Men Water Polo World Championship 1982 Guyaquil, Ecuador - Saturday, 30th July to Sunday, 7th August

Men Water Polo World Championship 1982 Guyaquil, Ecuador - Saturday, 30th July to Sunday, 7th August - Gold Medal: Soviet Union

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Final Group		pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Soviet Union	5	2	1	0	25:	20	+5
2.	Hungary	4	1	2	0	21:	20	+1
3.	West Germany	3	1	1	1	20:	21	-1
4.	Netherlands	0	0	0	3	14:	19	+5

Final Ranking

Second Groups Round

Consolation Round 9-16

First Groups Round

Team	Sovi	Hung	West	Neth
Soviet Union	---	7:7	11:8	7:5
Hungary		---	7:7	7:6
West Germany			---	5:3
Netherlands				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
transferred from Group E: Soviet Union 11-8 West Germany
transferred from Group F: Hungary 7-6 Netherlands
Fri 06.08.82	Soviet Union	7-5	Netherlands	1-2	4-3	6-4
Fri 06.08.82	Hungary	7-7	West Germany	0-2	3-4	5-5
Hungary:: Kiss 2, Gerendas 2, Csapo 2, Horkai 1. --- West Germany: Otto 3, Loebb 2, Schroeder 1, Weyor 1.
Sat 07.08.82	West Germany	5-3	Netherlands	2-0	3-1	4-2
West Germany:: Stamm 2, Freund 1, Weyer 1, Otto 1. --- Netherlands: Landweerd 1, Van Belkum, 1 Nieuwenhuizen 1.
Sat 07.08.82	Soviet Union	7-7	Hungary	2-2	4-5	5-7
Soviet Union:: Akimov 2, Kotienko 2, Grishin 1, Smirnov 1, Msvenieradze 1. --- Hungary: Gerendas 2, Horkai 2, Budavari 2, Kiss 1. Referees: Frady, United States and Pizzorno, Italy.

Final Ranking		pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-
1.	Soviet Union	13	6	1	0	68:	41	+27
2.	Hungary	12	5	2	0	70:	49	+21
3.	West Germany	11	5	1	1	61:	47	+14
4.	Netherlands	6	3	0	4	49:	43	+6
Group 5-8
5.	Cuba	8	4	0	3	60:	55	+5
6.	United States	8	4	0	3	67:	44	+23
7.	Yugoslavia	8	4	0	3	65:	60	+5
8.	Spain	6	3	0	4	62:	49	+13
Group 9-12
9.	Italy	10	5	0	2	86:	52	+34
10.	China	6	3	0	4	68:	78	-10
11.	Australia	6	3	0	4	75:	49	+26
12.	Greece	3	1	1	5	52:	69	-17
Group 13-16
13.	France	6	2	2	3	64:	70	-6
14.	Canada	6	3	0	4	72:	62	+10
15.	Egypt	2	1	0	6	28:	117	-89
16.	New Zealand	1	0	1	6	34:	96	-62

Competition Format: The tournament was played in 3 stages:

1. Stage one - the teams were distributed in 4 Round Robin Groups of 4 teams.

2. First 2 teams progressed to Second stage: 2 Groups of 4 teams.

Next 2 played in 2 placement groups.

3. Stage 3: 4 Round Robin placement Groups.

4. First 2 from Second Stage progress to Final Group.

Second Groups Round
Group E	URS	FRG	USA	ESP
Group F	HUN	NED	YUG	CUB
Consolation Round 9-16
Group G	ITA	AUS	EGY	NZL
Group F	CHN	GRE	FRA	CAN
First Groups Round
Group A	FRG	ESP	ITA	NZL
Group B	URS	USA	AUS	EGY
Group C	HUN	CUB	CHN	GRE
Group D	YUG	NED	FRA	CAN

Continental Champions

Europe: West Germany

America: United States

Asia: China

Africa: Egypt

Oceania: New Zealand

Not played in Moscow OG: Canada and France.

