Men Water Polo World Championship 2001 Fukuoka (JPN) - 19-29.07 Winner Spain

Men Water Polo World Championship 2001 Fukuoka (JPN) - 19-29.07 Winner Spain

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Finals
Game	date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Final	29.07	16:30	Spain	4-2	Yugoslavia	2-1	2-1	4-2	Goals
3-4	29.07	15:00	Russia	7-6	Italy	2-1	3-4	4-4	Goals
5-6	28.07	13:30	Hungary	8-5	Greece	1-0	4-2	5-3	Goals
7-8	28.07	12:00	United States	10-9	Croatia	3-3	5-5	7-7	Goals
9-10	29.07	10:30	Netherlands	8-3	Australia	3-2	5-2	7-2	Goals
11-12	29.07	09:00	Slovakia	12-6	Kazakhstan	5-1	8-1	9-5	Goals
1/2	28.07	15:00	Spain	4-2	Italy	0-0	3-1	4-2
1/2	28.07	16:30	Yugoslavia	9-8	Russia	4-4	5-5	7-7
5-8	28.07	12:00	Greece	12-11	Croatia	4-5	6-8	8-10
5-8	28.07	13:30	Hungary	9-7	United States	2-3	3-4	5-6
9-12	28.07	09:00	Australia	7-6	Slovakia	2-1	3-2	5-4
9-12	28.07	10:30	Netherlands	9-5	Kazakhstan	2-1	4-2	7-4

Final ranking		P	w	d	l	gf	ga
1.	Spain	16	8	0	0	63:	27
2.	Yugoslavia	13	6	1	1	62:	42
3.	Russia	12	6	0	2	72:	56
4.	Italy	9	4	1	3	51:	33
5.	Hungary	12	6	0	2	67:	51
6.	Greece	8	4	0	4	55:	56
7.	United States	6	3	0	5	52:	63
8.	Croatia	8	4	0	4	70:	52
9.	Netherlands	8	4	0	4	53:	54
10.	Australia	6	3	0	5	37:	54
11.	Slovakia	4	2	0	6	54:	59
12.	Kazakhstan	4	2	0	6	43:	73
Group 13-16
13.	Brazil	5	2	1	3	39:	41
14.	Germany	6	2	2	2	41:	45
15.	Canada	3	1	1	4	34:	55
16.	Japan	0	0	0	6	29:	61

Qualification

Host and Asia - Japan

_ Olympic Men 2000 (4) - Hungary (1.), Russia (2.), Yugoslavia (3.), Spain (4.).

_ Europe Men 2001 (6) - Italy (2.), Croatia (4.), Slovakia (8.), Greece (7.), Germany (9.) and Netherlands (10.).

_ America Men WQ 2001 (3) - United States (1.), Brazil (2.)., Canada (3.)

_ Asia Men WQ 2001 (1) - Kazakhstan

Oceania (1) - Australia

Africa (-) - No team

Group 13-16	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
13.Brazil	5	2	1	0	28:	14
14.Germany	4	1	2	0	21:	17
15.Canada	3	1	1	1	21:	25
16.Japan	0	0	0	3	21:	35

Team	Braz	Germ	Cana	Japa
Brazil	---	5:5	10:3	13:6
Germany		---	6:6	10:6
Canada			---	12:9
Japan				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
24.07	09:00	Germany	6-6	Canada	0-3	2-3	3-4
24.07	10:30	Brazil	13-6	Japan	4-1	6-2	10-5
25.07	09:00	Brazil	5-5	Germany	4-0	4-2	5-4
25.07	10:30	Canada	12-9	Japan	5-2	8-5	10-7
26.07	09:00	Germany	10-6	Japan	1-3	4-3	7-4
26.07	10:30	Brazil	10-3	Canada	3-1	5-1	7-1

Second Groups Round.

First 2 to Semi-Finals. Rest to Classification.

