The men's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.
The men's tournament was won by Croatia who won all of their matches and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.
Participating teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
Groups formed
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Qualified for the playoff round Will play for places 13–16
Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Serbia 3 3 0 0 35 13 +22 6 Italy 3 2 0 1 31 15 +16 4 Germany 3 1 0 2 27 26 +1 2 Japan 3 0 0 3 16 55 -39 0
20 March 2007 Japan 6 – 20 Italy 09:00 AEDT Germany 7 – 11 Serbia 11:40 AEDT 22 March 2007 Japan 7 – 17 Germany 10:20 AEDT Serbia 6 – 3 Italy 13:00 AEDT 24 March 2007 Japan 3 – 18 Serbia 09:00 AEDT Germany 3 – 8 Italy 13:00 AEDT
Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Croatia 3 3 0 0 43 30 +13 6 USA 3 2 0 1 39 27 +12 4 Australia 3 1 0 2 24 25 -1 2 South Africa 3 0 0 3 15 39 -24 0
20 March 2007 Croatia 13 – 5 South Africa 10:20 AEDT Australia 3 – 9 USA 21:00 AEDT 22 March 2007 USA 14 – 4 South Africa 11:40 AEDT Croatia 10 – 9 Australia 21:00 AEDT 24 March 2007 Croatia 10 – 8 USA 11:40 AEDT Australia 12 – 6 South Africa 21:00 AEDT
Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Spain 3 3 0 0 35 19 +16 6 Greece 3 2 0 1 28 20 +8 4 Russian Federation 3 1 0 2 26 28 -2 2 China 3 0 0 3 15 37 -22 0
20 March 2007 China 4 – 15 Spain 13:00 AEDT Greece 10 – 7 Russia 17:00 AEDT 22 March 2007 Russia 8 – 12 Spain 17:00 AEDT China 5 – 11 Greece 18:20 AEDT 24 March 2007 China 6 – 11 Russia 10:20 AEDT Greece 7 – 8 Spain 17:00 AEDT
Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GDIF Points Hungary 3 3 0 0 51 17 +34 6 Canada 3 2 0 1 24 35 -11 4 Romania 3 1 0 2 35 24 +11 2 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 17 51 -34 0
20 March 2007 Canada 9 – 8 Romania 18:20 AEDT Hungary 21 – 5 New Zealand 19:40 AEDT 22 March 2007 New Zealand 4 – 18 Romania 09:00 AEDT Canada 3 – 19 Hungary 19:40 AEDT 24 March 2007 Canada 12 – 8 New Zealand 18:20 AEDT Hungary 11 – 9 Romania 19:40 AEDT
Final round
Finals
5th-8th place
9th-12th place
13th-16th place
Final ranking
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Team Roster Samir Barać, Miho Bošković, Damir Burić, Andro Bušlje, Teo Đogaš, Maro Joković, Igor Hinić, Maro Joković, Aljoša Kunac, Pavo Marković, Josip Pavić, Mile Smodlaka, Frano Vićan, and Zdeslav VrdoljakHead coach: Ratko Rudić
Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze Samir Barač Miho Bošković Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Teo Đogaš Igor Hinić Maro Joković Aljoša Kunac Pavo Marković Josip Pavić Mile Smodlaka Frano Vićan Zdeslav Vrdoljak (c) Head coachRatko Rudić Tibor Benedek (c) Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gábor Kis Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Viktor Nagy Zoltán Szécsi Márton Szivós Dániel Varga Dénes VargaHead coachDénes Kemény Iñaki Aguilar Ángel Andreo Iván Gallego Mario García Xavier García David Martín Marc Minguell Guillermo Molina Iván Pérez (c) Felipe Perrone Ricardo Perrone Svilen Piralkov Xavier VallèsHead coachRafael Aguilar Croatia, Hungary and Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Topscorer — 19 goals
References
External links Men Water Polo World Championship 2007 Melbourne www.todor66.com