Water Polo World Championships 2013

The 2013 World Water Polo Championship was held from July 21st to August 3rd in Barcelona , Spain . For both men and women, 16 teams played for the world title.

Men's tournament

Group division of the preliminary round

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Montenegro	Croatia	Serbia	Italy
Spain	Canada	Hungary	Germany
Greece	United States	Australia	Romania
New Zealand	South Africa	People's Republic of China	Kazakhstan

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	38:15	+23	6th
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	1	34:12	+22	4th
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	30:18	+12	2
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	8:65	−57	0

22nd of July	Montenegro	-	Greece	4: 6
	Spain	-	New Zealand	18: 3
24th July	New Zealand	-	Greece	4:24
	Montenegro	-	Spain	7: 5
July 26th	Montenegro	-	New Zealand	23: 1
	Spain	-	Greece	7: 8

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	41:15	+26	6th
2	United States	3	2	0	1	31:19	+12	4th
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	32:32	0	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	14:52	−38	0

22nd of July	Croatia	-	United States	9: 7
	Canada	-	South Africa	17:11
24th July	South Africa	-	United States	3:16
	Croatia	-	Canada	13: 8
July 26th	Croatia	-	South Africa	19: 0
	Canada	-	United States	7: 8

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	39:26	+13	6th
2	Hungary	3	1	1	1	32:27	+5	2
3	Australia	3	1	1	1	25:26	−1	2
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	21:38	−17	0

22nd of July	Serbia	-	Australia	10: 7
	Hungary	-	China	13: 5
24th July	China	-	Australia	7: 9
	Serbia	-	Hungary	13:10
July 26th	Serbia	-	China	16: 9
	Hungary	-	Australia	9: 9

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	32:18	+14	6th
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	26:26	0	4th
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	21:25	−4	2
4th	Romania	3	0	0	3	16:26	−10	0

22nd of July	Italy	-	Romania	10: 4
	Germany	-	Kazakhstan	9: 8
24th July	Kazakhstan	-	Romania	7: 4
	Italy	-	Germany	10: 8
July 26th	Italy	-	Kazakhstan	12: 6
	Germany	-	Romania	9: 8

Main round

Main round
July 28th	Greece	-	South Africa	13: 5
	Montenegro	-	Canada	12: 4
	Croatia	-	New Zealand	21: 4
	United States	-	Spain	6:10
	Serbia	-	Romania	13: 5
	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	16: 7
	Italy	-	People's Republic of China	11: 3
	Germany	-	Australia	4: 8

Quarter finals

The winners from the main round games qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter finals
30th July	Greece	-	Hungary	3: 9
	Croatia	-	Australia	7: 6
	Montenegro	-	Serbia	9: 8
	Spain	-	Italy	3: 4

The winners of the matches qualify for the semi-finals. The losers play for fifth to eighth place.

Placement games for 5th to 8th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here a loser from the quarterfinals plays against another loser from the quarterfinals.

Preludes for places 5-8
August 1st	Greece	-	Australia	11: 9
	Serbia	-	Spain	13:14

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
3rd August	Australia	-	Serbia	7:13

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
3rd August	Greece	-	Spain	8:10

Semifinals

The semi-finals will be played by the winners of the quarter-finals.

Semifinals
August 1st	Hungary	-	Croatia	11:10
	Montenegro	-	Italy	10: 8

Game for third place

3rd place match
3rd August	Croatia	-	Italy	10: 8

final

final
3rd August	Hungary	-	Montenegro	8: 7

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	Hungary		HUN
2.	Montenegro		MNE
3.	Croatia		CRO
4th	Italy		ITA
5.	Spain		ESP
6th	Greece		GRE
7th	Serbia		SRB
8th.	Australia		OUT

Women's tournament

Group division of the preliminary round

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Spain	Australia	United States	Hungary
Russia	People's Republic of China	Canada	Italy
Netherlands	New Zealand	Greece	Brazil
Uzbekistan	South Africa	Great Britain	Kazakhstan

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	41:24	+17	5
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	40:23	+17	4th
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	54:29	+25	3
4th	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	13:72	−59	0

21 July	Spain	-	Netherlands	14:12
	Russia	-	Uzbekistan	22: 6
July 23	Uzbekistan	-	Netherlands	3:30
	Spain	-	Russia	6: 7
July 25th	Spain	-	Uzbekistan	20: 4
	Russia	-	Netherlands	12:12

