Water polo at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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.

Teams

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	5	1	41	14	+27
2.	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	1	35	22	+13
3.	Netherlands	6	5	3	2	26	19	+7
4.	Mexico	4	5	2	3	22	24	–2
5.	Australia	2	5	1	4	18	29	–11
6.	Great Britain	0	5	0	5	6	40	–34

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	8	4	4	0	36	11	+25
2.	Italy	6	4	3	1	26	14	+12
3.	Romania	4	4	2	2	30	19	+11
4.	Spain	2	4	1	3	20	25	–5
5.	Israel	0	4	0	4	6	49	–43

	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

	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

	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

	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

1973 FINA Men's World Champions
Hungary First title

FINA Water Polo World Championship

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