Water polo at the 1979 Mediterranean Games | |
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Dates | 24 – 29 September 1979 |
Water polo was one of several sports at the 1979 Mediterranean Games. The 8th Mediterranean Games was held in Split, Yugoslavia. Only men's teams participated in the water polo tournament. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Competition | Yugoslavia | Italy | Spain |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | Italy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | +22 |
2. | Spain | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 |
3. | Turkey | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 35 | –18 |
4. | Egypt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 33 | –26 |
Turkey | 7 – 18 | Spain |
Italy | 12 – 1 | Egypt |
Spain | 5 – 7 | Italy |
Turkey | 7 – 5 | Egypt |
Italy | 12 – 3 | Turkey |
Spain | 14 – 1 | Egypt |
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | Yugoslavia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 |
2. | Greece | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | –4 |
3. | Malta | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | –14 |
Malta | 5 – 5 | Greece |
Yugoslavia | 8 – 4 | Greece |
Yugoslavia | 15 – 1 | Malta |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
Italy | 14 | |||||
Greece | 4 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 7 | |||||
Italy | 4 | |||||
Yugoslavia | 6 | |||||
Spain | 5 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Spain | 11 | |||||
Greece | 0 |
Italy | 14 – 4 | Greece |
Yugoslavia | 6 – 5 | Spain |
Malta | 4 – 4 | Egypt |
Turkey | 7 – 3 | Malta |
Spain | 11 – 0 | Greece |
Yugoslavia | 7 – 4 | Italy |
Rank | Team |
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Yugoslavia | |
Italy | |
Spain | |
4 | Greece |
5 | Turkey |
6 | Egypt |
7 | Malta |
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