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

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]

2005 World Water Polo Championship
11th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location Canada
Date(s)18–30 July
Category2005 World Aquatics Championships
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Qualification

Teams


Squads

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Russia 633002418+6
2.  Spain 432012517+8
3.  Italy 231022416+8
4.  South Africa 030031537–22
  • 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 633004610+36
2.  United States 432012418+6
3.  Cuba 231021642–26
4.  Japan 030031733–16
  • 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 633003511+24
2.  Croatia 432012918+11
3.  Romania 231021822–4
4.  Canada 03003940–31
  • 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 633002916+13
2.  Germany 432012422+2
3.  Australia 231022725+2
4.  China 030031633–17
  • 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

Second 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
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
Stefanos-Petros Santa
Antonios Vlontakis
Manthos Voulgarakis
Nikolaos Deligiannis

Head Coach
Alessandro Campagna

Individual awards
  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

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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