Men Water Polo I World Championship 1973 Beograd, Yugoslavia - 1st to 9th September - Winner Hungary
Part of I Aquatics World Championship 1973 swimming World 1973 index
Final Groupptswindrwlstgfgag+-
1.HUN Hungary941028:17+11
2.URS Soviet Union840130:16+14
3.YUG Yugoslavia521223:22+1
4.ITA Italy420322:25-3
5.USA United States420322:28-6
6.CUB Cuba000515:32-17
TeamHungSoviYugoItalUnitCuba
HUN Hungary--- 5:4 3:36:4 6:2 8:4
URS Soviet Union ---6:2 6:2 8:5 6:2
YUG Yugoslavia --- 6:5 8:3
ITA Italy 5:4--- 6:3
USA United States 6:5---4:3
CUB Cuba ---
datetimeteam 1 __________scoreteam 2 __________1T2T3T
Transferred from Group B: Hungary 6-4 Italy. Transferred from Group A: Soviet Union 6-2 Yugoslavia. Transferred from Group C: United States 4-3 Cuba.
Day 1
Thu 06.09.7317:00HUN Hungary6-2USA United States1-02-14-2
Hungary: Farago 3, Szivos 2, Csapo --- USA: Asch, Schbugg. Referee: Fuchs, Belgium.
Thu 06.09.7320:30URS Soviet Union6-2ITA Italy2-03-05-2
Soviet Union: Barkalov 2, Mshveniaradze 2, Dreval 1, Kabanov 1 --- Italy: Ghibellini 1, D'Angelo 1.
Thu 06.09.7321:30YUG Yugoslavia8-3CUB Cuba2-03-25-2
1T: 1-0 Bonacic 2-0 Savinovic 2T: 3-0+ Belamaric 3-1+ D. Rodriguez 3-2 D. Rodriguez 3T: 4-2 Belamaric 5-2+ Stamenic 4T: 6-2 Stamenic 7-2 Belamaric 7-3 G. Rodriguez pen. 8-3 Bonacic Referee: Polman, West Germany.
Day 2
Fri 07.09.7317:00YUG Yugoslavia6-5USA United States4-25-36-3
Fri 07.09.73 ITA Italy6-3CUB Cuba1-01-13-1
Italy: Ghibellini 2, Baracchini 1, Marsili III 1, Aversa 1 --- Cuba: D. Rodriguez 2, Garcia 1.
Fri 07.09.7321:30HUN Hungary5-4URS Soviet Union1-12-12-2
Virtual Final Hungary: Csapo 3, Bodnar, Sarosi --- Soviet Union: Barkalov 2, Dreval, Kabanov. Referee: Marculescu, Romania.
Day 3
Sat 08.09.73 USA United States6-5ITA Italy0-21-44-4
4T: 4-5 ; 5-5 3:10 ; 6-5 Asch 4:57
Sat 08.09.7320:30HUN Hungary3-3YUG Yugoslavia0-01-02-3
Hungary: Csapo 2, Szivos --- Yugoslavia: Belamaric 2, Boancic. Referee: Dirnweber, Austria.
Sat 08.09.73 URS Soviet Union6-2CUB Cuba
Day 4
Sun 09.09.7314:00HUN Hungary8-4CUB Cuba1-14-35-3
Hungary: Sarosi 3, Farago 2, Szivos 2, Csapo --- Cuba: Sanchez, Cowley. Referee: Mrculescu, Romania.
Sun 09.09.73 ITA Italy5-4YUG Yugoslavia1-11-33-4
Italy: Marsili III 2, Ghibellini 2, De Magistris 1 --- Yugoslavia: Bonacic 1, Stamenic 1, Belamaric 1, Lizoca 1. Referee: Angella, France.
Sun 09.09.73 URS Soviet Union8-5USA United States1-14-36-4
Referee: Pollman, West Germany
Final RankingPtswondrwlstgfgag+-m
1.HUN Hungary1571058:24+348
2.URS Soviet Union1680165:28+378
3.YUG Yugoslavia1361256:38+188
4.ITA Italy1050345:33+128
5.USA United States731436:42-68
6.CUB Cuba630531:39-88
Group 7-12
7.ROU Romania1151255:37+208
8.NED Netherlands1260352:34+188
9.MEX Mexico832440:41-18
10.ESP Spain630538:44-68
11.FRG West Germany622436:44-88
12.GRE Greece412532:46-148
Group 13-16
13.BUL Bulgaria731335:3507
14.AUS Australia420532:33-17
15.GBR Great Britain311521:50-297
16.ISR Israel000715:79-647
Qualification
First 10 from Munchen Olympic Games Olympic Men 1972.
