Water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, were held between June 19 and June 25. All games were held at the Mersin University, Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool.

Men's water polo
at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host country Turkey
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–25 June
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Croatia
Runner-up Spain
Third place Greece
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored232 (15.47 per match)

Format edit

  • Seven teams are divided into two preliminary groups. One group consists three teams and the other four teams.
  • The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semifinals, other teams will qualify for the placement matches.
  • Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.

Preliminary round edit

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Croatia 2 2 0 0 25 11 +14 4
  Spain 2 1 0 1 20 11 +9 2
  Turkey 2 0 0 2 7 30 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]
June 19, 2013
16:30
Report Greece   12–3   Serbia Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Matache (ROU) and Kokaragac (TUR)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 4–0, 4–1
Fountoulis 4 Goals three players 1

June 19, 2013
18:00
Report Italy   9–6   France Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Vlasic (CRO) and Colominas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 3–1, 3–3
three players 2 Goals Marzouki, Camarasa 2

June 21, 2013
16:30
Report Greece   12–6   France Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Gideon (NED) and Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 4–1, 4–2
Fountoulis 4 Goals Simon 4

June 21, 2013
18:00
Report Serbia   5–12   Italy Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Matache (ROU) and Colominas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–2, 0–3, 1–2
Tanasković, Rašović 2 Goals Giorgetti 3

June 22, 2013
16:30
Report Greece   8–5   Italy Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Matache (ROU) and Colominas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–3, 2–1, 1–1
Fountoulis, Mourikis 2 Goals Gallo 2

June 22, 2013
18:00
Report France   7–3   Serbia Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Kokaragac (TUR) and Reemnet (NED)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 3–0, 3–0
Simon 3 Goals three players 1

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Greece 2 2 0 0 24 9 +15 4
  Italy 2 2 0 0 20 11 +9 4
  France 2 0 0 2 12 21 −9 0
  Serbia 2 0 0 2 8 23 −15 0
Source: [citation needed]
June 19, 2013
19:30
Report Croatia   8–7   Spain Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Reemnet (NED) and Collantoni (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 3–1, 0–4
Obradović 3 Goals Alarcón, Español 2

June 21, 2013
19:30
Report Turkey   3–13   Spain Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Miskovic (SRB) and Collantoni (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 0–3, 1–3
three players 1 Goals Español, Cercols 3

June 22, 2013
19:30
Report Turkey   4–17   Croatia Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Miskovic (SRB) and Collantoni (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–2
Hantal 2 Goals Muslim 5

Elimination stage edit

Classification 5–7 bracket edit

Crossover Fifth place
  Serbia 3
  Serbia 9   France 6
  Turkey 8

Crossover edit

June 23, 2013
16:30
Report Serbia   9–8   Turkey Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Reemnet (NED) and Collantoni (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 5–2  OT: (0–0, 1–0)
Stojanović 3 Goals Šutalo 4

Fifth place match edit

June 25, 2013
16:30
Report Serbia   3–6   France Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Reemnnet (NED) and Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–1, 2–3, 1–3
Rašović 2 Goals Khasz 2

Championship bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 23
 
 
  Greece7
 
June 25
 
  Spain10
 
  Spain9
 
June 23
 
  Croatia11
 
  Croatia7
 
 
  Italy5
 
Third place
 
 
June 25
 
 
  Greece9
 
 
  Italy8

Semifinals edit

June 23, 2013
18:00
Report Greece   7–10   Spain Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Matache (ROU) and Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 3–5, 1–3
Fountoulis 3 Goals Español 3

June 23, 2013
19:30
Report Croatia   7–5   Italy Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Kokaragac (TUR) and Miskovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 0–1, 3–0
Bušlje, Obradović 2 Goals Giorgetti, Figlioli 2

Bronze medal match edit

June 25, 2013
18:00
Report Greece   9–8   Italy Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Reemnet (NED) and Colominas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 4–1, 1–1
Fountoulis, Mourikis 2 Goals three players 2

Gold medal match edit

June 25, 2013
19:30
Report Spain   9–11   Croatia Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin
Referees:
Matache (ROU) and Collantoni (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 3–3, 1–2
Español, Mallarach 2 Goals Sukno 4

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    Croatia 4–0
    Spain 2–2
    Greece 4–1
4   Italy 2–3
5   France 2–2
6   Serbia 1–4
7   Turkey 0–3

References edit

Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin / Turkey, Results, p. 34.