Water Polo, Men

Competition 2007 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Melbourne AUS
Held 20 March – 1 April 2007
Status Medal
Competitors 208
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Croatia CRO 6 0 0
Samir Barać / Miho Bošković / Damir Burić / Andro Bušlje / Teo Đogaš / Igor Hinić / Maro Joković / Aljoša Kunac / Pavo Marković / Josip Pavić / Mile Smodlaka / Frano Vićan / Zdeslav Vrdoljak
🥈 Hungary HUN 5 0 1
Tibor Benedek / Péter Biros / Rajmund Fodor / Tamás Kásás / Gábor Kis / Gergő Kiss / Norbert Madaras / Tamás Molnár / Viktor Nagy / Zoltán Szécsi / Márton Szivós / Dániel Varga / Dénes Varga
🥉 Spain ESP 5 0 1
Iñaki Aguilar / Ángel Luis Andreo / Iván Gallego / Mario José García / Xavier García / David Martín / Marc Minguell / Guillermo Molina / Iván Pérez / Felipe Perrone / Kiko Perrone / Svilen Piralkov / Xavi Vallès
4 Serbia SRB 4 0 2
Aleksandar Ćirić / Filip Filipović / Živko Gocić / Danilo Ikodinović / Miloš Korolija / Slobodan Nikić / Andrija Prlainović / Aleksandar Šapić / Dejan Savić / Denis Šefik / Slobodan Soro / Vanja Udovičić / Vlada Vujasinović
5 Italy ITA 5 0 2
Fabio Bencivenga / Fabrizio Buonocore / Alessandro Calcaterra / Luigi Di Costanzo / Maurizio Felugo / Goran Fiorentini / Alex Giorgetti / Federico Mistrangelo / Francesco Postiglione / Valerio Rizzo / Andrea Scotti Galletta / Stefano Tempesti / Fabio Violetti
6 Greece GRE 4 0 3
Georgios Afroudakis / Christos Afroudakis / Theodoros Chatzitheodorou / Nikolaos Deligiannis / Konstantinos Kokkinakis / Dimitrios Mazis / Dimitrios Miteloudis / Emmanouil Mylonakis / Georgios Ntoskas / Georgios Reppas / Stefanos-Petros Santa / Anastasios Schizas / Antonios Vlontakis
7 Russia RUS 3 0 4
Aleksey Agarkov / Aleksandr Aksenov / Roman Balashov / Sergey Garbuzov / Sergey Lisunov / Yegor Rastorguyev / Dmitry Stratan / Vladimir Ushakov / Yury Yatsev / Aleksandr Yeryshov / Sergey Yevstigneyev / Vitaly Yurchik / Marat Zakirov
8 Germany GER 2 0 5
Steffen Dierolf / Lukasz Kieloch / Tobias Kreuzmann / Sören Mackeben / Florian Naroska / Heiko Nossek / Moritz Oeler / Marc Politze / Marko Savic / Thomas Schertwitis / Andreas Schlotterbeck / Alexander Tchigir / Michael Zellmer
9 United States USA 4 0 2
Brian Alexander / Tony Azevedo / Ryan Bailey / Dreason Barry / Layne Beaubien / Genai Kerr / Rick Merlo / Merrill Moses / Jeff Powers / Jesse Smith / Peter Varellas / Kevin Witt / Adam Wright
10 Australia AUS 2 0 4
Jamie Beadsworth / Johnno Cotterill / Pietro Figlioli / Trent Franklin / Robert Maitland / Daniel Marsden / Anthony Martin / Sam McGregor / Tim Neesham / James Stanton-French / Laurie Trettel / Thomas Whalan / Gavin Woods
11 Romania ROU 2 0 4
Edward Andrei / Florin Bonca / Andrei Bușilă / Cosmin Radu / Gheorghe Dunca / George Georgescu / Ramiro Georgescu / Andrei Iosep / Kalman Kadar / Alexandru Matei-Guiman / Tiberiu Negrean / Bertini Nenciu / Dragoș Stoenescu
12 Canada CAN 2 0 4
Aaron Feltham / Kevin Graham / Brandon Jung / Con Kudaba / Thomas Marks / Nathaniel Miller / Noah Miller / Kevin Mitchell / Robin Randall / Jonathan Ruse / Jean Sayegh / Dan Stein / Nic Youngblud
13 China CHN 2 0 3
Ge Weiqing / Han Zhidong / Li Bin / Li Jun / Liang Zhongxing / Ma Jianjun / Qiu Yuanzhong / Tan Feihu / Wang Yang / Wang Yong / Wu Zhiyu / Xie Junmin / Yu Lijun
14 South Africa RSA 1 0 4
Ryan Bell / Wayne Cowden / João de Carvalho / Rick Diesel / Dwayne Flatscher / Adam Kajee / Marvyn Kilian / Etienne le Roux / Karl Niehaus / Kevin O'Brien / Alastair Stewart / Donn Stewart / Duncan Woods
15 New Zealand NZL 1 0 4
Zoltán Boros / Christopher Broome / David Broome / Sarah Claridge / Timothy Grace / Nicholas Grieve / John Love / Matthew Payne / Ben Tait / Lachlan Tijsen / Rob Tindall / Jacques Venter / Shaun Venter
16 Japan JPN 0 0 5
Kan Aoyagi / Tomonaga Eguchi / Yasuhiro Haraguchi / Hiroshi Hoshiai / Koji Kobayashi / Atsushi Naganuma / Satoshi Nagata / Naofumi Nishikakoi / Hitoshi Oshima / Shoichi Sakamoto / Taichi Sato / Yoshinori Shiota / Koji Tanaka

