Tournament details | |
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Venue(s) | Italy (in Rome host cities) |
Dates | 22 July – 3 August |
Teams | 16 (from 5 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Serbia (1st title) |
Runner-up | Spain |
Third place | Croatia |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 801 (16.69 per match) |
Attendance | 64,850 (1,351 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Filip Filipović (20 goals (2 pen.)) |
Best player | Vanja Udovičić |
2009 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Duet | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Team | ||
Technical | women | |
Free | women | |
Combination | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The men's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Rome, Italy from 20 July to 1 August 2009. [1] All matches were held in a temporary pool at the tennis stadium of the Foro Italico sports complex.
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
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South Africa | Brazil Canada United States | China Kazakhstan | Croatia Germany Hungary Italy North Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia Spain | Australia |
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All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Qualified for the quarterfinals | |
Qualified for the eightfinals | |
Will play for places 13–16 |
If two teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:
If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.
If three or more teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:
If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.
Source: "CODE OF CONDUCT – BL 9.6.3 Tie Breaking". FINA. Retrieved 2009-07-22.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 5 |
Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 3 |
South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 41 | -31 | 0 |
20 July 2009 09:30 | Match 1 [3] | South Africa | 4–14 | Germany | Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Knights (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 1-4, 0-4, 2-3, 1-3 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Oeler 5 |
20 July 2009 10:50 | Match 2 [4] | Canada | 6–15 | Hungary | Attendance: 550 Referees: Patelli (BRA), Mernenko (UZB) |
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 3-5, 1-2 | |||||
Graham 4 | Goals | Biros 3 |
22 July 2009 18:20 | Match 14 [5] | Hungary | 7–7 | Germany | Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Peris (CRO), Borrell (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-0, 2-1, 2-3 | |||||
Hosnyánszky 3 | Goals | Savić, Politze 2 |
22 July 2009 19:40 | Match 15 [6] | South Africa | 1–12 | Canada | Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Reemnet (NED) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-4, 0-1, 0-5 | |||||
Bell 1 | Goals | Marks, Feltham 3 |
24 July 2009 13:30 | Match 20 [7] | South Africa | 5–15 | Hungary | Attendance: 200 Referees: Sadekov (RUS), Wengenroth (SUI) |
Score by quarters: 1-6, 1-3, 1-4, 2-2 | |||||
five players 1 | Goals | Varga 4 |
24 July 2009 17:00 | Match 21 [8] | Canada | 5–4 | Germany | Attendance: 600 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-0, 1-0, 2-3 | |||||
Graham, Feltham 2 | Goals | Oeler 2 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 12 | +25 | 6 |
Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 4 |
China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 34 | -16 | 2 |
Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 39 | -27 | 0 |
20 July 2009 12:10 | Match 3 [9] | Montenegro | 14–4 | China | Attendance: 250 Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Moner (EGY) |
Score by quarters:4-1, 3-2, 3-1, 4-0 | |||||
Zloković 4 | Goals | Tan 2 |
20 July 2009 13:30 | Match 4 [10] | Croatia | 11–2 | Brazil | Attendance: 200 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Ghafouri (IRI) |
Score by quarters:1-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1 | |||||
Dobud, Sukno, Barač 2 | Goals | Silva, Franco 1 |
22 July 2009 09:30 | Match 9 [11] | Brazil | 5–9 | China | Attendance: 200 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Pinker (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 0-1, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3 | |||||
five players 1 | Goals | Liang, Wang B 3 |
22 July 2009 10:50 | Match 10 [12] | Montenegro | 5–11 | Croatia | Attendance: 200 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Tulga (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 2-4, 2-2, 0-5, 1-0 | |||||
five players 1 | Goals | Sukno 3 |
24 July 2009 18:20 | Match 22 [13] | Montenegro | 19–5 | Brazil | Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Damcevski (MKD) |
Score by quarters:4-1, 6-0, 6-3, 3-1 | |||||
M. Janovic, N. Janović 4 | Goals | Franco 2 |
24 July 2009 19:40 | Match 23 [14] | Croatia | 15–5 | China | Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Mernenko (UZB) |
Score by quarters:3-2, 4-1, 5-0, 3-2 | |||||
Bošković 5 | Goals | five players 1 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 6 |
Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 3 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 3 |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 45 | -30 | 0 |
20 July 2009 17:00 | Match 5 [15] | Kazakhstan | 7–14 | Australia | Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1-4, 2-4, 1-3, 3-3 | |||||
Gorovoy, Andreyev, Kukumanov 2 | Goals | Whalan 4 |
20 July 2009 18:20 | Match 6 [16] | Serbia | 9–11 | Spain | Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Turcotte (CAN) |
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 3-2, 3-5 | |||||
Udovičić, Mitrović 2 | Goals | X García 3 |
22 July 2009 12:10 | Match 11 [17] | Spain | 13–10 | Australia | Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA) |
Score by quarters:3-2, 3-2, 5-2, 2-4 | |||||
Mallarach, Perrone 3 | Goals | Whalan 3 |
22 July 2009 13:30 | Match 12 [18] | Kazakhstan | 3–20 | Serbia | Attendance: 150 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Stavropoulos (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-7, 1-3, 0-6 | |||||
Manafov 3 | Goals | Pijetlović, Filipović 5 |
24 July 2009 09:30 | Match 17 [19] | Kazakhstan | 5–11 | Spain | Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Shiwei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 1-4, 0-2, 1-2, 3-3 | |||||
Andreyev 2 | Goals | Molina, Vallès, X García 2 |
24 July 2009 10:50 | Match 18 [20] | Serbia | 8–8 | Australia | Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA) |
Score by quarters:2-1, 1-2, 3-4, 2-1 | |||||
Filipović 3 | Goals | Cotterill, Whalan 3 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 6 |
Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 4 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 2 |
North Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 31 | -16 | 0 |
20 July 2009 19:40 | Match 7 [21] | North Macedonia | 4–6 | Romania | Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 0-3, 1-0 | |||||
Bašić 2 | Goals | Radu 2 |
20 July 2009 21:00 | Match 8 [22] | United States | 9–8 | Italy | Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
Score by quarters:3-2, 2-1, 1-2, 3-3 | |||||
Azevedo 4 | Goals | Calcaterra 3 |
22 July 2009 17:00 | Match 13 [23] | United States | 13–6 | North Macedonia | Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL) |
Score by quarters:3-0, 5-2, 3-2, 2-2 | |||||
Azevedo 4 | Goals | Milić 2 |
22 July 2009 21:00 | Match 16 [24] | Romania | 6–5 | Italy | Attendance: 5,300 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Brguljan (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-1, 1-2, 2-0 | |||||
Diaconu 2 | Goals | five players 1 |
24 July 2009 12:10 | Match 19 [25] | United States | 7–5 | Romania | Attendance: 500 Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Stavropoulos (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-0, 2-2, 2-1 | |||||
Beaubien 3 | Goals | Matei Guiman 2 |
24 July 2009 21:00 | Match 24 [26] | North Macedonia | 5–12 | Italy | Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Tulga (TUR) |
Score by quarters: 2-3, 0-3, 3-3, 0-3 | |||||
Milic 3 | Goals | Gallo, Fiorentini 3 |
Play-off 26 July 2009 | Quarterfinals 28 July 2009 | Semifinals 30 July 2009 | Final 1 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Serbia | 7 | Serbia | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | 5 | Serbia | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Croatia | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Australia | 5 | Romania | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Romania | 7 | Serbia | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Spain | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Canada | 9 | Canada | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
China | 5 | Spain | 7 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
United States | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States | 8 | Croatia | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | 9 | Germany | 5 | United States | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 8 |
5th–8th place | 5th/6th place | |||||
30 July 2009 – 11:40 | ||||||
Hungary | 13 | |||||
1 August 2009 – 10:40 | ||||||
Romania | 8 | |||||
Hungary | 9 | |||||
30 July 2009 – 15:30 | ||||||
Germany | 6 | |||||
Canada | 5 | |||||
Germany | 9 | |||||
7th/8th place | ||||||
1 August 2009 – 09:00 | ||||||
Romania | 9 | |||||
Canada | 6 |
9th–12th place | 9th/10th place | |||||
28 July 2009 – 11:20 | ||||||
China | 5 | |||||
30 July 2009 – 10:20 | ||||||
Montenegro | 13 | |||||
Montenegro | 8 | |||||
28 July 2009 – 12:40 | ||||||
Australia | 7 | |||||
Italy | 6 | |||||
Australia | 8 | |||||
11th/12th place | ||||||
30 July 2009 – 09:00 | ||||||
China | 7 | |||||
Italy | 14 |
13th–16th place | 13th/14th place | |||||
26 July 2009 – 09:00 | ||||||
South Africa | 7 | |||||
28 July 2009 – 10:00 | ||||||
Brazil | 8 | |||||
Brazil (PSO) | 16 | |||||
26 July 2009 – 10:20 | ||||||
North Macedonia | 15 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 4 | |||||
North Macedonia | 11 | |||||
15th/16th place | ||||||
28 July 2009 – 08:40 | ||||||
South Africa | 6 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 5 |
26 July 2009 09:00 | Match 25 [27] | South Africa | 7–8 | Brazil | Attendance: 150 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 1-1 | |||||
