Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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The water polo tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from July 18 to July 27, 1976 in Montreal, Canada.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Participating teams 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 4 Classification round 4.1 Group D 4.2 Group E 5 Final ranking 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary Gábor Csapó Tibor Cservenyák Tamás Faragó György Gerendás György Horkai György Kenéz Ferenc Konrád Endre Molnár László Sárosi Attila Sudár István Szivós	Italy Umberto Penerai Roldano Simeoni Riccardo De Magistris Alessandro Ghibellini Sante Marsili Vincenzo D'Angelo Marcello Del Duca Gianni De Magistris Alberto Alberani Silvio Baracchini Luigi Castagnola	Netherlands Alex Boegschoten Ton Buunk Piet de Zwarte Andy Hoepelman Evert Kroon Nico Landeweerd Hans Smits Gijze Stroboer Rik Toonen Hans van Zeeland Jan Evert Veer

[edit] Participating teams

Group A  Cuba  Iran  Italy  Yugoslavia

Group B  Mexico  Netherlands  Romania  Soviet Union

Group C  Australia  Canada  Hungary  West Germany

[edit] Preliminary round

[edit] Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	26	13	+13
2.	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	2	0	25	10	+15
3.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	22	15	+7
4.	Iran	0	3	0	0	3	4	39	–35

• July 18, 1976

Yugoslavia	4 – 4	Cuba
Italy	12 – 1	Iran

• July 19, 1976

Yugoslavia	15 – 0	Iran
Italy	6 – 6	Cuba

• July 20, 1976

Yugoslavia	6 – 6	Italy
Cuba	12 – 3	Iran

[edit] Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Netherlands	6	3	3	0	0	14	10	+4
2.	Romania	3	3	1	1	1	18	14	+4
3.	Soviet Union	3	3	1	1	1	14	12	+2
4.	Mexico	0	3	0	0	3	10	20	–10

• July 18, 1976

Netherlands	5 – 3	Mexico
Romania	5 – 5	Soviet Union

• July 19, 1976

Netherlands	3 – 2	Soviet Union
Romania	8 – 3	Mexico

• July 20, 1976

Netherlands	6 – 5	Romania
Soviet Union	7 – 4	Mexico

[edit] Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	15	8	+2
2.	West Germany	4	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2
3.	Canada	2	3	1	0	2	8	14	–6
4.	Australia	0	3	0	0	3	14	17	–3

• July 18, 1976

Hungary	7 – 6	Australia
Canada	0 – 5	West Germany

• July 19, 1976

West Germany	4 – 3	Australia
Canada	2 – 4	Hungary

• July 20, 1976

Hungary	4 – 0	West Germany
Canada	6 – 5	Australia

[edit] Classification round

[edit] Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Cuba	9	5	4	1	0	34	14	+20
8.	Soviet Union	7	5	3	1	1	33	16	+17
9.	Canada	6	5	2	2	1	27	21	+6
10.	Mexico	5	5	1	3	1	26	19	+5
11.	Australia	3	5	1	1	3	20	25	–5
12.	Iran	0	5	0	0	3	8	53	–45

• July 22, 1976

Cuba	5 – 0	Soviet Union
Canada	4 – 3	Australia
Mexico	11 – 3	Iran

• July 23, 1976

Soviet Union	4 – 3	Mexico
Canada	5 – 7	Cuba
Australia	8 – 2	Iran

• July 24, 1976

Cuba	4 – 4	Mexico
Soviet Union	7 – 2	Australia
Canada	8 – 1	Iran

• July 26, 1976

Cuba	10 – 2	Iran
Canada	6 – 6	Soviet Union
Australia	4 – 4	Mexico

• July 27, 1976

Cuba	8 – 3	Australia
Soviet Union	16 – 0	Iran
Canada	4 – 4	Mexico

[edit] Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	30	24	+6
2.	Italy	6	5	2	2	1	21	20	+1
3.	Netherlands	6	5	2	2	1	18	17	+1
4.	Romania	5	5	1	3	1	26	25	+1
5.	Yugoslavia	3	5	0	3	2	21	24	–3
6.	West Germany	1	5	0	1	4	15	21	–6

• July 22, 1976

Hungary	6 – 5	Italy
Netherlands	3 – 2	West Germany
Romania	5 – 5	Yugoslavia

• July 23, 1976

Hungary	5 – 3	West Germany
Italy	5 – 4	Yugoslavia
Netherlands	4 – 4	Romania

• July 24, 1976

Hungary	5 – 3	Netherlands
Italy	4 – 4	Romania
Yugoslavia	4 – 4	West Germany

• July 26, 1976

Hungary	9 – 8	Romania
Italy	4 – 3	West Germany
Netherlands	5 – 3	Yugoslavia

• July 27, 1976

Hungary	5 – 5	Yugoslavia
Italy	3 – 3	Netherlands
Romania	5 – 3	West Germany

[edit] Final ranking

Hungary  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  Yugoslavia  West Germany  Cuba  Soviet Union  Canada  Mexico  Australia  Iran

1976 Men's Olympic Games Winners  Hungary Sixth title

[edit] See also

• 1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
• 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship

[edit] References

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