# 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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 Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.

## Teams

The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.
| Teams | Qualified as |
| Hungary Serbia and Montenegro Greece Croatia Spain Romania Russia Italy | Host (2nd 2005 World Championship) 1st 2005 World Championship 3rd 2005 World Championship 4th 2005 World Championship 5th 2005 World Championship 6th 2005 World Championship 7th 2005 World Championship 8th 2005 World Championship |

## Seeding

Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Serbia and Montenegro (1)  Hungary (2) (H) | Greece (3)  Croatia (4) | Spain (5)  Romania (6) | Russia (7)  Italy (8) |

## Groups

| GROUP A | GROUP B |
| Hungary (H)  Greece  Romania  Italy | Serbia and Montenegro  Croatia  Spain  Russia |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| | Team | Pts | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | Qualification |
| 1. | Hungary (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 19 | Semi-finals |
| 2. | Italy | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | Quarter-finals |
| 3. | Romania | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 28 | Quarter-finals |
| 4. | Greece | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 29 |
* Tuesday 2005-06-13
| Greece | 7 – 8 | Romania | 2-3 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 2-3 |
| Italy | 6 – 10 | Hungary | 2-2 • 1-2 • 1-3 • 2-3 |
* Wednesday 2005-06-14
| Greece | 4 – 14 | Hungary | 4-4 • 2-3 • 0-4 • 1-3 |
| Italy | 7 – 5 | Romania | 1-1 • 2-1 • 1-1 • 3-2 |
* Thursday 2005-06-15
| Greece | 5 – 7 | Italy | 1-1 • 3-1 • 1-4 • 0-1 |
| Romania | 6 – 14 | Hungary | 4-5 • 1-3 • 0-3 • 1-3 |

### Group B

| | Team | Pts | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | Qualification |
| 1. | Serbia and Montenegro | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 21 | Semi-finals |
| 2. | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 26 | Quarter-finals |
| 3. | Spain | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 21 | Quarter-finals |
| 4. | Russia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 35 |
* Tuesday 2005-06-13
| Croatia | 12 – 9 | Russia | 4-3 • 1-3 • 4-2 • 3-1 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 7 – 6 | Spain | 2-4 • 2-0 • 2-2 • 1-0 |
* Wednesday 2005-06-14
| Croatia | 8 – 8 | Spain | 2-3 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-2 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 13 – 7 | Russia | 3-1 • 4-4 • 2-0 • 4-2 |
* Thursday 2005-06-15
| Russia | 6 – 10 | Spain | 1-3 • 2-2 • 1-2 • 2-3 |
| Croatia | 8 – 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1-3 • 2-0 • 2-4 • 3-2 |
* Olympic champions Hungary and reigning world champion Serbia & Montenegro 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)
| Romania | 7 – 10 | Croatia | 2-2 • 2-2 • 3-4 • 0-2 |
** Second quarterfinal (19:00h)
| Italy | 3 – 9 | Spain | 0-1 • 0-4 • 3-1 • 0-3 |

## Semi finals

* Saturday 2005-06-17
** First semifinal (17:30h)
| Hungary | 10 – 6 | Croatia | 2-1 • 4-1 • 2-3 • 2-1 |
** Second semifinal (19:00h)
| Serbia and Montenegro | 13 – 8 | Spain | 5-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-2 |

## Finals

* Friday 2005-06-16
** 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)
| Greece | 10 – 6 | Russia | 2-2 • 3-2 • 3-2 • 2-0 |
* Saturday 2005-06-17
** 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)
| Romania | 4 – 7 | Italy | 2-0 • 1-4 • 1-1 • 0-2 |
* Sunday 2005-06-18
** Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)
| Croatia | 10 – 13 | Spain | 2-3 • 2-3 • 2-5 • 4-2 |
** Gold Medal Match (17:30h)
| Hungary | 9 – 10 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1-3 • 2-2 • 2-1 • 3-2 • 1-1 • 0-1 |

## Final standings

| RANK | TEAM |
| | Serbia |
| | Hungary |
| | Spain |
| 4. | Croatia |
| 5. | Italy |
| 6. | Romania |
| 7. | Greece |
| 8. | Russia |
* 2006 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup
* Serbia First title

## Top scorers

| RANK | 2006 FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD CUP | GOALS |
| 1. | Aleksandar Šapić (SCG) | 17 |
| 2. | Tamás Kásás (HUN) | 13 |
| 2. | Felipe Perrone (ESP) | 13 |
| 2. | Xavier García (ESP) | 13 |
| 5. | Miho Bošković (CRO) | 12 |
| 6. | Andrei Iosep (ROM) | 11 |
| 7. | Péter Biros (HUN) | 10 |
| 8. | Teo Đogaš (CRO) | 9 |
| 9. | Gergely Kiss (HUN) | 8 |
| 9. | Nikola Janović (SCG) | 8 |