le Roux, Bell 2 | Goals | Silva, Franco 2 |
26 July 2009 10:20 | Match 26 [28] | Kazakhstan | 4–11 | North Macedonia | Attendance: 250 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Mernenko (UZB) |
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-1, 1-3 | |||||
Andreyev 2 | Goals | Krstic 5 |
26 July 2009 11:40 | Match 27 [29] | Canada | 9–5 | China | Attendance: 400 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters:2-1, 2-0, 3-2, 2-2 | |||||
Feltham 3 | Goals | Yu, Wang B. 2 |
26 July 2009 15:30 | Match 28 [30] | Germany | 9–8 | Montenegro | Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Gomez (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 2-1 OT:1-0 | |||||
Savic 3 | Goals | M. Janovic , Zloković 2 |
26 July 2009 16:50 | Match 30 [31] | Australia | 5–7 | Romania | Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2 | |||||
Campbell, Whalan 2 | Goals | Radu, Diaconu 2 |
26 July 2009 21:00 | Match 29 [32] | Serbia | 7–5 | Italy | Attendance: 5,300 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Stravpopoulos (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-2, 2-1, 1-1 | |||||
Udovičić 2 | Goals | Calcaterra 3 |
28 July 2009 08:40 | Match 31 [33] | South Africa | 6–5 | Kazakhstan | Attendance: 100 Referees: Wengenroth (SUI), Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-1, 2-1, 0-1 | |||||
Brown, Woods 2 | Goals | Gaidukov, Gorovoy 2 |
28 July 2009 10:00 | Match 32 [34] | Brazil | 16–15 | North Macedonia | Attendance: 150 Referees: Moner (EGY), Pinker (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 0-2, 6-2, 3-4, 2-3 OT: 1-0, 0-1, PSO: 4-3 | |||||
M. Franco, F. Franco 4 | Goals | Krstic 4 |
28 July 2009 11:20 | Match 33 [35] | China | 5–13 | Montenegro | Attendance: 500 Referees: Ghafouri (IRI), Damcevski (MKD) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-2, 1-5, 3-4 | |||||
Yu 4 | Goals | Gojković 3 |
28 July 2009 12:40 | Match 34 [36] | Italy | 6–8 | Australia | Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER) |
Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 2-3, 1-2 | |||||
Calcaterra 3 | Goals | Campbell 3 |
28 July 2009 14:00 | Match 35 [37] | Hungary | 9–10 | Serbia | Attendance: 2.000 Referees: Gomez (ITA), Borrell (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2-4, 1-1, 4-2, 1-1 OT: 1-1, 0-1 | |||||
Kiss 3 | Goals | Udovičić, Prlainović 3 |
28 July 2009 15:20 | Match 38 [38] | United States | 8–5 | Germany | Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-0, 5-1, 1-2 | |||||
eight players 1 | Goals | Politze 2 |
28 July 2009 16:40 | Match 36 [39] | Croatia | 7–5 | Romania | Attendance: 400 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Sadekov (RUS) |
Score by quarters:2-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-3 | |||||
Burić, Bošković 2 | Goals | Radu 3 |
28 July 2009 21:00 | Match 37 [40] | Spain | 11–4 | Canada | Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 6-0, 3-0 | |||||
García 3 | Goals | four players 1 |
30 July 2009 09:00 | Match 39 [41] | China | 7–14 | Italy | Attendance: 600 Referees: Matache (ROU), Rotsart (USA) |
Score by quarters: 2-4, 2-2, 1-5, 2-3 | |||||
Liang 3 | Goals | Mistrangelo 4 |
30 July 2009 10:20 | Match 40 [42] | Montenegro | 8–7 | Australia | Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 1-2, 4-1 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | Campbell 2 |
30 July 2009 11:40 | Match 41 [43] | Hungary | 13–8 | Romania | Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sedekov (RUS) |
Score by quarters:3-1, 3-3, 4-2, 3-2 | |||||
Kiss 3 | Goals | eight players 1 |
30 July 2009 15:30 | Match 42 [44] | Canada | 5–9 | Germany | Attendance: 800 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-1, 1-3, 3-3 | |||||
Boyd, Diggle 2 | Goals | Politze 4 |
30 July 2009 16:50 | Match 43 [45] | Serbia | 12–11 | Croatia | Attendance: 2.500 Referees: Gomez (ITA), Kiszelly (HUN) |
Score by quarters:4-3, 3-3, 3-3, 2-2 | |||||
Filipović 4 | Goals | Bošković 3 |
30 July 2009 21:00 | Match 44 [46] | Spain | 7–6 | United States | Attendance: 3.000 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Brguljan (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-2, 1-1, 2-1 | |||||
Molina 3 | Goals | Powers 2 |
1 August 2009 09:00 | Match 45 [47] | Romania | 9–6 | Canada | Attendance: 400 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Reemnet (NED) |
Score by quarters:2-1, 1-1, 3-3, 3-1 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Marks, Graham 2 |
1 August 2009 10:40 | Match 46 [48] | Hungary | 9–6 | Germany | Attendance: 600 Referees: Peris (CRO), Stavropoulos (GRE) |
Score by quarters:4-1, 1-0, 3-1, 1-4 | |||||
Hosnyánszky 3 | Goals | Politze 3 |
1 August 2009 16:00 | Match 47 [49] | Croatia | 8–6 | United States | Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-1, 2-0, 3-2 | |||||
Barač, Obradović 2 | Goals | Azevedo 2 |
1 August 2009 21:00 | Match 48 [50] | Serbia | 14–13 | Spain | Attendance: 5.400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters:3-2, 0-0, 1-2, 2:2 OT: 1-1, 0-0 Pen 7:6 | |||||
Udovičić 5 | Goals | García 7 |
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