Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 2001 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth 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 19 to 29 July 2001, and was incorporated into the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.[1]

2001 World Water Polo Championship
9th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location Japan
Date(s)19–29 July
Category2001 World Aquatics Championships
 1998 2003 

Qualification

Teams


Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 53210209+11
2.  FR Yugoslavia 532102314+9
3.  Slovakia 231021924–5
4.  Brazil 030031127–16

Group B

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 633003220+12
2.  Greece 231022324–1
3.  Kazakhstan 231021316–3
4.  Germany 231022028–8

Group C

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Russia 633003322+11
2.  Netherlands 432012318+5
3.  United States 231022019+1
4.  Canada 030031330–17

Group D

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 63300266+20
2.  Croatia 432012014+6
3.  Australia 231021321–8
4.  Japan 03003826–18

Second round

Group E

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  FR Yugoslavia 954103825+13
2.  Italy 753113721+16
3.  Hungary 653023632+4
4.  Greece 653023028+2
5.  Kazakhstan 251042648–22
6.  Slovakia 050052841–13

Group F

Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 1055004322+21
2.  Russia 854014335+8
3.  Croatia 653024228+14
4.  United States 251042942–13
5.  Australia 251042135–14
6.  Netherlands 251042642–16

Semi finals

  • July 28, 2001
Spain  4 – 2  Italy
FR Yugoslavia  9 – 8  Russia

Finals

  • July 29, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match
Russia  7 – 6  Italy
  • July 29, 2001 — Gold Medal Match
Spain  4 – 2  FR Yugoslavia

Final ranking

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Spain [1]
Angel Andreo
Daniel Ballart
Salvador Gomez
Gabriel Hernandez
Gustavo Marcos
Guillermo Molina
Daniel Moro
Ivan Moro
Sergi Pedrerol
Ivan Perez
Jesus Rollan
Javier Sánchez
Carlos Sanz
 FR Yugoslavia
Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Viktor Jelenić
Branko Peković
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Šapić
Denis Šefik
Aleksandar Šoštar
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Vladimir Vujasinović
Nenad Vukanić
Predrag Zimonjić
 Russia

Individual awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
Jesús Miguel Rollán
  • Topscorer

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.


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