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Waterpolo / Campeonatos del Mundo

MEN / HOMBRES

Year	Gold / Oro	Silver / Plata	Bronze / Bronce
1973	Hungary	Soviet Union (USSR)	Yugoslavia
1975	Soviet Union (USSR)	Hungary	Italy
1978	Italy	Hungary	Yugoslavia
1982	Soviet Union (USSR)	Hungary	West Germany (FRG)
1986	Yugoslavia	Italy	Soviet Union (USSR)
1991	Yugoslavia	Spain	Hungary
1994	Italy	Spain	Russia
1998	Spain	Hungary	Yugoslavia (SCG)
2001	Spain	Yugoslavia (SCG)	Russia
2003	Hungary	Italy	Serbia & Montenegro
2005	Serbia & Montenegro	Hungary	Greece
2007	Croatia	Hungary	Spain

All the champions / Todos los campeones

I Belgrade 1973

HUNGARY Trainer:

Istvan Szivos jr., Gabor Csapo, Tamas Farago, Laszlo Sarosi, Andras Bodnar, Zoltan Kasas, Ferenc Konrad, Balzs Balla, Istvan Görgeny.

II Cali 1975

SOVIET UNION Trainer:

III West Berlin 1978

ITALIA Trainer:

Alberto Alberani, Silvio Baracchini, Romeo Collina, Gianni de Magistris, Massimo Fondelli, Marco Galli, Sante Marsili, Alessandro Ghibellini, Paolo Ragosa, Mario Scotti-Galletta, Rolando Simeoni.

IV Guayaquil 1982

SOVIET UNION Trainer:

Vladimir Akimov, Yevgeny Scharonov, Michail Ivanov, Aleksandr Kleimenov, Aleksandr Kabanov, Sergei Kotenko, Nurlan Mendigaliev, Nikolai Smirnov, Viacheslav Sobschenko.

V Madrid 1986

YUGOSLAVIA Trainer:

Milorad Krivokapic, Deni Lusic, Zoran Petrovic, Perica Bukic, Veselin Duho, Dragan Andric, Mirko Vicevic, Dubravko Simenc, Goran Sukno, Tomislav Paskvalin, Igor Milanovic, Ante Vasovic, Andrija Popovic.

VI Perth 1991

YUGOSLAVIA Trainer:

Aleksandar Sostar, Dusan Popovic, Vaso Subotic, Dubravko Simenc, Igor Milanovic, Viktor Jelenic, Mirko Vicevic, Padovan, Mislav Bezmalinovic, Perica Bukic, Ante Vasovic, Goran Radjenovic, Renco Prosinkovic.

Finals (13.I.91): JUG 8-7 ESP (2-2, 1-1, 2-1, 3-3); HUN 13-12 USA

VII Rome 1994

ITALY Trainer:

Marco d´Altrui, Alessandro Bovo, Giuseppe Porzio, Alessandro Campagna, Roberto Calcaterra, Mario Fiorillo, Franco Porzio, Amedeo Pomilio, Ferdinando Gandolfi, Massimiliano Ferretti, Carlo Silippo.

Finals: ITA 10-5 ESP; RUS 14-13 CRO

VIII Perth 1998

SPAIN Trainer: Joan Jané

Jesús Rollán, Miguel González, Sergi Pedrerol, Gustavo Marcos, Manuel Estiarte, Daniel Ballart, Carlos Sanz, Iván Moro, Jordi Sans, Salvador Gómez, Iván Pérez, Rubén Michavila, Pedro Garcia.

Finals: ESP 6-4 HUN; YUG 9-5 AUS /// (Semifinals: HUN 10-5 AUS; ESP 5-3 YUG)

IX Fukuoka 2001

SPAIN Trainer: Joan Jané

Jesús Rollán, Carles Sanz, Sergi Pedrerol, Gustavo Marcos, Guillermo Molina, Ángel Andreo, Gabriel Hernández, Iván Moro, Daniel Ballart, Salvador Gómez, Iván Pérez, Javier Sánchez Toril, Daniel Moro.

Semifinals (28.VII.01): ESP 4-2 ITA (2-1, 0-0, 2-1, 0-0); YUG 9-8 RUS (4-4, 1-1, 2-2, 2-1)
Finals (29.VII.01): ESP 4-2 YUG (2-1, 0-0, 2-1, 0-0); RUS 7-6 ITA (2-1, 1-3, 1-0, 3-2)

X Barcelona 2003

HUNGARY Trainer: Denes Kemeny

Tibor Benedek, Peter Biros, Rajmund Fodor, Istvan Gergely, Tamas Kasas, Gergely Kiss, Norbert Madaras, Tamas Molnar, Barnabas Steinmetz, Zoltan Szecsi, Tamas Varga, Zsolt Varga, Attila Vari.

