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Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
15th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
15th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| dates | 22 July – 3 August |
| num_teams | 16 |
| confederations | 5 |
| venues | Spain |
| cities | Barcelona |
| champion_other | |
| count | 3 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 44 |
| goals | 777 |
| attendance | |
| top_scorer | CRO Sandro Sukno |
| MNE Aleksandar Ivović | |
| (20 goals) | |
| player | HUN Dénes Varga |
| previous | Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament |
| next | Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament |
MNE Aleksandar Ivović (20 goals) The men's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 23 July to 3 August 2013.
Hungary won their third title by defeating Montenegro 8–7 in the final match.
Qualification
16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows:
- The host nation
- The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation
- The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League
- The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
- The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
- The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
- The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
- The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
- If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent (Europe), Asia, Oceania and Africa.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | TOTAL | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | – | – | 1 | |||
| [2012 World League](2012-fina-men-s-water-polo-world-league) Finals | 12–17 June 2012 | KAZ Almaty | 2 | |||
| 2012 Olympics | 29 July–12 August 2012 | GBR London | 4 | |||
| [2012 European Championships](2012-men-s-european-water-polo-championship) | 16–29 January 2012 | NED Eindhoven | 3 | |||
| [2013 Americas Qualification Tournament](2013-uana-cup) | January 2013 | CAN Calgary | 2 | |||
| Asia | 2 | |||||
| Africa | 1 | |||||
| Oceania | 1 |
Groups formed
The draw resulted in the following groups:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 15 | +23 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 12 | +22 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 18 | +12 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 65 | −57 |
Group B
| Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | +26 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 19 | +12 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 52 | −38 |
Group C
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 26 | +13 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 27 | +5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 26 | −1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 38 | −17 |
Group D
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 18 | +14 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 25 | −4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 26 | −10 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
|28 July||13||5 |28 July||16||7 |28 July||21||4 |28 July||4||8 |28 July||13||5 |28 July||12||4 |28 July||11||3 |28 July||6||10 |30 July||3||9 |30 July||7||6 |30 July||8||9 |30 July||4||3 |1 August||11||10 |1 August||10||8 |3 August||8||7 |3 August||10||8
;5th place bracket |1 August||11||9 |1 August||13| (pen.)|14 |3 August||8||10 |3 August||7||13
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 |
| **Team Roster** |
|---|
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| **** | **** | **** |
Individual awards
;Most Valuable Player
- HUN Dénes Varga
;Best Goalscorer
- CRO Sandro Sukno / MNE Aleksandar Ivović – 20 goals
;Best Goalkeeper
- HUN Viktor Nagy
;Media All-Star Team
- HUN Viktor Nagy – Goalkeeper
- SRB Duško Pijetlović – Centre forward
- ITA Pietro Figlioli
- MNE Aleksandar Ivović
- MNE Mlađan Janović
- CRO Sandro Sukno
- HUN Dénes Varga
References
References
- {{Cite HistoFINA wp
- (3 August 2013). "Hungary 2013 world champion after thrilling final". waterpoloworld.com.
- [http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=274:bl-9-olympic-games-world-championships-and-world-swimming-championships-25m BL 9 Olympic Games, World Championships and World Swimming Championships (25m)]
- "UANA Events Calendar".
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- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 8 results".
- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 15 results".
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- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 36 results".
- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 37 results".
- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 38 results".
- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 39 results".
- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 40 results".
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- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 42 results".
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- "Water Polo 2013 World Championships: Men: Match 44 results".
- "Hungary men's team roster at 15th FINA World Championship".
- "Montenegro men's team roster at 15th FINA World Championship".
- "Croatia men's team roster at 15th FINA World Championship".
- [http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4080 Hungary makes it title #3 with a heart-stopper over Montenegro]
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