The 2005 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eleventh 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 in a temporary pool on Île Sainte-Hélène from 18 to 30 July 2005, and was incorporated into the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal, Canada.
Qualification
Participating teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
Groups formed
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Qualified for the playoff round Will play for places 13–16
Group A
Monday July 18, 2005 11 – 7 7 – 5
Wednesday July 20, 2005 11 – 4 5 – 4
Friday July 22, 2005 8 – 7 15 – 4
Group B
Monday July 18, 2005 7 – 4 21 – 1
Wednesday July 20, 2005 17 – 5 13 – 6
Friday July 22, 2005 9 – 8 8 – 4
Group C
Monday July 18, 2005 14 – 4 19 – 4
Wednesday July 20, 2005 6 – 4 11 – 3
Friday July 22, 2005 10 – 4 10 – 2
Group D
Monday July 18, 2005 11 – 4 9 – 8
Wednesday July 20, 2005 8 – 4 11 – 6
Friday July 22, 2005 11 – 6 10 – 8
Final round
Finals
5th-8th place
9th-12th place
13th-16th place
Playoff round Sunday July 24, 2005 17 – 2 6 – 5 10 – 6 7 – 5
Classification round Sunday July 24, 2005 — 13th/16th place 8 – 13 11 – 5
Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 9th/12th place 16 – 3 5 – 3
Thursday July 28, 2005 — 5th/8th place 7 – 11 7 – 4
Quarter finals Tuesday July 26, 2005 6 – 4 10 – 8 8 – 4 13 – 9
Semi finals Thursday July 28, 2005 7 – 6 5 – 4
Finals Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 15th place 7 – 6
Tuesday July 26, 2005 — 13th place 10 – 8
Thursday July 28, 2005 — 11th place 6 – 10
Thursday July 28, 2005 — 9th place 5 – 11
Saturday July 30, 2005 — 7th place 7 – 6
Saturday July 30, 2005 — 5th place 7 – 8
Saturday July 30, 2005 — Bronze-medal match 11 – 10
Saturday July 30, 2005 — Gold-medal match 8 – 7
Final ranking
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Team roster Denis Šefik, Petar Trbojević, Nikola Janović, Vanja Udovičić, Dejan Savić, Danilo Ikodinović, Slobodan Nikić, Vladimir Gojković, Boris Zloković, Aleksandar Šapić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Predrag Jokić, Zdravko Radić Head coach: Petar Porobić
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Denis Šefik Petar Trbojević Nikola Janović Vanja Udovičić Dejan Savić Danilo Ikodinović Slobodan Nikić Vladimir Gojković Boris Zloković Aleksandar Šapić Vladimir Vujasinović (c) Predrag Jokić Zdravko Radić Head coachPetar Porobić Zoltán SzécsiDániel VargaNorbert MadarasÁdám Steinmetz Tamás Kásás Attila Vári Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Márton Szívós István Gergely Tamás Molnár Péter BirosHead coachDénes Kemény Georgios Reppas Anastasios Schizas Dimitrios Mazis Emmanouil Mylonakis Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Argyris Theodoropoulos Christos Afroudakis Georgios Ntoskas Georgios Afroudakis (c) Stefanos-Petros Santa Antonios Vlontakis Manthos Voulgarakis Nikolaos DeligiannisHead coachSandro Campagna
Individual awards
Most Valuable Player
Best Goalkeeper
Topscorer — 26 goals
References
External links 11th FINA World Championships 2005 FINA Water Polo website Omega Timing Men Water Polo World Championship 2005 Montreal www.todor66.com