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Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s) Japan (in Fukuoka host cities)
Dates19 – 29 July
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up Yugoslavia
Third place Russia
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played60
Goals scored822 (13.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia and Montenegro Aleksandar Šapić
(18 goals)
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The 2001 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth 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 29 July 2001, and was incorporated into the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.[1]

Participating teams

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Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 Brazil
 Canada
 United States
 Kazakhstan
 Japan
 Croatia
 Germany
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Spain
 Yugoslavia
 Australia

Groups formed

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Squads

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Preliminary round

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Qualified for the Second round
Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group. (Group G)

Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 5 3 2 1 0 20 9 +11
2.  Yugoslavia 5 3 2 1 0 23 14 +9
3.  Slovakia 2 3 1 0 2 19 23 –5
4.  Brazil 0 3 0 0 3 11 27 –16
  • July 19, 2001
Slovakia  6 – 7  Yugoslavia
Italy  6 – 1  Brazil
  • July 21, 2001
Yugoslavia  3 – 3  Italy
Slovakia  8 – 5  Brazil
  • July 22, 2001
Yugoslavia  13 – 5  Brazil
Slovakia  5 – 11  Italy

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 6 3 3 0 0 32 20 +12
2.  Greece 2 3 1 0 2 23 24 –1
3.  Kazakhstan 2 3 1 0 2 13 16 –3
4.  Germany 2 3 1 0 2 20 28 –8
  • July 19, 2001
Germany  9 – 8  Greece
Hungary  7 – 3  Kazakhstan
  • July 21, 2001
Greece  10 – 11  Hungary
Germany  4 – 6  Kazakhstan
  • July 22, 2001
Greece  5 – 4  Kazakhstan
Germany  7 – 14  Hungary

Group C

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Russia 6 3 3 0 0 33 22 +11
2.  Netherlands 4 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5
3.  United States 2 3 1 0 2 20 19 +1
4.  Canada 0 3 0 0 3 13 30 –17
  • July 19, 2001
United States  9 – 10  Russia
Netherlands  10 – 4  Canada
  • July 21, 2001
United States  6 – 3  Canada
Russia  9 – 7  Netherlands
  • July 22, 2001
Russia  14 – 6  Canada
United States  5 – 6  Netherlands

Group D

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 6 3 3 0 0 26 6 +20
2.  Croatia 4 3 2 0 1 20 14 +6
3.  Australia 2 3 1 0 2 13 21 –8
4.  Japan 0 3 0 0 3 8 26 –18
  • July 19, 2001
Croatia  8 – 2  Japan
Spain  8 – 1  Australia
  • July 21, 2001
Croatia  8 – 6  Australia
Japan  1 – 12  Spain
  • July 22, 2001
Japan  5 – 6  Australia
Croatia  4 – 6  Spain

Second round

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Qualified for the Semi finals
Will play for places 5–8 in a Knockout system
Will play for places 9–12 in a Knockout system

Group E

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Yugoslavia 9 5 4 1 0 38 25 +13
2.  Italy 7 5 3 1 1 37 21 +16
3.  Hungary 6 5 3 0 2 36 32 +4
4.  Greece 6 5 3 0 2 30 28 +2
5.  Kazakhstan 2 5 1 0 4 26 48 –22
6.  Slovakia 0 5 0 0 5 28 41 –13

Preliminary round results apply.

  • July 24, 2001
Italy  13 – 3  Kazakhstan
Slovakia  8 – 9  Hungary
Yugoslavia  4 – 3  Greece
  • July 25, 2001
Yugoslavia  8 – 7  Hungary
Slovakia  7 – 10  Kazakhstan
Italy  7 – 8  Greece
  • July 26, 2001
Slovakia  2 – 4  Greece
Yugoslavia  16 – 6  Kazakhstan
Italy  3 – 2  Hungary

Group F

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Spain 10 5 5 0 0 43 22 +21
2.  Russia 8 5 4 0 1 43 35 +8
3.  Croatia 6 5 3 0 2 42 28 +14
4.  United States 2 5 1 0 4 29 42 –13
5.  Australia 2 5 1 0 4 21 35 –14
6.  Netherlands 2 5 1 0 4 26 42 –16

Preliminary round results apply.

