Water Polo World Championships 2007

The Water Polo World Championships 2007 took place as part of the Swimming World Championships 2007 in Melbourne from March 19 to April 1. The total of 96 games (48 each for men and women) were played at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Center .

Men

16 teams took part in the men's competition.

Group A

game schedule

Japan	-	Italy	06:20
Germany	-	Serbia	07: 11
Japan	-	Germany	07:17
Serbia	-	Italy	06: 03
Japan	-	Serbia	03:18
Germany	-	Italy	03: 08

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	35:13	+22	6th
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	31:15	+16	4th
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	27:26	+1	2
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	16:55	−39	0

Group B

game schedule

Croatia	-	South Africa	13: 05
Australia	-	United States	03: 09
United States	-	South Africa	14: 04
Croatia	-	Australia	10: 09
Croatia	-	United States	10: 08
Australia	-	South Africa	12: 06

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	33:22	+11	6th
2	United States	3	2	0	1	31:17	+14	4th
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	24:25	−1	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	15:39	−24	0

Group C

game schedule

China	-	Spain	04:15
Greece	-	Russia	10: 07
Russia	-	Spain	08:12
China	-	Greece	05: 11
China	-	Russia	06: 11
Greece	-	Spain	07: 08

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	35:19	+16	6th
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	28:20	+8	4th
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	26:28	−2	2
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	15:37	−22	0

Group D

game schedule

Canada	-	Romania	09: 08
Hungary	-	New Zealand	21: 05
New Zealand	-	Romania	04:18
Canada	-	Hungary	03:19
Canada	-	New Zealand	12: 08
Hungary	-	Romania	11: 09

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	51:17	+34	6th
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	24:35	−11	4th
3	Romania	3	1	0	2	35:24	+11	2
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	17:51	−34	0

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Placement games (13-16th place)

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

qualification
Japan	-	South Africa	07: 09
China	-	New Zealand	11: 08
Play for 15th place
Japan	-	New Zealand	09:10
Game for 13th place
South Africa	-	China	12: 13

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Qualification to the quarterfinals

The qualification was carried out by the runners-up and thirds.

Germany	-	United States	06: 03
Greece	-	Romania	08: 07
Russia	-	Canada	17: 13
Italy	-	Australia	12: 11

This means that the winners of the matches have qualified for the quarter-finals. The losers play for ninth to twelfth place.

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Placement games (9-12th place)

The placements were played out among the losers in the quarter-finals qualification.

qualification
United States	-	Canada	16: 11
Australia	-	Romania	15: 09
Game for 11th place
Romania	-	Canada	15: 13
Play for 9th place
Australia	-	United States	09:10

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Quarter finals

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

Serbia	-	Greece	08: 03
Croatia	-	Russia	13: 03
Spain	-	Italy	07: 05
Hungary	-	Germany	13: 06

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Placement games (place 5-8)

The placements were played among the losers in the quarterfinals.

qualification
Greece	-	Russia	09: 08
Italy	-	Germany	06: 05
Game for 7th place
Russia	-	Germany	11: 08
Play for 5th place
Greece	-	Italy	3:16 p.m.

• n. P .: after penalty throwing

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Semifinals

Serbia	-	Croatia	07:10
Spain	-	Hungary	11:12

Finals

3rd place match
Serbia	-	Spain	17:18 a.m.
final
Croatia	-	Hungary	09: 08 a.d.