Asian Qualification

Group 5-8		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-
5.	Cuba	4	2	0	1	25:	23	+2
6.	United States	4	2	0	1	24:	21	+3
7.	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	2	22:	23	-1
8.	Spain	2	1	0	2	19:	23	-4

Team	Cuba	Unit	Yugo	Spai
Cuba	---	9:7	9:8
United States		---	8:7	9:5
Yugoslavia			---	7:6
Spain	8:7			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Sat 06.08.82	Cuba	9-7	United States	4-1	6-3	8-5
Sat 06.08.82	Yugoslavia	7-6	Spain	2-1	4-3	4-4
Sun 07.08.82	Spain	8-7	Cuba	2-1	4-2	7-3
Sun 07.08.82	United States	8-7	Yugoslavia	2-3	3-5	7-6

Group 9-12		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-
9.	Italy	6	3	0	0	34:	25	+9
10.	China	4	2	0	1	31:	31	0
11.	Australia	2	1	0	2	25:	27	-2
12.	Greece	0	0	0	3	24:	31	-7

Team	Ital	Chin	Aust	Gree
Italy	---	14:10	10:9	10:6
China		---	9:7	12:10
Australia			---	9:8
Greece				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Sat 06.08.82	China	9-7	Australia	0-1	5-3	7-5
Sat 06.08.82	Italy	10-6	Greece	3-1	6-3	7-4
Sun 07.08.82	Italy	14-10	China	2-4	7-5	10-6
Sun 07.08.82	Australia	9-8	Greece	3-1	5-3	6-5

Group 13-16		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-
13.	France	5	2	1	0	31:	22	+9
14.	Canada	4	2	0	1	38:	23	+15
15.	Egypt	2	1	0	2	19:	38	-19
16.	New Zealand	1	0	1	2	20:	25	-5

Team	Fran	Cana	Egyp	Neth
France	----	12:11	13:5	6:6
Canada		----	18:4	9:7
Egypt			----	10:7
New Zealand				----

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Sat 06.08.82	France	6-6	New Zealand	1-1	2-4	5-6
Sat 06.08.82	Canada	18-4	Egypt	4-0	9-2	15-3
Sun 07.08.82	France	13-5	Egypt	4-1	9-1	10-3
Sun 07.08.82	Canada	9-7	New Zealand	2-1	5-3	8-5

Second Groups Round.

First 2 to Final Group. Rest to Group 5-8. Scores are transferred.

Group E		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	Soviet Union	6	3	0	0	27:	20	+7	Final Group
2.	West Germany	4	2	0	1	24:	24	0	Final Group
3.	United States	2	1	0	2	21:	21	0	Group 5-8
4.	Spain	0	0	0	3	18:	25	-7	Group 5-8

Team	Sovi	West	Unit	Spai
Soviet Union	---	11:8	8:5	8:7
West Germany		---	8:7	8:6
United States			---	9:5
Spain				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Wed 03.08.82	West Germany	8-7	United States	1-1	3-2	7-5
Wed 03.08.82	Soviet Union	8-7	Spain	1-2	6-3	8-4
Thu 04.08.82	United States	9-5	Spain	4-1	6-3	8-5
transferred to Group 5-8
Thu 04.08.82	Soviet Union	11-8	West Germany
transferred to Final Group

Group F		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	Hungary	6	3	0	0	28:	24	+4	Final Group
2.	Netherlands	2	1	0	2	21:	21	0	Final Group
3.	Yugoslavia	2	1	0	2	25:	26	-1	Group 5-8
4.	Cuba	2	1	0	2	24:	27	-3	Group 5-8

Team	Hung	Neth	Yugo	Cuba
Hungary	----	7:6	11:10	10:8
Netherlands		----		9:7
Yugoslavia		7:6	----
Cuba			9:8	----

Tie-Break: 2. Metherlands 15:14, 3. Yugoslavia 15:15, 4. Cuba 16:!7

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Wed 03.08.82	Hungary	11-10	Yugoslavia	3-2	5-5	7-6
Hungary: Budavari 4, Sudar 2, Kiss 2, Horkai 1, Csapo 1, Toth 1. --- Yugoslavia: Bebic 4, Sukno 3, Markovic 2, Trifunovic 1.
Wed 03.08.82	Netherlands	9-7	Cuba	2-2	3-3	7-5
Thu 04.08.82	Hungary	7-6	Netherlands	3-2	4-5	7-5
transferred to Final Group. 1-0 Horkai p; 1-1 Van Mil; 1-2 Landeweerd +1; 2-2 Budavari p.; 3-2 Csapo; 3-3 Nieuwenhuizen +1; 3-3 Van Mil +1; 4-4 Toth; 4-5 Van Belkum +1; 5-5 Horkai; 6-5 Sujar +1; 7-5 orkai +1; 7-6 Blikslager +1
Thu 04.08.82	Cuba	9-8	Yugoslavia
transferred to Group 5-8

Consolation Round 9-16.

