Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The men's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.[1]

2007 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Open water swimming
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

The men's tournament was won by Croatia who won all of their matches and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Serbia33003513+226
Italy32013115+164
Germany31022726+12
Japan30031655-390
20 March 2007
Japan6 – 20Italy09:00 AEDT
Germany7 – 11Serbia11:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
Japan7 – 17Germany10:20 AEDT
Serbia6 – 3Italy13:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Japan3 – 18Serbia09:00 AEDT
Germany3 – 8Italy13:00 AEDT

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Croatia33004330+136
USA32013927+124
Australia31022425-12
South Africa30031539-240
20 March 2007
Croatia13 – 5South Africa10:20 AEDT
Australia3 – 9USA21:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
USA14 – 4South Africa11:40 AEDT
Croatia10 – 9Australia21:00 AEDT
24 March 2007
Croatia10 – 8USA11:40 AEDT
Australia12 – 6South Africa21:00 AEDT

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Spain33003519+166
Greece32012820+84
Russian Federation31022628-22
China30031537-220
20 March 2007
China4 – 15Spain13:00 AEDT
Greece10 – 7Russia17:00 AEDT
22 March 2007
Russia8 – 12Spain17:00 AEDT
China5 – 11Greece18:20 AEDT
24 March 2007
China6 – 11Russia10:20 AEDT
Greece7 – 8Spain17:00 AEDT

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points
Hungary33005117+346
Canada32012435-114
Romania31023524+112
New Zealand30031751-340
20 March 2007
Canada9 – 8Romania18:20 AEDT
Hungary21 – 5New Zealand19:40 AEDT
22 March 2007
New Zealand4 – 18Romania09:00 AEDT
Canada3 – 19Hungary19:40 AEDT
24 March 2007
Canada12 – 8New Zealand18:20 AEDT
Hungary11 – 9Romania19:40 AEDT

Final round

Finals
Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
    28 March 2007 – 13:00 AEST        
26 March 2007 – 17:20 AEST
  Serbia   8
  Greece   8 30 March 2007 – 17:20 AEST
    Greece   3  
  Romania   7     Serbia   7
  28 March 2007 – 15:00 AEST
26 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST     Croatia   10  
  Croatia   13
  Russian Fed.   17 1 April 2007 – 16:30 AEST
    Russian Fed.   3  
  Canada  13     Croatia (AET)   9
  28 March 2007 – 16:20 AEST
26 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST     Hungary   8
  Spain   7
  Italy   12 30 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST
    Italy   5  
  Australia   11     Spain   11 3rd/4th Place
  28 March 2007 – 17:40 AEST
26 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST     Hungary (AET)   12   1 April 2007 – 15:00 AEST
  Hungary   13
  Germany   6   Spain (pen)   18
    Germany   6  
  USA  3     Serbia   17

5th-8th place
 
5th-8th place5th/6th place
 
      
 
 30 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
 
 
 Greece 9
 
 1 April 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 Russian Fed. 8
 
 Greece 15
 
 30 March 2007 – 16:00 AEST
 
 Italy (pen) 16
 
 Italy 6
 
 
 Germany 5
 
7th/8th place
 
 
 1 April 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Russian Fed. 11
 
 
 Germany 8

9th-12th place
 
9th-12th place9th/10th place
 
      
 
 28 March 2007 – 21:00 AEST
 
 
 Australia 15
 
 30 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 Romania 9
 
 Australia 9
 
 28 March 2007 – 11:40 AEST
 
 USA 10
 
 USA 16
 
 
 Canada 11
 
11th/12th place
 
 
 30 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Romania 15
 
 
 Canada 13

13th-16th place
 
13th-16th place13th/14th place
 
      
 
 26 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Japan 7
 
 28 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 South Africa 9
 
 South Africa 12
 
 26 March 2007 – 10:20 AEST
 
 People's Republic of China  13
 
 People's Republic of China  11
 
 
 New Zealand 8
 
15th/16th place
 
 
 28 March 2007 – 09:00 AEST
 
 
 Japan 9
 
 
 New Zealand 10

Final ranking
 Croatia[1]
 Hungary
 Spain
4 Serbia
5 Italy
6 Greece
7 Russia
8 Germany
9 United States
10 Australia
11 Romania
12 Canada
13 China
14 South Africa
15 New Zealand
16 Japan

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Croatia [1]
Samir Barač
Miho Bošković
Damir Burić
Andro Bušlje
Teo Đogaš
Igor Hinić
Maro Joković
Aljoša Kunac
Pavo Marković
Josip Pavić
Mile Smodlaka
Frano Vićan
Zdeslav Vrdoljak

Head Coach
Ratko Rudić		  Hungary
Tibor Benedek
Péter Biros
Rajmund Fodor
Tamás Kásás
Gábor Kis
Gergely Kiss
Norbert Madaras
Tamás Molnár
Viktor Nagy
Zoltán Szécsi
Márton Szivós
Dániel Varga
Dénes Varga

Head Coach
Dénes Kemény		  Spain
Iñaki Aguilar
Ángel Andreo
Iván Gallego
Mario García
Xavier García
David Martín
Marc Minguell
Guillermo Molina
Iván Pérez
Felipe Perrone
Ricardo Perrone
Svilen Piralkov
Xavier Vallès

Head Coach
Rafael Aguilar


Croatia, Hungary and Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China

Individual awards
  • Most Valuable Player
  • Best Goalkeeper
  • 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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