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Water polo at the: 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Tournament details
Venue(s)	Italy (in Rome host cities)
Dates	22 July – 3 August
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	801 (16.69 per match)
Attendance	64,850 (1,351 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Filip Filipović (20 goals (2 pen.))
Best player	Vanja Udovičić
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2009 FINA World Championships
Diving
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Freestyle relay
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Medley relay
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Solo
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The men's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, organised by, the FINA, was held in Rome, Italy from 20 July——to 1 August 2009. All matches were held in a temporary pool at the tennis stadium of the Foro Italico sports complex.

The men's tournament was won by Serbia.

Teams※

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
South Africa	Brazil  Canada  United States	China  Kazakhstan	Croatia  Germany  Hungary  Italy  North Macedonia  Montenegro  Romania  Serbia  Spain	Australia

Groups formed※

Preliminary round※

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Qualified for the eightfinals
	Will play for places 13–16

Tie-breaking criteria※

If two teams shall have equal points, "further classification shall be," established as follows:

1. The team winning the "game between them shall be placed higher."
2. If the game between them was tied, then the results against the highest placed team(s) in the group shall be considered.
3. The first comparison shall be based on goal difference. And if still tied, "then based on goals scored."
4. The comparison shall be made first compared——to the highest placed team (or teams, if tied) in the group.
5. If still tied, the results against the next highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be used in succession until all results have been considered.
6. If still tied, the teams shall shoot penalty shots to determine which team shall be placed higher. Each team shall nominate five players. And a goalkeeper who will participate in the penalty shoot out. The team shall shoot five penalty shots at the goal of the other team, alternating shots. If a tie exists after each team has taken five shots, then teams shall take sets of alternate shots until one team scores and "the other does not." The procedure shall be conducted following the final game of the round. Or at the first practical opportunity.

If there is: more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.

If three/more teams shall have equal points, further classification shall be established as follows:

1. The results among the tied teams shall determine which team is placed highest.
2. If, at any time during the application of the procedure set out in this paragraph, the highest placed team is determined and the number of tied teams is reduced to two, then the above paragraph shall be used to determine which of the two remaining teams is placed higher.
3. The comparison shall be made first, upon the points of the games among the tied teams, second, the goal difference, and third, based upon goals scored.
4. If still tied, the games played against the highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be considered.
5. The first comparison shall be based on goal difference, and if still tied, then based on goals scored.
6. If still tied, the results against the next highest placed team (or teams, if tied) shall be used in succession until all results have been considered.
7. If still tied, the teams shall shoot penalty shots to determine which team shall be placed highest. Each team shall nominate five players and a goalkeeper who will participate in the penalty shoot out. Each team shall shoot five penalty shots at its opponent's goal in alternate succession. The first team shall take its first penalty shot and then each other team shall take its first penalty shot, etc. If a tie shall exist after that procedure, the teams shall then take sets of alternate shots until one team misses and the other(s) score. The procedure shall be conducted following the final game of the round or at the first practical opportunity.

If there is more than one tie in a group, the highest placed tie shall be determined first.

Source: "CODE OF CONDUCT – BL 9.6.3 Tie Breaking". FINA. Retrieved 2009-07-22.

Group A※

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	37	18	+19	5
Canada	3	2	0	1	23	20	+3	4
Germany	3	1	1	1	25	16	+9	3
South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	41	-31	0

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20 July 2009 09:30	Match 1	South Africa	4–14	Germany	Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Knights (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 0-4, 2-3, 1-3
		four players 1	Goals	Oeler 5

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20 July 2009 10:50	Match 2	Canada	6–15	Hungary	Attendance: 550 Referees: Patelli (BRA), Mernenko (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 3-5, 1-2
		Graham 4	Goals	Biros 3

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22 July 2009 18:20	Match 14	Hungary	7–7	Germany	Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Peris (CRO), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-0, 2-1, 2-3
		Hosnyánszky 3	Goals	Savić, Politze 2

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22 July 2009 19:40	Match 15	South Africa	1–12	Canada	Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Reemnet (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-4, 0-1, 0-5
		Bell 1	Goals	Marks, Feltham 3

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24 July 2009 13:30	Match 20	South Africa	5–15	Hungary	Attendance: 200 Referees: Sadekov (RUS), Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 1-6, 1-3, 1-4, 2-2
		five players 1	Goals	Varga 4

