Water Polo, Men

Competition 1973 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Beograd YUG
Held 1 – 9 September 1973
Status Medal
Competitors 175
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Hungary HUN 7 1 0
Balázs Balla / András Bodnár / Gábor Csapó / Tibor Cservenyák / Tamás Faragó / István Görgényi / Zoltán Kásás / Ferenc Konrád / Endre Molnár / László Sárosi / István Szívós, Jr.
🥈 Soviet Union URS 8 0 1
Anatoly Akimov / Aleksey Barkalov / Aleksandr Dreval / Andrey Frolov / Aleksandr Kabanov / Yury Mityanin / Nuzgari Mshvenieradze / Leonid Osipov / Vitaly Romanchuk / Sergey Severnyev / Vladimir Shmudsky
🥉 Yugoslavia YUG 6 1 2
Siniša Belamarić / Ozren Brguljan / Milan Janović / Boško Murisić / Predrag Radić / Miloš Radić / Đorđe Vukčević / Damir Zloković / Ratko Rudić / Ðuro Savinović / Nikola Stamenić
4 Italy ITA 5 0 3
Alberto Alberani Samaritani / Mattia Aversa / Silvio Baracchini / Enzo D'Angelo / Gianni De Magistris / Pierluigi Formiconi / Alessandro Ghibellini / Guglielmo Marsili / Sante Marsili / Mario Scotti Galletta / Roldano Simeoni
5 United States USA 3 1 4
Doug Arth / Peter Asch / Jim Ferguson / Eric Lindroth / Mike Martin / John Schmitt / Peter Schnugg / Joseph Shanahan / Jim Slatton / Jon Svendsen / Pat Yelovich
6 Cuba CUB 3 0 5
Eugenio Almenteros / Orlando Cowley / Roberto Domínguez / Oriel Domínguez / Osvaldo García / Jesús Pérez / Óscar Periche / Jorge Rizo / Gerardo Rodríguez / David Rodríguez / Carlos Sánchez
7 Romania ROU 5 1 2
Dan Fråncu / Anatol Grințescu / Ştefan Huber / Radu Lazăr / Dinu Popescu / Viorel Rus / Claudiu Rusu / Cornel Rusu / Adrian Schervan / Florin Slăvei / Ilie Slăvei / Gheorghe Zamfirescu
8 Netherlands NED 6 0 3
Ton Buunk / Harm Drenth / Wim Hermsen / Andy Hoepelman / Wim Keman / Evert Kroon / Nico Landeweerd / Hans Parrel / Gijze Stroboer / Wim van de Schilde / Jan Evert Veer
9 Mexico MEX 3 2 4
Maximiliano Aguilar / Raúl Alanís / Ricardo Chapa / Armando Fernández / Francisco García / Juan Manuel García / Daniel Gómez / Javier Guerra / Carlos Jiménez / Alfredo Sauza / Arturo Valencia
10 Spain ESP 2 0 6
Alfonso Cánovas / Francisco Castillo, Jr. / Antonio Esteller / Salvador Franch / Enrique Guardia / Juan Jané / Poncio Puigdevall / Juan Rubio / Juan Sans / Gabriel Soler
11 Germany GER 2 2 4
Axel Becker / Uwe Gassmann / Klaus Herrmann / Joachim Huth / Günter Kilian / Horst Kilian / Wolfgang Mechler / Hans Schmid / Hans Simon / Jürgen Stiefel / Peter Teicher
12 Greece GRE 1 2 5
Ilias Damaskos / Periklis Damaskos / Kyriakos Iosifidis / Thomas Karalogos / Dimitrios Konstas / Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos / Ikakim Marselos / Panagiotis Michalos / Takis Michalos / Ioannis Palios / Efstathios Sarantos / Sotirios Stathakis
13 Bulgaria BUL 3 1 3
Georgi Gadzhev / Kiril Kiryakov / Ivan Kovachev / Mikhail Kostadinov / Petar Kostadinov / Matey Popov / Lyubomir Runtov / Aleksandar Spizer / Toma Tomov / Vasil Tomov / Steffan Tsckapov
14 Australia AUS 2 0 5
Eddie Brooks / Tony Harrison / Ian Mills / Peter Montgomery / David Neesham / Les Nunn / Ross Nunn / Bill Tilley / Charles Turner / Tony West / David Woods
15 Great Britain GBR 1 1 5
Chris Ayling / Terry Benstead / David Chapman / Peter Davis / Roddy Jones / Andrew Lench / Norman Lines / George Mears / Neil Muir / Martin Thomas
16 Israel ISR 0 0 7
Israel Racheli / Hagai Chass / Guri Huberman / Micha Knitz / Yossi Kligman / Dov Kroll / Ruby Ladner / Uzi Less / Oded Rosenfeld / Reuven Shefa

