Water Polo, Men

Competition 2009 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Roma ITA
Held 20 July – 1 August 2009
Status Medal
Competitors 208
Countries 16
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Serbia SRB 5 1 1
Milan Aleksić / Marko Avramović / Filip Filipović / Slavko Gak / Živko Gocić / Stefan Mitrović / Slobodan Nikić / Duško Pijetlović / Gojko Pijetlović / Andrija Prlainović / Nikola Rađen / Slobodan Soro / Vanja Udovičić
🥈 Spain ESP 5 0 1
Iñaki Aguilar / Albert Español / Iván Gallego / Mario José García / Xavier García / Daniel López / Blai Mallarach / David Martín / Marc Minguell / Guillermo Molina / Iván Pérez / Felipe Perrone / Xavi Vallès
🥉 Croatia CRO 5 0 1
Srđan Antonijević / Samir Barać / Miho Bošković / Ivo Brzica / Ivan Buljubašić / Damir Burić / Andro Bušlje / Nikša Dobud / Igor Hinić / Frano Karač / Paulo Obradović / Josip Pavić / Sandro Sukno
4 United States USA 4 0 2
Brian Alexander / Tony Azevedo / Ryan Bailey / Layne Beaubien / Tim Hutten / Justin Johnson / Genai Kerr / J. W. Krumpholz / Merrill Moses / Jeff Powers / Jesse Smith / Peter Varellas / Adam Wright
5 Hungary HUN 3 1 1
Péter Biros / István Gergely / Miklós Gór-Nagy / Balázs Hárai / Norbert Hosnyánszky / Gábor Kis / Gergő Kiss / Norbert Madaras / Viktor Nagy / Márton Szivós / Dániel Varga / Dénes Varga / Zsolt Varga
6 Germany GER 2 1 3
Roger Kong / Sören Mackeben / Florian Naroska / Heiko Nossek / Moritz Oeler / Marc Politze / Tobias Preuß / Julian Real / Marko Savic / Andreas Schlotterbeck / Fabian Schroedter / Marko Stamm / Alexander Tchigir
7 Romania ROU 4 0 2
Edward Andrei / Andrei Bușilă / Nicolae Diaconu / Gheorghe Dunca / Ramiro Georgescu / Alexandru Ghiban / Andrei Iosep / Kalman Kadar / Alexandru Matei-Guiman / Mihai Drăgușin / Tiberiu Negrean / Cosmin Radu / Dragoș Stoenescu
8 Canada CAN 3 0 3
Justin Boyd / Nicolas Constantin-Bicari / Dusko Dakic / Devon Diggle / Aaron Feltham / Kevin Graham / Brandon Jung / Con Kudaba / Thomas Marks / Jared McElroy / Robin Randall / Jonathan Ruse / Nic Youngblud
9 Montenegro MNE 4 0 2
Draško Brguljan / Vladimir Gojković / Aleksandar Ivović / Mlađan Janović / Nikola Janović / Predrag Jokić / Vjekoslav Pasković / Zdravko Radić / Aleksandar Radović / Miloš Šćepanović / Milan Tičić / Nikola Vukčević / Boris Zloković
10 Australia AUS 2 1 3
Sean Boyd / Richie Campbell / Tim Cleland / Johnno Cotterill / Rhys Howden / Robert Maitland / Anthony Martin / Billy Miller / Nicholas O'Halloran / Luke Quinlivan / Grant Richardson / James Stanton-French / Thomas Whalan
11 Italy ITA 2 0 4
Matteo Aicardi / Fabrizio Buonocore / Alessandro Calcaterra / Maurizio Felugo / Niccolò Figari / Goran Fiorentini / Valentino Gallo / Alex Giorgetti / Andrea Mangiante / Federico Mistrangelo / Tommaso Negri / Valerio Rizzo / Stefano Tempesti
12 China CHN 1 0 5
Ge Weiqing / Guo Junliang / Han Zhidong / Li Bin / Li Jun / Liang Zhongxing / Tan Feihu / Wang Beiming / Wang Yang / Wang Yong / Wu Honghui / Xie Junmin / Yu Lijun
13 Brazil BRA 2 0 3
Conrado Bertoluzzi / André Luiz Cordeiro / Danilo Correa / Felipe Franco / Marcelo Franco / Rudá Franco / Leandro Machado / Daniel Mameri / Luís dos Santos / Marco Santos / Erik Seegerer / Felipe Silva / Lucas Vita
14 North Macedonia MKD 1 0 4
Marko Bašić / Anastas Belev / Dimitar Dimovski / Vladimir Krečković / Dušan Krstić / Marko Mičić / Danijel Benić / Nebojša Milić / Dalibor Percinić / Nenad Petrović / Dimitar Stoycev / Uroš Milošević / Ivan Vuksanović
15 South Africa RSA 1 0 4
Ryan Bell / Wesley Bohata / Christopher Brown / Rick Diesel / Dwayne Flatscher / Adam Kajee / Jason Kyte / Etienne le Roux / Pierre le Roux / Kevin O'Brien / Andrew Ridley / Donn Stewart / Duncan Woods
16 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 5
Aleksandr Amissimov / Vladislav Andreyev / Aleksey Demchenko / Aleksandr Gaydukov / Sergey Gorovoy / Nikita Kokorin / Ravil Manafov / Roman Pilipenko / Mikhail Ruday / Murat Shakenov / Aleksey Shmider / Adil Temrkhanov / Rustam Ukumanov

