Water Polo, Men

Competition 1954 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Torino ITA
Held 31 August – 5 September 1954
Status Medal
Competitors 114
Countries 12
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Hungary HUN 5 1 0 *
Antal Bolvári / Ottó Boros / Dezső Gyarmati / István Hevesi / László Jeney / György Kárpáti / Kálmán Markovits / Miklós Martin / Aladar Szabo / István Szívós, Sr. / György Vízvári
🥈 Yugoslavia YUG 4 2 0 *
Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić / Juraj Amšel / Marijan Žužej / Veljko Bakašun / Ivo Štakula / Boško Vuksanović / Ivo Kurtini / Zdravko Ježić / Lovro Radonić / Vladimir Ivković / Gojko Arneri
🥉 Italy ITA 4 0 2
Raffaello Gambino / Angelo Marciani / Cesare Rubini / Maurizio Mannelli / Salvatore Gionta / Renato De Sanzuane / Carlo Peretti / Carlo MarcotulliDNS / Enzo PolitoDNS / Giuseppe D'AltruiDNS / Lucio CeccariniDNS
4 Netherlands NED 3 0 3
Max van Gelder / Gerrit Bijlsma / Nijs Korevaar / Jos Sievers / Nico Luchs / Hans Muller / Joop de Gans / Ruud van Feggelen / Frits Smol / Gaston Finee
5 Soviet Union URS 4 1 1
Boris Goykhman / Yury Teplov / Yury Shlyapin / Valentin Prokopov / Aleksandr Liferenko / P'et're Mshvenieradze / Nodar Gvakharia / Y. Lebedev / A. Liebel
6 Germany GER 3 0 3
Emil Bildstein / Erich Pennekamp / Wilfried Bode / Hans Schepers / Achim Schneider / Helmut Deuerlein / Willi Sturm / Dieter Janssen / Hans-Werner Seher
7 Spain ESP 1 1 4
Leandro Ribera Abad / Ricardo Conde / Josep Bazán / Jorge Jordana / Armando Munté / Antonio Subirana / Juan Luis Abellán / Ricardo Llordachs / Pedro Masip / Francisco Godia / Roberto Queralt
8 Great Britain GBR 1 0 5
Arthur Grady / Jack Jones / K. Fennell / Gerry Worsell / Ron Turner / Terry Miller / Jack Ferguson
9 France FRA 0 1 1
Charles Duquesnoy / Gérard Faetibolt / Charles Lambert / René Daubinet / Jacques Viaene / Roger Van de Casteele / Alex Jany / Bernard Laurent / Jacques Meslier
10 Romania ROU 0 0 2
Iosif Deutsch / Iuliu Lorincz / Gavril Nagy / Francisc Simon / Zoltan Hospodar / Eugen Csordas / Octavian Iosim / Adalbert Stănescu / Iosif Novac / Popescu
11 Austria AUT 0 0 2
Gustl Gebhardt / Julius Depaoli / Johann Liebenberger / Rudolf Styskalik / Wolfgang Navratil / Robert Feßl / Willi Baidinger / Burcik / Herbert Zgraja
12 Belgium BEL 0 0 2
François Maesschalck / De Graeve / Jozef Smits / Johan Van Den Steen / Henri De Pauw / André Laurent / Segers / Hugo Rasschaert / René Lekime / Marcel Heyninck / Wierens

Round 1

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 2 0 0 4
2 Germany GER 1 0 1 2
3 Belgium BEL 0 0 2 0

Matches

Italy ITA 6-0 Germany GER
Italy ITA 7-3 Belgium BEL
Germany GER 4-1 Belgium BEL

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Netherlands NED 2 0 0 4
2 Great Britain GBR 1 0 1 2
3 Romania ROU 0 0 2 0

Matches

Netherlands NED 7-6 Great Britain GBR
Great Britain GBR 6-5 Romania ROU
Netherlands NED 7-5 Romania ROU

Group 3

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 2 0 0 4
2 Soviet Union URS 1 0 1 2
3 Austria AUT 0 0 2 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 8-1 Austria AUT
Soviet Union URS 7-1 Austria AUT
Hungary HUN 3-2 Soviet Union URS

Group 4

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 2 0 0 4
2 Spain ESP 0 1 1 1
3 France FRA 0 1 1 1

Matches

Yugoslavia YUG 7-2 Spain ESP
Spain ESP 3-3 France FRA
Yugoslavia YUG 10-0 France FRA

Semi-Finals

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
2 Netherlands NED 2 0 1 4
3 Germany GER 1 0 2 2
4 Great Britain GBR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 5-4 Netherlands NED
Germany GER 4-2 Great Britain GBR
Italy ITA 4-3 Great Britain GBR
Netherlands NED 7-6 Germany GER

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 2 1 0 5
2 Yugoslavia YUG 1 2 0 4
3 Soviet Union URS 1 1 1 3
4 Spain ESP 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 3-3 Yugoslavia YUG
Soviet Union URS 6-1 Spain ESP
Hungary HUN 5-2 Spain ESP
Yugoslavia YUG 1-1 Soviet Union URS

Final

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 2 1 0 5
2 Yugoslavia YUG 2 1 0 5
3 Italy ITA 1 0 2 2
4 Netherlands NED 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 8-3 Netherlands NED
Yugoslavia YUG 3-1 Italy ITA
Hungary HUN 8-1 Italy ITA
Yugoslavia YUG 4-0 Netherlands NED

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
5 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
6 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
7 Spain ESP 1 0 2 2
8 Great Britain GBR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 5-2 Great Britain GBR
Germany GER 4-1 Spain ESP
Soviet Union URS 9-1 Germany GER
Spain ESP 3-2 Great Britain GBR