Water Polo World Championships 2009

The water polo world championships 2009 took place in the context of the swimming world championships 2009 in the Italian capital Rome from July 19th to August 1st. The total of 96 games (48 each for men and women) were played in the Foro Italico .

In the men's field, the Serbian team secured the title. She won the final against Spain 14:13 after throwing five meters. The defending champion from Croatia came in third . The German team finished sixth in the end.

The defending champion USA became the women's world champion , whose team prevailed against Canada in the final . Third place went to the Russian team. Germany reached tenth place.

Men

16 teams took part in the men's competition.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Africa	Montenegro	Kazakhstan	United States
Canada	Croatia	Serbia	Macedonia
Germany	China	Australia	Italy
Hungary	Brazil	Spain	Romania

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	37:18	+19	5
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	23:20	+ 03	4th
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	25:16	+ 09	3
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	10:41	−31	0

20th of July	South Africa	-	Germany	04:14
	Canada	-	Hungary	06:15
22nd of July	Hungary	-	Germany	07: 07
	South Africa	-	Canada	01:12
24th July	South Africa	-	Hungary	05:15
	Canada	-	Germany	05: 04

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	37:12	+25	6th
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	38:20	+18	4th
3	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	2	18:34	−16	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	12:39	−27	0

20th of July	Montenegro	-	China	14: 04
	Croatia	-	Brazil	11: 02
22nd of July	Brazil	-	China	05: 09
	Montenegro	-	Croatia	05:11
24th July	Montenegro	-	Brazil	19: 05
	Croatia	-	China	15: 05

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	35:24	+11	6th
2	Serbia	3	1	1	1	37:22	+15	3
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	32:28	+ 04	3
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15:45	−30	0

20th of July	Kazakhstan	-	Australia	07:14
	Serbia	-	Spain	09:11
22nd of July	Spain	-	Australia	13:10
	Kazakhstan	-	Serbia	03:20
24th July	Kazakhstan	-	Spain	05:11
	Serbia	-	Australia	08: 08

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	29:19	+10	6th
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	17:16	+ 01	4th
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	25:20	+ 05	2
4th	North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	15:31	−16	0

20th of July	Macedonia	-	Romania	04: 06
	United States	-	Italy	09: 08
22nd of July	United States	-	Macedonia	13: 06
	Romania	-	Italy	06: 05
24th July	United States	-	Romania	07: 05
	Macedonia	-	Italy	05:12

Placement games (13-16th place)

The last places in the group games played out places 13 to 16.

qualification
July 26th	South Africa	-	Brazil	07: 08
	Kazakhstan	-	Macedonia	04:11
Play for 15th place
July 28th	South Africa	-	Kazakhstan	06: 05
Game for 13th place
July 28th	Brazil	-	Macedonia	16:15 nF

Qualification to the quarterfinals

The qualification was carried out by the runners-up and thirds in the preliminary round. The winners of the encounters qualified for the quarter-finals, the losers played for ninth to twelfth place.

July 26th	Canada	-	China	09: 05
	Germany	-	Montenegro	09: 08 a.d.
	Serbia	-	Italy	07: 05
	Australia	-	Romania	05: 07

Placement games (9-12th place)

Places 9 to 12 were played among the losers in the quarter-finals qualification.

qualification
July 28th	China	-	Montenegro	05:13
	Italy	-	Australia	06: 08
Game for 11th place
30th July	China	-	Italy	07:14
Play for 9th place
30th July	Montenegro	-	Australia	08: 07

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played between the group winners of the preliminary round and the winners of the quarter-finals qualification.

July 28th	Hungary	-	Serbia	09:10 a.m.
	Croatia	-	Romania	07: 05
	Spain	-	Canada	11: 04
	United States	-	Germany	08: 05

Placement games (place 5-8)

Places 5 to 8 were played out among the losers in the quarter-finals.

qualification
30th July	Hungary	-	Romania	13: 08
	Canada	-	Germany	05: 09
Game for 7th place
August 1st	Romania	-	Canada	09: 06
Play for 5th place
August 1st	Hungary	-	Germany	09: 06

Semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals played the semi-finals.