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24 July 2009 17:00	Match 21	Canada	5–4	Germany	Attendance: 600 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-0, 1-0, 2-3
		Graham, Feltham 2	Goals	Oeler 2

Group B※

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	3	3	0	0	37	12	+25	6
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	38	20	+18	4
China	3	1	0	2	18	34	-16	2
Brazil	3	0	0	3	12	39	-27	0

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20 July 2009 12:10	Match 3	Montenegro	14–4	China	Attendance: 250 Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Moner (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 4-1, 3-2, 3-1, 4-0
		Zloković 4	Goals	Tan 2

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20 July 2009 13:30	Match 4	Croatia	11–2	Brazil	Attendance: 200 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Ghafouri (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 1-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1
		Dobud, Sukno, Barač 2	Goals	Silva, Franco 1

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22 July 2009 09:30	Match 9	Brazil	5–9	China	Attendance: 200 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0-1, 3-2, 0-3, 2-3
		five players 1	Goals	Liang, Wang B 3

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22 July 2009 10:50	Match 10	Montenegro	5–11	Croatia	Attendance: 200 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2-4, 2-2, 0-5, 1-0
		five players 1	Goals	Sukno 3

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24 July 2009 18:20	Match 22	Montenegro	19–5	Brazil	Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Damcevski (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 4-1, 6-0, 6-3, 3-1
		M. Janovic, N. Janović 4	Goals	Franco 2

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24 July 2009 19:40	Match 23	Croatia	15–5	China	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Mernenko (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 4-1, 5-0, 3-2
		Bošković 5	Goals	five players 1

Group C※

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	35	24	+11	6
Serbia	3	1	1	1	37	22	+15	3
Australia	3	1	1	1	32	28	+4	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	15	45	-30	0

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20 July 2009 17:00	Match 5	Kazakhstan	7–14	Australia	Attendance: 650 Referees: Stavropoulos (GRE), Matache (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 2-4, 1-3, 3-3
		Gorovoy, Andreyev, Kukumanov 2	Goals	Whalan 4

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20 July 2009 18:20	Match 6	Serbia	9–11	Spain	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Turcotte (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 3-2, 3-5
		Udovičić, Mitrović 2	Goals	X García 3

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22 July 2009 12:10	Match 11	Spain	13–10	Australia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 3-2, 5-2, 2-4
		Mallarach, Perrone 3	Goals	Whalan 3

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22 July 2009 13:30	Match 12	Kazakhstan	3–20	Serbia	Attendance: 150 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Stavropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-7, 1-3, 0-6
		Manafov 3	Goals	Pijetlović, Filipović 5

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24 July 2009 09:30	Match 17	Kazakhstan	5–11	Spain	Attendance: 300 Referees: Koganov (AZE), Shiwei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1-4, 0-2, 1-2, 3-3
		Andreyev 2	Goals	Molina, Vallès, X García 2

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24 July 2009 10:50	Match 18	Serbia	8–8	Australia	Attendance: 500 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-2, 3-4, 2-1
		Filipović 3	Goals	Cotterill, Whalan 3

Group D※

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	29	19	+10	6
Romania	3	2	0	1	17	16	+1	4
Italy	3	1	0	2	25	20	+5	2
North Macedonia	3	0	0	3	15	31	-16	0

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20 July 2009 19:40	Match 7	North Macedonia	4–6	Romania	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 0-3, 1-0
		Bašić 2	Goals	Radu 2

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20 July 2009 21:00	Match 8	United States	9–8	Italy	Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 2-1, 1-2, 3-3
		Azevedo 4	Goals	Calcaterra 3

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22 July 2009 17:00	Match 13	United States	13–6	North Macedonia	Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Knights (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3-0, 5-2, 3-2, 2-2
		Azevedo 4	Goals	Milić 2

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22 July 2009 21:00	Match 16	Romania	6–5	Italy	Attendance: 5,300 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-1, 1-2, 2-0
		Diaconu 2	Goals	five players 1

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24 July 2009 12:10	Match 19	United States	7–5	Romania	Attendance: 500 Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Stavropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-0, 2-2, 2-1
		Beaubien 3	Goals	Matei Guiman 2

