Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 2001 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 19 to 29 July 2001, and was incorporated into the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.[1]

Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Japan (in Fukuoka host cities)
Dates19 – 29 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up Yugoslavia
Third place Russia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored822 (13.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Šapić
(18 goals)
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Participating teams

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Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  Brazil
  Canada
  United States
  Kazakhstan
  Japan
  Croatia
  Germany
  Greece
  Hungary
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Russia
  Slovakia
  Spain
  Yugoslavia
  Australia

Groups formed

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Squads

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Preliminary round

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Qualified for the Second round
Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group. (Group G)

Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 5 3 2 1 0 20 9 +11
2.   Yugoslavia 5 3 2 1 0 23 14 +9
3.   Slovakia 2 3 1 0 2 19 23 –5
4.   Brazil 0 3 0 0 3 11 27 –16
  • July 19, 2001
Slovakia   6 – 7   Yugoslavia
Italy   6 – 1   Brazil
  • July 21, 2001
Yugoslavia   3 – 3   Italy
Slovakia   8 – 5   Brazil
  • July 22, 2001
Yugoslavia   13 – 5   Brazil
Slovakia   5 – 11   Italy

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 32 20 +12
2.   Greece 2 3 1 0 2 23 24 –1
3.   Kazakhstan 2 3 1 0 2 13 16 –3
4.   Germany 2 3 1 0 2 20 28 –8
  • July 19, 2001
Germany   9 – 8   Greece
Hungary   7 – 3   Kazakhstan
  • July 21, 2001
Greece   10 – 11   Hungary
Germany   4 – 6   Kazakhstan
  • July 22, 2001
Greece   5 – 4   Kazakhstan
Germany   7 – 14   Hungary

Group C

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Russia 6 3 3 0 0 33 22 +11
2.   Netherlands 4 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5
3.   United States 2 3 1 0 2 20 19 +1
4.   Canada 0 3 0 0 3 13 30 –17
  • July 19, 2001
United States   9 – 10   Russia
Netherlands   10 – 4   Canada
  • July 21, 2001
United States   6 – 3   Canada
Russia   9 – 7   Netherlands
  • July 22, 2001
Russia   14 – 6   Canada
United States   5 – 6   Netherlands

Group D

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Spain 6 3 3 0 0 26 6 +20
2.   Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 20 14 +6
3.   Australia 2 3 1 0 2 13 21 –8
4.   Japan 0 3 0 0 3 8 26 –18
  • July 19, 2001
Croatia   8 – 2   Japan
Spain   8 – 1   Australia
  • July 21, 2001
Croatia   8 – 6   Australia
Japan   1 – 12   Spain
  • July 22, 2001
Japan   5 – 6   Australia
Croatia   4 – 6   Spain

Second round

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Qualified for the Semi finals
Will play for places 5–8 in a Knockout system
Will play for places 9–12 in a Knockout system

Group E

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Yugoslavia 9 5 4 1 0 38 25 +13
2.   Italy 7 5 3 1 1 37 21 +16
3.   Hungary 6 5 3 0 2 36 32 +4
4.   Greece 6 5 3 0 2 30 28 +2
5.   Kazakhstan 2 5 1 0 4 26 48 –22
6.   Slovakia 0 5 0 0 5 28 41 –13

Preliminary round results apply.

  • July 24, 2001
Italy   13 – 3   Kazakhstan
Slovakia   8 – 9   Hungary
Yugoslavia   4 – 3   Greece
  • July 25, 2001
Yugoslavia   8 – 7   Hungary
Slovakia   7 – 10   Kazakhstan
Italy   7 – 8   Greece
  • July 26, 2001
Slovakia   2 – 4   Greece
Yugoslavia   16 – 6   Kazakhstan
Italy   3 – 2   Hungary

Group F

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Spain 10 5 5 0 0 43 22 +21
2.   Russia 8 5 4 0 1 43 35 +8
3.   Croatia 6 5 3 0 2 42 28 +14
4.   United States 2 5 1 0 4 29 42 –13
5.   Australia 2 5 1 0 4 21 35 –14
6.   Netherlands 2 5 1 0 4 26 42 –16

Preliminary round results apply.

