Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships

2007 FINA World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 m	men	women
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
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3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
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5 km	men	women
10 km	men	women
25 km	men	women
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
Backstroke
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100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo	Technical	Free
Duet	Technical	Free
Team	Technical	Free
	Combination
Water polo
men    •   women

The Water Polo tournaments at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 March to 1 April.

The tournament was won by Croatia who did not lose a single match throughout the tournament and beat Hungary 9-8 in the final game. The women's tournament was won by the United States, who beat Australia 6-5 in the final.

Contents 1 Water Polo Men 1.1 Preliminary Round 1.1.1 Group A 1.1.2 Group B 1.1.3 Group C 1.1.4 Group D 1.2 Final Round 1.2.1 Finals 1.2.2 5th-8th Place 1.2.3 9th-12th Place 1.2.4 13th-16th Place 1.3 Medallists 2 Ranking and Statistics 2.1 Final Ranking 3 Individual Awards 4 Water Polo Women 4.1 Preliminary Round 4.1.1 Group A 4.1.2 Group B 4.1.3 Group C 4.1.4 Group D 4.2 Final Round 4.2.1 Finals 4.2.2 5th-8th Place 4.2.3 9th-12th Place 4.2.4 13th-16th Place 4.3 Medallists 5 Individual Awards 6 External links

Water Polo Men

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Serbia	3	3	0	0	35	13	+22	6
Italy	3	2	0	1	31	15	+16	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	27	26	+1	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	16	55	-39	0

20 March 2007
Japan	6 – 20	Italy	09:00 AEDT
Germany	7 – 11	Serbia	11:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
Japan	7 – 17	Germany	10:20 AEDT
Serbia	6 – 3	Italy	13:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Japan	3 – 18	Serbia	09:00 AEDT
Germany	3 – 8	Italy	13:00 AEDT

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Croatia	3	3	0	0	43	30	+13	6
USA	3	2	0	1	39	27	+12	4
Australia	3	1	0	2	24	25	-1	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	15	39	-24	0

20 March 2007
Croatia	13 – 5	South Africa	10:20 AEDT
Australia	3 - 9	USA	21:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
USA	14 – 4	South Africa	11:40 AEDT
Croatia	10 – 9	Australia	21:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Croatia	10 – 8	USA	11:40 AEDT
Australia	12 – 6	South Africa	21:00 AEDT

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Spain	3	3	0	0	35	19	+16	6
Greece	3	2	0	1	28	20	+8	4
Russian Federation	3	1	0	2	26	28	-2	2
China	3	0	0	3	15	37	-22	0

20 March 2007
China	4 – 15	Spain	13:00 AEDT
Greece	10 – 7	Russia	17:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
Russia	8 – 12	Spain	17:00 AEDT
China	5 – 11	Greece	18:20 AEDT
24 March 2007
China	6 – 11	Russia	10:20 AEDT
Greece	7 – 8	Spain	17:00 AEDT

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Hungary	3	3	0	0	51	17	+34	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	24	35	-11	4
Romania	3	1	0	2	35	24	+11	2
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	17	51	-34	0

20 March 2007
Canada	9 – 8	Romania	18:20 AEDT
Hungary	21 – 5	New Zealand	19:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
New Zealand	4 – 18	Romania	09:00 AEDT
Canada	3 – 19	Hungary	19:40 AEDT
24 March 2007
Canada	12 – 8	New Zealand	18:20 AEDT
Hungary	11 – 9	Romania	19:40 AEDT

Final Round

Finals

Play-off

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

28 March 2007 - 13:00 AEST

26 March 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Serbia

8

Greece

8

30 March 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Greece

3

Romania

7

Serbia

7

28 March 2007 - 15:00 AEST

26 March 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Croatia

10

Croatia

13

Russian Fed.

17

1 April 2007 - 16:30 AEST

Russian Fed.