30th July	Serbia	-	Croatia	12:11
	Spain	-	United States	07: 06

Finals

The winners of the semi-finals played for the world championship title in the final, the losers of the semi-finals played the game for third place.

3rd place match
August 1st	Croatia	-	United States	08: 06
final
August 1st	Serbia	-	Spain	14:13 nF

Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	Serbia	Slobodan Soro, Marko Avramović, Živko Gocić, Vanja Udovičić, Slavko Gak, Duško Pijetlović, Slobodan Nikić, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Rađen, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, Gojko Pijetlović	Dejan Udovičić
2	Spain	Iñaki Aguilar, Mario García, David Martín, Blai Mallarach, Guillermo Molina, Marc Minguell, Iván Gallego, Albert Español, Xavier Vallés, Felipe Perrone, Ivan Pérez, Xavier García, Daniel López	Rafael Aguilar
3	Croatia	Ivo Brzica, Damir Burić, Miho Bošković , Nikša Dobud, Ivan Buljubašić, Srđan Antonijević, Frano Karač, Andro Bušlje, Sandro Sukno, Samir Barač, Igor Hinić, Paulo Obradović, Josip Pavić	Ratko Rudić
4th	United States	Merrill Moses, Peter Varellas, Brian Alexander, Jeffrey Powers, Adam Wright, Justin Johnson, Layne Beaubien, Anthony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Timothy Hutten, Jesse Smith, James Krumpholz, Genai Kerr	Terry Schroeder
5	Hungary	István Gergely , Márton Szivós , Norbert Madaras , Dénes Varga , Miklós Gór-Nagy, Norbert Hosnyánszky , Gergely Kiss , Zsolt Varga, Dániel Varga , Péter Biros , Gábor Kis , Balázs Hárai , Viktor Nagy	Dénes Kemény
6th	Germany	Alexander Tchigir , Florian Naroska , Fabian Schrödter , Marko Savic , Marko Stamm , Marc Politze , Heiko Nossek , Julian Real , Tobias Preuß , Moritz Oeler , Andreas Schlotterbeck , Sören Mackeben , Roger Kong	Hagen tribe
7th	Romania	Eduard Mihai Drăguşin, Cosmin Alexandru Radu, Tiberiu Negrean, Nicolae Virgil Diaconu, Andrei Ionut Iosep, Dan Andrei Buşilă, Gheorghe Florin Dunca, Alexandru Matei Guiman, Edward Andrei Dina, Ramiro Georgescu, Alexandru Ghiban, Kalman Kadar, Dragoescşin	István Kovács
8th	Canada	Robin Randall, Constantin Kudaba, Jonathan Ruse, Nicolas Constantin-Bicari, Justin Boyd, Thomas Marks, Brandon Jung, Kevin Graham, Aaron Feltham, Dusko Dakic, Devon Diggle, Jared McElroy, Nicolas Youngblud	Dragan Jovanovic
9	Montenegro	Zdravko Radić, Draško Brguljan, Vjekoslav Pasković, Nikola Vukčević, Aleksandar Radović, Milan Ticić, Mlađan Janović, Nikola Janović, Aleksandar Ivović, Boris Zloković, Vladimir Gojković, Predrag Jokić, Miloš Šćepanović	Mirko Blažević
10	Australia	James Stanton, Richard Campbell, Timothy Cleland, Nicholas O'Halloran, Robert Maitland, Anthony Martin, John Cotterill, Grant Richardson, Thomas Whalan, William Miller, Rhys Howden, Sean Boyd, Luke Quinlivan	John Fox
11	Italy	Stefano Tempesti, Federico Mistrangelo, Alex Giorgetti, Fabrizio Buonocore, Valentino Gallo, Maurizio Felugo, Andrea Mangiante, Valerio Rizzo, Niccolo Figari, Alessandro Calcaterra, Matteo Aicardi, Goran Fiorentini, Tommaso Negri	Alessandro Campagna
12	People's Republic of China	Ge Weiqing, Liang Zhongxing, Li Jun, Yu Lijun, Tan Feihu, Wang Beiming, Li Bin, Wang Yong, Wang Yang, Xie Junmin, Han Zhidong, Guo Junliang, Wu Honghui	Cai Tianxiong
13	Brazil	André Cordeiro, Conrado Bertoluzzi, Marco Santos, Lucas Vita, Marcelo Franco, Leandro Machado, Felipe Silva, Ruda Franco, Erik Seegerer, Felipe Franco, Daniel Mameri, Danilo Corrêa, Luis Maurício Santos	Bárbaro Diaz
14th	North Macedonia	Dalibor Perčinić, Anastas Beley, Ivan Vuksanovic, Dimitar Dimovski, Nebojsa Milic, Dimitar Stojcev, Marko Micic, Vladimir Kreckovic, Dusan Krstic, Marko Basic, Nenad Petrovic, Danijel Benic, Milos Urosevic	Stevan Nonkovic
15th	South Africa	Dwayne Flatscher, Etienne le Roux, Andrew Ridley, Kevin O'Brien, Wesley Bohata, Jason Kyte, Christopher Brown, Ryan Bell, Rick Diesel, Pierre le Roux, Adam Kajee, Duncan Woods, Donn Stewart	Vladimir Trnicic
16	Kazakhstan	Aleksandr Anissimow, Aleksej Schmider, Aleksandr Gaidukow, Sergej Gorowoj, Murat Schakenow, Vladislav Andrejew, Roman Pinipenko, Nikita Kokorin, Rustam Ukumanow, Michail Rudaj, Ravil Manafow, Adil Temrkhanow, Aleksej Demchenko	Sergei Drozhdov

