Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament explained

Dates:	19 – 29 July
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	4
Venues:	Japan
Cities:	Fukuoka
Count:	2
Matches:	60
Goals:	822
Top Scorer:	Aleksandar Šapić (18 goals)
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The 2001 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth 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 19 to 29 July 2001, and was incorporated into the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.^[1]

Participating teams

width=13%	Americas	width=13%	Asia	width=13%	Europe	width=13%	Oceania

Groups formed

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Qualified for the Second round
width=10px		Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group. (Group G)

Group A

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	5	3	2	1	0	20	9	+11
2.	align=left	5	3	2	1	0	23	14	+9
3.	align=left	2	3	1	0	2	19	23	–5
4.	align=left	0	3	0	0	3	11	27	–16

July 19, 2001

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align=right	6 – 7	align=left
align=right	6 – 1	align=left

July 21, 2001

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align=right	3 – 3	align=left
align=right	8 – 5	align=left

July 22, 2001

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align=right	13 – 5	align=left
align=right	5 – 11	align=left

Group B

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	6	3	3	0	32	20	+12
2.	align=left	2	3	1	2	23	24	–1
3.	align=left	2	3	1	2	13	16	–3
4.	align=left	2	3	1	2	20	28	–8

July 19, 2001

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align=right	9 – 8	align=left
align=right	7 – 3	align=left

July 21, 2001

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align=right	10 – 11	align=left
align=right	4 – 6	align=left

July 22, 2001

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align=right	5 – 4	align=left
align=right	7 – 14	align=left

Group C

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	6	3	3	0	33	22	+11
2.	align=left	4	3	2	1	23	18	+5
3.	align=left	2	3	1	2	20	19	+1
4.	align=left	0	3	0	3	13	30	–17

July 19, 2001

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align=right	9 – 10	align=left
align=right	10 – 4	align=left

July 21, 2001

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align=right	6 – 3	align=left
align=right	9 – 7	align=left

July 22, 2001

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align=right	14 – 6	align=left
align=right	5 – 6	align=left

Group D

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	6	3	3	0	26	6	+20
2.	align=left	4	3	2	1	20	14	+6
3.	align=left	2	3	1	2	13	21	–8
4.	align=left	0	3	0	3	8	26	–18

July 19, 2001

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align=right	8 – 2	align=left
align=right	8 – 1	align=left

July 21, 2001

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align=right	8 – 6	align=left
align=right	1 – 12	align=left

July 22, 2001

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align=right	5 – 6	align=left
align=right	4 – 6	align=left

Second round

width=10px bgcolor=#aaffaa		Qualified for the Semi finals
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc		Will play for places 5–8 in a Knockout system
width=10px bgcolor=#eeffee		Will play for places 9–12 in a Knockout system

Group E

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	9	5	4	1	0	38	25	+13
2.	align=left	7	5	3	1	1	37	21	+16
3.	align=left	6	5	3	0	2	36	32	+4
4.	align=left	6	5	3	0	2	30	28	+2
5.	align=left	2	5	1	0	4	26	48	–22
6.	align=left	0	5	0	0	5	28	41	–13

Preliminary round results apply.

July 24, 2001

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align=right	13 – 3	align=left
align=right	8 – 9	align=left
align=right	4 – 3	align=left

July 25, 2001

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align=right	8 – 7	align=left
align=right	7 – 10	align=left
align=right	7 – 8	align=left

July 26, 2001

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align=right	2 – 4	align=left
align=right	16 – 6	align=left
align=right	3 – 2	align=left

Group F

	Team	G	W	D	GF	GA	Diff
1.	align=left	10	5	5	0	43	22	+21
2.	align=left	8	5	4	1	43	35	+8
3.	align=left	6	5	3	2	42	28	+14
4.	align=left	2	5	1	4	29	42	–13
5.	align=left	2	5	1	4	21	35	–14
6.	align=left	2	5	1	4	26	42	–16

Preliminary round results apply.

July 24, 2001

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align=right	8 – 3	align=left
align=right	4 – 10	align=left
align=right	3 – 12	align=left

July 25, 2001

width=200	width=100		width=200
align=right	5 – 10	align=left
align=right	6 – 5	align=left
align=right	8 – 7	align=left

July 26, 2001

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align=right	5 – 11	align=left
align=right	5 – 6	align=left
align=right	8 – 9	align=left

Group G

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	align=left	5	3	2	1	0	28	14	+14
14.	align=left	4	3	1	2	0	21	17	+4
15.	align=left	3	3	1	1	1	21	25	–4
16.	align=left	0	3	0	0	3	21	35	–14

July 24, 2001

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align=right	6 – 6	align=left
align=right	13 – 6	align=left

July 25, 2001

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align=right	5 – 5	align=left
align=right	12 – 9	align=left

July 26, 2001

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align=right	10 – 6	align=left
align=right	10 – 3	align=left

Final round

9th-12th place

July 28, 2001

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align=right	6 – 7	align=left
align=right	5 – 9	align=left

July 29, 2001 — 9th place

July 29, 2001 — 11th place

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5th-8th place

July 28, 2001

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align=right	12 – 11	align=left
align=right	9 – 7	align=left

July 29, 2001 — 5th place

July 29, 2001 — 7th place

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Semi finals

July 28, 2001

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align=right	4 – 2	align=left
align=right	9 – 8	align=left

Finals

July 29, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match

July 29, 2001 — Gold Medal Match

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM



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Team roster Angel Andreo, Daniel Ballart, Salvador Gomez, Gabriel Hernandez, Gustavo Marcos, Guillermo Molina, Daniel Moro, Ivan Moro, Sergi Pedrerol, Ivan Perez, Jesus Rollan, Javier Sánchez, Carlos Sanz
Head coach: Juan Jané

Individual awards

Best Goalkeeper

- Topscorer

— 18 goals

External links

9th FINA World Championships 2001 FINA Water Polo website
Men Water Polo World Championship 2001 Fukuoka www.todor66.com

Notes and References

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