FINA
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. After six preliminary rounds the ''Super Final'' was held in
Berlin, Germany
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from August 7 to August 12, 2007.
Preliminary round
Asia/Oceania
*Held in
Shanghai
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PR China
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Novi Sad
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Serbia
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Pescara
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Italy
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*''Germany qualified as the hosting nation of the Super Final''
*July 4, 2007
*July 5, 2007
*July 6, 2007
*July 7, 2007
*July 8, 2007
*July 18, 2007
*July 19, 2007
*July 20, 2007
*July 21, 2007
*July 22, 2007
Europe II
*Held in
Budapest, Hungary
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and
Portugalete
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Ritchie Campbell
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John Cotterill
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Pietro Figlioli
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Ryan Moody
Ryan may refer to:
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Nick O'Halloran
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Grant Richardson
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Thomas Whalan
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Brandon Jung
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Aaron Feltham
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Kevin Graham
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Con Kudaba
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Thomas Marks
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He was born in Kilfinane, the son of Samuel Marks, and came with his famil ...
Jean Sayegh
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Ge Weiqing
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See also
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament ...
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Guo Junliang
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Liang Zhongxing
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The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officiall ...
Tan Feihu
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The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of ...
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Han Zhidong
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Heiko Nossek
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Moritz Oeler
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Andreas Schlotterbeck
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Alexander Tchigir
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See also
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Hagen Stamm
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Péter Biros
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Rajmund Fodor
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Norbert Hosnyánszky
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*
Gergely Kiss
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Csaba Kiss
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Norbert Madaras
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Tamás Molnár
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Zoltán Szécsi
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Dániel Varga
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He is the older brother of Dénes Varga; they are curr ...
Head Coach:
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Dénes Kemény
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Edward Andrei
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Robert Dinu
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See also
* Romania men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
* List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
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George Georgescu
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Cosmin Radu
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Head Coach:
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Vlad Hagiu
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Achievements Player
;Dinamo Bucharest
*Romanian Superliga (water polo), Romanian Superliga: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1 ...
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Milan Aleksić
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Aleksandar Ćirić
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Živko Gocić
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Slobodan Nikić
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Duško Pijetlović
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Gojko Pijetlović
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He was voted the best goalkeeper of 2014 ...
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Andrija Prlainović
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Aleksandar Šapić
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Dejan Savić
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During his playing ...
*
Slobodan Soro
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As a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Oly ...
*
Vanja Udovičić
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Head Coach:
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Dejan Udovičić
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*
Tony Azevedo
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Genai Kerr
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Merrill Moses
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Peter Varellas
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Terry Schroeder
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Group A
*August 7, 2007
*August 8, 2007
*August 9, 2007
Group B
*August 7, 2007
*August 8, 2007
*August 9, 2007
Quarterfinals
*August 10, 2007
Semifinals
*August 11, 2007
Finals
*August 12, 2007 — Seventh place
*August 12, 2007 — Fifth place
*August 12, 2007 — Third place
*August 12, 2007 — First place
Final ranking
''Serbia qualified for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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PR China
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