Group E	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Yugoslavia	9	4	1	0	38:	25
2. Italy	7	3	1	1	37:	21
3. Hungary	6	3	0	2	36:	32
4. Greece	6	3	0	2	30:	28
5. Kazakhstan	2	1	0	4	26:	48
6. Slovakia	0	0	0	5	28:	41

Team	Yugo	Ital	Hung	Gree	Kaza	Slov
Yugoslavia	---	3:3	8:7	4:3	16:6	7:6
Italy		---	3:2		13:3	11:5
Hungary			---	11:10	7:3	9:8
Greece		8:7		---	5:4	4:2
Kazakhstan					---	10:7
Slovakia						---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
24.07	12:00	Italy	13-3	Kazakhstan	3-0	6-0	10-2
24.07	15:00	Hungary	9-8	Slovakia	3-1	6-3	8-5
24.07	18:00	Yugoslavia	4-3	Greece	1-1	4-2	4-2
25.07	12:00	Yugoslavia	8-7	Hungary	1-1	2-1	6-3
25.07	15:00	Kazakhstan	10-7	Slovakia	3-1	5-2	7-3
25.07	18:00	Greece	8-7	Italy	2-3	3-4	5-7
26.07	12:00	Greece	4-2	Slovakia	1-1	2-1	3-2
26.07	15:00	Yugoslavia	16-6	Kazakhstan	3-2	8-3	9-5
26.07	18:00	Italy	3-2	Hungary	1-0	2-0	2-1

Group F	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Spain	10	5	0	0	43:	22
2. Russia	8	4	0	1	43:	35
3. Croatia	6	3	0	2	42:	28
4. United States	2	1	0	4	29:	42
5. Australia	2	1	0	4	21:	35
6. Netherlands	2	1	0	4	26:	42

Team	Spai	Russ	Croa	Unit	Aust	Neth
Spain	---	9:8	6:4	10:4	8:1	10:5
Russia		---	8:7	10:9	8:3	9:7
Croatia			---	11:5	8:6	12:3
United States				---	6:5
Australia					---	6:5
Netherlands				6:5		---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
24.07	13:30	Russia	7-4	Australia	2-0	4-0	6-2
24.07	16:30	Spain	10-4	United States	3-1	5-1	7-3
24.07	19:30	Croatia	12-3	Netherlands	4-1	7-1	10-1
25.07	13:30	Spain	10-5	Netherlands	2-1	3-2	7-2
25.07	16:30	United States	6-5	Australia	2-2	3-3	6-5
25.07	19:30	Russia	8-7	Croatia	2-1	4-4	5-5
26.07	13:30	Croatia	11-5	United States	5-1	7-4	9-4
26.07	16:30	Australia	6-5	Netherlands	0-1	1-3	1-4
26.07	19:30	Spain	9-8	Russia	4-3	6-4	7-5

First Groups Round.

First 3 to Second Groups Round. Rest to Group 13-16. Scores are transferred.

Draw on 16.04.2001 in Fukuoka. Before European Championship.

Group A	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Italy	5	2	1	0	20:	9
2. Yugoslavia	5	2	1	0	23:	14
3. Slovakia	2	1	0	2	19:	23
4. Brazil	0	0	0	3	11:	27

Team	Ital	Yugo	Slov	Braz
Italy	---	3:3	11:5	6:1
Yugoslavia		---	7:6	13:5
Slovakia			---	8:5
Brazil				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
19.07	09:00	Yugoslavia	7-6	Slovakia	1-1	3-3	5-5
transferred to Group E
19.07	15:00	Italy	6-1	Brazil	3-0	3-0	5-0
21.07	12:00	Italy	3-3	Yugoslavia	0-0	1-1	2-2
transferred to Group E
21.07	18:00	Slovakia	8-5	Brazil	3-0	5-4	7-5
22.07	09:00	Yugoslavia	13-5	Brazil	4-1	7-2	8-4
22.07	13:30	Italy	11-5	Slovakia	2-1	6-3	8-4
transferred to Group E

