2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 13th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on Margitsziget (Margaret Island) in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.
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Preliminary round
- Tuesday 2005-06-13
Croatia 
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12 – 9 |  Russia
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4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-1 |
Greece 
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7 – 8 |  Romania
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2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-3 |
Italy 
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6 – 10 |  Hungary
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2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3 |
Serbia and Montenegro 
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7 – 6 |  Spain
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2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0 |
- Wednesday 2005-06-14
| Croatia
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8 – 8 | Spain
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2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-2 |
| Serbia and Montenegro
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13 – 7 | Russia
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3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2 |
| Greece
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4 – 14 | Hungary
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4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-3 |
| Italy
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7 – 5 | Romania
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1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2 |
- Thursday 2005-06-15
| Russia
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6 – 10 | Spain
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1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-3 |
| Greece
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5 – 7 | Italy
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1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-1 |
| Romania
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6 – 14 | Hungary
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4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3 |
| Croatia
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8 – 9 | Serbia and Montenegro
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1-3 • 2-0 • 2-4 • 3-2 |
Standings
| GROUP A | Pts | P | W | T | L | PF | PA |
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| Hungary
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 19 |
| Italy
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4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Romania
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2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| Greece
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 29 |
| GROUP B | Pts | P | W | T | L | PF | PA |
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| Serbia and Montenegro
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 |
| Croatia
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 26 |
| Spain
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3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 |
| Russia
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 35 |
- Olympic champions Hungary and reigning world champion Serbia & Montenegro won their groups after three wins in a row and went straight to the semifinals on Saturday.
Quarter finals
- Friday 2005-06-16
- First quarterfinal (17:30h)
| Romania
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7 – 10 | Croatia
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2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2 |
- Second quarterfinal (19:00h)
| Italy
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3 – 9 | Spain
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0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3 |
Semi finals
- Saturday 2005-06-17
- First semifinal (17:30h)
| Hungary
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10 – 6 | Croatia
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2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1 |
- Second semifinal (19:00h)
| Serbia and Montenegro
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13 – 8 | Spain
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5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2 |
Finals
- Friday 2005-06-16
- 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)
| Greece
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10 – 6 | Russia
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2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0 |
- Saturday 2005-06-17
- 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)
| Romania
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4 – 7 | Italy
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2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2 |
- Sunday 2005-06-18
- Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)
| Croatia
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10 – 13 | Spain
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2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2 |
- Gold Medal Match (17:30h)
| Hungary
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9 – 10 | Serbia and Montenegro
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1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1 |
Top scorers
| RANK | 2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP | GOALS |
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| 1. | Aleksandar Šapić (SCG)
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17 |
| 2. | Tamás Kásás (HUN)
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13 |
| Felipe Perrone (ESP)
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| Xavier García (ESP)
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| 5. | Miho Bošković (CRO)
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12 |
| 6. | Andrei Iosep (ROM)
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11 |
| 7. | Péter Biros (HUN)
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10 |
| 8. | Teo Đogaš (CRO)
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9 |
| 9. | Gergely Kiss (HUN)
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8 |
| Nikola Janović (SCG)
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References
- FINA History p. 23