• n.v .: after extension
• n. P .: after penalty throwing

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Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	Croatia	Samir Barač , Miho Bošković , Damir Burić , Andro Bušlje , Teo Đogaš , Igor Hinić , Maro Joković , Aljoša Kunac , Pavo Marković , Josip Pavić , Mile Smodlaka , Frano Vićan , Zdeslav Vrdoljak	Ratko Rudić
2	Hungary	Tibor Benedek , Péter Biros , Rajmund Fodor , Tamás Kásás , Gábor Kis , Gergely Kiss , Norbert Madaras , Tamás Molnár , Viktor Nagy , Zoltán Szécsi , Márton Szivós , Dániel Varga , Dénes Varga	Dénes Kemény
3	Spain	Iñaki Aguilar, Ángel Andreo, Iván Gallego, Mario García, Xavier García, David Martin, Marc Minguell, Guillermo Molina, Iván Pérez, Felipe Perrone, Ricardo Perrone, Svilen Piralkov, Xavier Vallés	Rafael Aguilar
4th	Serbia	Aleksandar Ćirić, Filip Filipović, Živko Gocić, Danilo Ikodinović, Miloš Korolija, Slobodan Nikić, Andrija Prlainović, Aleksandar Šapić, Dejan Savić, Denis Šefik, Slobodan Soro, Vanja Udovičić, Vladimir Vujasinović	Dejan Udovičić
5	Italy	Fabio Bencivenga, Fabrizio Buonocore, Alessandro Calcaterra, Luigi di Costanzo, Murizio Felugo, Goran Fiorentini, Andrea Scotti Galletta, Alex Gioretti, Federico Mistrangelo, Francesco Postiglione, Valerio Rizzo, Stefano Tempesti, Fabio Violetti	Paolo Malara
6th	Greece	Christos Afroudakis, Georgios Afroudakis, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Konstantinos Kokkinakis, Dimitrios Mazis, Dimitrios Miteloudis, Emmanouil Mylonakis, Georgios Ntoskas, Georgios Reppas, Stefanos Santa, Anastasios Schizas, Antonios Vlontak	Alesandro Campagna
7th	Russia	Alexei Agarkow, Alexander Aksenow, Roman Balaschow, Alexander Erischow, Sergei Garbuzow, Yuri Jatzew, Sergei Evstignejew, Vitali Jurschik, Sergei Lisunow, Igor Rastorgujew, Dimitri Stratan, Vladimir Uschakow, Marat Sakirow	Boris Popov
8th	Germany	Steffen Dierolf , Lukasz Kieloch , Tobias Kreuzmann , Sören Mackeben , Florian Naroska , Heiko Nossek , Moritz Oeler , Marc Politze , Marko Savic , Thomas Schertwitis , Andreas Schlotterbeck , Alexander Tchigir , Michael Zellmer	Hagen tribe
9	United States	Brian Alexander, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Dreason Barry, Layne Beaubien, Genai Kerr, Rick Merlo, Merrill Moses, Jeff Powers, Jesse Smith, Peter Varellas, Kevin Witt, Adam Wright	Richard Azevedo
10	Australia	Jamie Beadsworth, John Cotterill, Pietro Figlioli, Trent Franklin, Robert Maitland, Daniel Marsden, Anthony Martin, Samuel McGregor, Timothy Neesham, James Stanton, Laurie Trettel, Thomas Whalan, Gavin Woods	David Neesham
11	Romania	Florin Bonca, Andrei Busila, Edward Dina Andrei, Gheorghe Dunca, George Georgescu, Ramiro Georgescu, Andrei Iosep, Kalman Kadar, Alexandru Matei, Tiberiu Negrean, Bertini Nenciu, Cosmin Alexandru Radu, Dragoş Constantin Stoenescu	Vlad Hagiu
12	Canada	Aaron Feltham, Kevin Graham, Brandon Jung, Constantine Kudaba, Thomas Marks, Nathaniel Miller, Noah Miller, Kevin Mitchell, Robin Randall, Jonathan Ruse, Jean Sayegh, Daniel Stein, Nicolas Youngblud	Dragan Jovanović
13	People's Republic of China	Li Bin, Tan Feihu, Ma Jianjun, Li Jun, Xie Junmin, Yu Lijun, Ge Weiqing, Wang Yang, Wang Yong, Qiu Yuanzhong, Han Zhidong, Wu Zhiyu, Liang Zhongxing	Wany Min Hui
14th	South Africa	Ryan Bell, Wayne Cowden, João Marco de Carvalho, Rick Diesel, Dwayne Flatscher, Adam Kajee, Marvyn Kilian, Etienne Le Roux, Karl Niehaus, Kevin O'Brien, Alastair Stewart, Donn Stewart, Duncan Woods	Vladimir Trinić
15th	New Zealand	Zoltán Boros, Christopher Broome, David Broome, Richard Claridge, Timothy Grace, Nicholas Grieve, John Love, Matthew Payne, Ben Tait, Lachlan Tijsen, Rob Tindall, Jacques Venter, Shaun Venter	Before that, Carevic
16	Japan	Kan Aoyagi, Tomonaga Eguchi, Yasuhiro Haraguchi, Hiroshi Hoshiai, Koji Kobayashi, Atsushi Naganuma, Satoshi Nagata, Naofumi Nishikakoi, Hitoshi Oshima, Shoichi Sakamoto, Taichi Sato, Yoshinori Shiota, Koji Tanaka	Takahisa Minami

Women

16 teams took part in the women's competition.

