Water Polo World Championships 2017

The 2017 World Water Polo Championship was held from July 17 to July 29, 2017 in Budapest , Hungary . For both men and women, 16 teams played for the world title. In the men's category, the Croatian team won their second world title. In the women’s category, the Americans were able to defend their world title and their fifth title overall.

Men

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Brazil	Italy	Serbia	Croatia
Montenegro	Hungary	Greece	Russia
Kazakhstan	Australia	Spain	Japan
Canada	France	South Africa	United States

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Montenegro	3	2	1	0	35:18	+17	5
2	Brazil	3	1	1	1	17:22	−5	3
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	17:28	−11	2
4th	Canada	3	0	2	2	23:24	−1	2

17th July	Brazil	-	Kazakhstan	6: 2
	Montenegro	-	Canada	8: 8
July 19	Canada	-	Kazakhstan	9:10
	Brazil	-	Montenegro	5:14
21 July	Brazil	-	Canada	6: 6
	Montenegro	-	Kazakhstan	13: 5

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	35:19	+16	5
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	40:23	+17	5
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	19:36	−17	2
4th	France	3	0	0	3	26:42	−16	0

17th July	France	-	Italy	9:18
	Australia	-	Hungary	3:13
July 19	Hungary	-	Italy	9: 9
	France	-	Australia	10:11
21 July	France	-	Hungary	7:13
	Australia	-	Italy	5:13

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	43:16	+27	6th
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	32:20	+12	4th
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	28:23	+5	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11:55	−44	0

17th July	Spain	-	Greece	7: 8
	Serbia	-	South Africa	21: 5
July 19	South Africa	-	Greece	2:18
	Spain	-	Serbia	5:11
21 July	Spain	-	South Africa	16: 4
	Serbia	-	Greece	11: 6

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	38:21	+17	6th
2	Russia	3	1	0	2	34:32	+2	2
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	29:38	−9	2
4th	United States	3	1	0	2	28:38	−10	2

17th July	United States	-	Croatia	7:12
	Japan	-	Russia	8:15
July 19	Russia	-	Croatia	8:10
	United States	-	Japan	7:15
21 July	United States	-	Russia	14:11
	Japan	-	Croatia	6:16

Main round

Main round
July 23	Brazil	-	Australia	3: 8
	Kazakhstan	-	Italy	7:12
	Greece	-	Japan	14: 4
	Spain	-	Russia	10:11

Quarter finals

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

Quarter finals
July 25th	Montenegro	-	Greece	7:12
	Serbia	-	Australia	15: 5
	Hungary	-	Russia	14: 5
	Croatia	-	Italy	12: 9

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 27th	Montenegro	-	Russia	9: 8
	Australia	-	Italy	4: 8

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
29th of July	Russia	-	Australia	7:10

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
29th of July	Montenegro	-	Italy	5: 4

Semifinals

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

Semifinals
July 27th	Greece	-	Hungary	5: 7
	Serbia	-	Croatia	11:12

Game for third place

3rd place match
29th of July	Greece	-	Serbia	8:11

final

final
29th of July	Hungary	-	Croatia	6: 8

Bottom line

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

Women

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

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	41:16	+27	6th
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	29:24	+5	4th
3	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	2	27:28	−1	2
4th	Brazil	3	0	0	3	14:45	−31	0

16th of July	Italy	-	Canada	10: 4
	Brazil	-	People's Republic of China	4:11
July 18th	People's Republic of China	-	Canada	8: 9
	Italy	-	Brazil	18: 4
20th of July	Italy	-	People's Republic of China	15: 8
	Brazil	-	Canada	6:16

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	United States	3	3	0	0	58:17	+41	6th
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	35:17	+18	4th
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	17:38	−21	2
4th	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11:49	−38	0

16th of July	New Zealand	-	Spain	2:10
	United States	-	South Africa	2:24
July 18th	United States	-	Spain	12: 8
	New Zealand	-	South Africa	8: 6
20th of July	New Zealand	-	United States	7:22
	Spain	-	South Africa	3:17

Group C

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	54:24	+30	6th
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	45:20	+25	4th
3	France	3	1	0	2	16:49	−33	2
4th	Japan	3	0	0	3	27:49	−22	0

17th July	Netherlands	-	France	17: 2
	Japan	-	Hungary	11:20
July 19	Japan	-	Netherlands	8:20
	France	-	Hungary	5:24
21 July	Japan	-	France	8: 9
	Netherlands	-	Hungary	8:10

Group D

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1	Greece	3	2	0	1	37:22	+15	4th
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	32:20	+12	4th
3	Russia	3	2	0	1	29:21	+8	4th
4th	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15:50	−35	0

16th of July	Australia	-	Kazakhstan	16: 4
	Russia	-	Greece	9: 7
July 18th	Greece	-	Kazakhstan	19: 5
	Russia	-	Australia	8: 5
20th of July	Australia	-	Greece	8:11
	Russia	-	Kazakhstan	15: 6

Play-off

Play-off
July 23	Russia	-	Netherlands	11:10
	France	-	Australia	2:16
	Canada	-	New Zealand	16: 3
	People's Republic of China	-	Spain	5:13

Quarter finals

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

Quarter finals
July 25th	Russia	-	Italy	7:12
	Australia	-	United States	15: 5
	Canada	-	Hungary	14: 5
	Greece	-	Spain	10:10 (2: 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
July 27th	Italy	-	Australia	11:11 (7: 6)
	Greece	-	Hungary	9:10

Game for 7th place

Game for 7th place
29th of July	Australia	-	Greece	6: 8

Play for 5th place

Play for 5th place
29th of July	Italy	-	Hungary	8:10

Semifinals

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

Semifinals
July 27th	Russia	-	United States	9:14
	Canada	-	Spain	19:12

Game for third place

3rd place match
29th of July	Russia	-	Canada	11: 9

final

final
29th of July	Spain	-	United States	6:13

Bottom line

space	country	flag	code
1.	United States		United States
2.	Spain		ESP
3.	Russia		RUS
4th	Canada		CAN
5.	Hungary		HUN
6th	Italy		ITA
7th	Greece		GRC
8th.	Australia		OUT

Web links

• The World Cup on sport.de