Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament explained

Dates:19 March – 1 April
Num Teams:16
Confederations:5
Venues: Australia
Cities:Melbourne
Count:1
Matches:48
Goals:943
Top Scorer: Anthony Azevedo
(19 goals)
Player: Guillermo Molina
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The men's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.[1]

The men's tournament was won by Croatia who won all of their matches and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.

Participating teams

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Groups formed

Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Serbia 3 3 0 0 35 13 +22 6
Italy 3 2 0 1 31 15 +16 4
Germany 3 1 0 2 27 26 +1 2
3 0 0 3 16 55 -39 0
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20 March 2007
Japan 6 – 20 Italy 09:00 AEDT
Germany 7 – 11 Serbia 11:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
Japan 7 – 17 Germany 10:20 AEDT
Serbia 6 – 3 Italy 13:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Japan 3 – 18 Serbia 09:00 AEDT
Germany 3 – 8 Italy 13:00 AEDT

Group B

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Croatia 3 3 0 0 43 30 +13 6
USA 3 2 0 1 39 27 +12 4
Australia 3 1 0 2 24 25 -1 2
3 0 0 3 15 39 -24 0
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20 March 2007
Croatia 13 – 5 South Africa 10:20 AEDT
Australia 3 – 9 USA 21:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
USA 14 – 4 South Africa 11:40 AEDT
Croatia 10 – 9 Australia 21:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Croatia 10 – 8 USA 11:40 AEDT
Australia 12 – 6 South Africa 21:00 AEDT

Group C

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Spain 3 3 0 0 35 19 +16 6
Greece 3 2 0 1 28 20 +8 4
Russian Federation 3 1 0 2 26 28 -2 2
3 0 0 3 15 37 -22 0
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20 March 2007
China 4 – 15 Spain 13:00 AEDT
Greece 10 – 7 Russia 17:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
Russia 8 – 12 Spain 17:00 AEDT
China 5 – 11 Greece 18:20 AEDT
24 March 2007
China 6 – 11 Russia 10:20 AEDT
Greece 7 – 8 Spain 17:00 AEDT

Group D

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Hungary 3 3 0 0 51 17 +34 6
Canada 3 2 0 1 24 35 -11 4
Romania 3 1 0 2 35 24 +11 2
3 0 0 3 17 51 -34 0
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20 March 2007
Canada 9 – 8 Romania 18:20 AEDT
Hungary 21 – 5 New Zealand 19:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
New Zealand 4 – 18 Romania 09:00 AEDT
Canada 3 – 19 Hungary 19:40 AEDT
24 March 2007
Canada 12 – 8 New Zealand 18:20 AEDT
Hungary 11 – 9 Romania 19:40 AEDT

Final round

13th-16th place

Final ranking

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Team Roster Samir Barać, Miho Bošković, Damir Burić, Andro Bušlje, Teo Đogaš, Maro Joković, Igor Hinić, Maro Joković, Aljoša Kunac, Pavo Marković, Josip Pavić, Mile Smodlaka, Frano Vićan, and Zdeslav Vrdoljak
Head coach: Ratko Rudić

Medalists


Croatia, Hungary and Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China

Individual awards

References

  1. mwch. dmy .

External links

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