Water Polo, Men

Competition 1982 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Guayaquil ECU
Held 29 July – 2 August 1982
Status Medal
Competitors 204
Countries 16

URS (later withdrawn), HUN (later withdrawn), FRG, NED, CUB (later withdrawn), and YUG qualified for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. USA as host of the 1984 Olympics was qualified automatically.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Soviet Union URS 6 1 0
Vladimir Akimov / Mikhail Ivanov / Aleksandr Kabanov / Aleksandr Kleymenov / Sergey Kotenko / Nurlan Mendygaliyev / Giorgi Mshvenieradze / Erkin Shagayev / Yevgeny Sharonov / Nikolay Smirnov / Aleksey Vdovin
🥈 Hungary HUN 5 2 0
László Bors / Imre Budavári / Gábor Csapó / Tibor Cservenyák / György Gerendás / György Horkai / György Kenéz / István Kiss / László Kuncz / Gábor Schmiedt / Attila Sudár / Sándor Tóth / János Varga
🥉 Germany GER 5 1 1
Frank Blümlein / Roland Freund / Rainer Hoppe / Günter Kilian / Thomas Loebb / Ralf Obschernikat / Werner Obschernikat / Rainer Osselmann / Frank Otto / Peter Röhle / Jürgen Schröder / Hagen Stamm / Bernd Weyer
4 Netherlands NED 3 0 4
Ton Buunk / Wouly de Bie / Anton Heiden / Nico Landeweerd / Ronald Meijer / Ruud Misdorp / Dick Nieuwenhuizen / Arnold Nonnekes / Eric Noordegraaf / Eric te Kulve / Stan van Belkum / Ed van Es / Aad van Mil
5 Cuba CUB 4 0 3
Carlos Benítez / Lázaro Costa / Pablo Cuesta / Marcelo Derouville / Bárbaro Díaz / Juan Domínguez / Nelson Domínguez / Oriel Domínguez / Óscar Periche / Arturo Ramos / Jorge Rizo / Gerardo Rodríguez / Fabio Ruiz
6 United States USA 4 0 3
James Bergeson / Greg Boyer / Doug Burke / Peter Campbell / John Gansel / Drew McDonald / Kevin Robertson / Terry Schroeder / Tim Shaw / John Siman / Jon Svendsen / Joe Vargas / Craig Wilson
7 Yugoslavia YUG 4 0 3
Siniša Belamarić / Mirsad Janović / Zoran Janković / Boško Pasković / Predrag Petrović / Zoran Šćepanović / Damir Polić / Zoran Roje / Slobodan Trifunović / Luka Vezilić / Predrag Vranješ
8 Spain ESP 3 0 4
Antonio Aguilar / Rafael Aguilar / Alberto Canal / Jorge Carmona / Manuel Delgado / Antonio Esteller / Manuel Estiarte / Félix Fernández / Salvador Franch / Juan Jané / José Morillo / Pedro Robert / Jordi Sans
9 Italy ITA 5 0 2
Marco Baldineti / Sandro Campagna / Roberto del Gaudio / Mario Fiorillo / Massimo Fondelli / Marco Galli / Roberto Gandolfi / Alfio Misaggi / Umberto Panerai / Andrea Pisano / Stefano Postiglione / Paolo Ragosa / Antonello Steardo
10 China CHN 3 0 4
Cai Shengliu / Cai Tianxiong / Chen Zhixiong / Dong Jun / Li Jianming / Li Jianxiong / Pan Shenghua / Qu Baowei / Song Weigang / Wang Minhui / Wang Xiaotian / Weng Tong / Zhao Bilong
11 Australia AUS 3 0 4
Russell Basser / Robert Bryant / Martin Callaghan / Andrew Kerr / Ray Mayers / Peter Montgomery / Julian Muspratt / Richard Pengelley / Russell Sherwell / Glenn Townsend / Charles Turner / Michael Turner / Chris Wybrow
12 Greece GRE 1 1 5
Nikos Armenakis / Antonis Aronis / Kyriakos Giannopoulos / Ioannis Giannouris / Andreas Gounas / Spyros Kapralos / Thomas Karalogos / Aristidis Kefalogiannis / Vangelis Koskinas / Xenofon Moudatsios / Markellos Sitarenios / Sotirios Stathakis / Ioannis Vossos
13 France FRA 2 2 3
Ivan Augusto / Bruno Boyadjian / Marc Brisfer / Marc Crousillat / Serge Devemy / Pierre Garsau / Philippe Hervé / Michel Idoux / Philippe Jouanny / Erick Lefert / Armand Mikaelian / Jean-Luc Noens / Marc Simon
14 Canada CAN 3 0 4
John Anderson / René Bol / Simon Deschamps / Dominique Dion / Sylvain Huet / Alex Juhasz / David McClintock / Rod McDonald / Bill Meyer / Jim Shockey / Ian Thomas / Gordon Van Tol / Rick Zayonc
15 Egypt EGY 1 0 6
Gawad Abaza / Sari Afify / Sherif Amine / Ashraf El-Banna / Khaled Fattah / Abdel Rahman Hamada / Mahmoud Hassan / Mohamed Hassan / Ashraf Mansour / Awad Mumntasser / Raouf Nour / Tarek Salah / Tarek Shawky
16 New Zealand NZL 0 1 6
Robert Borgers / Gary Campbell / Richard Clark / Jeffrey Conroy / Mark Grooby / Alan Hesketh / John Koens / Philippe Montgomerie / Ross Paterson / Nigel Ward / Stephen Ward / Neil Watson / Stephen Williams

