Water Polo, Men

Competition 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Gwangju KOR
Held 15 – 27 July 2019
Status Medal
Competitors 208
Countries 16

ITA and ESP qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Italy ITA 6 0 0
Marco Del Lungo / Francesco Di Fulvio / Stefano Luongo / Pietro Figlioli / Edoardo Di Somma / Alessandro Velotto / Vincenzo Renzuto / Gonzalo Echenique / Niccolò Figari / Michaël Bodegas / Matteo Aicardi / Vincenzo Dolce / Gianmarco Nicosia
🥈 Spain ESP 5 0 2
Daniel López / Alberto Munárriz / Álvaro Granados / Miguel de Toro / Sergi Cabañas / Marc Larumbe / Alberto Barroso / Fran Fernández / Roger Tahull / Felipe Perrone / Blai Mallarach / Alejandro Bustos / Eduardo Lorrio
🥉 Croatia CRO 5 0 1
Marko Bijač / Marko Macan / Loren Fatović / Luka Lončar / Maro Joković / Hrvoje Benić / Ante Vukičević / Andro Bušlje / Lovre Miloš / Josip Vrlić / Anđelo Šetka / Xavier García / Ivan Marcelić
4 Hungary HUN 4 0 2
Viktor Nagy / Dániel Angyal / Krisztián Manhercz / Gergő Zalánki / Márton Vámos / Tamás Mezei / Tamás Sedlmayer / Szilárd Jansik / Zoltán Pohl / Dénes Varga / Bence Bátori / Balázs Hárai / Soma Vogel
5 Serbia SRB 4 1 1
Strajo Rističević / Dušan Mandić / Viktor Rašović / Sava Ranđelović / Miloš Ćuk / Đorđe Lazić / Nemanja Vico / Nikola Dedović / Nikola Jakšić / Radomir Drašović / Ognjen Stojanović / Strahinja Rašović / Lazar Dobožanov
6 Australia AUS 3 0 4
Joel Dennerley / Richie Campbell / George Ford / Joe Kayes / Nathan Power / Lachlan Edwards / Aidan Roach / Aaron Younger / Andrew Ford / Tim Putt / Rhys Howden / Blake Edwards / Anthony Hrysanthos
7 Greece GRE 3 1 3
Manos Zerdevas / Konstantinos Genidounias / Dimitris Skoumpakis / Alexandros Papanastasiou / Giannis Fountoulis / Marios Kapotsis / Georgios Dervisis / Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis / Kostas Mourikis / Christodoulos Kolomvos / Alexandros Gounas / Angelos Vlachopoulos / Konstantinos Galanidis
8 Germany GER 2 1 4
Moritz Schenkel / Ben Reibel / Timo van der Bosch / Julian Real / Tobias Preuß / Maurice Jüngling / Dennis Strelezkij / Luuk Gielen / Marko Stamm / Mateo Ćuk / Marin Restović / Dennis Eidner / Kevin Götz
9 United States USA 4 0 2
Alex Wolf / Johnny Hooper / Marko Vavic / Alex Obert / Ben Hallock / Luca Cupido / Hannes Daube / Matthew Farmer / Alex Bowen / Chancellor Ramirez / Jesse Smith / Max Irving / Drew Holland
10 Montenegro MNE 2 2 2
Dejan Lazović / Draško Brguljan / Đuro Radović / Marko Petković / Uroš Čučković / Aleksa Ukropina / Mlađan Janović / Bogdan Đurđić / Aleksandar Ivović / Vladan Spaić / Dragan Drašković / Nikola Murisić / Slaven Kandić
11 Japan JPN 2 1 3
Katsuyuki Tanamura / Seiya Adachi / Harukiirario Koppu / Mitsuaki Shiga / Takuma Yoshida / Atsuto Iida / Yusuke Shimizu / Mitsuru Takata / Atsushi Arai / Yusuke Inaba / Keigo Okawa / Kenta Araki / Tomoyoshi Fukushima
12 South Africa RSA 0 1 5
Lwazi Madi / Etienne le Roux / Timothy Rezelman / Nardus Badenhorst / Ethan Coryndon-Baker / Sven van Zyl / Jason Evezard / Nicholas Rodda / Dylan Cronje / Mark Spencer / Liam Neill / Donn Stewart / Keegan Clark
13 Brazil BRA 2 0 3
Slobodan Soro / Logan Cabral / Pedro Real / Gustavo Coutinho / Roberto de Freitas / Guilherme Almeida / Rafael Real / Heitor Carrulo / Bernardo Rocha / Rudá Franco / Gustavo Guimarães / Luis da Silva / João Pedro Fernandes
14 Kazakhstan KAZ 1 0 4
Pavel Lipilin / Yevgeny Medvedev / Maksim Zhardan / Roman Pilipenko / Miras Aubakirov / Altay Altayev / Murat Shakenov / Yegor Berbelyuk / Stanislav Shvedov / Mikhail Ruday / Ravil Manafov / Yulian Verdesh / Valery Shlemov
15 South Korea KOR 1 0 4
Lee Jin-Woo / Kim Dong-Hyeok / Kim Byeong-Ju / Lee Seon-Uk / Gwon Dae-Yong / Lee Seong-Gyu / Gwon Yeong-Gyun / Kim Moon-Soo / Chu Min-Jong / Han Hyo-Min / Seo Kang-Won / Song Jae-Hoon / Jung Byeong-Young
16 New Zealand NZL 0 1 4
Sid Dymond / Matthew Lewis / Rowan Brown / Ryan Pike / Nicholas Stankovich / Matthew Small / Anton Sunde / Joshua Potaka / Sean Bryant / Matthew Bryant / Louis Clark / Sean Newcombe / Bae Fountain