First 2 to Group 9-12. Rest to Group 13-16. Scores are transferred.

Group G		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	Italy	6	3	0	0	46:	18	+28	Group 9-12
2.	Australia	4	2	0	1	46:	14	+32	Group 9-12
3.	Egypt	2	1	0	2	16:	46	-30	Group 13-16
4.	New Zealand	0	0	0	3	14:	44	-30	Group 13-16

Team	Ital	Aust	Egyp	New
Italy	---	10:9	16:4	20:5
Australia		---	23:2	14:2
Egypt			---	10:7
New Zealand				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Wed 03.08.82	Italy	16-4	Egypt	2-0	7-0	12-1
Wed 03.08.82	Australia	14-2	New Zealand	5-0	7-1	11-2
Thu 04.08.82	Italy	10-9	Australia
transferred to Group 9-12
Thu 04.08.82	Egypt	10-7	New Zealand
transferred to Group 13-16

Group H		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	China	4	2	0	1	35:	32	+3	Group 9-12
2.	Greece	3	1	1	1	28:	27	+1	Group 9-12
3.	France	3	1	1	1	31:	34	-3	Group 13-16
4.	Canada	2	1	0	2	29:	30	-1	Group 13-16

Team	Chin	Gree	Fran	Cana
China	----	12:10	14:10
Greece		----	9:9	9:6
France			----	12:11
Canada	12:9			----

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Wed 03.08.82	Canada	12-9	China	2-4	6-6	9-8
Wed 03.08.82	Greece	9-9	France	3-4	4-6	6-6
Thu 04.08.82	Greece	9-6	Canada	3-1	6-3	8-4
Thu 04.08.82	China	14-10	France	4-2	6-4	9-7

First Groups Round.

First 2 to Second Groups Round. Rest to Consolation Round 9-16. Scores are transferred.

Group A		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	West Germany	6	3	0	0	33:	19	+14	Group E
2.	Spain	4	2	0	1	36:	18	+18	Group E
3.	Italy	2	1	0	2	36:	23	+13	Group G
4.	New Zealand	0	0	0	3	12:	57	-45	Group G

Team	West	Spai	Ital	Neth
West Germany	---	8:6	9:8	16:5
Spain		---	9:8	21:2
Italy			---	20:5
New Zealand				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Sat 30.07.82	West Germany	9-8	Italy	2-3	4-6	7-7
Sat 30.07.82	Spain	21-2	New Zealand	5-0	9-2	13-2
Sun 31.07.82	Italy	20-5	New Zealand
transferred to Group G
Sun 31.07.82	West Germany	8-6	Spain	3-3	5-5	6-5
transferred to Group E
Mon 01.08.82	West Germany	16-5	New Zealand	1-2	5-4	10-4
Mon 01.08.82	Spain	9-8	Italy	3-1	5-5	7-7

Group B		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	Soviet Union	6	3	0	0	35:	14	+21	Group E
2.	United States	4	2	0	1	36:	15	+21	Group E
3.	Australia	2	1	0	2	36:	20	+16	Group G
4.	Egypt	0	0	0	3	5:	63	-58	Group G

Team	Sovi	Unit	Aust	Egyp
Soviet Union	---	8:5	11:8	16:1
United States		---	7:5	24:2
Australia			---	23:2
Egypt				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Sat 30.07.82	United States	24-2	Egypt	8-1	10-1	17-1
Sat 30.07.82	Soviet Union	11-8	Australia	2-1	3-1	7-4
Sun 31.07.82	Soviet Union	16-1	Egypt	4-0	7-0	9-1
Sun 31.07.82	United States	7-5	Australia	0-1	1-3	2-3
Mon 01.08.82	Soviet Union	8-5	United States
transferred to Group E
Mon 01.08.82	Australia	23-2	Egypt
transferred to Group G

Group C		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	Hungary	6	3	0	0	38:	19	+19	Group F
2.	Cuba	4	2	0	1	28:	23	+5	Group F
3.	China	2	1	0	2	26:	35	-9	Group H
4.	Greece	0	0	0	3	20:	35	-15	Group H

Team	Hung	Cuba	Chin	Gree
Hungary	----	10:8	14:6	14:5
Cuba		----	11:8	9:5
China			----	12:10
Greece				----

