Water polo at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament explained

Dates:	1 – September
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	4
Cities:	Belgrade
Count:	1
Matches:	64
Goals:	645
Top Scorer:	Siniša Belamarić (20 goals)
Next:	Water polo at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first 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 from 1 to 9 September 1973, and was incorporated into the inaugural 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.^[1]

Participating teams

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Groups formed

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

Preliminary round

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Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	41	14	+27
2.		8	5	4	0	1	35	22	+13
3.		6	5	3	0	2	26	19	+7
4.		4	5	2	0	3	22	24	- 2
5.		2	5	1	0	4	18	29	- 11
6.		0	5	0	0	5	6	40	- 34

• 1 September 1973

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• 2 September 1973

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• 3 September 1973

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• 4 September 1973

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• 5 September 1973

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Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		8	4	4	0	0	36	11	+25
2.		6	4	3	0	1	25	14	+11
3.		4	4	2	0	2	30	18	+12
4.		2	4	1	0	3	20	25	- 5
5.		0	4	0	0	4	6	49	- 43

• 1 September 1973

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• 2 September 1973

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• 3 September 1973

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• 4 September 1973

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• 5 September 1973

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Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		6	4	3	0	1	19	11	+8
2.		5	4	2	1	1	18	17	+1
3.		4	4	2	0	2	18	18	0
4.		3	4	1	1	2	16	19	- 3
5.		2	4	1	0	3	19	25	- 6

• 1 September 1973

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• 2 September 1973

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• 3 September 1973

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• 4 September 1973

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• 5 September 1973

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Final round

13th – 16th places (Group F)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.		5	3	2	1	0	16	10	+6
14.		4	3	2	0	1	18	5	+13
15.		3	3	1	1	1	16	14	+2
16.		0	3	0	0	3	9	30	- 21

Preliminary round results apply.

• 6 September 1973

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• 7 September 1973

• 8 September 1973

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7th – 12th places (Group E)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.		9	5	4	1	0	35	21	+14
8.		8	5	4	0	1	31	18	+13
9.		4	5	1	2	2	21	22	- 1
10.		4	5	2	0	3	22	29	- 7
11.		3	5	1	1	3	19	27	- 8
12.		2	5	0	2	3	17	28	- 11

Preliminary round results apply.

• 6 September 1973

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• 7 September 1973

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• 8 September 1973

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• 9 September 1973

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1st – 6th places (Group D)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	5	4	1	0	28	17	+11
2.		8	5	4	0	1	30	16	+14
3.		5	5	2	1	2	23	22	+1
4.		4	5	2	0	3	22	25	- 3
5.		4	5	2	0	3	22	28	- 6
6.		0	5	0	0	5	15	32	- 17

Preliminary round results apply.

• 6 September 1973

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• 7 September 1973

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• 8 September 1973

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• 9 September 1973

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Final ranking

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Team roster Balazs Balla, Andrá Bodner, Gabor Csapo, Tibor Czervengak, Tamas Farago, István Görgenyi, Zoltán Kasas, Ferenc Konrad, Endre Molnar, László Sarosi, István Szivos Jr. Head coach: Dezső Gyarmati

External links

• World Championships 1973, Belgrade - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org
• Men Water Polo I World Championship 1973 Beograd www.todor66.com
• Results

Notes and References

1. mwch. dmy .