The 13th edition of the

FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo tournament, organized by FINA and featuring eight men's national teams. It was established in 1979, initially taking place on odd years. Since 2002 it is held every four years, in ...

was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on

Margitsziget Margaret Island ( hu, Margitsziget ; german: Margareteninsel; tr, Kızadası) is a long island, wide, ( in area) in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, Hungary. The island is mostly covered by landscape parks, and is a popular recrea ...

(Margaret Island) in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.

Teams

Squads

* Goran Volarević * Damir Burić * Boris Pavlović * Srđan Antonijević * Tihomil Vranješ * Ratko Štritof (captain) * Andrija Komadina * Teo Đogaš *

Andro Bušlje Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He ...

Nikša Dobud Nikša Dobud (born 5 August 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6'7" (200 cm) tall and weighs 276 lbs (125 kg) ...

* Aljosa Kunac * Miho Bošković *

Miro Kačić Miro Kačić (7 July 1946 – 6 February 2001) was a Croatian linguist. After finishing primary school in Pučišća and high school in Zagreb, he enrolled in Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb where he graduated in Romance studie ...

Head coach: *

Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in ...

* Filippos Karampetsos *

Anastasios Schizas Anastasios Schizas (born 18 February 1977) is a Greek retired water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place). Schizas was part of the Greece men's national water polo team that won ...

* Dimitrios Mazis * Konstantinos Kokkinakis *

Christos Afroudakis Christos Afroudakis (born 23 May 1984) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the captain of the team that competed for Greece at the 2016 Summe ...

* Argyris Theodoropoulos *

Nikitas Kocheilas Nikitas Kocheilas ( el, Νικήτας Κόχειλας; born 1 March 1983) is a Greek water polo player. As a member of Greece men's national water polo team, he won the bronze medal at the 2006 FINA World League and competed at the 2006 Eur ...

* Georgios Ntoskas * Georgios Afroudakis (captain) * Andreas Miralis * Konstantinos Dimou * Manolis Mylonakis * Georgios Reppas Head coach: * Alessandro Campagna

* Zoltán Szécsi *

Dániel Varga Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the older brother of Dénes Varga; they are curr ...

* Norbert Madaras * Ádám Steinmetz *

Tamás Kásás Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player. Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...

(captain) * Márton Szivós *

Gergely Kiss Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...

Csaba Kiss Csaba () is a Hungarian given name for males. Csaba is the native Hungarian name for Ernak, the youngest son of Attila the Hun.''Gesta Hungarorum'', Simon Keza, Edited and translated by Laszlo Veszpremy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jeno Szu ...

Rajmund Fodor Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 1 ...

Péter Biros Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three ...

* Gábor Kiss * Tamás Molnár * Gábor Jászberényi Head coach: * Dénes Kemény

* Stefano Tempesti * Massimo Giacoppo * Valerio Rizzo * Fabrizio Buonocore * Andrea Scotti Galletta *

Maurizio Felugo Maurizio Felugo (born 4 March 1981) is an Italian male water polo player. He was a member of the Italy men's national water polo team, playing as a driver. Biography Born at Rapallo, he currently plays for Pro Recco and the Italia ...

* Federico Mistrangelo *

Fabio Bencivenga Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976 in Curti, Campania, Curti) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia, Mars, Sol). He was ...

* Arnaldo Deserti * Alessandro Calcaterra (captain) * Luigi Di Costanzo * Goran Fiorentini *Fabio Violetti Head coach: * Paolo Malara

* Nenciu Berttini *

Cosmin Radu Cosmin Alexandru Radu (born November 9, 1981) is a former Romanian professional water polo player who is currently vice-president of the Romanian Waterpolo Federation. He has played for , Rapid Bucharest, Rari Nantes Florentia, Primorje Rijeka ...

* Florin Muşat * Florin Bonca * Andrei Iosep * Andrei Bușilă *

Gheorghe Dunca Gheorghe is a Romanian given name and surname. It is a variant of George, also a name in Romanian but with soft Gs. It may refer to: Given name * Gheorghe Adamescu * Gheorghe Albu * Gheorghe Alexandrescu * Gheorghe Andriev * Gheorghe Apostol * ...

