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.

Contents

Teams

GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C

Squads

Preliminary round

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

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

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

Second round

Group D

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

Group E

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

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

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

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