2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Duration13 – 18 June
Super Final
Finals champions Serbia and Montenegro
  Runners-up Hungary
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

The 13th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on Margitsziget (Margaret Island) in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.[1]

Teams

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The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.

Teams Qualified as

 Hungary
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Greece
 Croatia
 Spain
 Romania
 Russia
 Italy

Host (2nd 2005 World Championship)
1st 2005 World Championship
3rd 2005 World Championship
4th 2005 World Championship
5th 2005 World Championship
6th 2005 World Championship
7th 2005 World Championship
8th 2005 World Championship

Seeding

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Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Serbia and Montenegro (1)
 Hungary (2) (H)

 Greece (3)
 Croatia (4)

 Spain (5)
 Romania (6)

 Russia (7)
 Italy (8)

Groups

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GROUP A GROUP B

 Hungary (H)
 Greece
 Romania
 Italy

 Serbia and Montenegro
 Croatia
 Spain
 Russia

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pts P W T L PF PA Qualification
1.  Hungary (H) 6 3 3 0 0 38 19 Semi-finals
2.  Italy 4 3 2 0 1 20 20 Quarter-finals
3.  Romania 2 3 1 0 2 19 28 Quarter-finals
4.  Greece 0 3 0 0 3 19 29
  • Tuesday 2005-06-13
Greece  7 – 8  Romania 2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-3
Italy  6 – 10  Hungary 2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3
  • Wednesday 2005-06-14
Greece  4 – 14  Hungary 4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-3
Italy  7 – 5  Romania 1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2
  • Thursday 2005-06-15
Greece  5 – 7  Italy 1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-1
Romania  6 – 14  Hungary 4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3

Group B

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Team Pts P W T L PF PA Qualification
1.  Serbia and Montenegro 6 3 3 0 0 29 21 Semi-finals
2.  Croatia 3 3 1 1 1 28 26 Quarter-finals
3.  Spain 3 3 1 1 1 24 21 Quarter-finals
4.  Russia 0 3 0 0 3 22 35
  • Tuesday 2005-06-13
Croatia  12 – 9  Russia 4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-1
Serbia and Montenegro  7 – 6  Spain 2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0
  • Wednesday 2005-06-14
Croatia  8 – 8  Spain 2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-2
Serbia and Montenegro  13 – 7  Russia 3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2
  • Thursday 2005-06-15
Russia  6 – 10  Spain 1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-3
Croatia  8 – 9  Serbia and Montenegro 1-3 • 2-0 • 2-4 • 3-2
  • Olympic champions Hungary and reigning world champion Serbia & Montenegro won their groups after three wins in a row and went straight to the semifinals on Saturday.

Quarter finals

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  • Friday 2005-06-16
    • First quarterfinal (17:30h)
Romania  7 – 10  Croatia 2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2
    • Second quarterfinal (19:00h)
Italy  3 – 9  Spain 0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3

Semi finals

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  • Saturday 2005-06-17
    • First semifinal (17:30h)
Hungary  10 – 6  Croatia 2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1
    • Second semifinal (19:00h)
Serbia and Montenegro  13 – 8  Spain 5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2

Finals

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  • Friday 2005-06-16
    • 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)
Greece  10 – 6  Russia 2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0
  • Saturday 2005-06-17
    • 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)
Romania  4 – 7  Italy 2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2
  • Sunday 2005-06-18
    • Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)
Croatia  10 – 13  Spain 2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2
    • Gold Medal Match (17:30h)
Hungary  9 – 10  Serbia and Montenegro 1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1

Final standings

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Top scorers

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RANK 2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP GOALS
1.  Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) 17
2.  Tamás Kásás (HUN) 13
 Felipe Perrone (ESP)
 Xavier García (ESP)
5.  Miho Bošković (CRO) 12
6.  Andrei Iosep (ROM) 11
7.  Péter Biros (HUN) 10
8.  Teo Đogaš (CRO) 9
9.  Gergely Kiss (HUN) 8
 Nikola Janović (SCG)

Squads

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References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.