1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

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The 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first ever edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from September 1 to September 9, 1973 and incorporated in the inaugural 1973 World Aquatics Championships, held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Squads 3 Preliminary Round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 4 Second Round 4.1 Group E 4.2 Group F 4.3 Group F 5 Final Ranking 6 Individual Awards 7 References

[edit] 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

[edit] Squads

For more details on this topic, see 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Squads.

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	5	0	1	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

[edit] 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	26	14	+12
3.	Romania	4	4	2	0	2	30	19	+11
4.	Spain	2	4	1	0	3	20	25	–5
5.	Israel	0	4	0	0	4	6	49	–43

[edit] 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

[edit] Second Round

[edit] Group E

	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

[edit] Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Romania	9	5	4	1	0	36	21	+15
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

[edit] 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

[edit] Final Ranking

RANK 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

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player

• ???

• Best Goalkeeper

• ???

• Topscorer

• ???

[edit] References

• Results
• HistoFINA (Volume II, 1908-2001)

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