Water Polo, Men

Competition 2005 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Montréal CAN
Held 18 – 30 July 2005
Status Medal
Competitors 208
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 6 0 0
Vladimir Gojković / Danilo Ikodinović / Nikola Janović / Predrag Jokić / Slobodan Nikić / Zdravko Radić / Aleksandar Šapić / Dejan Savić / Denis Šefik / Petar Trbojević / Vanja Udovičić / Vlada Vujasinović / Boris Zloković
🥈 Hungary HUN 5 0 1
Péter Biros / Rajmund Fodor / István Gergely / Tamás Kásás / Csaba Kiss / Gergő Kiss / Norbert Madaras / Tamás Molnár / Ádám Steinmetz / Zoltán Szécsi / Márton Szivós / Dániel Varga / Attila Vári
🥉 Greece GRE 5 0 1
Georgios Afroudakis / Christos Afroudakis / Theodoros Chatzitheodorou / Nikolaos Deligiannis / Dimitrios Mazis / Emmanouil Mylonakis / Georgios Ntoskas / Georgios Reppas / Stefanos-Petros Santa / Anastasios Schizas / Argyris Theodoropoulos / Antonios Vlontakis / Manthos Voulgarakis
4 Croatia CRO 4 0 3
Srđan Antonijević / Miho Bošković / Damir Burić / Andro Bušlje / Teo Đogaš / Nikola Franković / Igor Hinić / Andrija Komadina / Josip Pavić / Boris Pavlović / Tomislav Primorač / Goran Volarević / Tihomil Vranješ
5 Spain ESP 5 0 2
Iñaki Aguilar / Ángel Luis Andreo / José Ramón Díaz / Xavier García / Gabriel Hernández / David Martín / Guillermo Molina / Sergi Mora / Iván Pérez / Felipe Perrone / Kiko Perrone / José Antonio Rodríguez / Xavi Vallès
6 Romania ROU 3 0 4
Florin Bonca / Andrei Bușilă / Nicolae Diaconu / Edward Andrei / Gheorghe Dunca / George Georgescu / Andrei Iosep / Kalman Kadar / Alexandru Matei-Guiman / Florin Muşat / Bertini Nenciu / Cosmin Radu / Dragoș Stoenescu
7 Russia RUS 4 0 2
Aleksey Agarkov / Roman Balashov / Revaz Chomakhidze / Roman Dokuchayev / Aleksandr Fedorov / Anton Korotayev / Nikolay Kozlov / Sergey Lisunov / Yegor Rastorguyev / Vitaly Turchik / Yury Yatsev / Marat Zakirov / Irek Zinnurov
8 Italy ITA 2 0 5
Alberto Angelini / Fabio Bencivenga / Leonardo Binchi / Fabrizio Buonocore / Alessandro Calcaterra / Luigi Di Costanzo / Maurizio Felugo / Francesco Ferrari / Goran Fiorentini / Andrea Mangiante / Francesco Postiglione / Bogdan Rath / Fabio Violetti
9 Germany GER 4 0 2
Steffen Dierolf / Lukasz Kieloch / Tobias Kreuzmann / Sören Mackeben / Florian Müller / Florian Naroska / Heiko Nossek / Marc Politze / Marko Savic / Thomas Schertwitis / Andreas Schlotterbeck / Alexander Tchigir / Michael Zellmer
10 Australia AUS 2 0 4
Jamie Beadsworth / Pietro Figlioli / Trent Franklin / Tim Hamill / Toby Jenkins / Robert Maitland / Sam McGregor / John Neesham / Tim Neesham / Adam Richardson / James Stanton-French / Laurie Trettel / Thomas Whalan
11 United States USA 3 0 3
Brian Alexander / Tony Azevedo / Ryan Bailey / Nathaniel Bennett / Brandon Brooks / Shea Buckner / Spencer Dornin / Peter Hudnut / J. W. Krumpholz / Rick Merlo / Jeff Powers / Jesse Smith / Adam Wright
12 Cuba CUB 1 0 5
Arturo Álvarez / Yoandri Andrade / Ernesto Cisneros / Ernesto Díaz / Ives González / Yarbul González / Rigel Jiménez / Edgar Lara / Gianny Lara / Alexander Muñoz / Emilio Oms / Carlos Ortega / Nieter Sánchez
13 Canada CAN 2 0 3
Aaron Feltham / Kevin Graham / Clem Hui / Brandon Jung / Iain Lark / Thomas Marks / Nathaniel Miller / Noah Miller / Kevin Mitchell / Jean Sayegh / Dan Stein / Alexandre Thibeault / Nic Youngblud
14 Japan JPN 1 0 4
Kan Aoyagi / Tomonaga Eguchi / Hiroshi Hoshiai / Nariaki Kitano / Koji Kobayashi / Atsushi Naganuma / Satoshi Nagata / Hitoshi Oshima / Shoichi Sakamoto / Taichi Sato / Satoshi Shiga / Yoshinori Shiota / Koji Tanaka
15 South Africa RSA 1 0 4
Ryan Bell / Simon Daley / Rick Diesel / Dwayne Flatscher / Marvyn Kilian / Jean le Roux / Pierre le Roux / Bevan Manson / Karl Niehaus / Kevin O'Brien / Alastair Stewart / Brendan Varrie / Duncan Woods
16 China CHN 0 0 5
Wang Beiming / Li Bin / Tan Feihu / Zhai Jiajing / Zhao Jinwen / Li Jun / Yu Lijun / Liao Qiuliang / Ge Weiqing / Wang Yong / Han Zhidong / Wu Zhiyu / Liang Zhongxing