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24 July 2009 21:00	Match 24	North Macedonia	5–12	Italy	Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 0-3, 3-3, 0-3
		Milic 3	Goals	Gallo, Fiorentini 3

Final round※

Brackets※

	Play-off 26 July 2009					Quarterfinals 28 July 2009					Semifinals 30 July 2009					Final 1 August 2009
						Hungary		9
	Serbia		7			Serbia		10
	Italy		5								Serbia		12
											Croatia		11
						Croatia		7
	Australia		5			Romania		5
	Romania		7													Serbia		14
																Spain		13
						Spain		11
	Canada		9			Canada		4
	China		5								Spain		7			Third place
											United States		6
						United States		8								Croatia		8
	Germany		9			Germany		5								United States		6
	Montenegro		8

5th–8th place

	5th–8th place				5th/6th place
	30 July 2009 – 11:40
	Hungary	13
					1 August 2009 – 10:40
	Romania	8
					Hungary	9
	30 July 2009 – 15:30
					Germany	6
	Canada	5
	Germany	9
					7th/8th place
					1 August 2009 – 09:00
					Romania	9
					Canada	6

9th–12th place

	9th–12th place				9th/10th place
	28 July 2009 – 11:20
	China	5
					30 July 2009 – 10:20
	Montenegro	13
					Montenegro	8
	28 July 2009 – 12:40
					Australia	7
	Italy	6
	Australia	8
					11th/12th place
					30 July 2009 – 09:00
					China	7
					Italy	14

13th–16th place

	13th–16th place				13th/14th place
	26 July 2009 – 09:00
	South Africa	7
					28 July 2009 – 10:00
	Brazil	8
					Brazil (PSO)	16
	26 July 2009 – 10:20
					North Macedonia	15
	Kazakhstan	4
	North Macedonia	11
					15th/16th place
					28 July 2009 – 08:40
					South Africa	6
					Kazakhstan	5

Semifinals 13–16 places※

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26 July 2009 09:00	Match 25	South Africa	7–8	Brazil	Attendance: 150 Referees: Rotsart (USA), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 1-1
		le Roux, Bell 2	Goals	Silva, Franco 2

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26 July 2009 10:20	Match 26	Kazakhstan	4–11	North Macedonia	Attendance: 250 Referees: Spiegel (GER), Mernenko (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-4, 0-1, 1-3
		Andreyev 2	Goals	Krstic 5

Eightfinals※

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26 July 2009 11:40	Match 27	Canada	9–5	China	Attendance: 400 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 2-0, 3-2, 2-2
		Feltham 3	Goals	Yu, Wang B. 2

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26 July 2009 15:30	Match 28	Germany	9–8	Montenegro	Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Kiszelly (HUN), Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3-3, 1-2, 2-2, 2-1  OT: 1-0
		Savic 3	Goals	M. Janovic , Zloković 2

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26 July 2009 16:50	Match 30	Australia	5–7	Romania	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2
		Campbell, Whalan 2	Goals	Radu, Diaconu 2

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26 July 2009 21:00	Match 29	Serbia	7–5	Italy	Attendance: 5,300 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Stravpopoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-2, 2-1, 1-1
		Udovičić 2	Goals	Calcaterra 3

15th place※

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28 July 2009 08:40	Match 31	South Africa	6–5	Kazakhstan	Attendance: 100 Referees: Wengenroth (SUI), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-1, 2-1, 0-1
		Brown, Woods 2	Goals	Gaidukov, Gorovoy 2

13th place※

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28 July 2009 10:00	Match 32	Brazil	16–15	North Macedonia	Attendance: 150 Referees: Moner (EGY), Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0-2, 6-2, 3-4, 2-3  OT: 1-0, 0-1, PSO: 4-3
		M. Franco, F. Franco 4	Goals	Krstic 4

Semifinals 9–12 places※

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28 July 2009 11:20	Match 33	China	5–13	Montenegro	Attendance: 500 Referees: Ghafouri (IRI), Damcevski (MKD)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-2, 1-5, 3-4
		Yu 4	Goals	Gojković 3

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28 July 2009 12:40	Match 34	Italy	6–8	Australia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-1, 2-3, 1-2
		Calcaterra 3	Goals	Campbell 3

