Vladimir Vujasinović (c)
Predrag Jokić
Zdravko Radić

Head coach
Petar Porobić

  Hungary

Zoltán Szécsi
Dániel Varga
Norbert Madaras
Ádám Steinmetz
Tamás Kásás
Attila Vári
Gergely Kiss
Csaba Kiss
Rajmund Fodor
Márton Szívós
István Gergely
Tamás Molnár
Péter Biros

Head coach
Dénes Kemény

  Greece

Georgios Reppas
Anastasios Schizas
Dimitrios Mazis
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
Argyris Theodoropoulos
Christos Afroudakis
Georgios Ntoskas
Georgios Afroudakis (c)
Stefanos-Petros Santa
Antonios Vlontakis
Manthos Voulgarakis
Nikolaos Deligiannis

Head coach
Sandro Campagna

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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