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. After six preliminary rounds, the ''Super Final'' was held in

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, Germany from 7 to 12 August 2007.

Preliminary round

Asia/Oceania

*Held in

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Europe I

*Held in

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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

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and

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Super Final

Teams

;GROUP A * * * * ;GROUP B * * * *

Squads

* Mitchal Ainsworth * Jamie Beadsworth * Ritchie Campbell * John Cotterill *

Pietro Figlioli Pietro Figlioli (born 29 May 1984) is an Italian professional water polo player. He competed for Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and for Italy in 2012 and 2016 and won two medals for Italy. He also won the world title in 2011. In 2012 he ...

* Trent Franklin * Robert Maitland * Anthony Martin * Ryan Moody * Nick O'Halloran * Grant Richardson * James Stanton * Thomas Whalan Head coach: * John Fox

* Brandon Jung * Aaron Feltham * Kevin Graham * Con Kudaba * Thomas Marks * Nathaniel Miller * Noah Miller * Kevin Mitchell *

Jean Sayegh Jean Sayegh (born June 28, 1981, in Lebanon) is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sayegh was ...

* Robin Randall * Andrew Robinson * Daniel Stein * Nic Youngblud Head coach: * Dragan Jovanović

Ge Weiqing Ge Weiqing (born 25 April 1977) is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. See also * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers ...

Guo Junliang "Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated as Cok, Gou, Quo, Quach, Quek, Que, Keh, Kuo, Kwo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, Kwee, Kwek, K ...

* Huang Quanhua * Bin Li * Li Jun *

Liang Zhongxing Liang Zhongxing (; born 23 December 1986, in Guangdong) is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officia ...

* Qiu Yuanzhong *

Tan Feihu Tan Feihu (born 1 January 1987 in Hunan) is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games o ...

* Han Zhidong * Yu Lijun * Yang Wang * Wang Yong * Wu Zhiyu Head coach: * Miroslav Trumbic

* Steffen Dierolf * Roger Kong * Tobias Kreuzmann * Sören Mackeben * Florian Naroska * Heiko Nossek * Moritz Oeler * Marc Politze * Marko Savić * Thomas Scherwitis * Andreas Schlotterbeck * Fabian Schrödter * Alexander Tchigir Head coach: *

Hagen Stamm Hagen Stamm (born 12 June 1960) is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won two European ...

* László Baksa * Péter Biros *

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 199 ...

* Miklós Gór-Nagy * Norbert Hosnyánszky *

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 six male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...

* Csaba Kiss * Gabor Kiss *

Norbert Madaras Norbert Madaras (born 1 December 1979 in Eger) is a Hungarian water polo player, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He also was on the squad that claimed the title at the 2 ...

* Tamás Molnár * Zoltán Szécsi * Márton Szivós * Dániel Varga Head coach: *

Dénes Kemény Dénes Kemény (born 14 June 1954) is a former Hungary, Hungarian water polo player who was the trainer and president of the Hungary men's national water polo team from 1997 to 2012. During his reign the Hungarian team won at least a medal in 2 ...

* Edward Andrei * Cosmin Baldoc * Andrei Busila * Robert Dinu * Gheorghe Dunca * Andrei Iosep * Ramiro Georgescu *

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* Alexandru Ghiban * Kalman Kadar * Tiberiu Negrean * Bertini Nenciu *

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 ...

Head coach: *

Vlad Hagiu Vlad Hagiu (born 29 March 1963) is a Romanian coach and former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Achievements Player ;Dinamo Bucharest * Romanian Superliga: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997 *LE ...

Milan Aleksić Milan Aleksić ( sr-cyr, Милан Алексић; born 13 May 1986) is a Serbian water polo center back who plays for Partizan and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He is a 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion and a 2012 Olympic bronze me ...

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 Olympi ...

* Filip Filipović *

Živko Gocić Živko Gocić ( sr-cyrl, Живко Гоцић; born 22 August 1982) is a former Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbian teams that won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a gold medal in 2016. He also held the worl ...

* Stefan Mitrović *

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 ...

Duško Pijetlović Duško Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Душко Пијетловић; born 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 ...

Gojko Pijetlović Gojko Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Гојко Пијетловић; born 7 August 1983) is a Serbian water polo player who plays as goalkeeper for VK Novi Beograd and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He was voted the best goalkeeper of 2014 E ...

Andrija Prlainović Andrija Prlainović ( sr-Cyrl, Андрија Прлаиновић; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian professional water polo player widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo tea ...

Aleksandar Šapić Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who has been the mayor of Belgrade since 2024, previously serving that role from 2022 to 2023. A ...

Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. During his playing career, he was part of two Olympic bronze medal squads, one for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympic ...

* Slobodan Soro *

Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić, (born Franjo Udovičić,, on 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is aligned with t ...

Head coach: * Dejan Udovičić

* Tony Azevedo * Ryan Bailey * Ronald Beaubien * Adam Hewko * Thomas Hopkins * Peter Hudnut * Genai Kerr * John Mann *

Merrill Moses Merrill M. Moses (born August 13, 1977) is a United States Olympic silver medalist, three-time Olympian, and three-time Pan American Games gold medalist water polo goalkeeper. He played college water polo for Pepperdine University, where he wa ...

* Jeffrey Powers * Jesse Smith * Peter Varellas * Adam Wright Head coach: *

Terry Schroeder Terry Alan Schroeder, DC (born October 9, 1958) is an American former water polo player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Schroeder is a chiropractor, practicing in Agoura Hill ...

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

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Awards

References

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