Water polo at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

1973 FINA World Championships Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Diving
Individual
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Swimming
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo		women
Duet		women
Team		women
Water polo
men

The 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first ever edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from September 1 to September 9, 1973 and incorporated in the inaugural 1973 World Aquatics Championships, held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Teams

GROUP A  Australia  Great Britain  Mexico  Netherlands  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia

GROUP B  Hungary  Israel  Italy  Spain  Romania

GROUP C  Bulgaria  Cuba  Greece  United States  West Germany

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	5	0	0	41	14	+27
2.	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	0	1	35	22	+13
3.	Netherlands	6	5	3	0	2	26	19	+7
4.	Mexico	4	5	2	0	3	22	24	–2
5.	Australia	2	5	1	0	4	18	29	–11
6.	Great Britain	0	5	0	0	5	6	40	–34

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	8	4	4	0	0	36	11	+25
2.	Italy	6	4	3	0	1	25	14	+11
3.	Romania	4	4	2	0	2	30	18	+12
4.	Spain	2	4	1	0	3	20	25	–5
5.	Israel	0	4	0	0	4	6	49	–43

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	6	4	3	0	1	19	11	+8
2.	United States	5	4	2	1	1	18	17	+1
3.	West Germany	4	4	2	0	2	18	18	0
4.	Greece	3	4	1	1	2	16	19	–3
5.	Bulgaria	2	4	1	0	3	19	25	–6

Second round

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	28	17	+11
2.	Soviet Union	8	5	4	0	1	30	16	+14
3.	Yugoslavia	5	5	2	1	2	23	22	+1
4.	Italy	4	5	2	0	3	22	25	–3
5.	United States	4	5	2	0	3	22	28	–6
6.	Cuba	0	5	0	0	5	15	32	–17

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Romania	9	5	4	1	0	34	21	+14
8.	Netherlands	8	5	4	0	1	31	18	+13
9.	Mexico	4	5	2	0	3	21	22	–1
10.	Spain	4	5	2	0	3	22	29	–7
11.	West Germany	3	5	1	1	3	19	27	–8
12.	Greece	2	5	1	0	4	17	28	–11

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	Bulgaria	5	3	2	1	0	16	10	+6
14.	Australia	4	3	2	0	1	18	5	+13
15.	Great Britain	3	3	1	1	1	16	14	+2
16.	Israel	0	3	0	0	3	9	30	–21

Final ranking

RANK TEAM  Hungary  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia 4.  Italy 5.  United States 6.  Cuba 7.  Romania 8.  Netherlands 9.  Mexico 10.  Spain 11.  West Germany 12.  Greece 13.  Bulgaria 14.  Australia 15.  Great Britain 16.  Israel

1973 FINA Men's World Champions  Hungary First title

Team rosters

 Hungary

Balazs Balla, Andrá Bodner, Gabor Csapo, Tibor Czervengak, Tamas Farago, István Görgenyi, Zoltán Kasas, Ferenc Konrad, Endre Molnar, László Sarosi, István Szivos Jr. ^[1]

References

1. "HistoFINA, Volume III: Medallists & Statistics, Special Water Polo, Before 2008 Season" (PDF). FINA.org (2007/2008 ed.). 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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