Semifinals (24.VII.03): HUN 9-8 GRE (2-1, 1-2, 1-2, 2-1 // 1-0, 0-0) // ITA 6-5 YUG (1-2, 2-0, 0-1, 3-2)
Finals (26.VII.03): HUN 11-9 ITA (2-1, 2-3, 2-1, 2-3 // 1-0, 2-1) // YUG 5-3 GRE (1-1, 2-1, 1-0, 1-1-)
11. Hungría: Szecsi; Kasas (1), Vari, Kiss (2, 1p), Benedek, Molnar (1), Biros (3) -equipo inicial-, Tamas Varga, Madaras (3), Zsolt Varga, Fodor y Stinmetz (1).
9. Italia: Gerini; Buonocore, Fiorentini (4), Angelini (1), Rath (1), Silipo (1), Bencivenga -equipo inicial-, Postiglione (2), Mangiante, Roberto Calcaterre, Feluco y Alessandro Calcaterra.
Parciales: 2-1, 2-3, 2-1 y 2-3 (tiempo reglamentario); 1-0 y 2-1 (prórroga).
Árbitros: Bookeman (NED) y Bock (GER).
Incidencias: partido de la final de waterpolo masculino de los mundiales de natación, disputado en la piscina desmontable instalada en el Palau Sant Jordi, donde se congregaron 10.800 aficionados.

XI Montréal 2005

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO Trainer: Petar Porobic

Vladimir Gojkovic, Danilo Ikodihovic, Nikola Janovic, Predrag Jokic, Slobodan Nikic, Zdravko Radic, Dejan Savic, Denis Sefik, Petar Trbojevic, Vanja Udovicic, Vladimir Yujasinovic, Aleksandar Zapic, Boris Zlokovic.

Semifinals (28.VII.05): SCG 5-4 CRO (3-2, 0-0, 1-0, 1-2) // HUN 7-6 GRE (2-1, 3-2, 1-1, 1-2)
Finals (30.VII.05): SCG 8-7 HUN (1-1, 2-2, 2-2, 3-2) // GRE 11-10* CRO (2-1, 3-3, 1-2, 3-3 // 0-0, 2-1)

8. Serbia & Montenegro: Denis Sefik, Petar Trbojevic, Nikola Janovic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic (1), Danilo Ikodinovic (4), Slobodan Nikic, Vladimir Gojkovic, Boris Zlokovic (1), Aleksandar Sapic (1), Vladimir Vujasinovic (1), Predrag Jokic, Zdravko Radic.
7. Hungary: Zoltan Szecsi, Daniel Varga, Norbert Madaras (2), Adam Steinmetz, Tamas Kasas, Attila Vari, Gergely Kiss (2), Csaba Kiss, Rajmund Fodor, Marton Szivos, Istvan Gergely, Tamas Molnar (2), Peter Biros (1).
Referees: Aaron Chaney (USA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 2-2, 3-2

VIII Melbourne 2007

CROATIA Trainer: Ratko Rudic

Samir Barac, Miho Boskovic, Damir Buric, Andro Buslje, Teo Dogas, Igor Hinic, Maro Jokovic, Aljosa Kunac, Pavo Markovic, Josip Pavic, Mile Smodlaka, Frano Vican, Zdeslav Vrdoljak.

1/4 Finals (28.III.07): HUN 13-6 GER // ESP 7-5 ITA // SRB 8-3 GRE // CRO 13-3 RUS
Semifinals (30.III.07): CRO 10-7 SRB (3-1, 3-1, 2-1, 2-4) // HUN 12-11* ESP (3-2, 2-4, 4-1, 1-3 // 2-1, 0-0)
Finals (01.IV.07): CRO 9-8 HUN (1-2, 3-1, 1-3, 2-1 // 1-1, 1-0); ESP 9-9** SRB (1-2, 1-1, 4-3, 2-2 // 0-1, 1-0 /// pen 9-8)

9 CROATIA: Vican, Buric, Buslje, Vrdoljak (1), Kunac, Jokovic (1), Smodlaka (1), Dogas (1), Markovic (2), Barac (2), Hinic, Boskovic (1), Pavic.

Statistics / Estadísticas
Medal table / Medallero

Pos	Country / País	G	S	B	Tot.
1.	Hungary	2	6	1	9
2.	Italy	2	2	1	5
.	Spain	2	2	1	5
4.	*Yugoslavia (YUG)	2	-	2	4
5.	Soviet Union (USSR)	2	1	1	4
6.	*Serbia & Montenegro (SCG)	1	1	2	4
7.	Croatia	1	-	-	1
7.	Russia	-	-	2	2
8.	West Germany	-	-	1	1
.	Greece	-	-	1	1

9	TOTAL	12	12	12	36

* The abbreviation YUG refers to the united Yugoslavia prior to 1992 (that is, including the former republics of Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Macedonia). The abbreviation SCG refers to the "Federal Republic of Serbia and Montenegro" since Apr. 17, 1992 (although it was still called "Yugoslavia" until 2003).
* Las siglas YUG se refieren a la Yugoslavia unida anterior a 1992 (incluyendo las repúblicas de Croacia, Eslovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina y Macedonia). Las siglas SCG se refieren a la "República de Serbia y Montenegro" desde el 17 de Abril de 1992 (aunque hasta 2003 se seguía llamando "Yugoslavia")

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