Women

16 teams took part in the women's competition.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Uzbekistan	Russia	New Zealand	Germany
China	United States	Canada	Brazil
Italy	Greece	South Africa	Spain
Hungary	Kazakhstan	Australia	Netherlands

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	36:17	+19	6th
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	36:21	+15	4th
3	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	2	45:27	+18	2
4th	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	14:66	−52	0

July 19	China	-	Hungary	07:10
	Uzbekistan	-	Italy	03:20
21 July	Uzbekistan	-	China	06:28
	Hungary	-	Italy	08: 05
July 23	Uzbekistan	-	Hungary	05:18
	China	-	Italy	10:11

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	48:23	+25	6th
2	United States	3	2	0	1	41:25	+16	4th
3	Greece	3	1	0	2	29:32	- 03	2
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	16:54	−38	0

July 19	Russia	-	Greece	14: 09
	United States	-	Kazakhstan	19: 06
21 July	Kazakhstan	-	Greece	06:12
	Russia	-	United States	11:10
July 23	Russia	-	Kazakhstan	23: 04
	United States	-	Greece	12: 08

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	43:12	+31	5
2	Canada	3	2	1	0	38:17	+21	5
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22:31	- 09	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	12:55	−43	0

July 19	New Zealand	-	South Africa	12: 05
	Canada	-	Australia	06: 06
21 July	Australia	-	South Africa	23: 02
	New Zealand	-	Canada	06:12
July 23	New Zealand	-	Australia	04:14
	Canada	-	South Africa	20: 05

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	44:33	+11	5
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	34:28	+ 06	5
3	Germany	3	0	1	2	30:37	- 07th	1
4th	Brazil	3	0	1	2	25:35	−10	1

July 19	Germany	-	Spain	12:17
	Brazil	-	Netherlands	07:11
21 July	Netherlands	-	Spain	15:15
	Germany	-	Brazil	12:12
July 23	Germany	-	Netherlands	06: 08
	Brazil	-	Spain	06:12

