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

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, from 13 to 18 June 2006.

Teams

The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.

Seeding

Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship

Groups

Preliminary round

Group A

*Tuesday 2005-06-13 *Wednesday 2005-06-14 *Thursday 2005-06-15

Group B

*Tuesday 2005-06-13 *Wednesday 2005-06-14 *Thursday 2005-06-15 *''Olympic champions

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and reigning world champion

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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) **Second quarterfinal (19:00h)

Semi finals

*Saturday 2005-06-17 **First semifinal (17:30h) **Second semifinal (19:00h)

Finals

*Friday 2005-06-16 **7th/8th-place match (15:00h) *Saturday 2005-06-17 **5th/6th-place match (15:00h) *Sunday 2005-06-18 **Bronze Medal Match (15:30h) **Gold Medal Match (17:30h)

Final standings

Top scorers

Squads

* Goran Volarević * Damir Burić * Boris Pavlović * Srđan Antonijević *

Tihomil Vranješ Tihomil Vranješ (born 10 November 1977) is a Croatian male water polo player. He was a member of the Croatia men's national water polo team, playing as a driver. He was a part of the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. On club level he played m ...

* Ratko Štritof (captain) *

Andrija Komadina Andrija Komadina (born 23 November 1977) is a Croatian former professional water polo player. He was a member of the Croatia men's national water polo team, played as a defender. He was a part of the Croatian team that won the fourth place at the ...

Teo Đogaš Teo Đogaš (born 19 February 1977 in Split) is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the men's national team that won the world title at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia. At club level, Đogaš playe ...

Andro Bušlje Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He ...

Nikša Dobud Nikša Dobud (born 5 August 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is tall and weighs . In 2015, Dobud received a four-year suspens ...

* Aljosa Kunac * Miho Bošković *

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Head coach: *

Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in history, and second most successful team ...

* Filippos Karampetsos * Anastasios Schizas * Dimitrios Mazis * Konstantinos Kokkinakis *

Christos Afroudakis Christos Afroudakis (born 23 May 1984) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the captain of the team that competed for Greece at the 2016 Summer Olym ...

Argyris Theodoropoulos Argyris Theodoropoulos (born 13 January 1981) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, in the 2008 Summer Olympics and in the 2012 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water ...

* Nikitas Kocheilas * Georgios Ntoskas * Georgios Afroudakis (captain) * Andreas Miralis * Konstantinos Dimou * Manolis Mylonakis * Georgios Reppas Head coach: * Alessandro Campagna

* Zoltán Szécsi *

Dániel Varga Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, they were tea ...

Norbert Madaras Norbert Madaras (born 1 December 1979 in Eger) is a Hungarian water polo player, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He also was on the squad that claimed the title at the 2 ...

Ádám Steinmetz Ádám Steinmetz (born 11 August 1980 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion, and politician, who played for Hungarian Championship outfit Vasas SC. He has a brother, Barnabás Steinmetz, who is also a water polo player ...

Tamás Kásás Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player. Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...

(captain) * Márton Szivós *

Gergely Kiss Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of six male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...

* Csaba Kiss *

Rajmund Fodor Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 199 ...

* Péter Biros * Gábor Kiss * Tamás Molnár * Gábor Jászberényi Head coach: *

Dénes Kemény Dénes Kemény (born 14 June 1954) is a former Hungary, Hungarian water polo player who was the trainer and president of the Hungary men's national water polo team from 1997 to 2012. During his reign the Hungarian team won at least a medal in 2 ...

* Stefano Tempesti *

Massimo Giacoppo Massimo Giacoppo (born 10 May 1983) is an Italian water polo player, part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Achievements See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has be ...

* Valerio Rizzo *

Fabrizio Buonocore Fabrizio Buonocore (born 28 April 1977) is an Italian water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aq ...

* Andrea Scotti Galletta *

Maurizio Felugo Maurizio Felugo (born 4 March 1981) is an Italian male water polo player. He was a member of the Italy men's national water polo team, playing as a driver. Biography Born at Rapallo, he currently plays for Pro Recco and the Italian water polo ...

* Federico Mistrangelo *

Fabio Bencivenga Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). He was a member of the Men's National Team that clai ...

* Arnaldo Deserti *

Alessandro Calcaterra Alessandro Calcaterra (born 26 May 1975) is an Italian water polo player, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia). He was a member of the men's national team that claimed the b ...

(captain) * Luigi Di Costanzo *

Goran Fiorentini Goran Fiorentini (born 21 November 1981) is a Croatian-Italian former water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the elder brother of Deni Fiorentini and son of Yugoslavia player Branko Jovanović. Like his brother he hold ...

