Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	West Germany (in West Berlin host cities)
Dates	19 – 27 August
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	638 (9.97 per match)
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Last updated November 05, 2024

The 1978 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the third 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 27 August 1978, and was incorporated into the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in West Berlin, West Germany.^[1]

Participating teams

Americas	Europe	Oceania
Canada Cuba Mexico United States	Bulgaria Greece Hungary Italy Israel Netherlands Romania Soviet Union Spain West Germany Yugoslavia	Australia

Groups formed

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP C

GROUP D

First round

	Qualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
	Qualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	5	3	2	1	0	17	9	+8
2.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	15	12	+3
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	14	18	-4
4.	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	8	15	-7

19 August 1978


Soviet Union	5 – 1	Canada
Italy	6 – 5	Australia

20 August 1978


Soviet Union	5 – 5	Italy
Australia	6 – 5	Canada

21 August 1978


Italy	4 – 2	Canada
Soviet Union	7 – 3	Australia

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Romania	5	3	2	1	0	17	11	+6
2.	United States	4	3	2	0	1	18	7	+11
3.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	9	11	-2
4.	Mexico	0	3	0	0	3	9	24	-15

19 August 1978


Romania	10 – 5	Mexico
United States	5 – 2	Cuba

20 August 1978


Romania	3 – 2	United States
Cuba	3 – 2	Mexico

21 August 1978


Romania	4 – 4	Cuba
United States	11 – 2	Mexico

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	West Germany	6	3	3	0	27	7	+20
2.	Bulgaria	4	3	2	1	12	14	-2
3.	Netherlands	2	3	1	2	14	12	+2
4.	Israel	0	3	0	3	4	24	-20

19 August 1978


West Germany	9 – 2	Bulgaria
Netherlands	7 – 1	Israel

20 August 1978


Bulgaria	4 – 3	Netherlands
West Germany	11 – 1	Israel

21 August 1978


West Germany	7 – 4	Netherlands
Bulgaria	6 – 2	Israel

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	19	10	+9
2.	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	1	18	9	+9
3.	Greece	2	3	1	2	11	22	-11
4.	Spain	0	3	0	3	14	21	-7

19 August 1978


Greece	6 – 5	Spain
Hungary	3 – 2	Yugoslavia

20 August 1978


Hungary	6 – 3	Greece
Yugoslavia	5 – 4	Spain

21 August 1978


Yugoslavia	11 – 2	Greece
Hungary	10 – 5	Spain

Second round

	Qualified for places 1–4 in a round robin group. (Group L)
	Will play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group I)
	Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group J)
	Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group K)

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	8	5	3	2	0	26	18	+8
2.	Soviet Union	7	5	3	1	1	24	12	+12
3.	United States	7	5	3	1	1	25	13	+12
4.	Romania	5	5	2	1	2	19	23	-4

First round results apply.

22 August 1978


United States	3 – 2	Soviet Union
Italy	7 – 2	Romania

23 August 1978


Italy	4 – 4	United States
Soviet Union	5 – 0	Romania

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	36	22	+14
2.	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	0	1	32	15	+17
3.	West Germany	7	5	3	1	1	36	17	+19
4.	Bulgaria	4	5	2	0	3	21	35	-14

First round results apply.

22 August 1978


Yugoslavia	10 – 3	Bulgaria
Hungary	6 – 6	West Germany

23 August 1978


Yugoslavia	4 – 3	West Germany
Hungary	11 – 6	Bulgaria

Group G

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	6	3	3	0	19	8	+11
2.	Australia	4	3	2	1	15	18	–3
3.	Mexico	2	3	1	2	11	12	–1
4.	Canada	0	3	0	3	11	18	–7

First round results apply.

22 August 1978


Cuba	8 – 3	Canada
Australia	6 – 5	Mexico

23 August 1978


Mexico	4 – 3	Canada
Cuba	8 – 3	Australia

Group H

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	4	3	2	1	24	12	+12
2.	Greece	4	3	2	1	20	15	+5
3.	Netherlands	4	3	2	1	18	13	+5
4.	Israel	0	3	0	3	6	18	–22

First round results apply.