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Hungary: Horkai 7, Csapo 3, Schmiedt 1, Kiss 1, Budavari 1, Varga 1. --- China: Hui-vang 2, Tomng Veng 2, Long-Zsao 1, Baoevei-qu 1.
Sat 30.07.82	Hungary	14-5	Greece	1-1	5-3	9-4
Hungary: Horkai 3, Sudar 2, Budavari 2, Kuncz 2, Kenez 2, Schmiedt 1, Kiss 1, Toth 1 --- Greece: Sztathakis 2, Fefalogiannis 1, Sitateinos 1, Gunas 1.
Sat 30.07.82	Cuba	11-8	China	2-2	2-4	8-6
Sun 31.07.82	Hungary	10-8	Cuba	5-3	8-4	10-6
transferred to Group F Hungary: Budavari 3, Horkai 2, Csapo 2, Kuncz 2, Kenez 1. --- Cuba: Rizo 4, Rodriguez 3, J. Dominguez 1.
Sun 31.07.82	China	12-10	Greece
transferred to Group H and to Group 9-12
Mon 01.08.82	Cuba	9-5	Greece	3-3	5-3	9-3
Mon 01.08.82	Hungary	14-6	China	2-2	4-4	11-4

Group D		pts	pts	won	lst	gf	ga	g+-	to
1.	Yugoslavia	6	3	0	0	33:	26	+7	Group F
2.	Netherlands	4	2	0	1	26:	17	+9	Group F
3.	France	2	1	0	2	26:	36	-10	Group H
4.	Canada	0	0	0	3	27:	33	-6	Group H

Team	Yugo	Neth	Fran	Cana
Yugoslavia	----	7:6	13:9	13:11
Netherlands		---	12:5	8:5
France			---	12:11
Canada				----

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
1T: 1-0 Van Belkum 1-0 2T: 2-0 Van Belkump 3-0 Noordegraaf 3-1 Deschamps 4-1 +1 Van Belkum 5-1 Van Mil 3T: 6-1 Ven Es 6-2+1 Deschamps 6-3 +1 Anderson 6-4 Juhasz 4T: 7-4 +1 Van Belkum 7-5 Anderson 8-5 Landeweerd
Sat 30.07.82	Yugoslavia	7-6	Netherlands	1-1	2-4	3-5
transfered to Group F 0-1 Van Mil sw 1T 1-1 Slokovic 1T 2-1 Sukno 2T 2-2 Landeweerd 2T 2-3 Landeweerd 2T 2-4 Van Belkum 2T 3-4 Trifuniovic 3T 3-5 Van Es 3T 4-5 Sukno 4T 5-5 Bebic 4T 5-6 Van Belkum 4T 6-6 Bebic 4T 7-6 Markovic 4T
Sat 30.07.82	France	12-11	Canada
transfered to Group H and to Group 13-16
Sun 31.07.82	Yugoslavia	13-11	Canada	3-3	7-6	10-7
Sun 31.07.82	Netherlands	12-5	France	3-0	8-2	10-3
Netherlands: Van Belkum 4, Buunk 4, Van Mil 2, Van Es, Landeweerd
Mon 01.08.82	Netherlands	8-5	Canada	1-0	5-1	6-4
Mon 01.08.82	Yugoslavia	13-9	France	3-1	7-3	11-5

Asian Qualification played in Guayaquil

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Sun 24.07.82	China	13-2	Israel	4-2	6-2	9-2
Mon 25.07.82	China	9-6	Israel

China qualified.

