Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the third edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from August 19 to August 27, 1978 and incorporated in the 1978 World Aquatics Championships, held in West Berlin.

Teams

GROUP A  Australia  Canada  Italy  Soviet Union

GROUP B  Cuba  Mexico  Romania  United States

GROUP C  Bulgaria  West Germany  Israel  Netherlands

GROUP D  Greece  Hungary  Spain  Yugoslavia

Squads

First round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	5	3	2	1	0	17	9	+8
2.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	15	12	+3
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	14	18	-4
4.	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	8	15	-7

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Romania	5	3	2	1	0	17	11	+6
2.	United States	4	3	2	0	1	18	7	+11
3.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	9	11	-2
4.	Mexico	0	3	0	0	3	9	24	-15

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	West Germany	6	3	3	0	0	27	7	+20
2.	Bulgaria	4	3	2	0	1	12	14	-2
3.	Netherlands	2	3	1	0	2	14	12	+2
4.	Israel	0	3	0	0	3	4	24	-20

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	19	10	+9
2.	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	1	18	9	+9
3.	Greece	2	3	1	0	2	11	22	-11
4.	Spain	0	3	0	0	3	14	21	-7

Second round

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	8	5	3	2	0	26	18	+8
2.	Soviet Union	7	5	3	1	1	24	12	+12
3.	United States	7	5	3	1	1	25	13	+12
4.	Romania	5	5	2	1	2	19	23	-4

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	36	22	+14
2.	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	0	1	32	15	+17
3.	West Germany	7	5	3	1	1	36	17	+19
4.	Bulgaria	4	5	2	0	3	21	35	-14

Final round

Final standings

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	15	13	+2
2.	Hungary	4	3	2	0	1	13	11	+2
3.	Yugoslavia	2	3	1	0	2	14	15	-1
4.	Soviet Union	1	3	0	1	2	12	15	-3

Final ranking

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

1978 FINA Men's World Champions  Italy First title

Team rosters

 Italy

Alberto Alberani, Silvio Baracchini, Romeo Collina, Gianni De Magistris, Massimo Fondelli, Marco Galli, Sante Marsili, Alessandro Ghibellini, Paolo Ragosa, Mario Scotti-Galletta, Rolando Simeoni ^[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.

• Results
• HistoFINA (Volume II, 1908–2001)