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Water polo at the: 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Yugoslavia (in Belgrade host cities)
Dates	1 – September
Teams	16 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary (1st title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Yugoslavia
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	645 (10.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Siniša Belamarić (20 goals)
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1973 FINA World Championships
Diving
Individual
3 m	men	women
10 m	men	women
Swimming
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
Synchronised swimming
Solo		women
Duet		women
Team		women
Water polo
Tournament	men
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The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first 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 from 1——to 9 September 1973. And was incorporated into the inaugural 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Participating teams※

Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Cuba  Mexico  United States	Israel	Bulgaria  Great Britain  Greece  Hungary  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  Soviet Union  Spain  West Germany  Yugoslavia	Australia

Groups formed※

Preliminary round※

	Qualified for places 1–6 in a round robin group. (Group D)
	Will play for places 7–12 in a round robin group. (Group E)
	Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group. (Group F)

Group A※

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	10	5	5	0	0	41	14	+27
2.	Yugoslavia	8	5	4	0	1	35	22	+13
3.	Netherlands	6	5	3	0	2	26	19	+7
4.	Mexico	4	5	2	0	3	22	24	–2
5.	Australia	2	5	1	0	4	18	29	–11
6.	Great Britain	0	5	0	0	5	6	40	–34

• 1 September 1973

Netherlands	5 – 3	Mexico
Yugoslavia	9 – 0	Great Britain
Soviet Union	9 – 3	Australia

• 2 September 1973

Australia	4 – 1	Great Britain
Soviet Union	5 – 4	Netherlands
Yugoslavia	6 – 5	Mexico

• 3 September 1973

Mexico	5 – 3	Australia
Soviet Union	14 – 1	Great Britain
Yugoslavia	8 – 5	Netherlands

• 4 September 1973

Yugoslavia	10 – 6	Australia
Netherlands	8 – 1	Great Britain
Soviet Union	7 – 4	Mexico

• 5 September 1973

Mexico	5 – 3	Great Britain
Netherlands	4 – 2	Australia
Soviet Union	6 – 2	Yugoslavia

Group B※

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	8	4	4	0	0	36	11	+25
2.	Italy	6	4	3	0	1	25	14	+11
3.	Romania	4	4	2	0	2	30	18	+12
4.	Spain	2	4	1	0	3	20	25	–5
5.	Israel	0	4	0	0	4	6	49	–43

• 1 September 1973

Spain	11 – 3	Israel
Italy	5 – 4	Romania

• 2 September 1973

Romania	12 – 1	Israel
Hungary	7 – 3	Spain

• 3 September 1973

Italy	5 – 2	Spain
Hungary	15 – 0	Israel

• 4 September 1973

Hungary	6 – 4	Italy
Romania	10 – 4	Spain

• 5 September 1973

Italy	11 – 2	Israel
Hungary	8 – 4	Romania

Group C※

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Cuba	6	4	3	0	1	19	11	+8
2.	United States	5	4	2	1	1	18	17	+1
3.	West Germany	4	4	2	0	2	18	18	0
4.	Greece	3	4	1	1	2	16	19	–3
5.	Bulgaria	2	4	1	0	3	19	25	–6

• 1 September 1973

West Germany	1 – 1	Greece
United States	4 – 3	Cuba

• 2 September 1973

Cuba	7 – 2	Greece
Bulgaria	6 – 5	United States

• 3 September 1973

United States	3 – 3	West Germany
Cuba	3 – 0	Bulgaria

• 4 September 1973

Cuba	6 – 5	West Germany
Greece	8 – 5	Bulgaria

• 5 September 1973

United States	6 – 5	Greece
West Germany	9 – 8	Bulgaria

Final round※

13th – 16th places (Group F)※

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	Bulgaria	5	3	2	1	0	16	10	+6
14.	Australia	4	3	2	0	1	18	5	+13
15.	Great Britain	3	3	1	1	1	16	14	+2
16.	Israel	0	3	0	0	3	9	30	–21

Preliminary round results apply.

• 6 September 1973

Bulgaria	3 – 2	Australia
Great Britain	10 – 5	Israel

• 7 September 1973

Bulgaria	8 – 3	Israel

• 8 September 1973

Bulgaria	5 – 5	Great Britain
Australia	12 – 1	Israel

7th – 12th places (Group E)※

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Romania	9	5	4	1	0	35	21	+14
8.	Netherlands	8	5	4	0	1	31	18	+13
9.	Mexico	4	5	1	2	2	21	22	–1
10.	Spain	4	5	2	0	3	22	29	–7
11.	West Germany	3	5	1	1	3	19	27	–8
12.	Greece	2	5	0	2	3	17	28	–11

Preliminary round results apply.

• 6 September 1973

Romania	11 – 6	Greece
Netherlands	5 – 4	Spain
West Germany	7 – 6	Mexico

• 7 September 1973

Spain	6 – 5	West Germany
Mexico	4 – 4	Greece
Romania	6 – 5	Netherlands

• 8 September 1973

Spain	5 – 4	Greece
Netherlands	9 – 3	West Germany
Romania	3 – 3	Mexico

• 9 September 1973

Romania	5 – 3	West Germany
Mexico	5 – 3	' Spain
Netherlands	7 – 2	Greece

1st – 6th places (Group D)※

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	28	17	+11
2.	Soviet Union	8	5	4	0	1	30	16	+14
3.	Yugoslavia	5	5	2	1	2	23	22	+1
4.	Italy	4	5	2	0	3	22	25	–3
5.	United States	4	5	2	0	3	22	28	–6
6.	Cuba	0	5	0	0	5	15	32	–17

Preliminary round results apply.

• 6 September 1973

Hungary	6 – 2	United States
Soviet Union	6 – 2	Italy
Yugoslavia	8 – 3	Cuba

• 7 September 1973

Yugoslavia	6 – 5	United States
Italy	6 – 3	Cuba
Hungary	5 – 4	Soviet Union

• 8 September 1973

United States	6 – 5	Italy
Hungary	3 – 3	Yugoslavia
Soviet Union	6 – 2	Cuba

• 9 September 1973

Hungary	8 – 4	Cuba
Italy	5 – 4	Yugoslavia
Soviet Union	8 – 5	United States

Final ranking※

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary Balazs Balla András Bodnár Gábor Csapó Tibor Cservenyák Tamás Faragó István Görgényi Zoltán Kásás Ferenc Konrád Endre Molnár László Sárosi István Szívós Jr. Head coach: Dezső Gyarmati	Soviet Union Anatoly Akimov Aleksei Barkalov Aleksandr Dreval Andrey Frolov Aleksandr Kabanov Yuri Mityanin Nuzgari Mshvenieradze Leonid Osipov Vitaly Romanchuk Sergey Shevernyov Vladimir Zhmudsky Head coach: Anatoly Blumental	Yugoslavia Siniša Belamarić Ozren Bonačić Milan Franković Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Miloš Marković Đorđe Perišić Damir Polić Ratko Rudić Đuro Savinović Nikola Stamenić Head coach: Ratko Rudić

References※

External links※

• World Championships 1973, Belgrade - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org
• Men Water Polo I World Championship 1973 Beograd www.todor66.com
• Results