The men's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 23 July to 3 August 2013.
Hungary won their third title by defeating Montenegro 8–7 in the final match.
Qualification 16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows: The host nation The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent (Europe), Asia, Oceania and Africa. BL 9 Olympic Games, World Championships and World Swimming Championships (25m)
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost nation – –12012 World League Finals12–17 June 2012 Almaty22012 Olympics29 July–12 August 2012 London4 2012 European Championships16–29 January 2012 Eindhoven32013 Americas Qualification TournamentJanuary 2013 Calgary2Asia 2Africa 1Oceania 1 TOTAL 16
Groups formed The draw resulted in the following groups: Group A Group B Group C Group D
Preliminary round
Group A PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 38 15 +23 6 3 2 0 1 34 12 +22 4 3 1 0 2 30 18 +12 2 3 0 0 3 8 65 −57 0
Group B PlWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 41 15 +26 6 3 2 0 1 31 19 +12 4 3 1 0 2 32 32 0 2 3 0 0 3 14 52 −38 0
Group C PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 39 26 +13 6 3 1 1 1 32 27 +5 3 3 1 1 1 25 26 −1 3 3 0 0 3 21 38 −17 0
Group D PldWDLGFGAGDPts 3 3 0 0 32 18 +14 6 3 2 0 1 26 26 0 4 3 1 0 2 21 25 −4 2 3 0 0 3 16 26 −10 0
Knockout stage
Bracket
5th place bracket
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Team Roster Attila Decker, Viktor Nagy, Bence Bátori, Krisztián Bedő, Ádám Decker, Miklós Gór-Nagy, Balázs Hárai, Norbert Hosnyánszky, Norbert Madaras, Márton Szivós, Dániel Varga, Dénes Varga, Márton Vámos Head coach: Tibor Benedek
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Viktor NagyMiklós Gór-NagyNorbert MadarasBence BátoriMárton VámosNorbert HosnyánszkyÁdám DeckerMárton SzivósDániel Varga (c)Dénes Varga Krisztián BedőBalázs HáraiAttila DeckerHead coach: Tibor Benedek Zdravko RadićDraško BrguljanVjekoslav PaskovicAntonio PetrovićDarko BrguljanUgo CrousillatMlađan JanovićNikola Janović (c)Aleksandar IvovićSaša MišićFilip KlikovaćPredrag JokićMiloš Šćepanović]Head coach: Vido Lompar Josip Pavić (c)Luka LončarIvan MilakovićFran PaškvalinMaro JokovićLuka BukićPetar MuslimAndro BušljeSandro SuknoNikša DobudAnđelo ŠetkaPaulo ObradovićMarko BijačHead coach: Ivica Tucak
Individual awards Most Valuable Player Dénes Varga
Best Goalscorer Sandro Sukno / Aleksandar Ivović – 20 goals
Best Goalkeeper Viktor Nagy
Media All-Star TeamHungary makes it title #3 with a heart-stopper over Montenegro Viktor Nagy – Goalkeeper Duško Pijetlović – Centre forward Pietro Figlioli Aleksandar Ivović Mlađan Janović Sandro Sukno Dénes Varga
References
External links 15th FINA World Championships 2013 FINA Water Polo website Records and statistics (reports by Omega) Men Water Polo XV World Championship 2013 Barcelona www.todor66.com