Water Polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

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The Water Polo World Championships were played as part of the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia from March 19 to April 1.

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. The women's tournament was won by the United States, who beat Australia 6-5 in the final.

Contents 1 Water Polo Men 1.1 Preliminary Round 1.1.1 Group A 1.1.2 Group B 1.1.3 Group C 1.1.4 Group D 1.2 Final Round 1.2.1 Finals 1.2.2 5th-8th Place 1.2.3 9th-12th Place 1.2.4 13th-16th Place 1.3 Medallists 2 Water Polo Women 2.1 Preliminary Round 2.1.1 Group A 2.1.2 Group B 2.1.3 Group C 2.1.4 Group D 2.2 Final Round 2.2.1 Finals 2.2.2 5th-8th Place 2.2.3 9th-12th Place 2.2.4 13th-16th Place 2.3 Medallists 3 External links

[edit] Water Polo Men

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] 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

March 20, 2007
Japan	6 – 20	Italy	09:00 AEDT
Germany	7 – 11	Serbia	11:40 AEDT
March 22, 2007
Japan	7 – 17	Germany	10:20 AEDT
Serbia	6 – 3	Italy	13:00 AEDT
March 24, 2007
Japan	3 – 18	Serbia	09:00 AEDT
Germany	3 – 8	Italy	13:00 AEDT

[edit] 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

March 20, 2007
Croatia	13 – 5	South Africa	10:20 AEDT
Australia	3 - 9	USA	21:00 AEDT
March 22, 2007
USA	14 – 4	South Africa	11:40 AEDT
Croatia	10 – 9	Australia	21:00 AEDT
March 24, 2007
Croatia	10 – 8	USA	11:40 AEDT
Australia	12 – 6	South Africa	21:00 AEDT

[edit] 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

March 20, 2007
China	4 – 15	Spain	13:00 AEDT
Greece	10 – 7	Russia	17:00 AEDT
March 22, 2007
Russia	8 – 12	Spain	17:00 AEDT
China	5 – 11	Greece	18:20 AEDT
March 24, 2007
China	6 – 11	Russia	10:20 AEDT
Greece	7 – 8	Spain	17:00 AEDT

[edit] 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

March 20, 2007
Canada	9 – 8	Romania	18:20 AEDT
Hungary	21 – 5	New Zealand	19:40 AEDT
March 22, 2007
New Zealand	4 – 18	Romania	09:00 AEDT
Canada	3 – 19	Hungary	19:40 AEDT
March 24, 2007
Canada	12 – 8	New Zealand	18:20 AEDT
Hungary	11 – 9	Romania	19:40 AEDT

[edit] Final Round

[edit] Finals

Play-off

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

March 28, 2007 - 13:00 AEST

March 26, 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Serbia

8

Greece

8

March 30, 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Greece

3

Romania

7

Serbia

7

March 28, 2007 - 15:00 AEST

March 26, 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Croatia

10

Croatia

13

Russian Fed.

17

April 1, 2007 - 16:30 AEST

Russian Fed.

3

Canada

13

Croatia (AET)

9

March 28, 2007 - 16:20 AEST

March 26, 2007 - 11:40 AEST

Hungary

8

Spain

7

Italy

12

March 30, 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Italy

5

Australia

11

Spain

11

3rd/4th Place

March 28, 2007 - 17:40 AEST

March 26, 2007 - 16:00 AEST

Hungary (AET)

12

April 1, 2007 - 15:00 AEST

Hungary

13

Germany

6

Spain (pen)

18

Germany

6

USA

3

Serbia

17

[edit] 5th-8th Place

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

[edit] 9th-12th Place

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

[edit] 13th-16th Place

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

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Croatia 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 Martin Marc Minguell Guillermo Molina Iván Pérez Felipe Perrone Ricardo Perrone Svilen Piralkov Xavier Vallés Head Coach: Rafael Aguilar

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

[edit] Water Polo Women

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Russian Federation	3	3	0	0	46	26	20	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	37	25	12	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	28	37	-9	2
People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	19	42	-23	0

March 19, 2007
China	–	Spain	7-15 (3-6, 1-5, 3-2, 0-2)
Russia	–	Germany	18-11 (4-0, 7-3, 2-3, 5-5)
March 21, 2007
China	–	Russia	8-16 (1-1, 1-6, 5-5, 1-4)
Germany	–	Spain	6-15 (3-4, 1-5, 1-5, 1-1)
March 23, 2007
China	–	Germany	4-11 (0-4, 0-2, 0-2, 4-3)
Russia	–	Spain	12-7 (2-1, 4-1, 2-1, 4-4)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Australia	3	3	0	0	42	8	34	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	23	12	11	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	19	19	0	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	7	52	-45	0