3

Canada

13

Croatia (AET)

9

28 March 2007 - 16:20 AEST

26 March 2007 - 11:40 AEST

Hungary

8

Spain

7

Italy

12

30 March 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Italy

5

Australia

11

Spain

11

3rd/4th Place

28 March 2007 - 17:40 AEST

26 March 2007 - 16:00 AEST

Hungary (AET)

12

1 April 2007 - 15:00 AEST

Hungary

13

Germany

6

Spain (pen)

18

Germany

6

USA

3

Serbia

17

5th-8th Place

	5th-8th Place				5th/6th Place
	30 March 2007 - 11:40 AEST
	Greece	9
	Russian Fed.	8
					1 April 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					Greece	15
					Italy (pen)	16
					7th/8th Place
	30 March 2007 - 16:00 AEST			1 April 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Italy	6		Russian Fed.	11
	Germany	5			Germany	8

9th-12th Place

	9th-12th Place				9th/10th Place
	28 March 2007 - 21:00 AEST
	Australia	15
	Romania	9
					30 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					Australia	9
					USA	10
					11th/12th Place
	28 March 2007 - 11:40 AEST			30 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	USA	16		Romania	15
	Canada	11			Canada	13

13th-16th Place

	13th-16th Place				13th/14th Place
	26 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Japan	7
	South Africa	9
					28 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					South Africa	12
					People's Republic of China	13
					15th/16th Place
	26 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST			28 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	People's Republic of China	11		Japan	9
	New Zealand	8			New Zealand	10

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Croatia Samir Barač Miho Bošković Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Teo Đogaš Igor Hinić Maro Joković Aljoša Kunac Pavo Marković Josip Pavić Mile Smodlaka Frano Vićan Zdeslav Vrdoljak Head Coach: Ratko Rudić	Hungary Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gábor Kis Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Viktor Nagy Zoltán Szécsi Márton Szivós Dániel Varga Dénes Varga Head Coach: Dénes Kemény	Spain Iñaki Aguilar Ángel Andreo Iván Gallego Mario García Xavier García David Martin Marc Minguell Guillermo Molina Iván Pérez Felipe Perrone Ricardo Perrone Svilen Piralkov Xavier Vallés Head Coach: Rafael Aguilar

Croatia, Hungary and Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China

Ranking and Statistics

Final Ranking  Croatia  Hungary  Spain 4  Serbia 5  Italy 6  Greece 7  Russia 8  Germany 9  United States 10  Australia 11  Romania 12  Canada 13  China 14  South Africa 15  New Zealand 16  Japan

2007 World Aquatics Championships - Men's Water polo Croatia First Title Team Roster Samir Barač, Miho Bošković, Damir Burić, Andro Bušlje, Teo Đogaš, Igor Hinić, Maro Joković, Aljoša Kunac, Pavo Marković, Josip Pavić, Mile Smodlaka, Frano Vićan and Zdeslav Vrdoljak. Head Coach: Ratko Rudić.

Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Guillermo Molina (ESP)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Alexander Tchigir (GER)

• Topscorer

•  Anthony Azevedo (USA) — 19 goals

Water Polo Women

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Russian Federation	3	3	0	0	46	26	20	6
Spain	3	2	0	1	37	25	12	4
Germany	3	1	0	2	28	37	-9	2
People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	19	42	-23	0

19 March 2007
China	–	Spain	7-15 (3-6, 1-5, 3-2, 0-2)
Russia	–	Germany	18-11 (4-0, 7-3, 2-3, 5-5)
21 March 2007
China	–	Russia	8-16 (1-1, 1-6, 5-5, 1-4)
Germany	–	Spain	6-15 (3-4, 1-5, 1-5, 1-1)
23 March 2007
China	–	Germany	4-11 (0-4, 0-2, 0-2, 4-3)
Russia	–	Spain	12-7 (2-1, 4-1, 2-1, 4-4)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Australia	3	3	0	0	42	8	34	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	23	12	11	4
Brazil	3	1	0	2	19	19	0	2
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	7	52	-45	0

19 March 2007
Brazil	–	Puerto Rico	13-2 (3-1, 2-1, 3-0, 5-0)
Canada	–	Australia	4-5 (1-0, 1-2, 2-2, 0-1)
21 March 2007
Canada	–	Brazil	6-3 (2-0, 1-1, 1-1, 2-1)
Puerto Rico	–	Australia	1-26 (0-6, 1-5, 0-7, 0-8)
23 March 2007
Canada	–	Puerto Rico	13-4 (3-0, 2-1, 5-2, 3-1)
Brazil	–	Australia	3-11 (2-6, 0-1, 1-2, 1-2)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
United States of America	3	3	0	0	30	18	12	6
Greece	3	2	0	1	31	19	12	4
Netherlands	3	1	0	2	27	30	-3	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	17	38	-21	0