Placement games (13-16th place)

The last places in the group games played out places 13 to 16.

qualification
July 25th	Uzbekistan	-	Kazakhstan	04:16
	South Africa	-	Brazil	02:16
Play for 15th place
July 27th	Uzbekistan	-	South Africa	16: 09
Game for 13th place
July 27th	Kazakhstan	-	Brazil	08:11

Qualification to the quarterfinals

The qualification was carried out by the runners-up and thirds in the preliminary round. The winners of the encounters qualified for the quarter-finals, the losers played for ninth to twelfth place.

July 25th	Italy	-	Greece	09:10
	China	-	United States	09:12
	Canada	-	Germany	13: 07
	New Zealand	-	Netherlands	07: 09

Placement games (9-12th place)

Places 9 to 12 were played among the losers in the quarter-finals qualification.

qualification
July 27th	Italy	-	China	09: 05
	Germany	-	New Zealand	08: 07
Game for 11th place
29th of July	China	-	New Zealand	16: 09
Play for 9th place
29th of July	Italy	-	Germany	12: 03

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played between the group winners of the preliminary round and the winners of the quarter-finals qualification.

July 27th	Hungary	-	Canada	07: 09
	Russia	-	Netherlands	09: 07
	Australia	-	Greece	03: 04
	Spain	-	United States	06: 09

Placement games (place 5-8)

Places 5 to 8 were played out among the losers in the quarter-finals.

qualification
29th of July	Hungary	-	Netherlands	9:10
	Australia	-	Spain	7: 06
Game for 7th place
July 31	Hungary	-	Spain	11: 06
Play for 5th place
July 31	Netherlands	-	Australia	12:11

Semifinals

The winners of the quarter-finals played the semi-finals.

29th of July	Canada	-	Russia	08: 07
	Greece	-	United States	07: 08

Finals

The winners of the semi-finals played for the world championship title in the final, the losers of the semi-finals played the game for third place.

3rd place match
July 31	Russia	-	Greece	10: 09
final
July 31	Canada	-	United States	06: 07

Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	United States	Elizabeth Armstrong, Heather Petri, Brittany Hayes, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Tanya Gandy, Kelly Rulon, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Alison Gregorka, Moriah van Norman, Kameryn Craig, Jaime Komer	Adam Krikorian
2	Canada	Rachel Riddell, Krystina Alogbo, Katrina Monton, Emily Csikos, Joelle Bekhazi, Whitney Genoway, Rosanna Tomiuk, Dominique Perreault, Carmen Eggens, Christine Robinson, Tara Campbell, Marina Radu, Marissa Janssens	Patrick Oaten
3	Russia	Yevgenia Prozenko , Nadezhda Glysina, Yekaterina Prokofjewa, Sofia Konuch, Alena Wylegschanina, Natalja Ryschowa-Alenitschewa, Yekaterina Pantjulina, Yevgenia Sobolova, Anna Timofejewa, Olga Beljajewa, Yevgenia Ivanunova, Julija Gaufler, Julija Gaufler	Alexander Kabanov
4th	Greece	Maria Tsouri, Christina Tsoukala, Konstantina Kouteli, Ilektra Psouni, Kyriaki Liosi, Alkisti Avramidou, Alexandra Asimaki, Antigoni Roumpesi, Angeliki Gerolimou, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Stavroula Antonakou, Georgia Lara, Eleni Kouvdou	George Morfesis
5	Netherlands	Ilse van deer Meijden, Miloushka Smit, Mieke Cabout, Biurakn Hakhverdian, Sabrina van der Sloot, Nomi Stomphorst, Iefke van Belkum, Noeki Klein, Jantien Cabout, Nienke Vermeer, Rianne Guichelaar, Mieke van der Sloot, Anne Heinis	Mauro Maugeri
6th	Australia	Alicia McCormack, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Sophie Smith, Rebecca Rippon, Jane Moran, Bronwen Knox, Rowena Webster, Kate Gynther, Glencora Ralph, Jemma Dessauvagie, Melissa Rippon, Nicola Zagame, Victoria Brown	Gregory McFadden
7th	Hungary	Patricia Horvath, Eszter Tomaskovics, Ildiko Toth, Dora Kisteleki, Gabriella Szucs, Orsolya Takacs, Rita Dravucz, Rita Keszthelyi, Fruzsina Bravik, Aniko Pelle, Agnes Valkai, Rita Poszkoli, Aniko Gyongossy	Matyas Petrovics
8th	Spain	Patricia del Soto, Blanca Gil, Olga Domenech, Irene Hagen, Miriam Lopez-Escribano, Jennifer Pareja, Cristina Lopez, Pilar Pena, Clara Aller, Ona Meseguer, Maica Garcia, Laura Lopez, Laura Esther	Joan Jane
9	Italy	Elena Gigli, Simona Abbate, Elisa Casanova, Silvia Bosurgi, Daniela Lavorini, Arianna Garibotti, Tania di Mario, Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Emmolo, Federica Rocco, Annalisa Bosello, Teresa Frassinetti, Eleonora Gay	Roberto Fiori
10	Germany	Simone Budde, Sandra Schilling, Linda Gerritsen, Claudia Kern, Katrin Dierolf, Claudia Blomenkamp, ​​Alexandra Schilling, Mariam Salloum, Theresa Klein, Nina Wengst, Carmen Gelse, Mandy Zöllner, Hanna Hanholz	René Reimann
11	People's Republic of China	Yang Jun, Teng Fei, Liu Ping, Sun Yu Jun, He Jin, Sun Yating, Zhang Lei, Gao Ao, Wang Yi, Ma Huanhuan, Sun Hui Zi, Qiao Lei Ying, Wang Ying	Shenghua Pan
12	New Zealand	Carina Harache, Emily Cox, Kelly Mason, Rebecca McGuinness, Amy Logan, Lynlee Smith, Ashley Smallfield, Lauren Sieprath, Anna Sieprath, Casie Bowry, Kristen Hudson, Alexandra Myles, Dana Harvey	Todd Clapper
13	Brazil	Tess Oliveira, Cecilia Canetti, Flavia Fernandes, Marina Canetti, Marina Zablith, Gabriela Mantellati, Cristina Beer, Luisa Carvalho, Fernanda Lissoni, Camila Pedrosa, Flavia Vigna, Melina Teno, Manuela Canetti	Pablo Cuesta
14th	Kazakhstan	Galina Rjatowa, Natalja Kutusowa, Aischan Akilbajewa, Anna Turowa, Natalja Ribatschek, Anna Subkowa, Samira Mirtsabekowa, Jekaterina Garijewa, Agata Tnaschewa, Marina Gritsenko, Alexandra Roschentsewa, Assem Mussarowa, Alexandra Turowa	Larissa Olchina
15th	Uzbekistan	Natalija Muraschkina, Diana Dadabajewa, Anna Pljusowa, Viktorija Gorodschanina, Evgenija Iwanowa, Jesenija Piftor, Natalija Pljusowa, Anna Scheglowa, Ramilin Halikowa, Viktorija Salikowa, Olga Majorowa, Lyutsia Gibazowa, Elena Duchanowa	Natalia Rustamova
16	South Africa	Hayley Duncan, Delaine Christian, Megan Schooling, Laura Barrett, Tammy Heydenrych, Sarah Harris, Christine Barretto, Lee-Anne Keet, Samantha Keet, Marcelle Keet, Nicolette Poulos, Naydene Smith, Mbali Mpofu	Bradly Rowe

Web links

• Homepage of the Swimming World Championships 2009
• World association FINA
• Results at OMEGA Timing
• waterpolo-world