Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2004 Men's Olympic water polo tournament
Tournament details
Host country  Greece
Dates 13 August - 29 August
Final positions
Champions   Hungary
Runner-up   Serbia and Montenegro
Third place   Russia
Fourth place  Greece
Water polo at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Rosters
men  women

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece, began on August 13 and lasted until August 29, 2004.

Contents

Preliminary round

All times are EET (UTC)

Qualified for the semifinals
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Will play for places 7-10
Will play for places 7-12

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 5 5 0 0 44 27 +17 10
 Serbia and Montenegro 5 4 1 0 37 26 +26 8
 Russia 5 2 3 0 32 28 +15 4
 Croatia 5 2 3 0 36 40 -4 4
 United States 5 2 3 0 32 37 -5 4
 Kazakhstan 5 0 5 0 21 42 -21 0
August 15, 2004 United States  7 – 6  Croatia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 15, 2004 Hungary  6 – 4  Serbia and Montenegro Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 15, 2004 Russia  5 – 2  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 17, 2004 United States  9 – 6  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 17, 2004 Serbia and Montenegro  4 – 3  Russia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 17, 2004 Hungary  10 – 8  Croatia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 19, 2004 Serbia and Montenegro  9 – 5  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 19, 2004 Hungary  7 – 5  United States Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 19, 2004 Croatia  9 – 8  Russia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 21, 2004 Hungary  14 – 4  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 21, 2004 Serbia and Montenegro  11 – 8  Croatia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 21, 2004 Russia  9 – 7  United States Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 23, 2004 Croatia  5 – 4  Kazakhstan Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 23, 2004 Hungary  7 – 6  Russia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 13, 2004 Serbia and Montenegro  9 – 4  United States Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece 5 4 1 0 43 27 +16 8
 Germany 5 3 1 1 40 28 +12 7
 Spain 5 3 2 0 35 31 +4 6
 Italy 5 3 2 0 39 24 +25 6
 Australia 5 1 3 1 37 35 +2 4
 Egypt 5 0 5 0 18 67 -49 0
August 15, 2004 Australia  14 – 3  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 15, 2004 Germany  5 – 4  Greece Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 15, 2004 Spain  5 – 4  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 17, 2004 Italy  8 – 4  Australia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 17, 2004 Germany  13 – 3  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 17, 2004 Greece  15 – 4  Spain Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 19, 2004 Spain  8 – 4  Australia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 19, 2004 Italy  10 – 5  Germany Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 19, 2004 Greece  15 – 4  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 21, 2004 Italy  13 – 4  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 21, 2004 Germany  11 – 5  Spain Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 21, 2004 Greece  15 – 4  Australia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 23, 2004 Australia  6 – 6  Germany Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 23, 2004 Spain  12 – 4  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 23, 2004 Greece  6 – 4  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

Medal round bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal
                           
A1   Hungary 7  
B2   Russia 12  
A3   Russia 5  
A3   Germany 5  
    Hungary 8
    Serbia and Montenegro 7
B1   Serbia and Montenegro 7
A2   Serbia and Montenegro 7  
B3   Greece 3  
B3   Spain 5  
5th & 6th Bronze medal
5   Germany 6   Russia 6
6   Spain 5 4   Greece 5
  9th - 12th 7th - 10th 7th & 8th
                           
A4   United States 6  
B5   Australia 10  
B5   Australia 5  
A6   Kazakhstan 5  
  8   United States 9
  7   Italy 8
B4   Italy 11
A5   Croatia 12  
A5   Croatia 7  
B6   Egypt 1  
11th & 12th 9th & 10th
11   Kazakhstan 15 9   Australia 8
12   Egypt 7 10   Croatia 7

Classification 7th-12th

August 25, 2004 Kazakhstan  4 – 9  Australia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 0-0, 2-2, 3-6, 4-9
August 25, 2004 Croatia  12 – 1  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 4-0, 6-0, 10-0, 12-1

Quarterfinals

August 25, 2004 Russia  12 – 5  Germany Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-2, 9-2, 12-5
August 25, 2004 Serbia and Montenegro  7 – 5  Spain Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 3-2, 5-2, 5-4, 7-5

Classification 11th-12th

August 27, 2004 Kazakhstan  15 – 7  Egypt Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 6-0, 7-2, 12-5, 15-7

Classification 7th-10th

August 27, 2004 United States  6 – 5  Australia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 27, 2004 Italy  11 – 7  Croatia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

Semifinals

August 27, 2004 Hungary  7 – 5  Russia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
August 27, 2004 Serbia and Montenegro  7 – 3  Greece Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

Classification 9th-10th

August 29, 2004 Australia  8 – 7  Croatia Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 2-0, 5-4, 6-5, 8-7

Classification 7th-8th

August 29, 2004 United States  9 – 8  Italy Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

Classification 5th-6th

August 29, 2004 Germany  6 – 4  Spain Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre

Bronze medal match

August 29, 2004 Russia  6 – 5  Greece Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 1-1, 4-2, 5-4, 6-5

Gold medal match

August 29, 2004 Hungary  8 – 7  Serbia and Montenegro Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
Score by quarters: 2-3, 5-5, 5-7, 8-7

Final Rankings

Rank Team
 Hungary
 Russia
4.  Greece
5.  Germany
6.  Spain
7.  United States
8.  Italy
9.  Australia
10.  Croatia
11.  Kazakhstan
12.  Egypt
 2004 Men's Olympic Champions 

Hungary
Tenth title

References

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