March 19, 2007
Brazil	–	Puerto Rico	13-2 (3-1, 2-1, 3-0, 5-0)
Canada	–	Australia	4-5 (1-0, 1-2, 2-2, 0-1)
March 21, 2007
Canada	–	Brazil	6-3 (2-0, 1-1, 1-1, 2-1)
Puerto Rico	–	Australia	1-26 (0-6, 1-5, 0-7, 0-8)
March 23, 2007
Canada	–	Puerto Rico	13-4 (3-0, 2-1, 5-2, 3-1)
Brazil	–	Australia	3-11 (2-6, 0-1, 1-2, 1-2)

[edit] Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
United States of America	3	3	0	0	30	18	12	6
Greece	3	2	0	1	31	19	12	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	30	-3	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	17	38	-21	0

March 19, 2007
Greece	–	Kazakhstan	11-5 (3-1, 3-1, 4-2, 1-1)
Netherlands	–	USA	7-9 (1-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-2)
March 21, 2007
USA	–	Kazakhstan	13-5 (2-2, 2-1, 5-1, 4-1)
Greece	–	Netherlands	14-7 (3-2, 3-0, 5-2, 3-3)
March 23, 2007
Greece	–	USA	6-8 (3-2, 1-3, 0-2, 2-1)
Netherlands	–	Kazakhstan	14-7 (5-2, 3-2, 6-1, 0-2)

[edit] Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Hungary	3	2	1	0	44	19	25	5
Italy	3	2	1	0	46	22	24	5
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	23	45	-22	1
Cuba	3	0	1	2	16	43	-27	1

March 19, 2007
Cuba	–	New Zealand	7-7 (3-3, 0-1, 2-1, 2-2)
Italy	–	Hungary	8-8 (3-2, 2-3, 3-2, 0-1)
March 21, 2007
Hungary	–	New Zealand	17-7 (2-1, 5-0, 4-4, 6-2)
Cuba	–	Italy	5-17 (1-5, 1-5, 1-3, 2-4)
March 23, 2007
Cuba	–	Hungary	4-19 (1-3, 1-4, 1-3, 1-9)
Italy	–	New Zealand	21-9 (3-3, 8-2, 4-1, 6-3)

[edit] Final Round

[edit] Finals

Play-off

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

March 27, 2007 - 15:00 AEST

March 25, 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Russian Fed.

10

Greece

9

March 29, 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Greece

9

New Zealand

5

Russian Fed.

9

March 27, 2007 - 16:20 AEST

March 25, 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Australia

12

Australia

12

Netherlands

6

March 31, 2007 - 16:30 AEST

Italy

8

Italy

7

Australia

5

March 27, 2007 - 17:40 AEST

March 25, 2007 - 11:40 AEST

USA

6

USA

10

Spain

13

March 29, 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Spain

6

Brazil

9

USA

10

3rd/4th Place

March 27, 2007 - 21:00 AEST

March 25, 2007 - 16:00 AEST

Hungary

9

March 31, 2007 - 15:00 AEST

Hungary

11

Germany

10

Russian Fed.

9

Canada

9

Canada

14

Hungary

8

[edit] 5th-8th Place

	5th-8th Place				5th/6th Place
	March 29, 2007 - 11:40 AEST
	Greece	9
	Italy	10
					March 31, 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					Italy	7
					Canada	3
					7th/8th Place
	March 29, 2007 - 16:00 AEST			March 31, 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Spain	6		Greece	9
	Canada	9			Spain	11

[edit] 9th-12th Place

	9th-12th Place				9th/10th Place
	March 27, 2007 - 11:40 AEST
	Brazil	14
	New Zealand	7
					March 29, 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					Brazil	2
					Netherlands	11
					11th/12th Place
	March 27, 2007 - 13:00 AEST			March 29, 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Germany	6		New Zealand	9
	Netherlands	8			Germany	11

[edit] 13th-16th Place

	13th-16th Place				13th/14th Place
	March 25, 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	People's Republic of China	12
	Puerto Rico	4
					March 27, 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					People's Republic of China	9
					Kazakhstan	12
					15th/16th Place
	March 25, 2007 - 10:20 AEST			March 27, 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Kazakhstan	10		Puerto Rico	9
	Cuba	7			Cuba	11

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Elizabeth Armstrong Patricia Cardenas Kameryn Craig Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Brittany Hayes Jaime Hipp Ericka Lorenz Heather Petri Moriah van Norman Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head Coach: Guy Baker	Australia Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Suzie Fraser Hadley Gemma Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Amy Hetzel Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Head Coach: Greg McFadden	Russia Valentina Vorontsova Natalya Shepelina Ekaterina Zubacheva Sofya Konukh Alena Vylegzhanina Nadezda Glyzina Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgenia Soboleva Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva Olga Fomicheva Elena Smurova Anastasia Zubkova Maria Kovtunovskaya Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov

[edit] External links

• FINA Water Polo website
• Melbourne 2007