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 2 1 0 5
2 Canada CAN 2 0 1 4
3 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
4 South Africa RSA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 15-6 Canada CAN
Germany GER 14-4 South Africa RSA
Hungary HUN 7-7 Germany GER
Canada CAN 12-1 South Africa RSA
Hungary HUN 15-5 South Africa RSA
Germany GER 4-5 Canada CAN

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Croatia CRO 3 0 0 6
2 Montenegro MNE 2 0 1 4
3 China CHN 1 0 2 2
4 Brazil BRA 0 0 3 0

Matches

Croatia CRO 11-2 Brazil BRA
Montenegro MNE 14-4 China CHN
Croatia CRO 11-5 Montenegro MNE
China CHN 9-5 Brazil BRA
Croatia CRO 15-5 China CHN
Montenegro MNE 19-5 Brazil BRA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 3 0 0 6
2 Serbia SRB 1 1 1 3
3 Australia AUS 1 1 1 3
4 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia SRB 9-11 Spain ESP
Australia AUS 14-7 Kazakhstan KAZ
Serbia SRB 20-3 Kazakhstan KAZ
Spain ESP 13-10 Australia AUS
Serbia SRB 8-8 Australia AUS
Spain ESP 11-5 Kazakhstan KAZ

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 United States USA 3 0 0 6
2 Romania ROU 2 0 1 4
3 Italy ITA 1 0 2 2
4 North Macedonia MKD 0 0 3 0

Matches

United States USA 9-8 Italy ITA
Romania ROU 6-4 North Macedonia MKD
United States USA 13-6 North Macedonia MKD
Romania ROU 6-5 Italy ITA
United States USA 7-5 Romania ROU
Italy ITA 12-5 North Macedonia MKD

Play-Offs

Serbia SRB 7-5 Italy ITA
Germany GER 9-8
After Extra Time 		Montenegro MNE
Romania ROU 7-5 Australia AUS
Canada CAN 9-5 China CHN

Quarter-Finals

Serbia SRB 10-9
After Extra Time 		Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 11-4 Canada CAN
Croatia CRO 7-5 Romania ROU
United States USA 8-5 Germany GER

Semi-Finals

Serbia SRB 12-11 Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 7-6 United States USA
Montenegro MNE 13-5 China CHN
Australia AUS 8-6 Italy ITA
Brazil BRA 8-7 South Africa RSA
North Macedonia MKD 11-4 Kazakhstan KAZ

Finals

Serbia SRB 14-13
Penalty Shoot Out 		Spain ESP
Croatia CRO 8-6 United States USA
Hungary HUN 9-6 Germany GER
Romania ROU 9-6 Canada CAN
Montenegro MNE 8-7 Australia AUS
Italy ITA 14-7 China CHN
Brazil BRA 16-15
Penalty Shoot Out 		North Macedonia MKD
South Africa RSA 6-5 Kazakhstan KAZ