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 5 0 0 10
2 Yugoslavia YUG 4 0 1 8
3 Netherlands NED 3 0 2 6
4 Mexico MEX 2 0 3 4
5 Australia AUS 1 0 4 2
6 Great Britain GBR 0 0 5 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 9-3 Australia AUS
Yugoslavia YUG 9-0 Great Britain GBR
Netherlands NED 5-3 Mexico MEX
Soviet Union URS 5-4 Netherlands NED
Yugoslavia YUG 6-5 Mexico MEX
Australia AUS 4-1 Great Britain GBR
Soviet Union URS 14-1 Great Britain GBR
Yugoslavia YUG 8-5 Netherlands NED
Mexico MEX 5-3 Australia AUS
Soviet Union URS 7-4 Mexico MEX
Yugoslavia YUG 10-6 Australia AUS
Netherlands NED 8-1 Great Britain GBR
Soviet Union URS 6-2 Yugoslavia YUG
Netherlands NED 4-2 Australia AUS
Mexico MEX 5-3 Great Britain GBR

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 4 0 0 8
2 Italy ITA 3 0 1 6
3 Romania ROU 2 0 2 4
4 Spain ESP 1 0 3 2
5 Israel ISR 0 0 4 0

Matches

Italy ITA 5-4 Romania ROU
Spain ESP 11-3 Israel ISR
Hungary HUN 7-3 Spain ESP
Romania ROU 12-1 Israel ISR
Hungary HUN 15-0 Israel ISR
Italy ITA 5-2 Spain ESP
Hungary HUN 6-4 Italy ITA
Romania ROU 10-4 Spain ESP
Hungary HUN 9-4 Romania ROU
Italy ITA 12-2 Israel ISR

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Cuba CUB 3 0 1 6
2 United States USA 2 1 1 5
3 Germany GER 1 2 1 4
4 Greece GRE 1 1 2 3
5 Bulgaria BUL 1 0 3 2

Matches

United States USA 4-3 Cuba CUB
Germany GER 1-1 Greece GRE
United States USA 5-6 Bulgaria BUL
Cuba CUB 7-2 Greece GRE
United States USA 3-3 Germany GER
Cuba CUB 3-0 Bulgaria BUL
Cuba CUB 6-5 Germany GER
Greece GRE 8-5 Bulgaria BUL
United States USA 6-5 Greece GRE
Germany GER 9-8 Bulgaria BUL

Final

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 4 1 0 9
2 Soviet Union URS 4 0 1 8
3 Yugoslavia YUG 2 1 2 6
4 Italy ITA 2 0 3 4
5 United States USA 2 0 3 4
6 Cuba CUB 0 0 5 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 6-2 United States USA
Soviet Union URS 6-2 Italy ITA
Yugoslavia YUG 8-3 Cuba CUB
Hungary HUN 5-4 Soviet Union URS
Yugoslavia YUG 6-5 United States USA
Italy ITA 6-3 Cuba CUB
Hungary HUN 3-3 Yugoslavia YUG
Soviet Union URS 6-2 Cuba CUB
Italy ITA 5-6 United States USA
Hungary HUN 8-4 Cuba CUB
Soviet Union URS 8-5 United States USA
Yugoslavia YUG 4-5 Italy ITA

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
7 Romania ROU 4 1 0 9
8 Netherlands NED 4 0 1 8
9 Mexico MEX 1 2 2 4
10 Spain ESP 1 0 4 4
11 Germany GER 1 1 3 3
12 Greece GRE 0 2 3 2

Matches

Romania ROU 11-6 Greece GRE
Netherlands NED 5-4 Spain ESP
Mexico MEX 6-7 Germany GER
Romania ROU 6-5 Netherlands NED
Mexico MEX 4-4 Greece GRE
Spain ESP 6-5 Germany GER
Romania ROU 3-3 Mexico MEX
Netherlands NED 9-3 Germany GER
Spain ESP 5-4 Greece GRE
Romania ROU 5-3 Germany GER
Netherlands NED 7-2 Greece GRE
Mexico MEX 5-3 Spain ESP

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
13 Bulgaria BUL 2 1 0 5
14 Australia AUS 2 0 1 4
15 Great Britain GBR 1 1 1 3
16 Israel ISR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Bulgaria BUL 3-2 Australia AUS
Great Britain GBR 10-5 Israel ISR
Bulgaria BUL 8-3 Israel ISR
Bulgaria BUL 5-5 Great Britain GBR
Australia AUS 12-1 Israel ISR