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Germany GER 3 0 0 6
2 Spain ESP 2 0 1 4
3 Italy ITA 1 0 2 2
4 New Zealand NZL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Germany GER 9-8 Italy ITA
Spain ESP 21-2 New Zealand NZL
Germany GER 8-6 Spain ESP
Italy ITA 20-5 New Zealand NZL
Germany GER 16-5 New Zealand NZL
Spain ESP 9-8 Italy ITA

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 United States USA 2 0 1 4
3 Australia AUS 1 0 2 2
4 Egypt EGY 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 11-8 Australia AUS
United States USA 24-2 Egypt EGY
Soviet Union URS 8-5 United States USA
Australia AUS 23-2 Egypt EGY
Soviet Union URS 16-1 Egypt EGY
United States USA 7-5 Australia AUS

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Cuba CUB 2 0 1 4
3 China CHN 1 0 2 2
4 Greece GRE 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 14-6 China CHN
Cuba CUB 9-5 Greece GRE
Hungary HUN 14-5 Greece GRE
Cuba CUB 11-8 China CHN
Hungary HUN 10-8 Cuba CUB
China CHN 12-10 Greece GRE

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Yugoslavia YUG 3 0 0 6
2 Netherlands NED 2 0 1 4
3 France FRA 1 0 2 2
4 Canada CAN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Netherlands NED 12-5 France FRA
Yugoslavia YUG 13-11 Canada CAN
Netherlands NED 8-5 Canada CAN
Yugoslavia YUG 13-9 France FRA
Netherlands NED 6-7 Yugoslavia YUG
France FRA 12-11 Canada CAN

Round 2

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 3 0 0 6
2 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
3 United States USA 1 0 2 2
4 Spain ESP 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 8-7 Spain ESP
Germany GER 8-7 United States USA
Soviet Union URS 11-8 Germany GER
United States USA 9-5 Spain ESP

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Netherlands NED 1 0 2 2
3 Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 2 2
4 Cuba CUB 1 0 2 2

Matches

Hungary HUN 11-10 Yugoslavia YUG
Netherlands NED 9-7 Cuba CUB
Hungary HUN 7-6 Netherlands NED
Cuba CUB 9-8 Yugoslavia YUG

Group G

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
2 Australia AUS 2 0 1 4
3 Egypt EGY 1 0 2 2
4 New Zealand NZL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 16-4 Egypt EGY
Australia AUS 14-2 New Zealand NZL
Italy ITA 10-9 Australia AUS
Egypt EGY 10-7 New Zealand NZL

Group H

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 China CHN 2 0 1 4
2 Greece GRE 1 1 1 3
3 France FRA 1 1 1 3
4 Canada CAN 1 0 2 2

Matches

China CHN 9-12 Canada CAN
Greece GRE 9-9 France FRA
China CHN 14-10 France FRA
Greece GRE 9-6 Canada CAN

Final

Group 1

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Soviet Union URS 2 1 0 5
2 Hungary HUN 1 2 0 4
3 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
4 Netherlands NED 0 0 3 0

Matches

Soviet Union URS 7-5 Netherlands NED
Hungary HUN 7-7 Germany GER
Soviet Union URS 7-7 Hungary HUN
Germany GER 5-3 Netherlands NED

Group 2

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
5 Cuba CUB 2 0 1 4
6 United States USA 2 0 1 4
7 Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 2 2
8 Spain ESP 1 0 2 2

Matches

Cuba CUB 9-7 United States USA
Yugoslavia YUG 7-6 Spain ESP
Cuba CUB 7-8 Spain ESP
United States USA 8-7 Yugoslavia YUG

Group 3

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
9 Italy ITA 3 0 0 6
10 China CHN 2 0 1 4
11 Australia AUS 1 0 2 2
12 Greece GRE 0 0 3 0

Matches

Italy ITA 10-6 Greece GRE
China CHN 9-7 Australia AUS
Italy ITA 14-10 China CHN
Australia AUS 9-8 Greece GRE

Group 4

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
13 France FRA 2 1 0 5
14 Canada CAN 2 0 1 4
15 Egypt EGY 1 0 2 2
16 New Zealand NZL 0 1 2 1

Matches

France FRA 6-6 New Zealand NZL
Canada CAN 18-4 Egypt EGY
France FRA 13-5 Egypt EGY
Canada CAN 9-7 New Zealand NZL