Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

2009 FINA
World Championships
Italy Rome, Italy
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Open water swimming
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
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
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

The men's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome was held from July 20 to August 1. It was won by Serbia.

Teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 South Africa  Brazil
 Canada
 United States		  China
 Kazakhstan		  Croatia
 Germany
 Hungary
 Italy
 Macedonia
 Montenegro
 Romania
 Serbia
 Spain		  Australia

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Qualified for the eightfinals
Will play for places 13-16

Tie-breaking criteria

If two teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:

  1. The team winning the game between them shall be placed higher.
  2. If the game between them was tied, then the results against the highest placed team(s) in the group shall be considered.
  3. The first comparison shall be based on goal difference, and if still tied, then based on goals scored.
  4. The comparison shall be made first compared to the highest placed team (or teams, if tied) in the group.
  5. If still tied, the results against the next highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be used in succession until all results have been considered.
  6. If still tied, the teams shall shoot penalty shots to determine which team shall be placed higher. Each team shall nominate five players and a goalkeeper who will participate in the penalty shoot out. The team shall shoot five penalty shots at the goal of the other team, alternating shots. If a tie exists after each team has taken five shots, then teams shall take sets of alternate shots until one team scores and the other does not. The procedure shall be conducted following the final game of the round or at the first practical opportunity.

If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.

If three or more teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:

  1. The results among the tied teams shall determine which team is placed highest.
  2. If, at any time during the application of the procedure set out in this paragraph, the highest placed team is determined and the number of tied teams is reduced to two, then the above paragraph shall be used to determine which of the two remaining teams is placed higher.
  3. The comparison shall be made first, upon the points of the games among the tied teams, second, the goal difference, and third, based upon goals scored.
  4. If still tied, the games played against the highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be considered.
  5. The first comparison shall be based on goal difference, and if still tied, then based on goals scored.
  6. If still tied, the results against the next highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be used in succession until all results have been considered.
  7. If still tied, the teams shall shoot penalty shots to determine which team shall be placed highest. Each team shall nominate five players and a goalkeeper who will participate in the penalty shoot out. Each team shall shoot five penalty shots at its opponent’s goal in alternate succession. The first team shall take its first penalty shot and then each other team shall take its first penalty shot, etc. If a tie shall exist after that procedure, the teams shall then take sets of alternate shots until one team misses and the other(s) score. The procedure shall be conducted following the final game of the round or at the first practical opportunity.

If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.

Source: "CODE OF CONDUCT – BL 9.6.3 Tie Breaking". FINA. Retrieved 2009-07-22.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 1 0 37 18 +19 5
 Canada 3 2 0 1 23 20 +3 4
 Germany 3 1 1 1 25 16 +9 3
 South Africa 3 0 0 3 10 41 -31 0
July 20, 2009
9:30		 Game 1 South Africa  4–14  Germany
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Knights (NZL)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 0-4, 2-3, 1-3
four players 1 Goals Oeler 5
July 20, 2009
10:50		 Game 2 Canada  6–15  Hungary
Attendance: 550
Referees:
Patelli (BRA), Mernenko (UZB)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 3-5, 1-2
Graham 4 Goals Biros 3
July 22, 2009
18:20		 Game 14 Hungary  7–7  Germany
Attendance: 1,300
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-0, 2-1, 2-3
Hosnyánszky 3 Goals Savić, Politze 2
July 22, 2009
19:40		 Game 15 South Africa  1–12  Canada
Attendance: 1,900
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Reemnet (NED)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-4, 0-1, 0-5
Bell 1 Goals Marks, Feltham 3
July 24, 2009
13:30		 Game 20 South Africa  5–15  Hungary
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Sadekov (RUS), Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 1-6, 1-3, 1-4, 2-2
five players 1 Goals Varga 4
July 24, 2009
17:00		 Game 21 Canada  5–4  Germany
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-0, 1-0, 2-3
Graham, Feltham 2 Goals Oeler 2

