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

The water polo tournaments at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 March to 1 April.

The tournament was won by Croatia who did not lose a single match throughout the tournament and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
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
Japan	3	0	0	3	16	55	-39	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
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
South Africa	3	0	0	3	15	39	-24	0

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
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
China	3	0	0	3	15	37	-22	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
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
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	17	51	-34	0

Final round

Finals

Play-off

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

28 March 2007 – 13:00 AEST

26 March 2007 – 17:20 AEST

Serbia

8

Greece

8

30 March 2007 – 17:20 AEST

Greece

3

Romania

7

Serbia

7

28 March 2007 – 15:00 AEST

26 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST

Croatia

10

Croatia

13

Russian Fed.

17

1 April 2007 – 16:30 AEST

Russian Fed.

3

Canada

13

Croatia (AET)

9

28 March 2007 – 16:20 AEST

26 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST

Hungary

8

Spain

7

Italy

12

30 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST

Italy

5

Australia

11

Spain

11

3rd/4th Place

28 March 2007 – 17:40 AEST

26 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST

Hungary (AET)

12

1 April 2007 – 15:00 AEST

Hungary

13

Germany

6

Spain (pen)

18

Germany

6

USA

3

Serbia

17

5th-8th place

	5th-8th place				5th/6th place
	30 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
	Greece	9
	Russian Fed.	8
					1 April 2007 – 10:20 AEST
					Greece	15
					Italy (pen)	16
					7th/8th place
	30 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST			1 April 2007 – 09:00 AEST
	Italy	6		Russian Fed.	11
	Germany	5			Germany	8

9th-12th place

	9th-12th place				9th/10th place
	28 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST
	Australia	15
	Romania	9
					30 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
					Australia	9
					USA	10
					11th/12th place
	28 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST			30 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
	USA	16		Romania	15
	Canada	11			Canada	13

13th-16th place

	13th-16th place				13th/14th place
	26 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
	Japan	7
	South Africa	9
					28 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
					South Africa	12
					People's Republic of China	13
					15th/16th place
	26 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST			28 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
	People's Republic of China	11		Japan	9
	New Zealand	8			New Zealand	10

Final ranking

	Croatia
	Hungary
	Spain
4	Serbia
5	Italy
6	Greece
7	Russia
8	Germany
9	United States
10	Australia
11	Romania
12	Canada
13	China
14	South Africa
15	New Zealand
16	Japan

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Croatia [1] Samir Barač Miho Bošković Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Teo Đogaš Igor Hinić Maro Joković Aljoša Kunac Pavo Marković Josip Pavić Mile Smodlaka Frano Vićan Zdeslav Vrdoljak Head Coach Ratko Rudić	Hungary Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gábor Kis Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Viktor Nagy Zoltán Szécsi Márton Szivós Dániel Varga Dénes Varga Head Coach Dénes Kemény	Spain Iñaki Aguilar Ángel Andreo Iván Gallego Mario García Xavier García David Martín Marc Minguell Guillermo Molina Iván Pérez Felipe Perrone Ricardo Perrone Svilen Piralkov Xavier Vallès Head Coach Rafael Aguilar

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

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Guillermo Molina (ESP)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Alexander Tchigir (GER)

• Topscorer

•  Anthony Azevedo (USA) — 19 goals

References

1. ↑ "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 

External links

• FINA Water Polo website
• Melbourne 2007