Group B	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Hungary	6	3	0	0	32:	20
2. Greece	2	1	0	2	23:	24
3. Kazakhstan	2	1	0	2	13:	16
4. Germany	2	1	0	2	20:	28

Team	Hung	Gree	Kaza	Germ
Hungary	----	11:10	7:3	14:7
Greece		----	5:4
Kazakhstan			---	6:4
Germany		9:8		---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
19.07	10:30	Germany	9-8	Greece	2-1	4-3	7-6
19.07	18:00	Hungary	7-3	Kazakhstan	1-2	3-2	6-2
transferred to Group E
21.07	15:00	Hungary	11-10	Greece	3-1	6-3	9-5
transferred to Group E
21.07	19:30	Kazakhstan	6-4	Germany	2-1	3-1	5-3
22.07	10:30	Greece	5-4	Kazakhstan	0-1	2-2	4-2
transferred to Group E
22.07	16:30	Hungary	14-7	Germany	4-2	7-5	10-6

Group C	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Russia	6	3	0	0	33:	22
2. Netherlands	4	2	0	1	23:	18
3. United States	2	1	0	2	20:	19
4. Canada	0	0	0	3	13:	30

Team	Russ	Neth	Unit	Cana
Russia	---	9:7	10:9	14:6
Netherlands		---	6:5	10:4
United States			---	6:3
Canada				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
19.07	12:00	Russia	10-9	United States	3-3	4-4	8-7
transferred to Group F
19.07	16:30	Netherlands	10-4	Canada	0-1	1-1	6-4
21.07	09:00	United States	6-3	Canada	3-1	5-3	6-6
21.07	16:30	Russia	9-7	Netherlands	3-1	5-3	6-6
transferred to Group F
22.07	12:00	Russia	14-6	Canada	4-3	5-4	8-5
22.07	18:00	Netherlands	6-5	United States	1-1	3-3	4-4
transferred to Group F

Group D	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Spain	6	3	0	0	26:	6
2. Croatia	4	2	0	1	20:	14
3. Australia	2	1	0	2	13:	21
4. Japan	0	0	0	3	8:	26

Team	Spai	Croa	Aust	Japa
Spain	---	6:4	8:1	12:1
Croatia		---	8:6	8:2
Australia			---	6:5
Japan				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
19.07	13:30	Croatia	8-2	Japan	0-1	2-2	7-2
19.07	19:30	Spain	8-1	Australia	2-1	3-1	7-1
transferred to Group F
21.07	10:30	Croatia	8-6	Australia	0-2	2-5	5-6
transferred to Group E
21.07	13:30	Spain	12-1	Japan	2-0	6-1	9-1
22.07	15:00	Australia	6-5	Japan	2-3	2-3	3-4
22.07	19:30	Spain	6-4	Croatia	3-0	3-3	6-3
transferred to Group F

Goalscorers		G
1. A Sapic	YUG	18
2. I Perez	ESP	15
2. H van der Meer	NED	15
4. K Baco	SVK	14
4. T Dogas	CRO	14
4. T Kasas	HUN	14
7. A Azevedo	USA	13
7. T Chatzitheodorou	GRE	13
7. R Perrone	BRA	13
10.D Gorshkov	RUS	12
10.G Kiss	HUN	12
10.N Thomas	AUS	12
10.I Zinnourov	RUS	12
14.A Angelini	ITA	11
14.G Hernandez	ESP	11
14.R Polacik	SVK	11
14.M Sabo	CAN	11
14.R Tchomakhidze	RUS	11
14.E Uri	NED	11
14.A Yeryshov	RUS	11
21.S Barac	CRO	10
21.A Calcaterra	ITA	10
21.D Ikodinovic	YUG	10
21.I Ivanis	CRO	10
21.K Loudis	GRE	10
21.B Rath	ITA	10
21.I Zaitsev	KAZ	10

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