Water Polo, Men

Competition 1975 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Cali COL
Held 19 – 27 July 1975
Status Medal
Competitors 176
Countries 16

After Ratko Rudić tested positive for doping, the original score of the preliminary round Group A match Yugoslavia vs. Germany 9-7 was changed to 0-5. This also changed the table of Group A and Yugoslavia slipped back from first to third place. This also meant that Germany and Yugoslavia had to swap places and Germany was placed to Group E to replace Yugoslavia and Yugoslavia had to be in Group G instead of Germany. The already played matches in these groups, Yugoslavia vs. Romania (8-4) and Germany vs. Colombia (15-4), were void.

The round 2 Group G match Australia vs. Yugoslavia was not played as Yugoslavia refused to play, therefore the result was 5-0 for Australia.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Soviet Union URS 6 2 0
Aleksey Barkalov / Aleksandr Dolgushin / Aleksandr Dreval / Sergey Gorshkov / Aleksandr Kabanov / Anatoly Klebanov / Nikolay Melnikov / Aleksandr Rodionov / Vitaly Romanchuk / Vitaly Rozhkov / Aleksandr Zakharov
🥈 Hungary HUN 7 0 1
András Bodnár / Gábor Csapó / Tibor Cservenyák / Tamás Faragó / István Görgényi / György Horkai / Ferenc Konrád / István Magas / Endre Molnár / László Sárosi / István Szívós, Jr.
🥉 Italy ITA 4 2 2
Alberto Alberani Samaritani / Silvio Baracchini / Luigi Castagnola / Roberto Castagnola / Enzo D'Angelo / Carlo de Gaudio / Gianni De Magistris / Marcello Del Duca / Alessandro Ghibellini / Sante Marsili / Gigi Raspini / Mario Scotti Galletta / Roldano Simeoni
4 Cuba CUB 3 1 4
Eugenio Almenteros / Nelson Domínguez / Oriel Domínguez / Tomás Duarte / Osvaldo García / Ramón Peña / Jesús Pérez / Óscar Periche / Jorge Rizo / David Rodríguez / Gerardo Rodríguez
5 Romania ROU 4 0 4
Cornel Frățilă / Adrian Nastasiu / Gruia Novac / Dinu Popescu / Liviu Răducanu / Viorel Rus / Claudiu Rusu / Cornel Rusu / Florin Slăvei / Ilie Slăvei / Gheorghe Zamfirescu
6 Germany GER 5 0 3
Serban Huber / Martin Jellinghaus / Günter Kilian / Horst Kilian / Thomas Loebb / Hans Simon / Jürgen Stiefel / Volker Stöffges / Werner Vossen / Ludger Weeke / Günter Wolf
7 Netherlands NED 4 0 4
Mart Bras / Ton Buunk / Piet de Zwarte / Andy Hoepelman / Evert Kroon / Nico Landeweerd / Dick Nieuwenhuizen / Gijze Stroboer / Rik Toonen / Wim van de Schilde / Hans van Zeeland
8 United States USA 2 2 4
Guy Antley / Peter Asch / Paul Becskehazy / Tom Belfanti / Joseph Bogen / Jim Ferguson / Steve Hamann / James Kruse / Eric Lindroth / Mike Loughlin / Peter Schnugg / Jim Slatton / Jon Svendsen
9 Mexico MEX 4 1 3
Maximiliano Aguilar / Raúl Alanís / Armando Fernández / Francisco García / Juan Manuel García / Victorino Geristain / Daniel Gómez / Javier Guerra / Carlos Jiménez / Arturo Valencia / Juan Yáñez
10 Spain ESP 4 3 1
Alfonso Cánovas / Jorge Carmona / Francisco Castillo, Jr. / Antonio Esteller / Salvador Franch / Enrique Guardia / Juan Jané / Juan Rubio / Juan Sans / Antoni Torres
11 Australia AUS 3 0 5
Eddie Brooks / Randall Goff / Andrew Kerr / Ross Langdon / Ian Mills / Peter Montgomery / David Neesham / Charles Turner / Michael Turner / Paul Williams / David Woods
12 Bulgaria BUL 2 1 5
Plamen Brankov / Georgi Gadzhev / Mladen Hristov / Andrey Konstantinov / Mikhail Kostadinov / Petar Kostadinov / Matey Popov / Lyubomir Runtov / Volodya Sirakov / Toma Tomov / Steffan Tsckapov
13 Yugoslavia YUG 6 0 2
Dušan Brguljan / Siniša Belamarić / Ozren Crousillat / Dejan Ivović / Zoran Klikovač / Boško Pasković / Predrag Petrović / Miloš Radović / Uroš Radović / Damir Polić / Ratko Rudić / Ðuro Savinović
14 Canada CAN 3 0 5
Clifford Barry / Gabor Csepregi / Jean-Luc Dion / Jim Ducharme / George Gross / Paul Hart / Stephen Hart / Guy Leclerc / Leslie Machan / Rick Pugliese / Gaétan Turcotte
15 Iran IRI 1 0 7
Jaime Bedoya / Abdul Homanadiam / Abdul Reza Majdpour / Hossein Masimnaseri / Hamid Reza Ababram / Kholam Reza Kamrani / Haydar Shonjani / Ahmed Yaghoti
16 Colombia COL 0 0 8
Jaime Bedoya / Jorge Buenaventura / Carlos Chávez / Gonzalo Forero / Jesús Herrera / Guillermo Madrid / Danilo Mazuera / Carlos O’Bonaga / Guillermo Rojas / Harold Ruiz / Ramiro Valencia