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 3 3 0 0 37 12 +25 6
 Montenegro 3 2 0 1 38 20 +18 4
 China 3 1 0 2 18 34 -16 2
 Brazil 3 0 0 3 12 39 -27 0
July 20, 2009
12:10		 Game 3 Montenegro  14–4  China
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Kiszelly (HUN), Moner (EGY)
Score by quarters: 4-1, 3-2, 3-1, 4-0
Zloković 4 Goals Tan 2
July 20, 2009
13:30		 Game 4 Croatia  11–2  Brazil
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Ghafouri (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1
Dobud, Sukno, Barač 2 Goals Silva, Franco 1
July 22, 2009
9:30		 Game 9 Brazil  5–9  China
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Rotsart (USA), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 0-1, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3
five players 1 Goals Liang, Wang B 3
July 22, 2009
10:50		 Game 10 Montenegro  5–11  Croatia
Attendance: 200
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 2-2, 0-5, 1-0
five players 1 Goals Sukno 3
July 24, 2009
18:20		 Game 22 Montenegro  19–5  Brazil
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Rotsart (USA), Damcevski (MKD)
Score by quarters: 4-1, 6-0, 6-3, 3-1
M. Janovic, N. Janović 4 Goals Franco 2
July 24, 2009
19:40		 Game 23 Croatia  15–5  China
Attendance: 2,000
Referees:
Reemnet (NED), Mernenko (UZB)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 4-1, 5-0, 3-2
Bošković 5 Goals five players 1

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 35 24 +11 6
 Serbia 3 1 1 1 37 22 +15 3
 Australia 3 1 1 1 32 28 +4 3
 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 15 45 -30 0
July 20, 2009
17:00		 Game 5 Kazakhstan  7–14  Australia
Attendance: 650
Referees:
Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 2-4, 1-3, 3-3
Gorovoy, Andreyev, Kukumanov 2 Goals Whalan 4
July 20, 2009
18:20		 Game 6 Serbia  9–11  Spain
Attendance: 2,000
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Turcotte (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 3-2, 3-5
Udovičić, Mitrović 2 Goals X García 3
July 22, 2009
12:10		 Game 11 Spain  13–10  Australia
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 5-2, 2-4
Mallarach, Perrone 3 Goals Whalan 3
July 22, 2009
13:30		 Game 12 Kazakhstan  3–20  Serbia
Attendance: 150
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Stavropoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-7, 1-3, 0-6
Manafov 3 Goals Pijetlović, Filipović 5
July 24, 2009
9:30		 Game 17 Kazakhstan  5–11  Spain
Attendance: 300
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Shiwei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 0-2, 1-2, 3-3
Andreyev 2 Goals Molina, Vallès, X García 2
July 24, 2009
10:50		 Game 18 Serbia  8–8  Australia
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-2, 3-4, 2-1
Filipović 3 Goals Cotterill, Whalan 3

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 29 19 +10 6
 Romania 3 2 0 1 17 16 +1 4
 Italy 3 1 0 2 25 20 +5 2
 Macedonia 3 0 0 3 15 31 -16 0
July 20, 2009
19:40		 Game 7 Macedonia  4–6  Romania
Attendance: 2,000
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 0-3, 1-0
Bašić 2 Goals Radu 2
July 20, 2009
21:00		 Game 8 United States  9–8  Italy
Attendance: 5,400
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 2-1, 1-2, 3-3
Azevedo 4 Goals Calcaterra 3
July 22, 2009
17:00		 Game 13 United States  13–6  Macedonia
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL)
Score by quarters: 3-0, 5-2, 3-2, 2-2
Azevedo 4 Goals Milić 2
July 22, 2009
21:00		 Game 16 Romania  6–5  Italy
Attendance: 5,300
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-1, 1-2, 2-0
Diaconu 2 Goals five players 1
July 24, 2009
12:10		 Game 19 United States  7–5  Romania
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Kiszelly (HUN), Stavropoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-0, 2-2, 2-1
Beaubien 3 Goals Matei Guiman 2
July 24, 2009
21:00		 Game 24 Macedonia  5–12  Italy
Attendance: 5,400
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 0-3, 3-3, 0-3
Milic 3 Goals Gallo, Fiorentini 3