First 2 from European Qualification (additional quotas - 1 for Yugoslavia and 1 for Europe) Europe Men WQ 1973 - Bulgaria and Greece.
1 team (3rd) from PanAm games America Men_PG 1971 - Mexico.
Israel from Asia (Qualification in Iran July 1973? after Japan withdrawl). Japan was winner of Asia Men_AG 1970.
Australia from Oceania.
Great Britain as 3rd European team was added, replacing Japan.
First Groups Round
Group A
URSYUGNEDMEXAUSGBR
Group B
HUNITAROUESPISR
Group C
CUBUSAFRGGREBUL
Group 7-12ptswondrwlstgfgag+-
7.ROU Romania941035:21+14
8.NED Netherlands840131:18+13
9.MEX Mexico412221:22-1
10.ESP Spain420322:29-7
11.FRG West Germany311319:27-8
12.GRE Greece202317:28-11
TeamRomaNethMexiSpaiWestGree
ROU Romania---6:53:310:45:311:6
NED Netherlands ---5:35:49:37:2
MEX Mexico ---5:3 4:4
ESP Spain ---6:55:4
FRG West Germany 7:6 ---1:1
GRE Greece ---
datetimeteam 1 __________scoreteam 2 __________1T2T3T
Transferred from Group B: Romania 10-4 Spain. Transferred from Group A: Netherlands 5-3 Mexico. Transferred from Group C: West Germany 1-1 Greece.
Day 1
Thu 06.09.73 ROU Romania11-6GRE Greece3-15-38-4
Popescu 3, C. Rusu 2, Cl. Rusu 2, Zamfirescu, Slavei, Rus, Lazar --- Kougevetopoulos 2, Palios 2, E. Damaskos, Sarantos.
Thu 06.09.73 NED Netherlands5-4ESP Spain1-02-13-3
Thu 06.09.73 FRG West Germany7-6MEX Mexico
Day 2
Fri 07.09.7314:00ROU Romania6-5NED Netherlands2-14-25-3
1T: 1-0 Viorel Rus +1 2-0 Cornel Rus +1 2-1 Veer +1 2T: 3-1 Dinu Popescu 4m 3-2 Landeweer 4m 4-2 Adrian Servan 3T: 5-2 Viorel Rus -1 5-3 Keeman 4T: 5-4 Keeman 4m 6-4 Ilie Slavei +1 6-5 Keman 4m
Fri 07.09.7315:00ESP Spain6-5FRG West Germany2-13-34-4
Spain: Sans 3, Guardia 1, Canovas, Rubio 1. 4T: 4-5 0:42
Fri 07.09.7316:00MEX Mexico4-4GRE Greece1-11-21-3
Day 3
Sat 08.09.73 ESP Spain5-4GRE Greece3-24-24-2
Spain: Canovas 2, Ventura 1, Soler 1, Sans 1. Referee: De Stefano, Italy.
Sat 08.09.73 NED Netherlands9-3FRG West Germany0-14-15-3
1T: 0-1 Becker 2T: 1-1 Parrel 2-1 Hermsen 3-1 Landeweerd 4-1 Hermsen 3T: 5-1 Landeweerd 5-2 Gassah 5-3 Schmidt 4T: 6-3 Hemrsen 7-3 Hermsen 8-3 Keman 9-3 Landeweerd
Sat 08.09.73 ROU Romania3-3MEX Mexico1-02-22-3
3-3 Popescu
Day 4
Sun 09.09.73 ROU Romania5-3FRG West Germany1-14-15-2
Sun 09.09.73 MEX Mexico5-3ESP Spain2-04-34-3
Sun 09.09.73 NED Netherlands7-2GRE Greece3-05-06-0
1T: 1-0 Landeweerd 2-0 2-0 Landeweerd 3-0 Hermsen 2T: 4-0 Drenth 5-0 Veer 3T: 6-0 Stroboer 4T: 7-0 Hoepelman 7-1 Palics 7-2 Damaskos
Group 13-16ptswondrwlstgfgag+-
13.BUL Bulgaria521016:10+6
14.AUS Australia420118:5+14
15.GBR Great Britain311116:14+2
16.ISR Israel00039:30-21
TeamBulgAustGreaIsra
BUL Bulgaria---3:25:58:3
AUS Australia ---4:112:1
GBR Great Britain ---10:5
ISR Israel ---
datetimeteam 1 __________scoreteam 2 __________1T2T3T
Transferred from Group A: Australia 4-1 Great Britain.
