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

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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 1 Qualification 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Preliminary Round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Second Round 6 Classification Round 7 Quarter Finals 8 Semi Finals 9 Finals 10 Ranking and Statistics 10.1 Final Ranking 11 Individual Awards 12 Medalists 13 References

[edit] Qualification

• For more details on this topic, see 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Qualifier.

[edit] Teams

GROUP A  Italy  Russia  South Africa  Spain

GROUP B  Cuba  Japan  Serbia and Montenegro  United States

GROUP C  Canada  Croatia  Hungary  Romania

GROUP D  Australia  China  Germany  Greece

[edit] Squads

• For more details on this topic, see 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Squads.

[edit] Preliminary Round

[edit] 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

• Monday July 18, 2005

Russia	11 – 7	South Africa
Spain	7 – 5	Italy

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Spain	11 – 4	South Africa
Russia	5 – 4	Italy

• Friday July 22, 2005

Russia	8 – 7	Spain
Italy	15 – 4	South Africa

[edit] 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

• Monday July 18, 2005

United States	7 – 4	Japan
Serbia and Montenegro	21 – 1	Cuba

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Serbia and Montenegro	17 – 5	Japan
United States	13 – 6	Cuba

• Friday July 22, 2005

Cuba	9 – 8	Japan
Serbia and Montenegro	8 – 4	United States

[edit] 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

• Monday July 18, 2005

Hungary	14 – 4	Romania
Croatia	19 – 4	Canada

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Croatia	6 – 4	Romania
Hungary	11 – 3	Canada

• Friday July 22, 2005

Hungary	10 – 4	Croatia
Romania	10 – 2	Canada

[edit] 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

• Monday July 18, 2005

Greece	11 – 4	China
Germany	9 – 8	Australia

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Greece	8 – 4	Germany
Australia	11 – 6	China

• Friday July 22, 2005

Germany	11 – 6	China
Greece	10 – 8	Australia

[edit] Second Round

• Sunday July 24, 2005

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

[edit] Classification Round

• Sunday July 24, 2005 — 13th/16th place

South Africa	8 – 13	Japan
Canada	11 – 5	China

• Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 9th/12th place

Australia	16 – 3	Cuba
Germany	5 – 3	United States

• Thursday July 28, 2005 — 5th/8th place

Russia	7 – 11	Romania
Spain	7 – 4	Italy

[edit] Quarter Finals

• Tuesday July 26, 2005

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

[edit] Semi Finals

• Thursday July 28, 2005

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

[edit] Finals

• Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 15th place

South Africa	7 – 6	China

• Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 13th place

Canada	10 – 8	Japan

• Thursday July 28, 2005 — 11th place

Cuba	6 – 10	United States

• Thursday July 28, 2005 — 9th place

Australia	5 – 11	Germany

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — 7th place

Russia	7 – 6	Italy

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — 5th place

Romania	7 – 8	Spain

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — Bronze Medal Match

Greece	11 – 10	Croatia

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — Gold Medal Match

Serbia and Montenegro	8 – 7	Hungary

[edit] Ranking and Statistics

[edit] 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.

[edit] Individual Awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Alexander Tchigir (GER)

• Topscorer

•  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) — 26 goals

[edit] 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 Zoltan Szecsi Daniel Varga Norbert Madaras Adam Steinmetz Tamas Kasas Attila Vari Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Marton Szivos Istvan Gergely Tamas Molnar Peter 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

[edit] References

• Results
• Omega Timing

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