Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eleventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held at the Pavillon des Baigneurs on Île Sainte-Hélène from July 18 to July 30, and incorporated in the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, held in Montréal, Canada.

Contents

Qualification

Teams

GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
GROUP D

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Russia 6 3 3 0 0 24 18 +6
2.  Spain 4 3 2 0 1 25 17 +8
3.  Italy 2 3 1 0 2 24 16 +8
4.  South Africa 0 3 0 0 3 15 37 –22
Russia  11 – 7  South Africa
Spain  7 – 5  Italy
Spain  11 – 4  South Africa
Russia  5 – 4  Italy
Russia  8 – 7  Spain
Italy  15 – 4  South Africa

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Serbia and Montenegro 6 3 3 0 0 46 10 +36
2.  United States 4 3 2 0 1 24 18 +6
3.  Cuba 2 3 1 0 2 16 42 –26
4.  Japan 0 3 0 0 3 17 33 –16
United States  7 – 4  Japan
Serbia and Montenegro  21 – 1  Cuba
Serbia and Montenegro  17 – 5  Japan
United States  13 – 6  Cuba
Cuba  9 – 8  Japan
Serbia and Montenegro  8 – 4  United States

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 35 11 +24
2.  Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 29 18 +11
3.  Romania 2 3 1 0 2 18 22 –4
4.  Canada 0 3 0 0 3 9 40 –31
Hungary  14 – 4  Romania
Croatia  19 – 4  Canada
Croatia  6 – 4  Romania
Hungary  11 – 3  Canada
Hungary  10 – 4  Croatia
Romania  10 – 2  Canada

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Greece 6 3 3 0 0 29 16 +13
2.  Germany 4 3 2 0 1 24 22 +2
3.  Australia 2 3 1 0 2 27 25 +2
4.  China 0 3 0 0 3 16 33 –17
Greece  11 – 4  China
Germany  9 – 8  Australia
Greece  8 – 4  Germany
Australia  11 – 6  China
Germany  11 – 6  China
Greece  10 – 8  Australia

Second round

Spain  17 – 2  Cuba
Italy  6 – 5  United States
Croatia  10 – 6  Australia
Romania  7 – 5  Germany

Classification Round

South Africa  8 – 13  Japan
Canada  11 – 5  China
Australia  16 – 3  Cuba
Germany  5 – 3  United States
Russia  7 – 11  Romania
Spain  7 – 4  Italy

Quarter finals

Croatia  6 – 4  Russia
Serbia and Montenegro  10 – 8  Romania
Hungary  8 – 4  Spain
Greece  13 – 9  Italy

Semi finals

Hungary  7 – 6  Greece
Serbia and Montenegro  5 – 4  Croatia

Finals

South Africa  7 – 6  China
Canada  10 – 8  Japan
Cuba  6 – 10  United States
Australia  5 – 11  Germany
Russia  7 – 6  Italy
Romania  7 – 8  Spain
Greece  11 – 10  Croatia
Serbia and Montenegro  8 – 7  Hungary

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

 Serbia and Montenegro
 Hungary
 Greece
4  Croatia
5  Spain
6  Romania
7  Russia
8  Italy
9  Germany
10  Australia
11  United States
12  Cuba
13  Canada
14  Japan
15  South Africa
16  China
 2005 FINA Men's World Champions 

Serbia and Montenegro
First title
Team Roster
Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Nikola Janović, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Vladimir Gojković, Boris Zloković, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Predrag Jokić, and Zdravko Radić. Head Coach: Petar Porobić.

Individual awards

  •  Alexander Tchigir (GER)

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO
1. Denis Šefik GK
2. Petar Trbojević
3. Nikola Janović
4. Vanja Udovičić
5. Dejan Savić
6. Danilo Ikodinović
7. Slobodan Nikić
8. Vladimir Gojković
9. Boris Zloković
10. Aleksandar Šapić
11. Vladimir Vujasinović
12. Predrag Jokić
13. Zdravko Radić GK

Head Coach
Petar Porobić
 HUNGARY
Zoltán Szécsi
Daniel Varga
Norbert Madaras
Adam Steinmetz
Tamás Kásás
Attila Vári
Gergely Kiss
Csaba Kiss
Rajmund Fodor
Marton Szivos
Istvan Gergely
Tamás Molnár
Péter Biros

Head Coach
Dénes Kemény
 GREECE
Georgios Reppas
Anastasios Schizas
Dimitrios Mazis
Emmanouil Mylonakis
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
Argyris Theodoropoulos
Christos Afroudakis
Georgios Ntoskas
Georgios Afroudakis
Stefanos-Petros Santa
Antonios Vlontakis
Matthaios Voulgarakis
Nikolaos Deligiannis

Head Coach
Alessandro Campagna

References