Thu 06.09.73 BUL Bulgaria3-2AUS Australia0-02-03-1
Thu 06.09.73 GBR Great Britain10-5ISR Israel
Fri 07.09.7313:00BUL Bulgaria8-3ISR Israel3-15-36-3
Sat 08.09.73 BUL Bulgaria5-5GBR Great Britain
Sat 08.09.73 AUS Australia12-1ISR Israel

First Groups Round.

First 2 to Final Group. 3rd and 4th to Group 7-12.Rest to Group 13-16. Scores are transferred.
Draw on August 28th 1973 in Belgrade.
Matches on 1st, 2nd and 3rd September played in open swimming pool Tajmadan. Matches on 4th and 5th September played at closed swimming pool Banjica, exept Hungary - Italy on 4th September and Soviet Union - Yugoslavia on 5th September, which were held at Tajmadan.
Group Aptswindrwlstgfgag+-to
1.URS Soviet Union1050041:14+272. Final Group
2.YUG Yugoslavia840135:22+133. Final Group
3.NED Netherlands630226:19+78. Group 7-12
4.MEX Mexico420322:24-29. Group 7-12
5.AUS Australia210418:29-1114.Group 13-16
6.GBR Great Britain00056:40-3415.Group 13-16
TeamSoviYugoNethMexiAustGrea
URS Soviet Union---6:25:47:49:314:1
YUG Yugoslavia ---8:56:510:69:0
NED Netherlands ---5:34:28:1
MEX Mexico ---5:35:3
AUS Australia ---4:1
GBR Great Britain ---
datetimeteam 1 __________scoreteam 2 __________1T2T3T
Sat 01.09.7309:30NED Netherlands5-3MEX Mexico3-03-14-2
transferred to Group 7-12. Landeweer -- Alanis, Valencia, Garcia
Sat 01.09.7318:00YUG Yugoslavia9-0GBR Great Britain1-03-07-0
1T: 1-0+ Ruduc 2T: 2-0 Ruduc 3-0+ Rudic 3T: 4-0+ Manojlovic 5-0 Rudic 6-0 Polic 7-0 Belamaric 4T: 8-0 Nanojlovic 9-0 Stamenic+ Referee: Angelhaus, Belgium att: 2,000.
Sat 01.09.7321:00URS Soviet Union9-3AUS Australia3-04-26-3
Sun 02.09.7311:30AUS Australia4-1GBR Great Britain0-01-04-1
transferred to Group 13-16
Sun 02.09.7319:00YUG Yugoslavia6-5MEX Mexico2-22-34-5
1T: 1-0 Belamaric 1-1 Fernandez 1-2+ Valencia 2-2+ Bonacic 2T:+ Valencia 3T: 3-3+ Belamaric 3-4 Valencia 4-4+ Bonacic 4-5 Valencia 4T: Lozitsa 6-5 Belamaric pen. Referee:
Sun 02.09.7321:00URS Soviet Union5-4NED Netherlands1-13-24-3
Mon 03.09.7310:30MEX Mexico5-3AUS Australia1-13-24-2
Mon 03.09.7313:00YUG Yugoslavia8-5NED Netherlands2-14-17-3
1T: 1-0 Dalmaric p.; 1-1 Parrel p.; 2-1 Savonovic +1; 2T: 3-1 Peresic; 4-1 Bonacic p'; 3T: 5-1 Peresic +1; 6-1 Dalamaric +1; 6-2 Drenth +1; 7-2 Stamenic +1; 7-3 Veer +1 4T: 7-4 Stroboer +1; 8-4 Dalamaric +1; 8-5 Landeweerd
Mon 03.09.7320:00URS Soviet Union14-1GBR Great Britain3-06-19-1
Tue 04.09.7312:00NED Netherlands8-1GBR Great Britain2-04-15-1
1T: 1-0 2-0 Drenth 2T: 3-0 Landeweerd; 3-1 Jones; 4-1 Landeweerd 3T: 5-1 Stroboer; 4T: 6-1 Veer; 7-1 Buunk; 8-1 Parrel
Tue 04.09.7315:00URS Soviet Union7-4MEX Mexico
Tue 04.09.7317:00YUG Yugoslavia10-6AUS Australia3-15-38-4
1T: 1-0 Belamaric 1-1 Turner pen. 2-1 Savinovic pen. 3-1 Belamaric 2T: 4-1 Perishic 4-2+ Turner 4-3+ Harisson 5-3 Bonacic 3T: 6-3+ Rudic 7-3+ Rudic 7-4+ Kuhi 8-4+ Belamaric 4T: 9-4+ Belamaric 9-5 L. Kuhi 9-6+ R. Kuhi 10-6+ Stamenic
Wed 05.09.7313:00MEX Mexico5-3GBR Great Britain
Wed 05.09.7316:00NED Netherlands4-2AUS Australia1-11-12-1
1T: 1-0 Parrel p., 1-1 Turner p. 2T: 2-1 Buunk; 3T: 3-1 Strober; 3-2 Nunn p.; 4-2 Landeweerd
Wed 05.09.7320:30URS Soviet Union6-2YUG Yugoslavia
transferred to Final Group 1-0 Kabanov 1-1+ Belamaric 2-1 Osipov 3-1 Kabanov 4-1 Dreval 5-1 Barkalov 5-2 Savinovic 6-2+ Osipovic Referee: Marculescu, Romania att.: 5,000. Akimov failed a dopping test, but the 2nd sample reversed the result, founding only big concentration of coffeine.
