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

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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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]

Qualification

  • Further information: 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Qualifier

Participating teams

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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

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

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

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

Finals

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

5th-8th place

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

9th-12th place

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

13th-16th place

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

Playoff round

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

Classification round

  • 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

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

Semi finals

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

Finals

  • 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

Medalists

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

  • 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.