The 13th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on Margitsziget (Margaret Island) in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.[1]
2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | |
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League | FINA Water Polo World Cup |
Sport | Water polo |
Duration | 13 – 18 June |
Super Final | |
Finals champions | Serbia and Montenegro |
Runners-up | Hungary |
Teams edit
The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.
Teams | Qualified as |
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Hungary |
Host (2nd 2005 World Championship) |
Seeding edit
Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Serbia and Montenegro (1) |
Groups edit
GROUP A | GROUP B |
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Preliminary round edit
Group A edit
Team | Pts | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | Qualification | |
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1. | Hungary (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 19 | Semi-finals |
2. | Italy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Quarter-finals |
3. | Romania | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 28 | Quarter-finals |
4. | Greece | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 29 |
- Tuesday 2005-06-13
Greece | 7 – 8 | Romania | 2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-3 |
Italy | 6 – 10 | Hungary | 2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3 |
- Wednesday 2005-06-14
Greece | 4 – 14 | Hungary | 4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-3 |
Italy | 7 – 5 | Romania | 1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2 |
- Thursday 2005-06-15
Greece | 5 – 7 | Italy | 1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-1 |
Romania | 6 – 14 | Hungary | 4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3 |
Group B edit
Team | Pts | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | Qualification | |
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1. | Serbia and Montenegro | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | Semi-finals |
2. | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 26 | Quarter-finals |
3. | Spain | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | Quarter-finals |
4. | Russia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 35 |
- Tuesday 2005-06-13
Croatia | 12 – 9 | Russia | 4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-1 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 7 – 6 | Spain | 2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0 |
- Wednesday 2005-06-14
Croatia | 8 – 8 | Spain | 2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-2 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 13 – 7 | Russia | 3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2 |
- Thursday 2005-06-15
Russia | 6 – 10 | Spain | 1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-3 |
Croatia | 8 – 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1-3 • 2-0 • 2-4 • 3-2 |
- Olympic champions Hungary and reigning world champion Serbia & Montenegro won their groups after three wins in a row and went straight to the semifinals on Saturday.
Quarter finals edit
- Friday 2005-06-16
- First quarterfinal (17:30h)
Romania | 7 – 10 | Croatia | 2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2 |
- Second quarterfinal (19:00h)
Italy | 3 – 9 | Spain | 0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3 |
Semi finals edit
- Saturday 2005-06-17
- First semifinal (17:30h)
Hungary | 10 – 6 | Croatia | 2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1 |
- Second semifinal (19:00h)
Serbia and Montenegro | 13 – 8 | Spain | 5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2 |
Finals edit
- Friday 2005-06-16
- 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)
Greece | 10 – 6 | Russia | 2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0 |
- Saturday 2005-06-17
- 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)
Romania | 4 – 7 | Italy | 2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2 |
- Sunday 2005-06-18
- Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)
Croatia | 10 – 13 | Spain | 2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2 |
- Gold Medal Match (17:30h)
Hungary | 9 – 10 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1 |
Final standings edit
Top scorers edit
RANK | 2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP | GOALS |
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1. | Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) | 17 |
2. | Tamás Kásás (HUN) | 13 |
Felipe Perrone (ESP) | ||
Xavier García (ESP) | ||
5. | Miho Bošković (CRO) | 12 |
6. | Andrei Iosep (ROM) | 11 |
7. | Péter Biros (HUN) | 10 |
8. | Teo Đogaš (CRO) | 9 |
9. | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 8 |
Nikola Janović (SCG) |
Squads edit
Croatia edit
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Greece edit
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Hungary edit
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Italy edit
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Romania edit
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Russia edit
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Serbia and Montenegro edit
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Spain edit
References edit
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.