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

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

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Japan (in Fukuoka host cities)
Dates	19 – 29 July
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Yugoslavia
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	60
Goals scored	822 (13.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aleksandar Šapić (18 goals)
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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]

Participating teams

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

Groups formed

Squads

Preliminary round

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

Group A

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

9th-12th place

	9th - 12th place				9th place
	2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
	Slovakia	6
					2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
	Australia	7
					Australia	3
	2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
					Netherlands	8
	Kazakhstan	5
	Netherlands	9
					11th place
					2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
					Slovakia	12
					Kazakhstan	6

• 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

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5th-8th place

	5th - 8th place				5th place
	2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
	Greece	12
					2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
	Croatia	11
					Greece	5
	2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
					Hungary	8
	Hungary	9
	United States	7
					7th place
					2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
					Croatia	9
					United States	10

• 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

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1st-4th place

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka
	Spain	4
					July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka
	Italy	2
					Spain	4
	July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka
					Yugoslavia	2
	Yugoslavia	9
	Russia	8
					Third place
					July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka
					Russia	7
					Italy	6

Semi finals

• July 28, 2001

Spain	4 – 2	Italy
Yugoslavia	9 – 8	Russia

Finals

• July 29, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match

Russia	7 – 6	Italy

• July 29, 2001 — Gold Medal Match

Spain	4 – 2	Yugoslavia

Final ranking

Medalists

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

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Jesús Rollán (ESP)

• Topscorer

•  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) — 18 goals

References

External links

• 9th FINA World Championships 2001 FINA Water Polo website
• Men Water Polo World Championship 2001 Fukuoka www.todor66.com