Final round

Brackets

Play-off Quarter Final Semi Final Final
                           
    July 28, 2009 - 14:00        
July 26, 2009 - 21:00
  Hungary  9
  Serbia  7 July 30, 2009 - 16:50
    Serbia  10  
  Italy  5     Serbia  12
  July 28, 2009 - 15:20
July 26, 2009 - 16:50     Croatia  11  
  Croatia  7
  Australia  5 August 1, 2009 - 21:00
    Romania  5  
  Romania  7     Serbia  14
  July 28, 2009 - 21:00
July 26, 2009 - 11:40     Spain  13
  Spain  11
  Canada  9 July 30, 2009 - 21:00
    Canada  4  
  China  5     Spain  7 3rd/4th Place
  July 28, 2009 - 16:40
July 26, 2009 - 15:30     United States  6   August 1, 2009 - 16:00
  United States  8
  Germany  9   Croatia  8
    Germany  5  
  Montenegro  8     United States  6
5th-8th Place
5th-8th Place 5th/6th Place
July 30, 2009 - 11:40
  Hungary  13  
  Romania  8  
 
August 1, 2009 - 10:40
      Hungary  9
    Germany  6
7th/8th Place
July 30, 2009 - 15:30 August 1, 2009 - 09:00
  Canada  5   Romania  9
  Germany  9     Canada  6
9th-12th Place
9th-12th Place 9th/10th Place
July 28, 2009 - 11:20
  China  5  
  Montenegro  13  
 
July 30, 2009 - 10:20
      Montenegro  8
    Australia  7
11th/12th Place
July 28, 2009 - 12:40 July 30, 2009 - 09:00
  Italy  6   China  7
  Australia  8     Italy  14
13th-16th Place
13th-16th Place 13th/14th Place
July 26, 2009 - 09:00
  South Africa  7  
  Brazil  8  
 
July 28, 2009 - 10:00
      Brazil (PSO)  16
    Macedonia  15
15th/16th Place
July 26, 2009 - 10:20 July 28, 2009 - 08:40
  Kazakhstan  4   South Africa  6
  Macedonia  11     Kazakhstan  5

Semifinals 13-16 places

July 26, 2009
9:00		 Game 25 South Africa  7–8  Brazil
Attendance: 150
Referees:
Rotsart (USA), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 1-1
le Roux, Bell 2 Goals Silva, Franco 2
July 26, 2009
10:20		 Game 26 Kazakhstan  4–11  Macedonia
Attendance: 250
Referees:
Spiegel (GER), Mernenko (UZB)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-1, 1-3
Andreyev 2 Goals Krstic 5

Eightfinals

July 26, 2009
11:40		 Game 27 Canada  9–5  China
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 2-0, 3-2, 2-2
Feltham 3 Goals Yu, Wang B. 2
July 26, 2009
15:30		 Game 28 Germany  9–8  Montenegro
Attendance: 1,200
Referees:
Kiszelly (HUN), Gomez (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 2-1  OT: 1-0
Savic 3 Goals M. Janovic , Zloković 2
July 26, 2009
16:50		 Game 30 Australia  5–7  Romania
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2
Campbell, Whalan 2 Goals Radu, Diaconu 2
July 26, 2009
21:00		 Game 29 Serbia  7–5  Italy
Attendance: 5,300
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Stravpopoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-2, 2-1, 1-1
Udovičić 2 Goals Calcaterra 3

15th Place

July 28, 2009
08:40		 Game 31 South Africa  6–5  Kazakhstan
Attendance: 100
Referees:
Wengenroth (SUI), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-1, 2-1, 0-1
Brown, Woods 2 Goals Gaidukov, Gorovoy 2

13th Place

July 28, 2009
10:00		 Game 32 Brazil  16–15  Macedonia
Attendance: 150
Referees:
Moner (EGY), Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 6-2, 3-4, 2-3  OT: 1-0, 0-1, PSO: 4-3
M. Franco, F. Franco 4 Goals Krstic 4

