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

Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Canada (in Montréal host cities)
Dates	18 – 30 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia and Montenegro (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	740 (15.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleksandar Šapić; (26 goals)
Best player	Aleksandar Šapić
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The 2005 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eleventh edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held in a temporary pool on Île Sainte-Hélène from 18 to 30 July 2005, and was incorporated into the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.^[1]

Qualification[edit]

Participating teams[edit]

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
South Africa	Canada Cuba United States	China Japan	Croatia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Romania Russia Serbia and Montenegro Spain	Australia

Groups formed[edit]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Preliminary round[edit]

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the playoff round
	Will play for places 13–16

Group A[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	24	18	+6
2.	Spain	4	3	2	1	25	17	+8
3.	Italy	2	3	1	2	24	16	+8
4.	South Africa	0	3	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

Group B[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Serbia and Montenegro	6	3	3	0	46	10	+36
2.	United States	4	3	2	1	24	18	+6
3.	Cuba	2	3	1	2	16	42	–26
4.	Japan	0	3	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

Group C[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	35	11	+24
2.	Croatia	4	3	2	1	29	18	+11
3.	Romania	2	3	1	2	18	22	–4
4.	Canada	0	3	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

Group D[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Greece	6	3	3	0	29	16	+13
2.	Germany	4	3	2	1	24	22	+2
3.	Australia	2	3	1	2	27	25	+2
4.	China	0	3	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

Final round[edit]

Finals[edit]

Play-off 24 July 2005		Quarterfinals 26 July 2005		Semifinals 28 July 2005		Final 30 July 2005

		Croatia	6
Croatia	10	Russia	4
Australia	6			Serbia and Montenegro	5
				Croatia	4
		Serbia and Montenegro	10
Romania	7	Romania	8
Germany	5					Serbia and Montenegro	8
						Hungary	7
		Hungary	8
Spain	17	Spain	4
Cuba	2			Hungary	7	Third place
				Greece	6
		Greece	13			Greece	11
Italy	6	Italy	9			Croatia	10
USA	5

5th-8th place[edit]

5th–8th place		5th / 6th place

28 July 2005

Russia	7
		30 July 2005
Romania	11
		Romania	7
28 July 2005
		Spain	8
Spain	7

Italy	4
		7th / 8th place

		30 July 2005

		Russia	7

		Italy	6

9th-12th place[edit]

9th–12th place		9th / 10th place

26 July 2005

Australia	16
		28 July 2005
Cuba	3
		Australia	5
26 July 2005
		Germany	11
Germany	5

USA	3
		11th / 12th place

		28 July 2005

		Cuba	6

		USA	10

13th-16th place[edit]

13th–16th place		13th / 14th place

24 July 2005

South Africa	8
		26 July 2005
Japan	13
		Canada	10
24 July 2005
		Japan	8
Canada	11

China	5
		15th / 16th place

		26 July 2005

		South Africa	7

		China	6

Playoff round[edit]

Sunday July 24, 2005


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

Classification round[edit]

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

Quarter finals[edit]

Tuesday July 26, 2005


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

Semi finals[edit]

Thursday July 28, 2005


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

Finals[edit]

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

Final ranking[edit]

	Serbia and Montenegro^[1]
	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 Third title

Team roster ^[1]

Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Nikola Janović, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Vladimir Gojković, Boris Zloković, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Predrag Jokić, Zdravko Radić
Head coach: Petar Porobić

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serbia and Montenegro ^[1] Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Nikola Janović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Danilo Ikodinović Slobodan Nikić Vladimir Gojković Boris Zloković Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović (c) Predrag Jokić Zdravko Radić Head coach Petar Porobić	Hungary Zoltán Szécsi Dániel Varga Norbert Madaras Ádám Steinmetz Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Márton Szívós István Gergely Tamás Molnár Péter Biros Head coach Dénes Kemény	Greece Georgios Reppas Anastasios Schizas Dimitrios Mazis Emmanouil Mylonakis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Argyris Theodoropoulos Christos Afroudakis Georgios Ntoskas Georgios Afroudakis (c) Stefanos-Petros Santa Antonios Vlontakis Manthos Voulgarakis Nikolaos Deligiannis Head coach Sandro Campagna

Individual awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player

Aleksandar Šapić (SCG)

Best Goalkeeper

Alexander Tchigir (GER)

Topscorer

Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) — 26 goals

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

External links[edit]

11th FINA World Championships 2005 FINA Water Polo website
Omega Timing
Men Water Polo World Championship 2005 Montreal www.todor66.com

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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