Men Water Polo I World Championship 1973 Beograd (YUG) - 01-09.09 Winner Hungary

Men Water Polo I World Championship 1973 Beograd (YUG) - 01-09.09 Winner Hungary

Part of Aquatics World Championship 1973 swimming World 1973 index

Final Group	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Hungary	9	4	1	0	28:	17
2. Soviet Union	8	4	0	1	30:	16
3. Yugoslavia	5	2	1	2	23:	22
4. Italy	4	2	0	3	22:	25
5. United States	4	2	0	3	22:	28
6. Cuba	0	0	0	5	15:	32

Team	Hung	Sovi	Yugo	Ital	Unit	Cuba
Hungary	---	5:4	3:3	6:4	6:2	8:4
Soviet Union		---	6:2	6:2	8:5	6:2
Yugoslavia			---		6:5	8:3
Italy			5:4	---		6:3
United States				6:5	---	4:3
Cuba						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
06.09	Hungary	6-2	United States
06.09	Soviet Union	6-2	Italy
06.09	Yugoslavia	8-3	Cuba
07.09	Yugoslavia	6-5	United States	4-2	5-3	6-3
07.09	Italy	6-3	Cuba	1-0	1-1	3-1
07.09	Hungary	5-4	Soviet Union	1-1	2-1	2-2
08.09	United States	6-5	Italy
08.09	Hungary	3-3	Yugoslavia
08.09	Soviet Union	6-2	Cuba
09.09	Hungary	8-4	Cuba	1-1	4-3	5-3
09.09	Italia	5-4	Yugoslavia	1-1	1-3	3-4
09.09	Soviet Union	8-5	United States

Final Ranking	Pts	w	d	l	gf	ga
1. Hungary	15	7	1	0	59:	24
2. Soviet Union	16	8	0	1	65:	28
3. Yugoslavia	13	6	1	2	56:	38
4. Italy	10	5	0	3	44:	33
5. United States	7	3	1	4	36:	42
6. Cuba	6	3	0	5	31:	39
Group 7-12
7. Romania	11	5	1	2	55:	36
8. Netherlands	12	6	0	3	52:	34
9. Mexico	8	3	2	4	40:	41
10.Spain	6	3	0	5	38:	44
11.West Germany	6	2	2	4	36:	44
12.Greece	4	1	2	5	32:	46
Group 13-16
13.Bulgaria	7	3	1	3	35:	35
14.Australia	4	2	0	5	32:	33
15.Great Britain	3	1	1	5	21:	50
16.Israel	0	0	0	7	15:	79

First 10 from Munchen Olympic Games Olympic Men 1972.

First 2 from European Qualification 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 Africa team?).

First Groups Round
Group A
URS	YUG	NED	MEX	AUS	GBR
Group B
HUN	ITA	ROU	ESP	ISR
Group C
CUB	USA	FRG	GRE	BUL

Group 7-12	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
7. Romania	9	4	1	0	35:	21
8. Netherlands	8	4	0	1	31:	18
9. Mexico	4	1	2	2	21:	22
10.Spain	4	2	0	3	22:	29
11.West Germany	3	1	1	3	19:	27
12.Greece	2	0	2	3	17:	28

Team	Roma	Neth	Mexi	Spai	West	Gree
Romania	---	6:5	3:3	10:4	5:3	11:6
Netherlands		---	5:3	5:4	9:3	7:2
Mexico			---	5:3		4:4
Spain				---	6:5	5:4
West Germany			7:6		---	1:1
Greece						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
06.09	Romania	11-6	Greece
06.09	Netherlands	5-4	Spain	1-0	2-1	3-3
06.09	West Germany	7-6	Mexico
07.09	Spain	6-5	West Germany	2-1	3-3	4-4
07.09	Mexico	4-4	Greece	1-1	1-2	1-3
07.09	Romania	6-5	Netherlands	2-1	4-2	4-3
08.09	Spain	5-4	Greece
08.09	Netherlands	9-3	West Germany	0-1	4-1	5-3
08.09	Romania	3-3	Mexico
09.09	Romania	5-3	West Germany
09.09	Mexico	5-3	Spain
09.09	Netherlands	7-2	Greece	3-0	5-0	6-0

Romania - Netherlands reported also 5-5.

Group 13-16	p	w	d	l	gf	ga
13.Bulgaria	5	2	1	0	16:	10
14.Australia	4	2	0	1	18:	5
15.Great Britain	3	1	1	1	16:	14
16.Israel	0	0	0	3	9:	30

Team	Bulg	Aust	Grea	Isra
Bulgaria	---	3:2	5:5	8:3
Australia		---	4:1	12:1
Great Britain			---	10:5
Israel				---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
06.09	Bulgaria	3-2	Australia	0-0	2-0	3-1
06.09	Great Britain	10-5	Israel
07.09	Bulgaria	8-3	Israel	3-1	5-3	6-3
08.09	Bulgaria	5-5	Great Britain
08.09	Australia	12-1	Israel

First Groups Round.