Semifinals 9-12 places

July 28, 2009
11:20		 Game 33 China  5–13  Montenegro
Attendance: 500
Referees:
Ghafouri (IRI), Damcevski (MKD)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-2, 1-5, 3-4
Yu 4 Goals Gojković 3
July 28, 2009
12:40		 Game 34 Italy  6–8  Australia
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 2-3, 1-2
Calcaterra 3 Goals Campbell 3

Quarterfinals

July 28, 2009
14:00		 Game 35 Hungary  9–10  Serbia
Attendance: 2.000
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Borrell (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 1-1, 4-2, 1-1  OT: 1-1, 0-1
Kiss 3 Goals Udovičić, Prlainović 3
July 28, 2009
15:20		 Game 38 United States  8–5  Germany
Attendance: 1,000
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-0, 5-1, 1-2
eight players 1 Goals Politze 2
July 28, 2009
16:40		 Game 36 Croatia  7–5  Romania
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Sadekov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-3
Burić, Bošković 2 Goals Radu 3
July 28, 2009
21:00		 Game 37 Spain  11–4  Canada
Attendance: 2,000
Referees:
Brguljan (MNE), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 6-0, 3-0
García 3 Goals four players 1

11th Place

July 30, 2009
09:00		 Game 39 China  7–14  Italy
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Matache (ROU), Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 2-2, 1-5, 2-3
Liang 3 Goals Mistrangelo 4

9th Place

July 30, 2009
10:20		 Game 40 Montenegro  8–7  Australia
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 1-2, 4-1
Ivović 3 Goals Campbell 2

Semifinals 5-8 places

July 30, 2009
11:40		 Game 41 Hungary  13–8  Romania
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Sedekov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-3, 4-2, 3-2
Kiss 3 Goals eight players 1
July 30, 2009
15:30		 Game 42 Canada  5–9  Germany
Attendance: 800
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-1, 1-3, 3-3
Boyd, Diggle 2 Goals Politze 4

Semifinals

July 30, 2009
16:50		 Game 43 Serbia  12–11  Croatia
Attendance: 2.500
Referees:
Gomez (ITA), Kiszelly (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4-3, 3-3, 3-3, 2-2
Filipović 4 Goals Bošković 3
July 30, 2009
21:00		 Game 44 Spain  7–6  United States
Attendance: 3.000
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Brguljan (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-2, 1-1, 2-1
Molina 3 Goals Powers 2

7th Place

August 1, 2009
09:00		 Game 45 Romania  9–6  Canada
Attendance: 400
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Reemnet (NED)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 3-3, 3-1
three players 2 Goals Marks, Graham 2

5th Place

August 1, 2009
10:40		 Game 46 Hungary  9–6  Germany
Attendance: 600
Referees:
Peris (CRO), Stavropoulos (GRE)
Score by quarters: 4-1, 1-0, 3-1, 1-4
Hosnyánszky 3 Goals Politze 3

Bronze medal match

August 1, 2009
16:00		 Game 47 Croatia  8–6  United States
Attendance: 2,000
Referees:
Borrell (ESP), Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-1, 2-0, 3-2
Barač, Obradović 2 Goals Azevedo 2

Gold Medal match

August 1, 2009
21:00		 Game 48 Serbia  14–13  Spain
Attendance: 5.400
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 0-0, 1-2, 2:2  OT: 1-1, 0-0 Pen 7:6
Udovičić 5 Goals García 7

Ranking and Statistics

Final ranking

 Serbia
 Spain
 Croatia
4  United States
5  Hungary
6  Germany
7  Romania
8  Canada
9  Montenegro
10  Australia
11  Italy
12  China
13  Brazil
14  Macedonia
15  South Africa
16  Kazakhstan
 2009 FINA Men's World Champions 

Serbia
Fourth title
Team Roster

Slobodan Soro, Marko Avramović, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Slavko Gak, Duško Pijetlović, Slobodan Nikić, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Rađen, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Gojko Pijetlović. Head Coach: Dejan Udovičić.

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

External links