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.[1]

Teams
GROUP A GROUP B

 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Romania

 Croatia
 Russia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Spain

Squads

 Croatia

 Greece

 Hungary

 Italy

 Romania

 Russia

 Serbia and Montenegro

 Spain

Preliminary round
  • Tuesday 2005-06-13
Croatia  12 – 9  Russia 4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-1
Greece  7 – 8  Romania 2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-3
Italy  6 – 10  Hungary 2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3
Serbia and Montenegro  7 – 6  Spain 2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0
  • Wednesday 2005-06-14
Croatia  8 – 8  Spain 2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-2
Serbia and Montenegro  13 – 7  Russia 3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2
Greece  4 – 14  Hungary 4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-3
Italy  7 – 5  Romania 1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2
  • Thursday 2005-06-15
Russia  6 – 10  Spain 1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-3
Greece  5 – 7  Italy 1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-1
Romania  6 – 14  Hungary 4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3
Croatia  8 – 9  Serbia and Montenegro 1-3 • 2-0 • 2-4 • 3-2

Standings
GROUP A Pts P W T L PF PA
 Hungary 633003819
 Italy 432012020
 Romania 231021928
 Greece 030031929
GROUP B Pts P W T L PF PA
 Serbia and Montenegro 633002921
 Croatia 331112826
 Spain 331112421
 Russia 030032235
  • 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  7 – 10  Croatia 2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2
    • Second quarterfinal (19:00h)
Italy  3 – 9  Spain 0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3

Semi finals
  • Saturday 2005-06-17
    • First semifinal (17:30h)
Hungary  10 – 6  Croatia 2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1
    • Second semifinal (19:00h)
Serbia and Montenegro  13 – 8  Spain 5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2

Finals
  • Friday 2005-06-16
    • 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)
Greece  10 – 6  Russia 2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0
  • Saturday 2005-06-17
    • 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)
Romania  4 – 7  Italy 2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2
  • Sunday 2005-06-18
    • Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)
Croatia  10 – 13  Spain 2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2
    • Gold Medal Match (17:30h)
Hungary  9 – 10  Serbia and Montenegro 1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1

Top scorers
RANK2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUPGOALS
1.  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) 17
2.  Tamás Kásás (HUN) 13
 Felipe Perrone (ESP)
 Xavier García (ESP)
5.  Miho Bošković (CRO) 12
6.  Andrei Iosep (ROM) 11
7.  Péter Biros (HUN) 10
8.  Teo Đogaš (CRO) 9
9.  Gergely Kiss (HUN) 8
 Nikola Janović (SCG)

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.