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Russia RUS 3 0 0 6
2 Spain ESP 2 0 1 4
3 Italy ITA 1 0 2 2
4 South Africa RSA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Spain ESP 7-5 Italy ITA
Russia RUS 11-7 South Africa RSA
Spain ESP 11-4 South Africa RSA
Russia RUS 5-4 Italy ITA
Spain ESP 7-8 Russia RUS
Italy ITA 15-4 South Africa RSA

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia and Montenegro SCG 3 0 0 6
2 United States USA 2 0 1 4
3 Cuba CUB 1 0 2 2
4 Japan JPN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia and Montenegro SCG 21-1 Cuba CUB
United States USA 7-4 Japan JPN
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 17-5 Japan JPN
United States USA 13-6 Cuba CUB
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 8-4 United States USA
Cuba CUB 9-8 Japan JPN

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Croatia CRO 2 0 1 4
3 Romania ROU 1 0 2 2
4 Canada CAN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 14-4 Romania ROU
Croatia CRO 19-4 Canada CAN
Hungary HUN 11-3 Canada CAN
Croatia CRO 6-4 Romania ROU
Hungary HUN 10-4 Croatia CRO
Romania ROU 10-2 Canada CAN

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Greece GRE 3 0 0 6
2 Germany GER 2 0 1 4
3 Australia AUS 1 0 2 2
4 China CHN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Greece GRE 11-4 China CHN
Germany GER 9-8 Australia AUS
Greece GRE 8-4 Germany GER
Australia AUS 11-6 China CHN
Greece GRE 10-8 Australia AUS
Germany GER 11-6 China CHN

Play-Offs

Croatia CRO 10-6 Australia AUS
Spain ESP 17-2 Cuba CUB
Romania ROU 6-5 Germany GER
Italy ITA 6-5 United States USA

Quarter-Finals

Serbia and Montenegro SCG 10-8 Romania ROU
Hungary HUN 8-4 Spain ESP
Greece GRE 13-9 Italy ITA
Croatia CRO 6-4 Russia RUS

Semi-Finals

Serbia and Montenegro SCG 5-4 Croatia CRO
Hungary HUN 7-6 Greece GRE
Spain ESP 7-4 Italy ITA
Romania ROU 11-7 Russia RUS
Germany GER 5-3 United States USA
Australia AUS 16-3 Cuba CUB
Canada CAN 11-5 China CHN
Japan JPN 13-8 South Africa RSA

Finals

Serbia and Montenegro SCG 8-7 Hungary HUN
Greece GRE 11-10
After Extra Time
Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 8-7 Romania ROU
Russia RUS 7-6 Italy ITA
Germany GER 11-5 Australia AUS
United States USA 10-6 Cuba CUB
Canada CAN 10-8 Japan JPN
South Africa RSA 7-6 China CHN