Group A

game schedule

China	-	Spain	07:15
Russia	-	Germany	18: 11
China	-	Russia	08:16
Germany	-	Spain	06:15
China	-	Germany	04: 11
Russia	-	Spain	12: 07

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	46:26	+20	6th
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	37:25	+12	4th
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	28:37	−9	2
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	19:42	−23	0

Group B

game schedule

Brazil	-	Puerto Rico	13: 02
Canada	-	Australia	04: 05
Canada	-	Brazil	06: 03
Puerto Rico	-	Australia	01: 26
Canada	-	Puerto Rico	13: 04
Brazil	-	Australia	03: 11

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	42: 8	+34	6th
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	23:12	+11	4th
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	19:19	± 0	2
4th	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	7:52	−45	0

Group C

game schedule

Greece	-	Kazakhstan	11: 05
Netherlands	-	United States	07: 09
United States	-	Kazakhstan	13: 05
Greece	-	Netherlands	14: 07
Greece	-	United States	06: 08
Netherlands	-	Kazakhstan	14: 07

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	30:18	+12	6th
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	31:22	+11	4th
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	28:30	−2	2
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	17:38	−21	0

Group D

game schedule

Cuba	-	New Zealand	07: 07
Italy	-	Hungary	08: 08
Hungary	-	New Zealand	17: 07
Cuba	-	Italy	05:17
Cuba	-	Hungary	04:19
Italy	-	New Zealand	21: 09

table

RF	team	Sp	Sg	U.N	NL	Gates	TD	Pts.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	44:19	+25	5
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	46:22	+24	5
3	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	23:45	−22	1
4th	Cuba	3	0	1	2	16:43	−27	1

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Placement games (13-16th place)

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

qualification
China	-	Puerto Rico	12: 04
Kazakhstan	-	Cuba	10: 07
Play for 15th place
Puerto Rico	-	Cuba	09:11
Game for 13th place
China	-	Kazakhstan	09:12

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Qualification to the quarterfinals

The qualification was carried out by the runners-up and thirds.

Spain	-	Brazil	13: 09
Germany	-	Canada	10: 14
Greece	-	New Zealand	09: 05
Netherlands	-	Italy	06: 07

This means that the winners of the matches have qualified for the quarter-finals. The losers play for ninth to twelfth place.

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Placement games (9-12th place)

The placements were played out among the losers in the quarter-finals qualification.

qualification
Brazil	-	New Zealand	14: 07
Germany	-	Netherlands	06: 08
Game for 11th place
New Zealand	-	Germany	09:11
Play for 9th place
Brazil	-	Netherlands	02: 11

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Quarter finals

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

Russia	-	Greece	10: 09
United States	-	Spain	10: 06
Hungary	-	Canada	11: 09
Australia	-	Italy	12: 08

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Placement games (place 5-8)

The placements were played among the losers in the quarterfinals.

qualification
Greece	-	Italy	09:10
Spain	-	Canada	06: 09
Game for 7th place
Greece	-	Spain	09:11
Play for 5th place
Italy	-	Canada	07: 03