* Ramiro Georgescu * Alexandru Ghiban *

George Georgescu George Georgescu (September 12, 1887 – September 1, 1964) was a Romanian conductor. The moving force behind the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra for decades beginning shortly after World War I, a protégé of Artur Nikisch and a close associ ...

* Alexandru Matei Guiman *

Kálmán Kádár Kálmán János Kádár (; born 11 June 1979) is a Romanian water polo player. Kádár, who comes from the Hungarian minority in Romania, was part of the Romania men's national water polo team The Romania men's national water polo team is ...

* Robert Dinu Head coach: * Vlad Hagiu

* Igor Shaltanov * Yuri Yatsev * Pavel Khalturin * Roman Dokuchaev * Roman Balashov * Anton Korotaev * Revaz Chomakhidze (captain) * Dmitri Stratan * Aleksey Agarkov * Marat Zakirov * Viktor Vishnyakov * Andrei Reketchinski * Yegor Rastorguev Head coach: *

Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (russian: Александр Серге́евич Кабанов, 14 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He is one of a few sportspeo ...

Denis Šefik Denis Šefik ( sr-cyr, Денис Шефик; born 20 September 1976) is Serbian water polo player who plays for VK Radnički. He represented the Serbia and Montenegro national team until 2006, Serbian national team until 2008 and since 2010, r ...

* Živko Gocić *

Nikola Janović Nikola Janović ( sr-cyrl, Никола Јановић; born 22 March 1980, in Kotor) is a Montenegrin water polo player and the former Minister of Sports and Youth of Montenegro. He was one of the best water polo player in the wo ...

* Filip Filipović *

Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of the Serbia men's national water polo team and Crvena zvezda. During his playing ...

(captain) *

Danilo Ikodinović Danilo “Dača” Ikodinović ( sr-cyrl, Данило Дача Икодиновић, born 4 October 1976) is a Serbian former professional water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics (with Yugoslavia) and t ...

Slobodan Nikić Slobodan Nikić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Никић; born 25 January 1983) is a Serbian professional water polo player. He is currently free agent and he is a long-standing member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His most ...

* Vladimir Gojković *

Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Ćirić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Ћирић, born 30 December 1977 in Belgrade) is a Serbian retired water polo player and current head coach of European powerhouse Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team, who played for two Olymp ...

Aleksandar Šapić Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician, and former professional water polo player serving as mayor of Belgrade since 20 June 2022. A member and current vice-president of the Serb ...

Duško Pijetlović Duško Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Душко Пијетловић; 25 April 1985) is a Serbian water polo center forward for VK Novi Beograd. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won Olympic gold medals in 2016 and 2020 ...

* Predrag Jokić * Zdravko Radić Head coaches: * Nenad Manojlović * Petar Porobić * Nebojša Novoselac

* Inaki Aguilar * Mario García * David Martín *

Ricardo Perrone Ricardo Perrone (born 21 December 1976) is a Spanish water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo References External links

* 1976 births ...

Guillermo Molina Guillermo Molina Ríos (born 16 March 1984 in Ceuta) is a Spanish water polo player who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in four consecutive Summer Olympics ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio. He was t ...

* Sergi Mora * Óscar Rey * José Rodríguez *

Xavier Vallès Xavier Vallès Trias (born 4 September 1979) is a Spanish water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. and 2012 Summer Olympics See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of W ...

Felipe Perrone Felipe Perrone Rocha (born 27 February 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Spanish-Brazilian water polo player. He competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards he competed for his ...

* Iván Pérez (captain) * Xavier García * Ángel Andreo Head coach: * Rafael Aguilar

Preliminary round

*Tuesday 2005-06-13 *Wednesday 2005-06-14 *Thursday 2005-06-15

Standings

*''Olympic champions

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

and reigning world champion

Serbia & Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

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) **Second quarterfinal (19:00h)

Semi finals

*Saturday 2005-06-17 **First semifinal (17:30h) **Second semifinal (19:00h)

Finals

*Friday 2005-06-16 **7th/8th-place match (15:00h) *Saturday 2005-06-17 **5th/6th-place match (15:00h) *Sunday 2005-06-18 **Bronze Medal Match (15:30h) **Gold Medal Match (17:30h)

Top scorers

References

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