22 August 1978


Netherlands	7 – 5	Greece
Spain	12 – 2	Israel

23 August 1978


Greece	9 – 3	Israel
Spain	7 – 4	Netherlands

Final round

13th – 16th places (Group K)

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	Netherlands	6	3	3	0	17	8	+9
14.	Canada	4	3	2	1	15	10	+5
15.	Mexico	2	3	1	2	18	15	+3
16.	Israel	0	3	0	3	4	21	–17

25 August 1978


Netherlands	7 – 1	Canada
Mexico	10 – 2	Israel

26 August 1978


Netherlands	4 – 2	Israel
Canada	7 – 3	Mexico

27 August 1978


Canada	7 – 0	Israel
Netherlands	6 – 5	Mexico

9th – 12th places (Group J)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Australia	6	3	3	0	0	23	15	+8
10.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	21	15	+6
11.	Spain	3	3	1	1	1	22	19	+3
12.	Greece	0	3	0	0	3	9	26	–17

25 August 1978


Australia	8 – 7	Spain
Cuba	9 – 2	Greece

26 August 1978


Spain	9 – 5	Greece
Australia	7 – 6	Cuba

27 August 1978


Cuba	6 – 6	Spain
Australia	8 – 2	Greece

5th – 8th places (Group I)

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
5.	United States	6	3	3	0	20	6	+14
6.	Romania	4	3	2	1	13	10	+3
7.	West Germany	2	3	1	2	23	15	+8
8.	Bulgaria	0	3	0	3	8	33	–25

25 August 1978


United States	12 – 2	Bulgaria
Romania	6 – 5	West Germany

26 August 1978


West Germany	15 – 3	Bulgaria
United States	2 – 1	Romania

27 August 1978


Romania	6 – 3	Bulgaria
United States	6 – 3	West Germany

1st - 4th places Final standings (Group L)

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	15	13	+2
2.	Hungary	4	3	1	2	0	13	11	+2
3.	Yugoslavia	2	3	1	0	2	14	15	-1
4.	Soviet Union	1	3	0	1	2	12	15	-3

25 August 1978


Hungary	4 – 4	Soviet Union
Italy	6 – 5	Yugoslavia

26 August 1978


Italy	5 – 4	Soviet Union
Hungary	5 – 3	Yugoslavia

27 August 1978


Yugoslavia	5 – 4	Soviet Union
Italy	4 – 4	Hungary

Final ranking

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Italy
	Hungary
	Yugoslavia
4.	Soviet Union
5.	United States
6.	Romania
7.	West Germany
8.	Bulgaria
9.	Australia
10.	Cuba
11.	Spain
12.	Greece
13.	Netherlands
14.	Canada
15.	Mexico
16.	Israel

1978 FINA Men's World champions
Italy First title

Team Roster^[1]

Alberto Alberani, Silvio Baracchini, Romeo Collina, Gianni De Magistris, Massimo Fondelli, Marco Galli, Sante Marsili, Alessandro Ghibellini, Paolo Ragosa, Mario Scotti-Galletta, Rolando Simeoni ^[1]
Head coach: Gianni Lonzi

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Italy ^[2] Alberto Alberani Silvio Baracchini Romeo Collina Gianni De Magistris Massimo Fondelli Marco Galli Alessandro Ghibellini Sante Marsili Paolo Ragosa Mario Scotti-Galletta Roldano Simeoni Head coach: Gianni Lonzi	Hungary ^[2] Gábor Csapó Tamás Faragó Szilveszter Fekete György Gerendás György Horkai György Kenéz István Magas Endre Molnár József Somossy Attila Sudár István Szívós Jr. Head coach: Dezső Gyarmati	Yugoslavia ^[2] Siniša Belamarić Mirsad Galijaš Zoran Gopčević Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Zoran Mustur Damir Polić Zoran Roje Slobodan Trifunović Luka Vezilić Predrag Vraneš Head coach: Miro Ćirković

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1 2 3 4 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
1 2 3 3rd FINA World Championships 1978, West Berlin - Water polo Men www.fina.org

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Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Contents

Participating teams

Groups formed

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Final round

13th – 16th places (Group K)

9th – 12th places (Group J)

5th – 8th places (Group I)

1st - 4th places Final standings (Group L)

Final ranking

Medalists

Related Research Articles

References

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