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	45:10	+35	6th
2	People's Republic of China	3	2	0	1	35:21	+14	4th
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22:35	−13	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	10:46	−36	0

21 July	Australia	-	New Zealand	15: 4
	China	-	South Africa	17: 2
July 23	South Africa	-	New Zealand	7:13
	Australia	-	China	14: 5
July 25th	Australia	-	South Africa	16: 1
	China	-	New Zealand	13: 5

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	38:20	+18	6th
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	30:27	+3	3
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	29:27	+2	3
4th	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	20:43	−23	0

21 July	United States	-	Greece	12: 8
	Canada	-	Great Britain	14: 9
July 23	Great Britain	-	Greece	7:13
	United States	-	Canada	10: 8
July 25th	United States	-	Great Britain	16: 4
	Canada	-	Greece	8: 8

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	48:17	+31	6th
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	26:22	+4	4th
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	23:32	−9	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	16:42	−26	0

21 July	Hungary	-	Brazil	20: 6
	Italy	-	Kazakhstan	9: 7
July 23	Kazakhstan	-	Brazil	9: 5
	Hungary	-	Italy	10: 4
July 25th	Hungary	-	Kazakhstan	18: 7
	Italy	-	Brazil	13: 5

Main round

Main round
July 27th	Russia	-	South Africa	22: 3
	Spain	-	New Zealand	18: 6
	Australia	-	Uzbekistan	25: 2
	People's Republic of China	-	Netherlands	10:11
	United States	-	Brazil	14: 3
	Canada	-	Kazakhstan	14: 8
	Hungary	-	Great Britain	14: 5
	Italy	-	Greece	12:13

Quarter finals

The winners from the main round games qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter finals
29th of July	Russia	-	Canada	17: 9
	Australia	-	Greece	9: 5
	Spain	-	United States	9: 6
	Netherlands	-	Hungary	7:11

The winners of the matches qualify for the semi-finals. The losers play for fifth to eighth place.

Placement games for 5th to 8th place

Foreplay

The matches are played before the placement games. Here a loser from the quarterfinals plays against another loser from the quarterfinals.

Preludes for places 5-8
July 31	Canada	-	Greece	8:12
	United States	-	Netherlands	12:11

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
August 2nd	Canada	-	Netherlands	9:12

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
August 2nd	Greece	-	United States	12:15

Semifinals

The semi-finals will be played by the winners of the quarter-finals.