First 2 to Final Group. 3rd and 4th to Group 7-12.Rest to Group 13-16. Scores are transferred.

Group A	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Soviet Union	10	5	0	0	41:	14	Final Group
2. Yugoslavia	8	4	0	1	35:	22	Final Group
3. Netherlands	6	3	0	2	26:	19	Group 7-12
4. Mexico	4	2	0	3	22:	24	Group 7-12
5. Australia	2	1	0	4	18:	29	Group 13-16
6. Great Britain	0	0	0	5	6:	40	Group 13-16

Team	Sovi	Yugo	Neth	Mexi	Aust	Grea
Soviet Union	---	6:2	5:4	7:4	9:3	14:1
Yugoslavia		---	8:5	6:5	10:6	9:0
Netherlands			---	5:3	4:2	8:1
Mexico				---	5:3	5:3
Australia					---	4:1
Great Britain						---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
01.09	Netherlands	5-3	Mexico	3-1	3-1	4-2
transferred to Group 7-12
01.09	Yugoslavia	9-0	Great Britain	1-0	3-0	7-0
01.09	Soviet Union	9-3	Australia	3-0	4-2	6-3
02.09	Australia	4-1	Great Britain	0-0	1-0	4-1
transferred to Group 13-16
02.09	Soviet Union	5-4	Netherlands	1-1	3-2	4-3
02.09	Yugoslavia	6-5	Mexico	2-2	2-3	4-5
03.09	Mexico	5-3	Australia	1-1	3-2	4-2
03.09	Soviet Union	14-1	Great Britain	3-0	6-1	9-1
03.09	Yugoslavia	8-5	Netherlands	2-1	4-1	7-3
Goals
04.09	Yugoslavia	10-6	Australia
04.09	Netherlands	8-1	Great Britain	2-0	4-1	5-1	Goals
04.09	Soviet Union	7-4	Mexico
05.09	Mexico	5-3	Great Britain
05.09	Netherlands	4-2	Australia	1-1	1-1	2-1
Goals
05.09	Soviet Union	6-2	Yugoslavia
transferred to Final Group

Group B	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Hungary	8	4	0	0	36:	11	Final Group
2. Italy	6	3	0	1	26:	14	Final Group
3. Romania	4	2	0	2	30:	19	Group 7-12
4. Spain	2	1	0	3	20:	25	Group 7-12
5. Israel	0	0	0	4	6:	49	Group 13-16

Team	Hung	Ital	Roma	Spai	Isra
Hungary	---	6:4	8:4	7:3	15:0
Italy		---	6:4	5:2	11:2
Romania			---	10:4	12:1
Spain				---	11:3
Israel					---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
01.09	Spain	11-3	Israel	3-0	8-0	10-1
01.09	Italy	5-4	Romania	1-1	3-2	4-3
02.09	Romania	12-1	Israel	3-0	6-1	9-1
02.09	Hungary	7-3	Spain	2-0	4-0	5-2
03.09	Italy	5-2	Spain	1-0	3-1	4-2
03.09	Hungary	15-0	Israel	2-0	7-0	13-0
04.09	Hungary	6-4	Italy
transferred to Final Group
04.09	Romania	10-4	Spain
transferred to Group 7-12
05.09	Italy	11-2	Israel
05.09	Hungary	8-4	Romania

Group C	p	w	d	l	gf	ga	to
1. Cuba	6	3	0	1	19:	11	Final Group
2. United States	5	2	1	1	18:	17	Final Group
3. West Germany	4	1	2	1	18:	18	Group 7-12
4. Greece	3	1	1	2	16:	19	Group 7-12
5. Bulgaria	2	1	0	3	19:	25	Group 13-16

Team	Cuba	Unit	West	Gree	Bulg
Cuba	---		6:5	7:2	3:0
United States	4:3	---	3:3	6:5
West Germany			---	1:1	9:8
Greece				---	8:5
Bulgaria		6:5			---

date	team 1	score	team 2	1T	2T	3T
01.09	West Germany	1-1	Greece	0-0	0-0	0-0
transferred to Group 7-12
01.09	United States	4-3	Cuba	0-1	2-2	4-2
transferred to Final Group
02.09	Cuba	7-2	Greece	0-1	3-2	4-2
02.09	Bulgaria	6-5	United States	2-1	2-3	4-4
03.09	United States	3-3	West Germany	0-1	1-2	2-3
03.09	Cuba	3-0	Bulgaria	1-0	2-0	3-0
04.09	Cuba	6-5	West Germany
04.09	Greece	4-4	Bulgaria
Game annuled after Bulgaria made a protest for time keeper error (possible last second bulgarian goal).
04.09	Greece	8-5	Bulgaria	0-1	3-2	5-3
05.09	United States	6-5	Greece
05.09	West Germany	9-8	Bulgaria	1-1	5-3	7-6

Final Group
Final Ranking
Qualification
First Groups Round
Group A Group B Group C

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