The 13th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on Margitsziget (Margaret Island) in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.
Teams The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.
Teams Qualified asHost (2nd 2005 World Championship)1st 2005 World Championship3rd 2005 World Championship4th 2005 World Championship5th 2005 World Championship6th 2005 World Championship7th 2005 World Championship8th 2005 World Championship
Seeding Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (1) (2) (H) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Groups GROUP A GROUP B (H)
Preliminary round
Group A TeamPtsPWTLPFPAQualification1. (H)633003819Semi-finals2.432012020Quarter-finals3.231021928Quarter-finals4.030031929 Tuesday 2005-06-13 7 – 8 2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-36 – 10 2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3
Wednesday 2005-06-14 4 – 14 4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-37 – 5 1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2 Thursday 2005-06-15 5 – 7 1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-16 – 14 4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3
Group B TeamPtsPWTLPFPAQualification1.633002921Semi-finals2.331112826Quarter-finals3.331112421Quarter-finals4.030032235
Tuesday 2005-06-13 12 – 9 4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-17 – 6 2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0
Wednesday 2005-06-14 8 – 8 2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-213 – 7 3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2 Thursday 2005-06-15 6 – 10 1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-38 – 9 1-3 • 2-0 • 2-4 • 3-2
Olympic champions Hungary and reigning world champion Serbia & Montenegro won their groups after three wins in a row and went straight to the semifinals on Saturday.
Quarter finals Friday 2005-06-16 First quarterfinal (17:30h) 7 – 10 2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2
Second quarterfinal (19:00h) 3 – 9 0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3
Semi finals Saturday 2005-06-17 First semifinal (17:30h) 10 – 6 2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1
Second semifinal (19:00h) 13 – 8 5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2
Finals Friday 2005-06-16 7th/8th-place match (15:00h) 10 – 6 2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0
Saturday 2005-06-17 5th/6th-place match (15:00h) 4 – 7 2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2
Sunday 2005-06-18 Bronze Medal Match (15:30h) 10 – 13 2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2
Gold Medal Match (17:30h) 9 – 10 1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1
Final standings
RANKTEAM 4.5.6.7.8.
Top scorers RANK 2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUPGOALS1.172.135.126.117.108.99.8
Squads
Goran Volarević Damir Burić Boris Pavlović Srđan Antonijević Tihomil Vranješ
Ratko Štritof (captain) Andrija Komadina Teo Đogaš Andro Bušlje Nikša Dobud
Aljosa Kunac Miho Bošković Miro Kačić Head coach: Ratko Rudić
Filippos Karampetsos Anastasios Schizas Dimitrios Mazis Konstantinos Kokkinakis Christos Afroudakis
Argyris Theodoropoulos Nikitas Kocheilas Georgios Ntoskas Georgios Afroudakis (captain) Andreas Miralis
Konstantinos Dimou Manolis Mylonakis Georgios Reppas Head coach: Alessandro Campagna
Zoltán Szécsi Dániel Varga Norbert Madaras Ádám Steinmetz Tamás Kásás (captain)
Márton Szivós Gergely Kiss Csaba Kiss Rajmund Fodor Péter Biros
Gábor Kiss Tamás Molnár Gábor Jászberényi Head coach: Dénes Kemény
Stefano Tempesti Massimo Giacoppo Valerio Rizzo Fabrizio Buonocore Andrea Scotti Galletta
Maurizio Felugo Federico Mistrangelo Fabio Bencivenga Arnaldo Deserti Alessandro Calcaterra (captain)
Luigi Di Costanzo Goran Fiorentini Fabio Violetti Head coach: Paolo Malara
Nenciu Berttini Cosmin Radu Florin Muşat Florin Bonca Andrei Iosep
Andrei Bușilă Gheorghe Dunca Ramiro Georgescu Alexandru Ghiban George Georgescu
Alexandru Matei Guiman Kálmán Kádár Robert Dinu Head coach: Vlad Hagiu
Igor Shaltanov Yuri Yatsev Pavel Khalturin Roman Dokuchaev Roman Balashov
Anton Korotaev Revaz Chomakhidze (captain) Dmitri Stratan Aleksey Agarkov Marat Zakirov
Viktor Vishnyakov Andrei Reketchinski Yegor Rastorguev Head coach: Aleksandr Kabanov
Denis Šefik Živko Gocić Nikola Janović Filip Filipović Dejan Savić (captain) Danilo Ikodinović
Slobodan Nikić Vladimir Gojković Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Šapić Duško Pijetlović Predrag Jokić
Zdravko Radić Head coaches: Nenad Manojlović Petar Porobić Nebojša Novoselac
Inaki Aguilar Mario García David Martín Ricardo Perrone Guillermo Molina
Sergi Mora Óscar Rey José Rodríguez Xavier Vallès Felipe Perrone
Iván Pérez (captain) Xavier García Ángel Andreo Head coach: Rafael Aguilar
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