  • July 24, 2001
Russia  8 – 3  Australia
United States  4 – 10  Spain
Netherlands  3 – 12  Croatia
  • July 25, 2001
Netherlands  5 – 10  Spain
United States  6 – 5  Australia
Russia  8 – 7  Croatia
  • July 26, 2001
United States  5 – 11  Croatia
Netherlands  5 – 6  Australia
Russia  8 – 9  Spain

Group G

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
13.  Brazil 5 3 2 1 0 28 14 +14
14.  Germany 4 3 1 2 0 21 17 +4
15.  Canada 3 3 1 1 1 21 25 –4
16.  Japan 0 3 0 0 3 21 35 –14
  • July 24, 2001
Germany  6 – 6  Canada
Brazil  13 – 6  Japan
  • July 25, 2001
Brazil  5 – 5  Germany
Canada  12 – 9  Japan
  • July 26, 2001
Germany  10 – 6  Japan
Brazil  10 – 3  Canada

Final round

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9th-12th place

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9th - 12th place9th place
 
      
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
 
 Slovakia6
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
 Australia7
 
 Australia3
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
 Netherlands8
 
 Kazakhstan5
 
 
 Netherlands9
 
11th place
 
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
 
 Slovakia12
 
 
 Kazakhstan6
  • July 28, 2001
Slovakia  6 – 7  Australia
Kazakhstan  5 – 9  Netherlands
  • July 29, 2001 — 9th place
 Australia 3 – 8 Netherlands 
  • July 29, 2001 — 11th place
Slovakia  12 – 6  Kazakhstan



5th-8th place

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5th - 8th place5th place
 
      
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
 
 Greece12
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
 Croatia11
 
 Greece5
 
2001-07-28 – Fukuoka
 
 Hungary8
 
 Hungary9
 
 
 United States7
 
7th place
 
 
2001-07-29 – Fukuoka
 
 
 Croatia9
 
 
 United States10
  • July 28, 2001
Greece  12 – 11  Croatia
Hungary  9 – 7  United States
  • July 29, 2001 — 5th place
Greece  5 – 8  Hungary
  • July 29, 2001 — 7th place
Croatia  9 – 10  United States



1st-4th place

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
 
 Spain4
 
July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
 Italy2
 
 Spain4
 
July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
 Yugoslavia2
 
 Yugoslavia9
 
 
 Russia8
 
Third place
 
 
July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka
 
 
 Russia7
 
 
 Italy6

Semi finals

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  • July 28, 2001
Spain  4 – 2  Italy
Yugoslavia  9 – 8  Russia

Finals

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  • July 29, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match
Russia  7 – 6  Italy
  • July 29, 2001 — Gold Medal Match
Spain  4 – 2  Yugoslavia

Final ranking

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Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Spain [1]
Angel Andreo
Daniel Ballart
Salvador Gomez
Gabriel Hernandez
Gustavo Marcos
Guillermo Molina
Daniel Moro
Ivan Moro
Sergi Pedrerol
Ivan Perez
Jesus Rollan
Javier Sánchez
Carlos Sanz

Head coach:
Juan Jané
 Yugoslavia

Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Viktor Jelenić
Branko Peković
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Šapić
Denis Šefik
Aleksandar Šoštar
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Vladimir Vujasinović (c)
Nenad Vukanić
Predrag Zimonjić

Head coach:
Nenad Manojlović

 Russia

Ilya Smirnov
Yuri Yatsev
Aleksandr Fyodorov
Nikolay Kozlov
Roman Balashov
Aleksandr Yeryshov
Revaz Chomakhidze
Alexey Panfili
Dmitry Gorshkov (c)
Marat Zakirov
Sergey Garbuzov
Irek Zinnurov
Andrei Rekechinski

Head coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov

Individual awards

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  • Best Goalkeeper
  • Topscorer

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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.
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