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Semifinals

United States	-	Hungary	10: 09
Russia	-	Australia	09:12

Finals

3rd place match
Russia	-	Hungary	09: 08
final
Australia	-	United States	05: 06

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Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	United States	Elizabeth Armstrong, Patricia Cardenas, Kameryn Craig, Natalie Golda, Alison Gregorka, Brittany Hayes, Jaime Hipp, Ericka Lorenz, Heather Petri, Moriah van Norman, Brenda Villa, Lauren Wenger, Elsie Windes	Guy Baker
2	Australia	Gemma Beadsworth, Nikita Cuffe, Suzannah Fraser, Hadley Gemma, Taniele Gofers, Kate Gynther, Amy Hetzel, Bronwen Knox, Emma Knox, Alicia McCormack, Melissa Rippon, Rebecca Rippon, Mia Santoromito	Greg McFadden
3	Russia	Olga Fomischewa, Nadeschda Glysina, Sofia Konuch, Marija Kowtunowskaja, Jekaterina Pantjulina, Natalia Ryschowa-Alenitschewa, Natalia Schepelina, Jelena Smurowa, Evgenia Sobolewa, Valentina Voronzowa, Alena Wylegschanina, Jekaterina Zubaschewa. Anastina Zubaschewa	Alexander Klejmenov
4th	Hungary	Tímea Benkő, Fruzsina Brávik, Henrietta Brávik, Barbara Bujka, Anett Tímea Győre, Patrícia Horváth, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Mercedes Stieber, Orsolya Takács, Eszter Anita Tomaskovics, Ágnes Valkai, Krisztina Zantleitner	Gábor Godova
5	Italy	Francesca Biancardi, Silvia Bosurgi, Chiara Brancati, Elisa Casanova, Tania di Mario, Giulia Enrica Emmolo, Teresa Frassinetti, Elena Gigli, Martina Miceli, Maddalena Musumeci, Cinzia Ragusa, Martina Schiavon, Erzsebet Valkai	Mauro Maugeri
6th	Canada	Krystina Alogbo, Joëlle Bekhazi, Alison Braden, Cora Campbell, Tara Campbell, Emily Csikos, Whynter Lamarre, Sandra Lize, Katrina Monton, Dominique Perreault, Marina Radu, Rachel Riddell, Christine Robinson	Patrick Oaten
7th	Spain	Patricia del Soto Traver, Elisabeth Gazulla Blanco, María Del Carmen García Godoy, Blanca Gil Sorlí, Irene Hagen del Poyo, Cristina López Aliaga, Miriam López-Escribano Jara, Laura López Ventosa, Ona Messeguer Flaque, Cristina Pardo Perarnau, Anna Pardo Perarnau, Jennifer Pareja Lisalde, Pilar Peña Carrasco	Mar Sanroma
8th	Greece	Stavroula Antonakou, Alkisti Avramidou, Angeliki Gerolymou, Sofia Iosifidou, Kelina Kantzou, Eleni Kouvdou, Stavroula Kozompoli, Liosi Kyriaki, Georgia Lara, Evangelia Moraitidou, Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou, Antigoni Roupesi, Maria Tsouri	Kiriakos Iosifidis
9	Netherlands	Mieke Cabout, Daniëlle de Bruijn, Meike de Nooy, Rianne Guichelaar, Biurakn Hakhverdian, Noeki Klein, Simone Koot, Jorieke Oostendorp, Alette Sijbring, Yasemin Smit, Iefke van Belkum, Gillian van den Berg, Ilse van der Meijden	Robin van Galen
10	Brazil	Cecilia Canetti, Manuela Canetti, Marina Canetti, Luiza Carvalho, Viviane Costa, Flávia Fernandes, Andrea Henriques, Fernanda Lissoni, Amanda Oliveira, Tess Oliveira, Camila Pedrosa-Freire, Melina Teno, Ana Carolina Vasconcelos	Roberto Ghiappini
11	Germany	Simone Budde , Claudia Blomenkamp , Katrin Dierolf , Carmen Gelse , Linda Gerritsen , Theresa Klein , Monika Kruszona , Nadine Kunz , Lina Rohe , Ariane Rump , Claudia Schönitz , Nina Wengst , Mandy Zöllner	Bernd Seidensticker
12	New Zealand	Olivia Colebourne, Emily Cox, Rebecca Donoghue, Carina Harache, Kirsten Hudson, Amy Logan, Kelly Mason, Rebecca McGuinness, Mandy Roberts, Anna Sieprath, Francesca Snell, Roberta Stewart, Kimberley Sumich	Paul Monney
13	Kazakhstan	Ekaterina Garijewa, Marina Gritsenko, Tatiana Gubina, Assel Jakajewa, Natalia Krassilnikowa, Oxana Makajewa, Tatiana Ponomarjowa, Galina Ritowa, Jekaterina Schischkowa, Anna Subkowa, Irina Tolkunowa, Julia Tsnamenskaja, Alexandra Zarkowa	Andrei Sazikin
14th	People's Republic of China	Gao Ao, Teng Fei, Mo Fengmin, Ma Huanhuan, Sun Huizi, He Jin, Yang Jun, Qiao Leiying, Zheng Xu, Sun Yating, Wang Yi, Tan Ying, Sun Yujun	Pan Shenghua
15th	Cuba	Yanelis Andrew, Yeliana Bravo, Yamira Caballero, Yunieska Diago, Lisandra Frómeta, Adriana Garlobo, Cheila Gómez, Danay Gutiérrez, Leyanis Gutiérrez, Hirovis Hernández, Olga Soler, Neldys Truffin, Mairelis Zunzunequi	Francisco Trueba
16	Puerto Rico	Mirelis Arocho Salgado, Adlin Belen Ojeda, Angelica Marie Garcia, Estefanía Laboy, Carla Martinez Colomer, Paola Medina Montero, Alejandra Ortiz Irizarry, Amanda Ortiz Irizarry, Angélica Ortiz Irizarry, Cristina Ortiz Irizarry, Anaid Ralat Nazcheska, Mairim Rosibario Lopez	Antonio Pereles

Web links

• Homepage of the Swimming World Championships 2007
• World association FINA
• waterpolo-world
• DSV - German Swimming Association
• Omega Timing Results