  • July 24, 2001
Russia   8 – 3   Australia
United States   4 – 10   Spain
Netherlands   3 – 12   Croatia
  • July 25, 2001
Netherlands   5 – 10   Spain
United States   6 – 5   Australia
Russia   8 – 7   Croatia
  • July 26, 2001
United States   5 – 11   Croatia
Netherlands   5 – 6   Australia
Russia   8 – 9   Spain

Group G

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.   Brazil 5 3 2 1 0 28 14 +14
14.   Germany 4 3 1 2 0 21 17 +4
15.   Canada 3 3 1 1 1 21 25 –4
16.   Japan 0 3 0 0 3 21 35 –14
  • July 24, 2001
Germany   6 – 6   Canada
Brazil   13 – 6   Japan
  • July 25, 2001
Brazil   5 – 5   Germany
Canada   12 – 9   Japan
  • July 26, 2001
Germany   10 – 6   Japan
Brazil   10 – 3   Canada

Final round

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9th-12th place

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9th - 12th place9th place
 
      
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
 
  Slovakia6
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
  Australia7
 
  Australia3
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
  Netherlands8
 
  Kazakhstan5
 
 
  Netherlands9
 
11th place
 
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
 
  Slovakia12
 
 
  Kazakhstan6
  • July 28, 2001
Slovakia   6 – 7   Australia
Kazakhstan   5 – 9   Netherlands
  • July 29, 2001 — 9th place
  Australia 3 – 8 Netherlands  
  • July 29, 2001 — 11th place
Slovakia   12 – 6   Kazakhstan



5th-8th place

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5th - 8th place5th place
 
      
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
 
  Greece12
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
  Croatia11
 
  Greece5
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
  Hungary8
 
  Hungary9
 
 
  United States7
 
7th place
 
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
 
  Croatia9
 
 
  United States10
  • July 28, 2001
Greece   12 – 11   Croatia
Hungary   9 – 7   United States
  • July 29, 2001 — 5th place
Greece   5 – 8   Hungary
  • July 29, 2001 — 7th place
Croatia   9 – 10   United States



1st-4th place

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
 
  Spain4
 
July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
  Italy2
 
  Spain4
 
July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
  Yugoslavia2
 
  Yugoslavia9
 
 
  Russia8
 
Third place
 
 
July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
 
  Russia7
 
 
  Italy6

Semi finals

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  • July 28, 2001
Spain   4 – 2   Italy
Yugoslavia   9 – 8   Russia

Finals

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  • July 29, 2001 —   Bronze Medal Match
Russia   7 – 6   Italy
  • July 29, 2001 —   Gold Medal Match
Spain   4 – 2   Yugoslavia

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
  Spain [1]
Angel Andreo
Daniel Ballart
Salvador Gomez
Gabriel Hernandez
Gustavo Marcos
Guillermo Molina
Daniel Moro
Ivan Moro
Sergi Pedrerol
Ivan Perez
Jesus Rollan
Javier Sánchez
Carlos Sanz

Head coach:
Juan Jané
  Yugoslavia

Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Viktor Jelenić
Branko Peković
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Šapić
Denis Šefik
Aleksandar Šoštar
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Vladimir Vujasinović (c)
Nenad Vukanić
Predrag Zimonjić

Head coach:
Nenad Manojlović

  Russia

Ilya Smirnov
Yuri Yatsev
Aleksandr Fyodorov
Nikolay Kozlov
Roman Balashov
Aleksandr Yeryshov
Revaz Chomakhidze
Alexey Panfili
Dmitry Gorshkov (c)
Marat Zakirov
Sergey Garbuzov
Irek Zinnurov
Andrei Rekechinski

Head coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov

Individual awards

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  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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