Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
The men's water polo tournament at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 1 April 2007.
The men's tournament was won by Croatia who won all of their matches and beat Hungary 9–8 in the final game.
Preliminary round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 6 |
Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 2 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 55 | -39 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 6 |
USA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 4 |
Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 25 | -1 | 2 |
South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 39 | -24 | 0 |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 6 |
Greece | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 20 | +8 | 4 |
Russian Federation | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 2 |
China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 37 | -22 | 0 |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDIF | Points |
Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 6 |
Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 35 | -11 | 4 |
Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 2 |
New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 51 | -34 | 0 |
Final round
Finals
5th-8th place
9th-12th place
13th-16th place
Final ranking
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
' Samir Barač Miho Bošković Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Teo Đogaš Igor Hinić Maro Joković Aljoša Kunac Pavo Marković Josip Pavić Mile Smodlaka Frano Vićan Zdeslav Vrdoljak Head Coach Ratko Rudić | ' Tibor Benedek Péter Biros Rajmund Fodor Tamás Kásás Gábor Kis Gergely Kiss Norbert Madaras Tamás Molnár Viktor Nagy Zoltán Szécsi Márton Szivós Dániel Varga Dénes Varga Head Coach Dénes Kemény | Iñaki Aguilar Ángel Andreo Iván Gallego Mario García Xavier García David Martín Marc Minguell Guillermo Molina Iván Pérez Felipe Perrone Ricardo Perrone Svilen Piralkov Xavier Vallès Head Coach Rafael Aguilar |
Croatia, Hungary and Spain qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Best Goalkeeper
- Topscorer