Group Bptswindrwlstgfgag+-to
1.HUN Hungary840036:11+251. Final Group
2.ITA Italy630127:14+134. Final Group
3.ROU Romania420230:20+107. Group 7-12
4.ESP Spain210320:25-510.Group 7-12
5.ISR Israel00046:49-4316.Group 13-16
TeamHungItalRomaSpaiIsra
HUN Hungary---6:49:47:314:0
ITA Italy ---6:45:212:2
ROU Romania ---10:412:1
ESP Spain ---11:3
ISR Israel ---
datetimeteam 1 __________scoreteam 2 __________1T2T3T
Sat 01.09.7310:30ESP Spain11-3ISR Israel3-08-010-1
Spain: Sans 4, Jane 3, Rubio 1, Canovas 1, Soler 1, Soler 1 --- Israel: Rosenfeld 2, Shefar 1. Referee: Van der Pol, Canada.
Sat 01.09.7319:00ITA Italy5-4ROU Romania1-13-24-3
Italy: S. Marsili 3, Aversa, Barachini --- Romania: C. Rusu, Cl. Rusu, I. Slavei, Lazar.
Sun 02.09.7309:30ROU Romania12-1ISR Israel3-06-19-1
Romania: Popescu 6, Frincu 3, Cl. Rusu 2, C. Rusu
Sun 02.09.7320:00HUN Hungary7-3ESP Spain2-04-05-2
Hungary: Szivos 2, Farago 2, Sarosi, Bodnar, Csapo --- Spain: Soler, Canovas, Puigdevali. Referee: Ivkovic, Yugoslavia.
Mon 03.09.7309:30HUN Hungary14-0ISR Israel2-07-013-0
Hungary: Konrad 3, Szivos 3, Csapo 2, Sarosi 2, Kasas 2, Balla 2. Referee: Micaleff, Malta.
Mon 03.09.7319:00ITA Italy5-2ESP Spain1-03-14-2
Italy: De Magistris 3, Marsili III 1, Ghibelini 1 --- Spain: Sans 2 pen.
Tue 04.09.7313:00ROU Romania10-4ESP Spain3-16-4
transferred to Group 7-12 Spain: Spain 3, Canovas 1.
Tue 04.09.7320:30HUN Hungary6-4ITA Italy2-13-34-4
transferred to Final Group Hungary: Farago 2, Kasas 2, Csapo, Sarosi --- Italy: De Magistris, Ghibelini, S. Marsili, Baracchini. Referee: Dirnweber, Austria.
Wed 05.09.7314:00HUN Hungary9-4ROU Romania2-13-24-2
Hungary: Gorgenyi 2, Bodnar 2, Farago, Sarosi, Konrad, Balla, Csapo --- Romania: Popescu 2, Schervan, ?. Referee: Goose, Netherlands.
Wed 05.09.7317:00ITA Italy12-2ISR Israel3-04-19-2
Italy: De Magistris 6, D'Angelo 2, Marsili I 1, Ghibelini 1, Formicone 1, ?? 1 --- Israel: Shefs 1, Rosenfeld 1.
