Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

The 2001 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from July 19 to July 29, 2001 and incorporated in the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, held in Fukuoka, Japan.

Teams

Group A

• Brazil
• Italy
• Slovakia
• Yugoslavia

Group B

• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Kazakhstan

Group C

• Canada
• Netherlands
• Russia
• United States

Group D

• Australia
• Croatia
• Japan
• Spain

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	20	9	+11
2.	Yugoslavia	5	3	2	1	0	23	14	+9
3.	Slovakia	2	3	1	0	2	19	24	–5
4.	Brazil	0	3	0	0	3	11	27	–16

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	32	20	+12
2.	Greece	2	3	1	0	2	23	24	–1
3.	Kazakhstan	2	3	1	0	2	13	16	–3
4.	Germany	2	3	1	0	2	20	28	–8

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	6	3	3	0	0	33	22	+11
2.	Netherlands	4	3	2	0	1	23	18	+5
3.	United States	2	3	1	0	2	20	19	+1
4.	Canada	0	3	0	0	3	13	30	–17

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	6	3	3	0	0	26	6	+20
2.	Croatia	4	3	2	0	1	20	14	+6
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	13	21	–8
4.	Japan	0	3	0	0	3	8	26	–18

Second round

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	9	5	4	1	0	38	25	+13
2.	Italy	7	5	3	1	1	37	21	+16
3.	Hungary	6	5	3	0	2	36	32	+4
4.	Greece	6	5	3	0	2	30	28	+2
5.	Kazakhstan	2	5	1	0	4	26	48	–22
6.	Slovakia	0	5	0	0	5	28	41	–13

Group F

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Spain	10	5	5	0	0	43	22	+21
2.	Russia	8	5	4	0	1	43	35	+8
3.	Croatia	6	5	3	0	2	42	28	+14
4.	United States	2	5	1	0	4	29	42	–13
5.	Australia	2	5	1	0	4	21	35	–14
6.	Netherlands	2	5	1	0	4	26	42	–16

Semi finals

• July 28, 2001

Spain	4 – 2	Italy
Yugoslavia	9 – 8	Russia

Finals

• July 29, 2001 — Bronze Medal Match

Russia	7 – 6	Italy

• July 29, 2001 — Gold Medal Match

Spain	4 – 2	Yugoslavia

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
	Spain
	Yugoslavia
	Russia
4.	Italy
5.	Hungary
6.	Greece
7.	United States
8.	Croatia
9.	Netherlands
10.	Australia
11.	Slovakia
12.	Kazakhstan
13.	Brazil
14.	Germany
15.	Canada
16.	Japan

2001 FINA Men's World Champions
Spain Second title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Spain Angel Andreo Daniel Ballart Salvador Gomez Gabriel Hernandez Gustavo Marcos Guillermo Molina Daniel Moro Ivan Moro Sergi Pedrerol Ivan Perez Jesus Rollan Javier Sanchez-Toril Carlos Sanz	Yugoslavia Aleksandar Ćirić Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Branko Peković Dejan Savić Aleksandar Šapić Denis Šefik Aleksandar Šoštar Petar Trbojević Veljko Uskoković Vladimir Vujasinović Nenad Vukanić Predrag Zimonjić	Russia

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

Jesús Miguel Rollán

• Topscorer

References

• Results