Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was held in a temporary pool on Île Sainte-Hélène from July 18 to July 30 in Montréal, Canada.

Qualification

Teams

Group A  Italy  Russia  South Africa  Spain

Group B  Cuba  Japan  Serbia and Montenegro  United States

Group C  Canada  Croatia  Hungary  Romania

Group D  Australia  China  Germany  Greece

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	0	24	18	+6
2.	Spain	4	3	2	0	1	25	17	+8
3.	Italy	2	3	1	0	2	24	16	+8
4.	South Africa	0	3	0	0	3	15	37	–22

• Monday July 18, 2005

Russia	11 – 7	South Africa
Spain	7 – 5	Italy

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Spain	11 – 4	South Africa
Russia	5 – 4	Italy

• Friday July 22, 2005

Russia	8 – 7	Spain
Italy	15 – 4	South Africa

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Serbia and Montenegro	6	3	3	0	0	46	10	+36
2.	United States	4	3	2	0	1	24	18	+6
3.	Cuba	2	3	1	0	2	16	42	–26
4.	Japan	0	3	0	0	3	17	33	–16

• Monday July 18, 2005

United States	7 – 4	Japan
Serbia and Montenegro	21 – 1	Cuba

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Serbia and Montenegro	17 – 5	Japan
United States	13 – 6	Cuba

• Friday July 22, 2005

Cuba	9 – 8	Japan
Serbia and Montenegro	8 – 4	United States

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	35	11	+24
2.	Croatia	4	3	2	0	1	29	18	+11
3.	Romania	2	3	1	0	2	18	22	–4
4.	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	9	40	–31

• Monday July 18, 2005

Hungary	14 – 4	Romania
Croatia	19 – 4	Canada

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Croatia	6 – 4	Romania
Hungary	11 – 3	Canada

• Friday July 22, 2005

Hungary	10 – 4	Croatia
Romania	10 – 2	Canada

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Greece	6	3	3	0	0	29	16	+13
2.	Germany	4	3	2	0	1	24	22	+2
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	27	25	+2
4.	China	0	3	0	0	3	16	33	–17

• Monday July 18, 2005

Greece	11 – 4	China
Germany	9 – 8	Australia

• Wednesday July 20, 2005

Greece	8 – 4	Germany
Australia	11 – 6	China

• Friday July 22, 2005

Germany	11 – 6	China
Greece	10 – 8	Australia

Second round

• Sunday July 24, 2005

Spain	17 – 2	Cuba
Italy	6 – 5	United States
Croatia	10 – 6	Australia
Romania	7 – 5	Germany

Classification Round

• Sunday July 24, 2005 — 13th/16th place

South Africa	8 – 13	Japan
Canada	11 – 5	China

• Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 9th/12th place

Australia	16 – 3	Cuba
Germany	5 – 3	United States

• Thursday July 28, 2005 — 5th/8th place

Russia	7 – 11	Romania
Spain	7 – 4	Italy

Quarter finals

• Tuesday July 26, 2005

Croatia	6 – 4	Russia
Serbia and Montenegro	10 – 8	Romania
Hungary	8 – 4	Spain
Greece	13 – 9	Italy

Semi finals

• Thursday July 28, 2005

Hungary	7 – 6	Greece
Serbia and Montenegro	5 – 4	Croatia

Finals

• Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 15th place

South Africa	7 – 6	China

• Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 13th place

Canada	10 – 8	Japan

• Thursday July 28, 2005 — 11th place

Cuba	6 – 10	United States

• Thursday July 28, 2005 — 9th place

Australia	5 – 11	Germany

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — 7th place

Russia	7 – 6	Italy

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — 5th place

Romania	7 – 8	Spain

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — Bronze Medal Match

Greece	11 – 10	Croatia

• Saturday July 30, 2005 — Gold Medal Match

Serbia and Montenegro	8 – 7	Hungary

Final ranking

Serbia and Montenegro  Hungary  Greece 4  Croatia 5  Spain 6  Romania 7  Russia 8  Italy 9  Germany 10  Australia 11  United States 12  Cuba 13  Canada 14  Japan 15  South Africa 16  China

2005 FINA Men's World Champions  Serbia and Montenegro Third title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serbia and Montenegro [1] Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Nikola Janović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Danilo Ikodinović Slobodan Nikić Vladimir Gojković Boris Zloković Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović Predrag Jokić Zdravko Radić Head Coach Petar Porobić	Hungary Zoltán Szécsi Dániel Varga Norbert Madaras Ádám Steinmetz Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Márton Szívós István Gergely Tamás Molnár Péter Biros Head Coach Dénes Kemény	Greece Georgios Reppas Anastasios Schizas Dimitrios Mazis Emmanouil Mylonakis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Argyris Theodoropoulos Christos Afroudakis Georgios Ntoskas Georgios Afroudakis Stefanos-Petros Santa Antonios Vlontakis Manthos Voulgarakis Nikolaos Deligiannis Head Coach Alessandro Campagna

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

•  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Alexander Tchigir (GER)

• Topscorer

•  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) — 26 goals

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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