Water Polo World Championships 2001

The 2001 World Water Polo Championships took place as part of the 2001 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka .

Group draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Italy	Hungary	Russia	Spain
Yugoslavia	Greece	Netherlands	Croatia
Slovakia	Kazakhstan	United States	Australia
Brazil	Germany	Canada	Japan

Men

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	20: 9	+11	5
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	23:14	+9	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	19:23	−4	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	11:27	−16	0

July 19	Slovakia	-	Yugoslavia	6: 7
	Italy	-	Brazil	6: 1
21 July	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	3: 3
	Slovakia	-	Brazil	8: 5
22nd of July	Yugoslavia	-	Brazil	13: 5
	Slovakia	-	Italy	5:11

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	32:20	+12	6th
2	Greece	3	1	0	2	23:24	−1	2
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	13:16	−3	2
4th	Germany	3	1	0	2	20:28	−8	2

July 19	Germany	-	Greece	9: 8
	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	7: 3
21 July	Greece	-	Hungary	10:11
	Germany	-	Kazakhstan	4: 6
22nd of July	Greece	-	Kazakhstan	5: 4
	Germany	-	Hungary	7:14

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	33:22	+11	6th
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	23:18	+5	4th
3	United States	3	1	0	2	20:19	+1	2
4th	Canada	3	0	0	3	13:30	−17	0

July 14th	United States	-	Russia	9:10
	Netherlands	-	Canada	10: 4
16th of July	United States	-	Canada	6: 3
	Russia	-	Netherlands	9: 7
July 18th	Russia	-	Canada	14: 6
	United States	-	Netherlands	5: 6

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	26: 6	+20	6th
2	Croatia	3	2	0	1	20:14	+6	4th
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	13:21	−8	2
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	8:26	−18	0

July 19	Croatia	-	Japan	8: 2
	Spain	-	Australia	8: 1
21 July	Croatia	-	Australia	8: 6
	Japan	-	Spain	1:12
22nd of July	Japan	-	Australia	5: 6
	Croatia	-	Spain	4: 6

Intermediate round

In the second round, the first three places in groups A – D play. The games from the preliminary round are taken along. The game against the bottom of the group is not counted for the table of the intermediate round.

Group E

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Yugoslavia	5	4th	1	0	38:25	+13	9
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	37:21	+16	7th
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	36:32	+4	6th
4th	Greece	5	3	0	2	30:28	+2	6th
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4th	26:48	−22	2
6th	Slovakia	5	0	0	5	28:41	−13	0

24th July	Italy	-	Kazakhstan	13: 3
	Slovakia	-	Hungary	8: 9
	Yugoslavia	-	Greece	4: 3
July 25th	Yugoslavia	-	Hungary	8: 7
	Slovakia	-	Kazakhstan	7:10
	Italy	-	Greece	7: 8
July 26th	Slovakia	-	Greece	2: 4
	Yugoslavia	-	Kazakhstan	16: 6
	Italy	-	Hungary	3: 2

Group F.

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	43:22	+21	10
2	Russia	5	4th	0	1	43:35	+8	8th
3	Croatia	5	3	0	2	42:28	+14	6th
4th	United States	5	1	0	4th	29:42	−13	2
5	Australia	5	1	0	4th	21:35	−14	2
6th	Netherlands	5	1	0	4th	26:42	−16	2

24th July	Russia	-	Australia	8: 3
	United States	-	Spain	4:10
	Netherlands	-	Croatia	3:12
July 25th	Netherlands	-	Spain	5:10
	United States	-	Australia	6: 5
	Russia	-	Croatia	8: 7
July 26th	United States	-	Croatia	5:11
	Netherlands	-	Australia	5: 6
	Russia	-	Spain	8: 9

Placement games

Elimination games 13-16

The last of the groups A – D play here

Group G

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Brazil	3	2	1	0	28:14	+14	5
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	21:17	+4	4th
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	21:25	−4	3
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	21:35	−14	0

24th July	Germany	-	Canada	6: 6
	Brazil	-	Japan	13: 6
July 25th	Brazil	-	Germany	5: 5
	Canada	-	Japan	12: 9
July 26th	Germany	-	Japan	10: 6
	Brazil	-	Canada	10: 3

Placement games for 9th to 12th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here the last two teams in group E & F play against each other.

Preludes for places 9–12
July 28th	Slovakia	-	Australia	6: 7
	Kazakhstan	-	Netherlands	5: 9

Game for 11th place

Game for 11th place
29th of July	Slovakia	-	Kazakhstan	12: 6

Play for 9th place

Play for 9th place
29th of July	Australia	-	Netherlands	3: 8

Placement games for 5th to 8th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here the 3rd and 4th places from the groups E & F üner Kreuz play against each other.

Preludes for places 5-8
July 28th	Greece	-	Croatia	12:11
	Hungary	-	United States	9: 7

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
29th of July	Croatia	-	United States	9:10

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
29th of July	Greece	-	Hungary	5: 8

Main round

Semifinals

For the semifinals, the group winners and runners-up in group E & F will qualify

Quarter finals
July 28th	Yugoslavia	-	Russia	9: 8
	Italy	-	Spain	2: 4

Game for third place

3rd place match
29th of July	Italy	-	Russia	6: 7

final

final
29th of July	Spain	-	Yugoslavia	4: 2

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Spain		ESP
2.	Yugoslavia		YUG
3.	Russia		RUS
4th	Italy		ITA
5.	Hungary		HUN
6th	Greece		GRE
7th	United States		United States
8th.	Croatia		CRO
9.	Netherlands		NED
10.	Australia		OUT
11.	Slovakia		SLK
12.	Kazakhstan		KAZ
13.	Brazil		BRA
14th	Germany		GER
15th	Canada		CAN
16.	Japan		JPN

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