*Fabio Violetti Head coach: * Paolo Malara

* Nenciu Berttini *

Cosmin Radu Cosmin Alexandru Radu (born November 9, 1981) is a former Romanian professional water polo player who is currently vice-president of the Romanian Waterpolo Federation. He has played for , Rapid Bucharest, Rari Nantes Florentia, Primorje Rijeka ...

* Florin Muşat * Florin Bonca * Andrei Iosep * Andrei Bușilă * Gheorghe Dunca * Ramiro Georgescu * Alexandru Ghiban *

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* Alexandru Matei Guiman *

Kálmán Kádár Kálmán János Kádár (; born 11 June 1979) is a Romanian water polo player. Kádár, who comes from the Hungarian minority in Romania, was part of the Romania men's national water polo team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

Robert Dinu Robert Dinu (born 4 January 1974) is a Romanian former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. See also * Romania men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers ...

Head coach: *

Vlad Hagiu Vlad Hagiu (born 29 March 1963) is a Romanian coach and former water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. Achievements Player ;Dinamo Bucharest * Romanian Superliga: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997 *LE ...

* Igor Shaltanov * Yuri Yatsev *

Pavel Khalturin Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given ...

* Roman Dokuchaev * Roman Balashov * Anton Korotaev *

Revaz Chomakhidze Revaz Chomakhidze (born 15 December 1973) is a Georgian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Career The well-built player started his water polo ...

(captain) * Dmitri Stratan * Aleksey Agarkov *

Marat Zakirov Marat Sagitovich Zakirov (, born November 8, 1973) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in w ...

* Viktor Vishnyakov * Andrei Reketchinski * Yegor Rastorguev Head coach: *

Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (, 14 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He is one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head co ...

Denis Šefik Denis Šefik ( sr-cyr, Денис Шефик; born 20 September 1976) is a Serbian water polo player who played for VK Radnički. He represented the Serbia and Montenegro national team until 2006, Serbian national team until 2008 and since 2010 ...

Živko Gocić Živko Gocić ( sr-cyrl, Живко Гоцић; born 22 August 1982) is a former Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbian teams that won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a gold medal in 2016. He also held the worl ...

Nikola Janović Nikola Janović (; born 22 March 1980) is a Montenegrin water polo player and the former Minister of Sports and Youth of Montenegro. He was one of the best water polo player in the world. He was a captain of the Montenegro men's national water ...

* Filip Filipović *

Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. During his playing career, he was part of two Olympic bronze medal squads, one for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympic ...

(captain) *

Danilo Ikodinović Danilo “Dača” Ikodinović ( sr-cyrl, Данило Дача Икодиновић, born 4 October 1976) is a Serbian former professional water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics (with Yugoslavia) and t ...

Slobodan Nikić Slobodan Nikić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Никић; born 25 January 1983) is a Serbian professional water polo player. He is currently free agent and he is a long-standing member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His most ...

Vladimir Gojković Vladimir Gojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Гојковић; born 29 January 1981) is a Montenegrin former water polo player and current water polo coach of Montenegro national team. He won silver medal as a member of the Serbia an ...

Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Ćirić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Ћирић, born 30 December 1977 in Belgrade) is a Serbian retired water polo player and current head coach of European powerhouse Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team, who played for two Olympi ...

Aleksandar Šapić Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who has been the mayor of Belgrade since 2024, previously serving that role from 2022 to 2023. A ...

Duško Pijetlović Duško Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Душко Пијетловић; born 25 April 1985) is a Serbian water polo center forward for VK Novi Beograd. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won Olympic gold medals in 2016 and ...

Predrag Jokić Predrag Jokić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Sum ...

Zdravko Radić Zdravko Radić (Cyrillic script, Montenegrin Cyrillic: Здравко Радић; born 24 June 1979) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin water polo player. He was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Se ...

Head coaches: * Nenad Manojlović * Petar Porobić * Nebojša Novoselac

* Inaki Aguilar * Mario García * David Martín * Ricardo Perrone *

Guillermo Molina Guillermo Molina Ríos (born 16 March 1984) is a Spanish water polo player who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in four consecutive Summer Olympics ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio. He was the joint ...

* Sergi Mora * Óscar Rey * José Rodríguez *

Xavier Vallès Xavier "Xavi" Vallès Trias (born 4 September 1979) is a Spanish water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. and 2012 Summer Olympics See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of Wor ...

Felipe Perrone Felipe Perrone Rocha (born 27 February 1986) is a water polo player. Born in Brazil, he competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards he competed for his birth country in the ...

* Iván Pérez (captain) * Xavier García *

Ángel Andreo Ángel Luis Andreo Gabán (born 3 December 1972 in Madrid) is a Spanish water polo, who was a member of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed for his native country in the Su ...

Head coach: * Rafael Aguilar

References

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