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Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

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{{Infobox International Handball Competition

| tourney_name =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country =

| dates = 19 – 29 July

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 4

| venues = {{flag|Japan}}

| cities = Fukuoka

| champion_other = {{Wp|ESP}}

| count = 2

| second_other = {{Wp|FRY}}

| third_other = {{Wp|RUS}}

| fourth_other = {{Wp|ITA}}

| matches = 60

| goals = 822

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|SCG}} Aleksandar Šapić
(18 goals)

| player =

| previous = Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

| next = Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

}}

The 2001 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 19 to 29 July 2001, and was incorporated into the 2001 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwch|format=dmy }}

Participating teams

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width=13% | Americas

! width=13% | Asia

! width=13% | Europe

! width=13% | Oceania

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| {{Wp|BRA}}
{{Wp|CAN}}
{{Wp|USA}}

| {{Wp|KAZ}}
{{Wp|JAP}}

| {{Wp|CRO}}
{{Wp|GER}}
{{Wp|GRE}}
{{Wp|HUN}}
{{Wp|ITA}}
{{Wp|NED}}
{{Wp|RUS}}
{{Wp|SVK}}
{{Wp|ESP}}
{{Wp|FRY}}

| {{Wp|AUS}}

=Groups formed=

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{{col-4}}

;Group A

  • {{wp|BRA}}
  • {{wp|ITA}}
  • {{wp|SVK}}
  • {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

{{col-4}}

;Group B

  • {{wp|GER}}
  • {{wp|GRE}}
  • {{wp|HUN}}
  • {{wp|KAZ}}

{{col-4}}

;Group C

  • {{wp|CAN}}
  • {{wp|NED}}
  • {{wp|RUS}}
  • {{wp|USA}}

{{col-4}}

;Group D

  • {{wp|AUS}}
  • {{wp|CRO}}
  • {{wp|JPN}}
  • {{wp|ESP}}

{{col-end}}

Squads

  • {{further|2001 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship Squads}}

Preliminary round

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Qualified for the Second round
width=10px |Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group. (Group G)

=Group A=

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! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

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| 1.

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

| 5

3210209+11
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 2.

| align=left | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 5

32102314+9
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wp|SVK}}

| 2

31021923–5
4.

| align=left | {{wp|BRA}}

| 0

30031127–16

  • July 19, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 6 – 7

| align=left | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

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

| 6 – 1

| align=left | {{wp|BRA}}

  • July 21, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 3 – 3

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

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

| 8 – 5

| align=left | {{wp|BRA}}

  • July 22, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 13 – 5

| align=left | {{wp|BRA}}

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

| 5 – 11

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

=Group B=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

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| 1.

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

| 6

33003220+12
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 2.

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

| 2

31022324–1
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

| 2

31021316–3
4.

| align=left | {{wp|GER}}

| 2

31022028–8

  • July 19, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 9 – 8

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

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

| 7 – 3

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

  • July 21, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 10 – 11

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

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

| 4 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

  • July 22, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 5 – 4

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

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

| 7 – 14

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

=Group C=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 1.

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

| 6

33003322+11
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 2.

| align=left | {{wp|NED}}

| 4

32012318+5
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wp|USA}}

| 2

31022019+1
4.

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

| 0

30031330–17

  • July 19, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 9 – 10

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

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

| 10 – 4

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

  • July 21, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 6 – 3

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

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

| 9 – 7

| align=left | {{wp|NED}}

  • July 22, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 14 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

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

| 5 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|NED}}

=Group D=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 1.

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

| 6

3300266+20
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 2.

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

| 4

32012014+6
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

| 2

31021321–8
4.

| align=left | {{wp|JPN}}

| 0

3003826–18

  • July 19, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 8 – 2

| align=left | {{wp|JAP}}

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

| 8 – 1

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

  • July 21, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 8 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

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

| 1 – 12

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

  • July 22, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 5 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

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

| 4 – 6

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

Second round

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=#aaffaa|Qualified for the Semi finals
width=10px bgcolor=#ccffcc|Will play for places 5–8 in a Knockout system
width=10px bgcolor=#eeffee|Will play for places 9–12 in a Knockout system

=Group E=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 1.

| align=left | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 9

54103825+13
bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 2.