Group Cptswindrwlstgfgag+-to
1.CUB Cuba630119:11+86. Final Group
2.USA United States521118:17+15. Final Group
3.FRG West Germany412118:18011.Group 7-12
4.GRE Greece311216:19-312.Group 7-12
5.BUL Bulgaria210319:25-613.Group 13-16
TeamCubaUnitWestGreeBulg
CUB Cuba--- 6:57:23:0
USA United States4:3---3:36:5
FRG West Germany ---1:19:8
GRE Greece ---8:5
BUL Bulgaria 6:5 ---
datetimeteam 1 __________scoreteam 2 __________1T2T3T
Sat 01.09.7311:30FRG West Germany1-1GRE Greece0-00-00-0
transferred to Group 7-12
Sat 01.09.7320:00USA United States4-3CUB Cuba0-12-24-2
transferred to Final Group
Sun 02.09.7310:30CUB Cuba7-2GRE Greece0-13-24-2
Sun 02.09.7318:00BUL Bulgaria6-5USA United States2-12-34-4
Bulgaria: Toma Tomov 5, Ivan Kovachev 1
Mon 03.09.7311:30CUB Cuba3-0BUL Bulgaria1-02-03-0
Mon 03.09.7321:00USA United States3-3FRG West Germany0-11-22-3
Tue 04.09.7314:00GRE Greece4-4BUL Bulgaria
Game annuled after Bulgaria made a protest for time keeper error (possible last second bulgarian goal). Bulgaria would advance to Group 7-12 with this score!
Tue 04.09.7316:00CUB Cuba6-5FRG West Germany
Tue 04.09.73 GRE Greece8-5BUL Bulgaria0-13-25-3
Wed 05.09.7312:00USA United States6-5GRE Greece
Wed 05.09.7315:00FRG West Germany9-8BUL Bulgaria1-15-37-6

Teams Composition

HUN 1. Hungary
Tibor Czervenyak08.08.48
Endre Molnar23.07.45
Balazs Balla04.08.52
Andras Bodnar09.04.42
Gabor Csapo20.09.50
Tamas Farago05.08.52
Istvan Gorgenyi02.11.46
Zoltan Kasas15.09.46
Ferenc Konrad17.04.45
Laszlo Sarosi12.10.46
Istvan Szivos24.04.48
URS 2. Soviet Union
Mityanin
Akimov
Dreval
Romachuk
Zmutskiy
Kabanov
Barkalov
Frolov
Mshvenenieradze
Osipov
Shteveriev
YUG 3. Yugoslavia
Markovic
Savinovic
Bonacic
Rudic
Stamenic
Polic
Belamaric
Loziza
Perishic
Manojlovic
Frankovic
ITA 4. Italy
Alberani
Simeoni
Baracchini
Marsili III
Marsili I
De Magistris
Ghibellini
Aversa
Formiconi
D'Angelo
Scotti
Galetta
USA 5. United States
CUB 6. Cuba
Perichs
D. Rodriguez
Rizo
Cowey
Almeneiro
G. Rodriguez
Sanchez
Garcia
Perez
Roberto Rodriguez
Oriel
ROU 7. Romania
Hubert
Schrewan
Zamfirescu
Fincu
Popescu
Rusu I
Slavei I
Rusu II
Rus
Lazar
Slavei II
Coach: Pollmann, East Germany
NED 8. Netherlands
Kron
LAndever
Ver
Bunk
Hermsen
Shtrober
Parel
Drent
Keman
Hepelman
Shilden
MEX 9. Mexico
Gomez
Alanis
H. Garcia
Aquilar
Fernandez
J. Garcia
Valencia
Sousa
Guerra
Chapo
Ximenez
ESP 10.Spain
Castillo
Rubio
Sans
Jane
Ventura
Soler
Canovas
Esteller
Puigdevall
Aras
Franch
FRG 11.West Germany
GRE 12.Greece
BUL 13.Bulgaria
L. Runtov
St. Chakarov
Toma Tomov
V. Tomov
K. Kiryakov
Iv. Kovachev
M. Popov
M. Kostadinov
Al. Shpitser
Coach: Lyudmil Sotirov
AUS 14.Australia
Tiley
V. Noon
Montgopmery
Harison
R. Noon
Neschem
Nils
Brooks
Turber
Kuhi
Kuhi
GBR 15.Great Britain
Tomas
Bengstid
Pone
Ayling
Muir
Lench
Mire
Laynes
Mik
Deynie
ISR 16. Israel
Hoberman
Shefs
Stoff
Kingman
Chass
Rosenfeld
Ladner
Rachell
Kroll
Less
Kanitz
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