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia SRB 3 0 0 6
2 Italy ITA 2 0 1 4
3 Germany GER 1 0 2 2
4 Japan JPN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia SRB 11-7 Germany GER
Italy ITA 20-6 Japan JPN
Serbia SRB 6-3 Italy ITA
Germany GER 17-7 Japan JPN
Serbia SRB 18-3 Japan JPN
Italy ITA 8-3 Germany GER

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Croatia CRO 3 0 0 6
2 United States USA 2 0 1 4
3 Australia AUS 1 0 2 2
4 South Africa RSA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Croatia CRO 13-5 South Africa RSA
United States USA 9-3 Australia AUS
Croatia CRO 10-9 Australia AUS
United States USA 14-4 South Africa RSA
Croatia CRO 10-8 United States USA
Australia AUS 12-6 South Africa RSA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 3 0 0 6
2 Greece GRE 2 0 1 4
3 Russia RUS 1 0 2 2
4 China CHN 0 0 3 0

Matches

Spain ESP 15-4 China CHN
Greece GRE 10-7 Russia RUS
Spain ESP 12-8 Russia RUS
Greece GRE 11-5 China CHN
Spain ESP 8-7 Greece GRE
Russia RUS 11-6 China CHN

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Canada CAN 2 0 1 4
3 Romania ROU 1 0 2 2
4 New Zealand NZL 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 21-5 New Zealand NZL
Romania ROU 8-9 Canada CAN
Hungary HUN 19-3 Canada CAN
Romania ROU 18-4 New Zealand NZL
Hungary HUN 11-9 Romania ROU
Canada CAN 12-8 New Zealand NZL

Play-Offs

Italy ITA 12-11
After Extra Time
Australia AUS
Greece GRE 8-7 Romania ROU
Russia RUS 17-13 Canada CAN
Germany GER 6-3 United States USA

Quarter-Finals

Croatia CRO 13-3 Russia RUS
Hungary HUN 13-6 Germany GER
Spain ESP 7-5 Italy ITA
Serbia SRB 8-3 Greece GRE

Semi-Finals

Croatia CRO 10-7 Serbia SRB
Hungary HUN 12-11
After Extra Time
Spain ESP
Italy ITA 6-5 Germany GER
Greece GRE 9-8 Russia RUS
United States USA 16-11 Canada CAN
Australia AUS 15-9 Romania ROU
China CHN 11-8 New Zealand NZL
South Africa RSA 9-7 Japan JPN

Finals

Croatia CRO 9-8
After Extra Time
Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 18-17
Penalty Shoot Out
Serbia SRB
Italy ITA 16-15
Penalty Shoot Out
Greece GRE
Russia RUS 11-8 Germany GER
United States USA 10-9 Australia AUS
Romania ROU 15-13 Canada CAN
China CHN 13-12
Penalty Shoot Out
South Africa RSA
New Zealand NZL 10-9 Japan JPN