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

| 7

53113721+16
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

| 6

53023632+4
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 4.

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

| 6

53023028+2
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 5.

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

| 2

51042648–22
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 6.

| align=left | {{wp|SVK}}

| 0

50052841–13

Preliminary round results apply.

  • July 24, 2001

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width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 13 – 3

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

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

| 8 – 9

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

align=right | {{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 4 – 3

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

  • July 25, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 8 – 7

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

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

| 7 – 10

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

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

| 7 – 8

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

  • July 26, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 2 – 4

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

align=right | {{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 16 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}

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

| 3 – 2

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

=Group F=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 1.

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

| 10

55004322+21
bgcolor=#AAFFAA

| 2.

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

| 8

54014335+8
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 3.

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

| 6

53024228+14
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| 4.

| align=left | {{wp|USA}}

| 2

51042942–13
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 5.

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

| 2

51042135–14
bgcolor=#EEFFEE

| 6.

| align=left | {{wp|NED}}

| 2

51042642–16

Preliminary round results apply.

  • July 24, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 8 – 3

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

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

| 4 – 10

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

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

| 3 – 12

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

  • July 25, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 5 – 10

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

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

| 6 – 5

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

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

| 8 – 7

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

  • July 26, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 5 – 11

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

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

| 5 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

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

| 8 – 9

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

=Group G=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

! width="25" |

! width="200" | Team

! width="60" | Points

! width="60" | G

! width="60" | W

! width="60" | D

! width="60" | L

! width="60" | GF

! width="60" | GA

! width="60" | Diff

13.

| align=left | {{wp|BRA}}

| 5

32102814+14
14.

| align=left | {{wp|GER}}

| 4

31202117+4
15.

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

| 3

31112125–4
16.

| align=left | {{wp|JAP}}

| 0

30032135–14

  • July 24, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 6 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

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

| 13 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|JAP}}

  • July 25, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 5 – 5

| align=left | {{wp|GER}}

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

| 12 – 9

| align=left | {{wp|JAP}}

  • July 26, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 10 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|JAP}}

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

| 10 – 3

| align=left | {{wp|CAN}}

Final round

=9th-12th place=

{{Round4-with third

| RD1=9th - 12th place

| RD2=9th place

| Consol=11th place

| 2001-07-28 – Fukuoka|{{wp|SVK}}|6|{{wp|AUS}}|7

| 2001-07-28 – Fukuoka|{{wp|KAZ}}|5|{{wp|NED}}|9

| 2001-07-29 – Fukuoka |{{wp|AUS}}|3|{{wp|NED}}|8

| 2001-07-29 – Fukuoka| {{wp|SVK}}|12|{{wp|KAZ}}|6

}}

  • July 28, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 6 – 7

| align=left | {{wp|AUS}}

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

| 5 – 9

| align=left | {{wp|NED}}

  • July 29, 2001 — 9th place

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

align=right | {{wp|AUS}}

| 3 – 8

| align=left | {{wp-rt|NED}}

  • July 29, 2001 — 11th place

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 12 – 6

| align=left | {{wp|KAZ}}


----

=5th-8th place=

{{Round4-with third

| RD1=5th - 8th place

| RD2=5th place

| Consol=7th place

| 2001-07-28 – Fukuoka|{{wp|GRE}}|'''12|{{wp|CRO}}|11

| 2001-07-28 – Fukuoka|{{wp|HUN}}|'''9|{{wp|USA}}|7

| 2001-07-29 – Fukuoka |{{wp|GRE}}|5|{{wp|HUN}}|'''8

| 2001-07-29 – Fukuoka| {{wp|CRO}}|9|{{wp|USA}}|'''10

}}

  • July 28, 2001

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 12 – 11

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

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

| 9 – 7

| align=left | {{wp|USA}}

  • July 29, 2001 — 5th place

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 5 – 8

| align=left | {{wp|HUN}}

  • July 29, 2001 — 7th place

style="text-align:center"
width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 9 – 10

