2009 Water Polo World Championships Results - Men

The first three days of water polo world championship play is a round-robin tournament, with the top point earners (2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie) advancing to the semi-final and quarter-final rounds.

GROUP A South Africa (RSA), Canada (CAN), Germany (GER), Hungary (HUN)
GROUP B Montenegro (MNE), Croatia (CRO), China (CHN), Brazil (BRA)
GROUP C Kazakhstan (KAZ), Serbia (SRB), Australia (AUS), Spain (ESP)
GROUP D USA (USA), Macedonia (MKD), Italy (ITA), Romania (ROU)

Men (play on even days)

Monday July 20
Prelim Rounds
RSA 4 - GER 14
CAN 6 - HUN 15
MNE 14 - CHN 4
CRO 11 - BRA 2
KAZ 7 - AUS 14
SRB 9 - ESP 11
MKD 4 - ROU 6
USA - ITA

Wednesday July 22
Prelim Rounds
BRA 5 - CHN 9
MNE 5 - CRO 11
ESP 13 - AUS 10
KAZ 3 - SRB 20
USA 13 - MKD 6
HUN 7 - GER 7
RSA 1 - CAN 12
ROU 6 - ITA 5

Friday July 24
Prelim Rounds
KAZ 5 - ESP 11
SRB 8 - AUS 8
USA 7 - ROU 5
RSA 5 - HUN 15
CAN 5 - GER 4
MNE 19 - BRA 5
CRO 15 - CHN 5
MKD 5 - ITA 12

Sunday July 26
Semifinal for 13-16
RSA 7 - BRA 8
KAZ 4 - MKD 11
Quarterfinal Qualification Matches
CAN 9 - CHN 5
GER 9 - MNE 8
AUS 5 - ROU 7
SRB 7 - ITA 5

Tuesday July 28
finals (13th-16th place)
RSA 6 - KAZ 5
BRA 16 - MKD 15
semifinals (9th-12th place)
CHN 5 - MNE 13
ITA 6 - AUS 8
quarterfinals (winners from qualifying vs prelim group winners--top-8)
HUN 9 - SRB 10
USA 8 - GER 5
CRO 7 - ROU 5
ESP 11 - CAN 14

Thursday July 30
finals (11th-12th place)
CHN 7 - ITA 14
finals (9th-10th place)
MNE 8 - AUS 7
semis (5th-8th)
HUN 13 - ROU 8
CAN 5 - GER 9
semis (Top 4)
SRB 12 - CRO 11
ESP 7 - USA 6

Saturday August 1
finals (7th-8th place)
ROU 9 - CAN 6

finals (5th-6th place)
HUN 9 - GER 6

finals (3rd-4th place)
CRO 8 - USA 6

finals (1st-2nd place)
SRB 14 - ESP 13

Water Polo World Championships: 19 July - 1 August