Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Australia (in Melbourne host cities)
Dates19 March – 1 April
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up Hungary
Third place Spain
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored943 (19.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Anthony Azevedo
(19 goals)
Best playerSpain Guillermo Molina

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

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 South Africa  Canada
 United States		  China
 Japan		  Croatia
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Romania
 Russia
 Serbia
 Spain		  Australia
 New Zealand

Groups formed

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the playoff round
Will play for places 13–16

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Serbia Serbia33003513+226
Italy Italy32013115+164
Germany Germany31022726+12
Japan Japan30031655-390
20 March 2007
Japan6 – 20Italy09:00 AEDT
Germany7 – 11Serbia11:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
Japan7 – 17Germany10:20 AEDT
Serbia6 – 3Italy13:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Japan3 – 18Serbia09:00 AEDT
Germany3 – 8Italy13:00 AEDT

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Croatia Croatia33004330+136
United States USA32013927+124
Australia Australia31022425-12
South Africa South Africa30031539-240
20 March 2007
Croatia13 – 5South Africa10:20 AEDT
Australia3 – 9USA21:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
USA14 – 4South Africa11:40 AEDT
Croatia10 – 9Australia21:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Croatia10 – 8USA11:40 AEDT
Australia12 – 6South Africa21:00 AEDT

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Spain Spain33003519+166
Greece Greece32012820+84
Russia Russian Federation31022628-22
China China30031537-220
20 March 2007
China4 – 15Spain13:00 AEDT
Greece10 – 7Russia17:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
Russia8 – 12Spain17:00 AEDT
China5 – 11Greece18:20 AEDT
24 March 2007
China6 – 11Russia10:20 AEDT
Greece7 – 8Spain17:00 AEDT

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Hungary Hungary33005117+346
Canada Canada32012435-114
Romania Romania31023524+112
New Zealand New Zealand30031751-340
20 March 2007
Canada9 – 8Romania18:20 AEDT
Hungary21 – 5New Zealand19:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
New Zealand4 – 18Romania09:00 AEDT
Canada3 – 19Hungary19:40 AEDT
24 March 2007
Canada12 – 8New Zealand18:20 AEDT
Hungary11 – 9Romania19:40 AEDT

Final round

Finals

Play-off
26 March 2007 		Quarterfinals
28 March 2007 		Semifinals
30 March 2007 		Final
1 April 2007
Serbia Serbia 8
Greece Greece 8 Greece Greece 3
Romania Romania 7 Serbia Serbia 7
Croatia Croatia 10
Croatia Croatia 13
Russia Russian Fed. 17 Russia Russian Fed. 3
Canada Canada 13 Croatia Croatia (AET) 9
Hungary Hungary 8
Spain Spain 7
Italy Italy 12 Italy Italy 5
Australia Australia 11 Spain Spain 11 Third place
Hungary Hungary (AET) 12
Hungary Hungary 13 Spain Spain (pen) 18
Germany Germany 6 Germany Germany 6 Serbia Serbia 17
United States USA 3

5th-8th place

 
5th-8th place5th/6th place
 
      
 
 30 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
 
 
 Greece Greece 9
 
 1 April 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 Russia Russian Fed. 8
 
Greece Greece 15
 
 30 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST
 
Italy Italy (pen) 16
 
 Italy Italy 6
 
 
 Germany Germany 5
 
7th/8th place
 
 
 1 April 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
Russia Russian Fed. 11
 
 
Germany Germany 8

9th-12th place

 
9th-12th place9th/10th place
 
      
 
 28 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST
 
 
 Australia Australia 15
 
 30 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 Romania Romania 9
 
 Australia Australia 9
 
 28 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
 
 United States USA 10
 
 United States USA 16
 
 
 Canada Canada 11
 
11th/12th place
 
 
 30 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Romania Romania 15
 
 
Canada Canada 13

13th-16th place

 
13th-16th place13th/14th place
 
      
 
 26 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Japan Japan 7
 
 28 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 South Africa South Africa 9
 
South Africa South Africa 12
 
 26 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
China People's Republic of China  13
 
 China People's Republic of China  11
 
 
 New Zealand New Zealand 8
 
15th/16th place
 
 
 28 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Japan Japan 9
 
 
New Zealand New Zealand 10

Final ranking

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 (c)

Head coach
Ratko Rudić

  Hungary

Tibor Benedek (c)
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 (c)
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
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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