19 March 2007
Greece	–	Kazakhstan	11-5 (3-1, 3-1, 4-2, 1-1)
Netherlands	–	USA	7-9 (1-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-2)
21 March 2007
USA	–	Kazakhstan	13-5 (2-2, 2-1, 5-1, 4-1)
Greece	–	Netherlands	14-7 (3-2, 3-0, 5-2, 3-3)
23 March 2007
Greece	–	USA	6-8 (3-2, 1-3, 0-2, 2-1)
Netherlands	–	Kazakhstan	14-7 (5-2, 3-2, 6-1, 0-2)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDIF	Points
Hungary	3	2	1	0	44	19	25	5
Italy	3	2	1	0	46	22	24	5
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	23	45	-22	1
Cuba	3	0	1	2	16	43	-27	1

19 March 2007
Cuba	–	New Zealand	7-7 (3-3, 0-1, 2-1, 2-2)
Italy	–	Hungary	8-8 (3-2, 2-3, 3-2, 0-1)
21 March 2007
Hungary	–	New Zealand	17-7 (2-1, 5-0, 4-4, 6-2)
Cuba	–	Italy	5-17 (1-5, 1-5, 1-3, 2-4)
23 March 2007
Cuba	–	Hungary	4-19 (1-3, 1-4, 1-3, 1-9)
Italy	–	New Zealand	21-9 (3-3, 8-2, 4-1, 6-3)

Final Round

Finals

Play-off

Quarter Final

Semi Final

Final

27 March 2007 - 15:00 AEST

25 March 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Russian Fed.

10

Greece

9

29 March 2007 - 17:20 AEST

Greece

9

New Zealand

5

Russian Fed.

9

27 March 2007 - 16:20 AEST

25 March 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Australia

12

Australia

12

Netherlands

6

31 March 2007 - 16:30 AEST

Italy

8

Italy

7

Australia

5

27 March 2007 - 17:40 AEST

25 March 2007 - 11:40 AEST

USA

6

USA

10

Spain

13

29 March 2007 - 21:00 AEST

Spain

6

Brazil

9

USA

10

3rd/4th Place

27 March 2007 - 21:00 AEST

25 March 2007 - 16:00 AEST

Hungary

9

31 March 2007 - 15:00 AEST

Hungary

11

Germany

10

Russian Fed.

9

Canada

9

Canada

14

Hungary

8

5th-8th Place

	5th-8th Place				5th/6th Place
	29 March 2007 - 11:40 AEST
	Greece	9
	Italy	10
					31 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					Italy	7
					Canada	3
					7th/8th Place
	29 March 2007 - 16:00 AEST			31 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Spain	6		Greece	9
	Canada	9			Spain	11

9th-12th Place

	9th-12th Place				9th/10th Place
	27 March 2007 - 11:40 AEST
	Brazil	14
	New Zealand	7
					29 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					Brazil	2
					Netherlands	11
					11th/12th Place
	27 March 2007 - 13:00 AEST			29 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Germany	6		New Zealand	9
	Netherlands	8			Germany	11

13th-16th Place

	13th-16th Place				13th/14th Place
	25 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	People's Republic of China	12
	Puerto Rico	4
					27 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST
					People's Republic of China	9
					Kazakhstan	12
					15th/16th Place
	25 March 2007 - 10:20 AEST			27 March 2007 - 09:00 AEST
	Kazakhstan	10		Puerto Rico	9
	Cuba	7			Cuba	11

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
United States Elizabeth Armstrong Patricia Cardenas Kameryn Craig Natalie Golda Alison Gregorka Brittany Hayes Jaime Hipp Ericka Lorenz Heather Petri Moriah van Norman Brenda Villa Lauren Wenger Elsie Windes Head Coach: Guy Baker	Australia Gemma Beadsworth Nikita Cuffe Suzie Fraser Hadley Gemma Taniele Gofers Kate Gynther Amy Hetzel Bronwen Knox Emma Knox Alicia McCormack Melissa Rippon Rebecca Rippon Mia Santoromito Head Coach: Greg McFadden	Russia Valentina Vorontsova Natalya Shepelina Ekaterina Zubacheva Sofya Konukh Alena Vylegzhanina Nadezda Glyzina Ekaterina Pantyulina Evgenia Soboleva Natalya Ryzhova-Alenicheva Olga Fomicheva Elena Smurova Anastasia Zubkova Maria Kovtunovskaya Head Coach: Alexander Kleymenov

Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Lauren Wenger (USA)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Elizabeth Armstrong (USA)

• Topscorer

•  Blanca Gil (ESP) — 20 goals

External links

• FINA Water Polo website
• Melbourne 2007

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