Men Water Polo World Championship 2005 Montreal (CAN) - 18-30.07 Winner Serbia Mont.

Men Water Polo World Championship 2005 Montreal (CAN) - 18-30.07 Winner Serbia Mont.

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Finals
Game	date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
Final	14:30	30.07	Serbia Mont.	8-7	Hungary	1-1	3-3	5-5
3-4	30.07	13:00	Greece	11-10	Croatia	2-1	5-4	6-6
3-4	a2ET ; FT 9-9 ; 1ET 9-9
1/2	28.07	20:15	Serbia Mont.	5-4	Croatia	3-2	3-2	4-2
1/2	28.07	21:30	Hungary	7-6	Greece	2-1	5-3	6-4
1 4 Finals
1/4	26.07	15:15	Croatia	6-4	Russia	0-1	4-2	6-3
1/4	26.07	16:30	Serbia Mont.	10-8	Romania	3-2	6-3	7-6
1/4	26.07	20:15	Hungary	8-6	Spain	3-1	6-1	7-2
1/4	26.07	21:30	Greece	13-9	Italy	2-3	6-5	10-8
1 8 Finals
1/8	24.07	12:00	Spain	17-2	Cuba	6-1	10-2	14-2
1/8	24.07	13:15	Italy	6-5	United States	2-1	2-1	5-3
1/8	24.07	20:15	Croatia	10-6	Australia	3-0	7-3	8-6
1/8	24.07	21:30	Romania	6-5	Germany	3-3	3-4	6-5
Classification matches
5-6	30.07	10:45	Spain	8-7	Romania	2-2	5-3	7-5
7-8	30.07	09:30	Russia	7-6	Italy	3-1	4-2	4-4
9-10	28.07	10:45	Germany	11-5	Australia	2-1	6-1	8-1
11-12	28.07	09:30	United States	10-6	Cuba	2-0	6-2	8-2
13-14	26.07	10:45	Canada	10-8	Japan	2-3	3-6	7-7
15-16	26.07	09:30	South Africa	7-6	China	2-3	5-4	7-5
5-8	28.07	12:00	Romania	11-7	Russia	2-1	6-3	8-5
5-8	28.07	13:15	Spain	7-4	Italy	0-2	1-2	4-3
9-12	26.07	12:00	Australia	16-3	Cuba	4-1	9-2	13-3
9-12	26.07	13:15	Germany	5-3	United States	1-2	1-3	4-3
13-16	24.07	09:30	Japan	13-8	South Africa	2-2	6-4	9-4
13-16	24.07	10:45	Canada	11-5	China	3-2	7-5	9-5

Final Ranking		pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Serbia Mont.	12	6	0	0	69:	29	+40	6
2.	Hungary	10	5	0	1	57:	31	+26	6
3.	Greece	10	5	0	1	59:	42	+17	6
4.	Croatia	8	4	0	3	59:	44	+15	7
5.	Spain	10	5	0	2	63:	38	+25	7
6.	Romania	6	3	0	4	50:	52	-2	7
7.	Russia	8	4	0	2	42:	41	+1	6
8.	Italy	4	2	0	5	49:	48	+1	7
9.	Germany	8	4	0	2	45:	36	+9	6
10.	United States	6	3	0	3	42:	35	+7	6
11.	Australia	4	2	0	4	54:	49	+5	6
12.	Cuba	2	1	0	5	27:	85	-58	6
13.	Canada	4	2	0	3	30:	53	-53	5
14.	Japan	2	1	0	4	38:	51	-13	5
15.	South Africa	2	1	0	4	30:	56	-26	5
16.	China	0	0	0	5	27:	51	-24	5

Qualification

Host - Canada (13.)

_ Olympic Men 2004 - Hungary (2.), Serbia Mont. (1.), Russia (7.), Greece (3.), Germany (9.), Spain (5.)

_ Europe Men WQ 2005 - Croatia (4.), Italy (8.) and Romania (6.)

_ America Men WQ 2005 - United States (10.), Cuba (12.)

Oceania - Australia (11.)

Asia - Japan (4.), China (16.)

Africa - South Africa (15.)

Groups Round. Winners to 1/4 Finals, 2nd and 3rd to 1/8 Finals. 4th to Classification.

Group A	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Russia	6	3	0	0	24:	18
2. Spain	4	2	0	1	25:	17
3. Italy	2	1	0	2	24:	16
4. South Africa	0	0	0	3	15:	37

Team	Ru	Sp	It	So
Russia	---	8:7	5:4	11:7
Spain		---	7:5	11:4
Italy			---	15:4
South Africa				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
18.07	09:30	Russia	11-7	South Africa	4-1	7-4	10-5
18.07	12:00	Spain	7-5	Italy	2-2	4-2	5-4
20.07	10:45	Spain	11-4	South Africa	4-2	6-3	8-3
20.07	12:00	Russia	5-4	Italy	3-1	4-2	5-2
22.07	10:45	Russia	8-7	Spain	2-1	4-2	7-4
22.07	12:00	Italy	15-4	South Africa	3-1	5-2	9-3

Group B	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Serbia Mont.	6	3	0	0	46:	10
2. United States	4	2	0	1	24:	18
3. Cuba	2	1	0	2	16:	42
4. Japan	0	0	0	3	17:	33

Team	Se	Un	Cu	Ja
Serbia Mont.	---	8:4	21:1	17:5
United States		---	13:6	7:4
Cuba			---	9:8
Japan				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
18.07	10:45	United States	7-4	Japan	2-0	4-2	4-3
18.07	13:15	Serbia Mont.	21-1	Cuba	4-0	8-0	15-0
20.07	09:30	Serbia Mont.	17-5	Japan	4-1	8-3	13-5
20.07	13:15	United States	13-6	Cuba	2-1	7-1	10-3
22.07	09:30	Cuba	9-8	Japan	3-2	5-4	5-6
22.07	12:00	Serbia Mont.	8-4	United States	2-1	4-2	7-2

Group C	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Hungary	6	3	0	0	35:	11
2. Croatia	4	2	0	1	29:	18
3. Romania	2	1	0	2	18:	22
4. Canada	0	0	0	3	9:	40

Team	Hu	Cr	Ro	Ca
Hungary	---	10:4	14:4	11:3
Croatia		---	6:4	19:4
Romania			---	10:2
Canada				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
18.07	15:15	Hungary	14-4	Romania	2-1	6-1	11-1
18.07	19:00	Croatia	19-4	Canada	5-0	11-0	17-3
20.07	15:15	Croatia	6-4	Romania	3-0	4-0	5-1
20.07	19:00	Hungary	11-3	Canada	3-0	4-1	8-1
22.07	15:15	Hungary	10-4	Croatia	2-1	5-1	8-2
22.07	19:00	Romania	10-2	Canada	3-0	5-0	8-0

Group D	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Greece	6	3	0	0	29:	16
2. Germany	4	2	0	1	24:	22
3. Australia	2	1	0	2	27:	25
4. China	0	0	0	3	16:	33

Team	Gr	Ge	Au	Ch
Greece	---	8:4	10:8	11:4
Germany		---	9:8	11:6
Australia			---	11:6
China				---

date	time	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
18.07	16:30	Greece	11-4	China	2-1	5-2	7-3
18.07	17:45	Germany	9-8	Australia	3-1	4-2	7-5
20.07	16:30	Greece	8-4	Germany	1-0	3-2	6-4
20.07	17:45	Australia	11-6	China	5-1	7-2	8-4
22.07	16:30	Germany	11-6	China	3-2	7-2	10-3
22.07	17:45	Greece	10-8	Australia	2-1	5-3	7-6

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