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Water polo at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first 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 from 1 to 9 September 1973, and was incorporated into the inaugural 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Soviet Union 10 5 5 0 0 41 14 +27
2.  Yugoslavia 8 5 4 0 1 35 22 +13
3.  Netherlands 6 5 3 0 2 26 19 +7
4.  Mexico 4 5 2 0 3 22 24 –2
5.  Australia 2 5 1 0 4 18 29 –11
6.  Great Britain 0 5 0 0 5 6 40 –34

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 8 4 4 0 0 36 11 +25
2.  Italy 6 4 3 0 1 25 14 +11
3.  Romania 4 4 2 0 2 30 18 +12
4.  Spain 2 4 1 0 3 20 25 –5
5.  Israel 0 4 0 0 4 6 49 –43

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Cuba 6 4 3 0 1 19 11 +8
2.  United States 5 4 2 1 1 18 17 +1
3.  West Germany 4 4 2 0 2 18 18 0
4.  Greece 3 4 1 1 2 16 19 –3
5.  Bulgaria 2 4 1 0 3 19 25 –6

Second round

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 9 5 4 1 0 28 17 +11
2.  Soviet Union 8 5 4 0 1 30 16 +14
3.  Yugoslavia 5 5 2 1 2 23 22 +1
4.  Italy 4 5 2 0 3 22 25 –3
5.  United States 4 5 2 0 3 22 28 –6
6.  Cuba 0 5 0 0 5 15 32 –17

Group E

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
7.  Romania 9 5 4 1 0 34 21 +14
8.  Netherlands 8 5 4 0 1 31 18 +13
9.  Mexico 4 5 2 0 3 21 22 –1
10.  Spain 4 5 2 0 3 22 29 –7
11.  West Germany 3 5 1 1 3 19 27 –8
12.  Greece 2 5 1 0 4 17 28 –11

Group F

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.  Bulgaria 5 3 2 1 0 16 10 +6
14.  Australia 4 3 2 0 1 18 5 +13
15.  Great Britain 3 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2
16.  Israel 0 3 0 0 3 9 30 –21

Final ranking

Team rosters

 Hungary

Balazs Balla, Andrá Bodner, Gabor Csapo, Tibor Czervengak, Tamas Farago, István Görgenyi, Zoltán Kasas, Ferenc Konrad, Endre Molnar, László Sarosi, István Szivos Jr. [1]

References

  1. ^ "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  • Results
  • HistoFINA (Volume II, 1908–2001)