Water polo at the 1973 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]

Teams

GROUP A  Australia  Great Britain  Mexico  Netherlands  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia

GROUP B  Hungary  Israel  Italy  Spain  Romania

GROUP C  Bulgaria  Cuba  Greece  United States  West Germany

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	5	0	0	41	14	+27
2.	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	0	1	35	22	+13
3.	Netherlands	6	5	3	0	2	26	19	+7
4.	Mexico	4	5	2	0	3	22	24	–2
5.	Australia	2	5	1	0	4	18	29	–11
6.	Great Britain	0	5	0	0	5	6	40	–34

Group B

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

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	6	4	3	0	1	19	11	+8
2.	United States	5	4	2	1	1	18	17	+1
3.	West Germany	4	4	2	0	2	18	18	0
4.	Greece	3	4	1	1	2	16	19	–3
5.	Bulgaria	2	4	1	0	3	19	25	–6

Second round

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	28	17	+11
2.	Soviet Union	8	5	4	0	1	30	16	+14
3.	Yugoslavia	5	5	2	1	2	23	22	+1
4.	Italy	4	5	2	0	3	22	25	–3
5.	United States	4	5	2	0	3	22	28	–6
6.	Cuba	0	5	0	0	5	15	32	–17

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Romania	9	5	4	1	0	34	21	+14
8.	Netherlands	8	5	4	0	1	31	18	+13
9.	Mexico	4	5	2	0	3	21	22	–1
10.	Spain	4	5	2	0	3	22	29	–7
11.	West Germany	3	5	1	1	3	19	27	–8
12.	Greece	2	5	1	0	4	17	28	–11

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	Bulgaria	5	3	2	1	0	16	10	+6
14.	Australia	4	3	2	0	1	18	5	+13
15.	Great Britain	3	3	1	1	1	16	14	+2
16.	Israel	0	3	0	0	3	9	30	–21

Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM  Hungary  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia 4.  Italy 5.  United States 6.  Cuba 7.  Romania 8.  Netherlands 9.  Mexico 10.  Spain 11.  West Germany 12.  Greece 13.  Bulgaria 14.  Australia 15.  Great Britain 16.  Israel

1973 FINA Men's World Champions  Hungary First title

 Hungary

Balazs Balla, Andrá Bodner, Gabor Csapo, Tibor Czervengak, Tamas Farago, István Görgenyi, Zoltán Kasas, Ferenc Konrad, Endre Molnar, László Sarosi, István Szivos Jr. [1]

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

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