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Cuba CUB 2 0 1 4
2 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
3 Yugoslavia YUG 2 0 1 4
4 Bulgaria BUL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Cuba CUB 5-4 Germany GER
Bulgaria BUL 3-8 Yugoslavia YUG
Cuba CUB 4-7 Yugoslavia YUG
Germany GER 4-3 Bulgaria BUL
Cuba CUB 8-3 Bulgaria BUL
Germany GER 5-0 Yugoslavia YUG

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Romania ROU 2 0 1 4
3 Australia AUS 1 0 2 2
4 Colombia COL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 8-7 Romania ROU
Australia AUS 6-1 Colombia COL
Hungary HUN 11-5 Australia AUS
Romania ROU 14-5 Colombia COL
Hungary HUN 9-3 Colombia COL
Romania ROU 9-5 Australia AUS

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 5
2 United States USA 1 2 0 4
3 Spain ESP 1 1 1 3
4 Iran IRI 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 4-4 United States USA
Spain ESP 12-2 Iran IRI
Soviet Union URS 13-2 Iran IRI
United States USA 4-4 Spain ESP
Soviet Union URS 7-4 Spain ESP
United States USA 14-1 Iran IRI

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
2 Netherlands NED 2 0 1 4
3 Mexico MEX 1 0 2 2
4 Canada CAN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 6-5 Mexico MEX
Netherlands NED 9-4 Canada CAN
Italy ITA 6-4 Canada CAN
Netherlands NED 5-2 Mexico MEX
Italy ITA 4-3 Netherlands NED
Mexico MEX 5-4 Canada CAN

Round 2

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Cuba CUB 2 0 1 4
3 Germany GER 1 0 2 2
4 Romania ROU 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 8-6 Cuba CUB
Hungary HUN 9-7 Germany GER
Cuba CUB 4-2 Romania ROU
Romania ROU 2-4 Germany GER

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 5
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 4
3 United States USA 1 1 1 3
4 Netherlands NED 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 3-2 Italy ITA
Netherlands NED 2-4 United States USA
Soviet Union URS 4-2 Netherlands NED
Italy ITA 10-4 United States USA

Group G

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Australia AUS 2 0 1 4
2 Bulgaria BUL 2 0 1 4
3 Yugoslavia YUG 2 0 1 4
4 Colombia COL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Australia AUS 4-6 Bulgaria BUL
Australia AUS 5-0 Yugoslavia YUG
Bulgaria BUL 12-2 Colombia COL
Yugoslavia YUG 3-0 Colombia COL

Group H

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 3 0 0 6
2 Mexico MEX 2 0 1 4
3 Canada CAN 1 0 2 2
4 Iran IRI 0 0 3 0

Matches

Mexico MEX 5-7 Spain ESP
Canada CAN 6-4 Iran IRI
Mexico MEX 7-3 Iran IRI
Spain ESP 9-5 Canada CAN

Final

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 5
2 Hungary HUN 2 0 1 4
3 Italy ITA 0 2 1 2
4 Cuba CUB 0 1 2 1

Matches

Soviet Union URS 5-5 Italy ITA
Hungary HUN 6-4 Cuba CUB
Soviet Union URS 5-4 Hungary HUN
Italy ITA 4-4 Cuba CUB
Soviet Union URS 8-3 Cuba CUB
Hungary HUN 7-5 Italy ITA

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
5 Romania ROU 2 0 1 4
6 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
7 Netherlands NED 2 0 1 4
8 United States USA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Romania ROU 6-3 United States USA
Germany GER 3-5 Netherlands NED
Romania ROU 4-2 Netherlands NED
Germany GER 8-7 United States USA
Romania ROU 5-7 Germany GER
Netherlands NED 5-4 United States USA

Group 3

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Mexico MEX 2 1 0 5
10 Spain ESP 1 2 0 4
11 Australia AUS 1 0 2 2
12 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 2 1

Matches

Mexico MEX 4-1 Australia AUS
Spain ESP 5-5 Bulgaria BUL
Mexico MEX 6-4 Bulgaria BUL
Spain ESP 8-5 Australia AUS
Mexico MEX 5-5 Spain ESP
Australia AUS 6-0 Bulgaria BUL

Group 4

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
13 Yugoslavia YUG 3 0 0 6
14 Canada CAN 2 0 1 4
15 Iran IRI 1 0 2 2
16 Colombia COL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Yugoslavia YUG 6-3 Colombia COL
Canada CAN 7-4 Iran IRI
Yugoslavia YUG 13-2 Iran IRI
Canada CAN 10-3 Colombia COL
Yugoslavia YUG 8-7 Canada CAN
Iran IRI 5-4 Colombia COL