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Serbia SRB 2 1 0 8
2 Montenegro MNE 1 2 0 4
3 Greece GRE 1 1 1 3
4 South Korea KOR 0 0 3 0

Matches

Serbia SRB 10-10 Montenegro MNE
Greece GRE 26-3 South Korea KOR
Serbia SRB 22-2 South Korea KOR
Greece GRE 10-10 Montenegro MNE
Serbia SRB 9-3 Greece GRE
Montenegro MNE 24-6 South Korea KOR

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 Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 3 0

Matches

Croatia CRO 14-4 Australia AUS
United States USA 16-7 Kazakhstan KAZ
Croatia CRO 17-7 United States USA
Australia AUS 17-8 Kazakhstan KAZ
Croatia CRO 21-5 Kazakhstan KAZ
Australia AUS 11-12 United States USA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 6
2 Spain ESP 2 0 1 4
3 South Africa RSA 0 1 2 1
4 New Zealand NZL 0 1 2 1

Matches

Spain ESP 23-3 South Africa RSA
Hungary HUN 24-4 New Zealand NZL
Spain ESP 11-13 Hungary HUN
South Africa RSA 8-8 New Zealand NZL
Spain ESP 23-3 New Zealand NZL
Hungary HUN 23-5 South Africa RSA

Group D

Standings

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

Matches

Italy ITA 14-5 Brazil BRA
Germany GER 9-9 Japan JPN
Italy ITA 9-7 Japan JPN
Germany GER 15-8 Brazil BRA
Italy ITA 8-7 Germany GER
Japan JPN 11-9 Brazil BRA

Play-Offs

Spain ESP 15-7 Japan JPN
Australia AUS 13-11
Penalty Shoot Out 		Montenegro MNE
Greece GRE 11-9 United States USA
Germany GER 25-5 South Africa RSA

Quarter-Finals

Italy ITA 7-6 Greece GRE
Spain ESP 12-9 Serbia SRB
Croatia CRO 10-8 Germany GER
Hungary HUN 10-9 Australia AUS

Semi-Finals

Italy ITA 12-10 Hungary HUN
Spain ESP 6-5 Croatia CRO
Serbia SRB 17-16
Penalty Shoot Out 		Germany GER
Australia AUS 9-8 Greece GRE
United States USA 20-3 South Africa RSA
Montenegro MNE 14-7 Japan JPN
Brazil BRA 12-8 New Zealand NZL
Kazakhstan KAZ 17-4 South Korea KOR

Finals

Italy ITA 10-5 Spain ESP
Croatia CRO 10-7 Hungary HUN
Serbia SRB 13-9 Australia AUS
Greece GRE 11-6 Germany GER
United States USA 15-14 Montenegro MNE
Japan JPN 15-5 South Africa RSA
Brazil BRA 9-8 Kazakhstan KAZ
South Korea KOR 17-16
Penalty Shoot Out 		New Zealand NZL