Semifinals
July 31	Russia	-	Australia	6: 9
	Spain	-	Hungary	13:12

Game for third place

3rd place match
August 2nd	Russia	-	Hungary	8:10

final

final
August 2nd	Australia	-	Spain	6: 8

Placement table

space	country	Athletes	Trainer
1	Spain	Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anna Espar, Roser Tarrago, Matilde Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pilar Pena, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maria Garcia Godoy, Laura Lopez, Patricia Herrera	Miki Oca
2	Australia	Lea Barta, Jayde Appel, Hannah Buckling, Holly Lincoln-Smith, Isabel Bishop, Bronwen Knox (C), Rowena Webster, Glencora McGhie, Zoe Arancini, Ashleigh Southern, Keesja Gofers, Nicola Zagame, Kelsey Wakefield	Greg McFadden
3	Hungary	Flora Bolonyai, Anna Krisztina Illes, Dora Antal, Dora Agnes Kisteleki, Gabriella Szucs, Orsolya Takacs (C), Ibolya Kitti Miskolczi, Rita Keszthelyi, Ildiko Toth, Barbara Bujka, Krisztina Garda, Kata Maria Menczinger, Orsolya Kaso	Andras Meresz
4th	Russia	Anna Ustyukhina, Diana Antonova, Ekaterina Prokofyeva, Elvina Karimova, Alexandra Antonova, Olga Belova, Ekaterina Tankeeva, Anna Grineva, Anna Timofeeva, Olga Beliaeva, Evgeniya Ivanova (C), Ekaterina Zelentsova, Anna Karnaukh	Mikhail Nakoryakov
5	United States	Elizabeth Armstrong, Lauren Silver, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Caroline Clark, Margaret Steffens, Courtney Mathewson (C), Kiley Neushul, Jillian Kraus, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kameryn Craig, Tumuaialii	Adam Krikorian
6th	Greece	Eleni Kouvdou, Christina Chrysoula Tsoulaka, Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, Ilektra Maria Psouni, Margarita Plevritou, Alkisti Avramidou, Alexandra Asimaki, Antigoni Roumpesi (C), Christina Kotsiam, Triantafyllia Manolioudaki, Eleftheria Plevritoua Diamant Alkistisoul B	Georgios Morfesis
7th	Netherlands	Ilse van der Meijden, Yasemin Smit (C), Marloes Nijhuis, Biurakn Hakhverdian, Sabrina van der Sloot, Nomi Stomphorst, Iefke van Belkum, Vivian Sevenich, Carolina Slagter, Dagmar Genee, Lieke Klaassen, Ieonie van der Molen, Anne Heinis	Mauro Maugeri
8th	Canada	Michele Relton, Krystina Alogbo (C), Katrina Monton, Emma Wright, Monika Eggens, Sophie Baron la Salle, Joelle Bekhazi, Dominique Perreault, Carmen Eggens, Christine Robinson, Stephanie Valin, Marina Radu, Nicola Colterjohn	Guy Baker
9	People's Republic of China	Jun Yang, Fei Teng, Ping Liu, Yujun Sun (C), Jin He, Yating Sun, Donglun Song, Lu Xu, Xiaohan Mei, Huanhuan Ma, Cong Zhang, Qun Xia, Ying Wang	Alexandre Kleimenov
10	Italy	Elena Gigli, Francesca Pomeri, Arianna Garibotti, Federica Radicchi, Elisa Queirolo, Rosaria Aiello, Tania di Mario (C), Roberta Bianconi, Giulia Enrica Emmolo, Valeria Palmieri, Aleksandra Cotti, Teresa Frassinetti, Loredana Sparano	Fabio Conti
11	Kazakhstan	Alexandra Zharkova, Natalya Shepelina, Aizhan Akilbayeva, Anna Turova, Anastassiya Mirshina, Anna Zubkova, Natalya Alexandrova, Yekaterina Glushkova, Assel Jakayeva (C), Marina Gritsenko, Alexandra Rozhentsevar, Assem Mussarova, Kristina Krassikova	Andrey Sazykin
12	New Zealand	Brooke Millar, Emily Cox (C), Kelly Mason, Nicole Lewis, Alexandra Boyd, Lynlee Smith, Sarah Landry, Danielle Lewis, Lauren Sieprath, Casie Bowry, Kirsten Hudson, Alexandra Myles, Ianeta Hutchinson	Attila Biro
13	United Kingdom	Rosemary Morris (C), Chloe Wilcox, Fiona McCann, Ciara Gibson-Byrne, Ainee Hoy, Claire Nixon, Lisa Gibson, Hazel Musgrove, Peggy Etiebet, Angela Winstanley-Smith, Francesca Clayton, Kathryn Fowler, Jade Smith	Paul Metz
14th	Brazil	Manuela Canetti, Diana Abla, Marina Zablith, Marina Canetti (C), Lucianne Maia, Adhara Santoro, Melani Dias, Izabella Chiappini, Victoria Muratore, Flavia Vigna, Mirella Coutinho, Viviane Bahia, Victoria Chamorro	Sandy Nitta
15th	South Africa	Anke Jacobs, Kimberly Schmidt, Kieran Paley, Christy Rawstron, Megan Schooling, Tarryn Schooling, Kimberly Kay, Lee-Anne Keet, Delaine Christian, Marcelle Keet, Lindsay Killeen, Kelsey White (C), Thembelihle Mkize	Brad Rowe
16	Uzbekistan	Elena Dukhanova, Diana Dadabaeva, Aleksandra Sarancha, Angelina Djumalieva, Evgeniya Ivanova, Ekaterina Morozova, Natalya Plyusova, Anna Shcheglova, Ramilya Halikova, Adelina Zinurova, Guzelya Hamitova, Anna Plyusova, Natalya Shlyoonskaya	Akbar Sadikov
		(C) = team captain

Web links

• The schedule of the Water Polo World Cup on the website of the Fédération Internationale de Natation
• Results page of the Fédération Internationale de Natation