Quarterfinals※

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28 July 2009 14:00	Match 35	Hungary	9–10	Serbia	Attendance: 2.000 Referees: Gomez (ITA), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2-4, 1-1, 4-2, 1-1  OT: 1-1, 0-1
		Kiss 3	Goals	Udovičić, Prlainović 3

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28 July 2009 15:20	Match 38	United States	8–5	Germany	Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-0, 5-1, 1-2
		eight players 1	Goals	Politze 2

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28 July 2009 16:40	Match 36	Croatia	7–5	Romania	Attendance: 400 Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Sadekov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-3
		Burić, Bošković 2	Goals	Radu 3

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28 July 2009 21:00	Match 37	Spain	11–4	Canada	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Brguljan (MNE), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 6-0, 3-0
		García 3	Goals	four players 1

11th place※

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30 July 2009 09:00	Match 39	China	7–14	Italy	Attendance: 600 Referees: Matache (ROU), Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2-4, 2-2, 1-5, 2-3
		Liang 3	Goals	Mistrangelo 4

9th place※

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30 July 2009 10:20	Match 40	Montenegro	8–7	Australia	Attendance: 600 Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Stravropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 1-2, 4-1
		Ivović 3	Goals	Campbell 2

Semifinals 5–8 places※

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30 July 2009 11:40	Match 41	Hungary	13–8	Romania	Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Sedekov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-3, 4-2, 3-2
		Kiss 3	Goals	eight players 1

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30 July 2009 15:30	Match 42	Canada	5–9	Germany	Attendance: 800 Referees: Tulga (TUR), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 0-2, 1-1, 1-3, 3-3
		Boyd, Diggle 2	Goals	Politze 4

Semifinals※

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30 July 2009 16:50	Match 43	Serbia	12–11	Croatia	Attendance: 2.500 Referees: Gomez (ITA), Kiszelly (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4-3, 3-3, 3-3, 2-2
		Filipović 4	Goals	Bošković 3

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30 July 2009 21:00	Match 44	Spain	7–6	United States	Attendance: 3.000 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Brguljan (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-2, 1-1, 2-1
		Molina 3	Goals	Powers 2

7th place※

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1 August 2009 09:00	Match 45	Romania	9–6	Canada	Attendance: 400 Referees: Ciric (SRB), Reemnet (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-1, 3-3, 3-1
		three players 2	Goals	Marks, Graham 2

5th place※

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1 August 2009 10:40	Match 46	Hungary	9–6	Germany	Attendance: 600 Referees: Peris (CRO), Stavropoulos (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4-1, 1-0, 3-1, 1-4
		Hosnyánszky 3	Goals	Politze 3

Bronze medal match※

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1 August 2009 16:00	Match 47	Croatia	8–6	United States	Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-1, 2-0, 3-2
		Barač, Obradović 2	Goals	Azevedo 2

Gold medal match※

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1 August 2009 21:00	Match 48	Serbia	14–13	Spain	Attendance: 5.400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 3-2, 0-0, 1-2, 2:2  OT: 1-1, 0-0 Pen 7:6
		Udovičić 5	Goals	García 7

Final ranking※

Medalists※

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serbia Slobodan Soro Marko Avramović Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić (c) Slavko Gak Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović Head coach: Dejan Udovičić	Spain Inaki Aguilar Mario José García David Martín Blai Mallarach Guillermo Molina Marc Minguell Iván Gallego Albert Español Xavier Vallès Felipe Perrone Iván Pérez (c) Xavier García Daniel López Head coach: Rafael Aguilar	Croatia Ivo Brzica Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Ivan Buljubašić Srdan Antonijević Frano Karač Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barač (c) Igor Hinić Paulo Obradović Josip Pavić Head coach: Ratko Rudić

Individual awards※

• Most Valuable Player

•  Vanja Udovičić (SRB)

• Best Goalkeeper

•  Stefano Tempesti (ITA)

• Topscorer

•  Filip Filipović (SRB) — 20 goals (2 in penalty shootout)

References※

External links※

• 13th FINA World Championships 2009 FINA Water Polo website
• Water Polo Men – Competition schedule web.archive.org
• Records and statistics (reports by Omega)
• Men Water Polo World Championship 2009 Roma www.todor66.com