| align=left | {{wp|USA}}


----

=1st-4th place=

{{Round4-with third

| July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka|{{wp|ESP}}|'''4|{{wp|ITA}}|2

| July 28, 2001 – Fukuoka|{{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}|'''9|{{wp|RUS}}|8

| July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka|{{wp|ESP}}|'''4|{{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}|2

| July 29, 2001 – Fukuoka|{{wp|RUS}}|'''7|{{wp|ITA}}|6

}}

=Semi finals=

  • July 28, 2001

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! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 4 – 2

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

align=right | {{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}

| 9 – 8

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

=Finals=

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 7 – 6

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

style="text-align:center"

! width=200 |

! width=100 |

! width=200 |

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

| 4 – 2

| align=left | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

Final ranking

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"

! RANK

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

bgcolor=gold

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

| {{wp|ESP}}

bgcolor=silver

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

| {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

bgcolor=cc9966

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

| {{wp|RUS}}

align="center" | 4.

| {{wp|ITA}}

align="center" | 5.

| {{wp|HUN}}

align="center" | 6.

| {{wp|GRE}}

align="center" | 7.

| {{wp|USA}}

align="center" | 8.

| {{wp|CRO}}

align="center" | 9.

| {{wp|NED}}

align="center" | 10.

| {{wp|AUS}}

align="center" | 11.

| {{wp|SVK}}

align="center" | 12.

| {{wp|KAZ}}

align="center" | 13.

| {{wp|BRA}}

align="center" | 14.

| {{wp|GER}}

align="center" | 15.

| {{wp|CAN}}

align="center" | 16.

| {{wp|JPN}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|wp|2001 FINA Men's World champions|ESP|Second}}

width=95%
align=center

|

|Team roster

Angel Andreo, Daniel Ballart, Salvador Gomez, Gabriel Hernandez, Gustavo Marcos, Guillermo Molina, Daniel Moro, Ivan Moro, Sergi Pedrerol, Ivan Perez, Jesus Rollan, Javier Sánchez, Carlos Sanz
Head coach: Juan Jané

{{col-end}}

Medalists

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:gold;" | Gold

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:silver;" | Silver

! style="text-align:center; width:15em; background-color:#CC9966;" | Bronze

style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|ESP}}
{{br separated entries

| Angel Andreo

| Daniel Ballart

| Salvador Gomez

| Gabriel Hernandez

| Gustavo Marcos

| Guillermo Molina

| Daniel Moro

| Ivan Moro

| Sergi Pedrerol

| Ivan Perez

| Jesus Rollan

| Javier Sánchez

| Carlos Sanz

| Head coach:
Juan Jané

}}

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|FR Yugoslavia}}

Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Viktor Jelenić
Branko Peković
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Šapić
Denis Šefik
Aleksandar Šoštar
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Vladimir Vujasinović (c)
Nenad Vukanić
Predrag Zimonjić

Head coach:
Nenad Manojlović

| style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;" | {{wp|RUS}}

Ilya Smirnov
Yuri Yatsev
Aleksandr Fyodorov
Nikolay Kozlov
Roman Balashov
Aleksandr Yeryshov
Revaz Chomakhidze
Alexey Panfili
Dmitry Gorshkov (c)
Marat Zakirov
Sergey Garbuzov
Irek Zinnurov
Andrei Rekechinski

Head coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov

Individual awards

  • Best Goalkeeper

:* {{flagathlete|Jesús Rollán | ESP}}

  • Topscorer

:* {{flagathlete|Aleksandar Šapić | SCG}} — 18 goals

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://www.fina.org/competitions/865/9th-fina-world-championships-2001/results?disciplines=WP&event=f51bb791-9444-430b-8663-8c3ee37f2093&unit=group-a 9th FINA World Championships 2001] FINA Water Polo website
  • [http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/World/Men_2001.html Men Water Polo World Championship 2001 Fukuoka] www.todor66.com


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2001

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