2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

| league = FINA Water Polo World Cup

| sport = Water polo

| logo =

| duration = 13 – 18 June

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| season =

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| playoffs = Super Final

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| finals_champ = {{wp|SCG}}

| finals_runner-up = {{wp|HUN}}

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| seasonslist = FINA Water Polo World Cup

| seasonslistnames = FINA Water Polo World Cup

| prevseason_link = 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

| prevseason_year = 2002

| nextseason_link = 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

| nextseason_year = 2010

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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.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwcp |format=dmy }}

Teams

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

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width=30%|Teamswidth=40%|Qualified as
{{wp|HUN}}
{{wp|SCG}}
{{wp|GRE}}
{{wp|CRO}}
{{wp|ESP}}
{{wp|ROM}}
{{wp|RUS}}
{{wp|ITA}}

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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

Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship

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width=35%| Pot 1

!width=20%| Pot 2

!width=20%| Pot 3

!width=25%| Pot 4

{{fbw|SCG}} (1)

{{fbw|HUN}} (2) (H)

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{{fbw|GRE}} (3)

{{fbw|CRO}} (4)

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{{fbw|ESP}} (5)

{{fbw|ROM}} (6)

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{{fbw|RUS}} (7)

{{fbw|ITA}} (8)

Groups

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!width=40%|GROUP A

!width=60%|GROUP B

{{wp|HUN}} (H)

{{wp|GRE}}

{{wp|ROM}}

{{wp|ITA}}

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{{wp|SCG}}

{{wp|CRO}}

{{wp|ESP}}

{{wp|RUS}}

Preliminary round

=Group A=

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!width=20|

!width=140|Team

!width=40|Pts

!width=40|P

!width=40|W

!width=40|T

!width=40|L

!width=40|PF

!width=40|PA

!width=120|Qualification

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|1.

|align=left|{{wp|HUN}} (H)

|6

33003819Semi-finals
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|2.

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

|4

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|3.

|align=left|{{wp|ROM}}

|2

31021928Quarter-finals
4.

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

|0

30031929

  • Tuesday 2005-06-13

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|align=center|7 – 8

|{{wp|ROM}}

| 2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-3

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|align=center|6 – 10

|{{wp|HUN}}

| 2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3

  • Wednesday 2005-06-14

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|align=center|4 – 14

|{{wp|HUN}}

| 4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-3

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|align=center|7 – 5

|{{wp|ROM}}

| 1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2

  • Thursday 2005-06-15

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|align=center|5 – 7

|{{wp|ITA}}

| 1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-1

align=right|{{wp-rt|ROM}}

|align=center|6 – 14

|{{wp|HUN}}

| 4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3

=Group B=

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!width=20|

!width=200|Team

!width=40|Pts

!width=40|P

!width=40|W

!width=40|T

!width=40|L

!width=40|PF

!width=40|PA

!width=120|Qualification

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|1.

|align=left|{{wp|SCG}}

|6

33002921Semi-finals
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|2.

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

|3

31112826Quarter-finals
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|3.

|align=left|{{wp|ESP}}

|3

31112421Quarter-finals
4.

|align=left|{{wp|RUS}}

|0

30032235

  • Tuesday 2005-06-13

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CRO}}

|align=center|12 – 9

|{{wp|RUS}}

| 4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-1

align=right|{{wp-rt|SCG}}

|align=center|7 – 6

|{{wp|ESP}}

| 2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0

  • Wednesday 2005-06-14

width=200|

!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CRO}}

|align=center|8 – 8

|{{wp|ESP}}

| 2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-2

align=right|{{wp-rt|SCG}}

|align=center|13 – 7

|{{wp|RUS}}

| 3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2

  • Thursday 2005-06-15

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|RUS}}

|align=center|6 – 10

|{{wp|ESP}}

| 1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-3

align=right|{{wp-rt|CRO}}

|align=center|8 – 9

|{{wp|SCG}}

| 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

  • Friday 2005-06-16
  • First quarterfinal (17:30h)

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ROM}}

|align=center|7 – 10

|{{wp|CRO}}

| 2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2

  • Second quarterfinal (19:00h)

width=200|

!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|align=center|3 – 9

|{{wp|ESP}}

| 0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3

Semi finals

  • Saturday 2005-06-17
  • First semifinal (17:30h)

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|HUN}}

|align=center|10 – 6

|{{wp|CRO}}

| 2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1

  • Second semifinal (19:00h)

width=200|

!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|SCG}}

|align=center|13 – 8

|{{wp|ESP}}

| 5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2

Finals

  • Friday 2005-06-16
  • 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|align=center|10 – 6

|{{wp|RUS}}

| 2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0

  • Saturday 2005-06-17
  • 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ROM}}

|align=center|4 – 7

|{{wp|ITA}}

| 2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2

  • Sunday 2005-06-18
  • Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CRO}}

|align=center|10 – 13

|{{wp|ESP}}

| 2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2

  • Gold Medal Match (17:30h)

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!width=80|

!width=200|

!width=220|

align=right|{{wp-rt|HUN}}

|align=center|9 – 10

|{{wp|SCG}}

| 1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1

Final standings

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!RANK

!align="left" style="width: 17em"|TEAM

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|align="center"|Image:Med 1.png

|{{wp|SER}}

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|align="center"|Image:Med 2.png

|{{wp|HUN}}

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|align="center"|Image:Med 3.png

|{{wp|ESP}}

align="center"|4.

|{{wp|CRO}}

align="center"|5.

|{{wp|ITA}}

align="center"|6.

|{{wp|ROM}}

align="center"|7.

|{{wp|GRE}}

align="center"|8.

|{{wp|RUS}}

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{{winners|wp|2006 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup|Serbia|First}}

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Top scorers

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 25em"|2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUPalign="left" style="width: 5em"|GOALS
align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Aleksandar Šapić|SCG}}

|align="center"|17

rowspan=3 align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Tamás Kásás|HUN}}

|rowspan=3 align="center"|13

{{flagathlete|Felipe Perrone|ESP}}
{{flagathlete|Xavier García|ESP}}
align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Miho Bošković|CRO}}

|align="center"|12

align="center"|6.

|{{flagathlete|Andrei Iosep|ROM}}

|align="center"|11

align="center"|7.

|{{flagathlete|Péter Biros|HUN}}

|align="center"|10

align="center"|8.

|{{flagathlete|Teo Đogaš|CRO}}

|align="center"|9

rowspan=2 align="center"|9.

|{{flagathlete|Gergely Kiss|HUN}}

|rowspan=2 align="center"|8

{{flagathlete|Nikola Janović|SCG}}

Squads

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References

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{{FINA champs}}

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