Teams Composition

1. Soviet Union

Mikhail Ivanov 24

Erkin Shagaev 23

Vladimir Akinov 28

Nikolay Smirnov 21

Nourlan Mendigaliev 21

Aleksandr Kleymenov

Yevgeni Sharonov 23

Aleksey Vdovin 19

Sergey Kotenko 25

Aleksandr Kabanov 24

Gueorgui Mchvenieradze 21

Grishin

2. Hungary

Gabor Schmiedt

Istvan Kiss

Janos Varga

dr. Attila Sudar

Gyorgy Gerendas

Gyorgy Kenez

Tibor Cservenyak

Sandor Toth

Laszlo Bors

Laszlo Kuncz

dr. Gabor Csapo

Imre Budavari

dr. Gyorgy Horkai

3. West Germany

Werner Obschernikat 27

Rainer Osselmann 22

Frank Blumlei

Rainer Hoppe 20

Jurgen Schroeder 21

Rolf Obschernikat

Bernd Weyer

Roland Freund 27

Thomas Loebb 25

Gunter Kilian 32

Hagen Stamm 22

Fran Otto 23

Peter Roehle 25

4. Netherlands

Woulie de Bie

Rudolf Misdorp

Aad van Mil

Eric Noordegraaf

Dick Niewenhuizen

Nonnekes Arnold

Antonello Heiden

Ed van Es

Erik te Kuive

Ronald Mejer

Tony Buunk

Stan van Belkum

Nicolaas Landeweerd

5. Cuba

Carlos Benitez

Gerardo Rodriguez

Oriel Dominguez

Barbaro Diaz

Jorge Rizo

Pablo Roger Cuesta Zulueta

Oscar Periche

Fabio Ruiz

Arturo Ramos

Juan Dominguez

Lazaro Costa

Jesus Derouville

6. United States

Tim Shaw 24

John Vargas 21

Craig Wilson 25

John Siman 29

George Peter Campbell 22

Gregory Boyer 24

James Bergeson 21

John Gansel

Drew McDonald 26

Jon Svendsen 28

Doug Burke

Terry Schroeder 23

Kevin Robertson 23

7. Yugoslavia

Damir Polic

Mirsad Janovic

Predrag Vranes

Predrag Petrovic

Sinisa Brguljan

Luka Vezilic

Bosko Paskolic

Zoran Roje

Slobodan Trifunovic

Zoran Scepanovic

Zoran Jankovic

Bebic?

Sukno?

Krivokapic?

8. Spain

Juan Jane

Manuel Estiarte

Antonio Esteller

Jose Morillo

Alberto Canal

Pere Robert

Antonio Sans

Rafael Aguilar

Antonio Aguilar

Manuel Delgado

Felix Fernandez

Jorge Carmona

Salvador Franch

9. Italy

Umberto Panerai

Marco Galli

Roberto del Gaudio

Roberto Gandolfi

Massimo Fondelli

Alfio Misaggi

Antonelo Steardo

Marco Baldineti

Paolo Ragosa

Andrea Pisano

Mario Fiorillo

Alessandro Campagna

Stefano Postiglione

10.China

Shengliu

Shengua

Tong

Weigang

Zhixiong

Jun

Jianxiong

Xiaotian

Tianxiong

Minhui

Baowei

Jianming

Bilong

11.Australia

Glenn Townsend 20

Peter Montgomery 32

Andrew Kerr 28

Russel Basser 22

Ray Mayers 22

Russell Sherwell 21

Chris Wybrow 20

Robert Bryant 24

Charles Turner 29

Martin Calaghan 19

Richard Pengelley 31

Julian Muspratt 23

Michael Turner 31

12.Greece

Aristidis Kefalogiannis

Spyros Capralos

Nikos Armenakis

Marcellos Sitarenios

Kyriakos Giannouris

Sotiros Stathakis

Thomas Karalogos

Joannis Vossos

Andreas Gounas

Fondas Moudatsios

Andronios Aronis

Vangelis Koskinas

13.France

Serge Deverney

Michel Idoux

Pierre Garsau

Ivan Augusto

Bruno Boyadjian

Jean-Luc Noens

Erick Lefert

Marc Brisfer

Marc Simon

Marc Crousillat

Philippe Jouanny

Philippe Herve

Armand Mikaelian

14.Canada

Rick Zayonc

Gordon Vantol

Dominique Dion

Simon De-Schamps

John Anderson

Alexander Juhasz

Bill Meyer

Jim Shockey

Rene Bol

Sylvain Huet

Ian Thomas

David McClintock

Rod McDonald

15.Egypt

Gawad Abaza

Khaled Fattah

Awad Mumntasser

Sherif Amin

Sari Afify

Tarek Shawky

Mohamed Hassan

Abdel Rahman Hamada

Tarek Salah

Raouf Nour

Ashraf Mansour

Mahmoud Hassan

Ashraf El-Banna

16.New Zealand

Mark Grooby

Nigel Ward

John Koens

Jeffrey Conroy

Alan Hesketh

Philippe Montgomerie

Ross Paterson

Robert Borges

Garry Campbell

Richard Clark

Stephen Ward

Stephen Williams

Neil Watson

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