Water polo at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Water polo at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Venue(s)	Ecuador (in Guayaquil host cities)
Dates	20 July – 8 August
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union (2nd title)
Runner-up	Hungary
Third place	West Germany
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	981 (17.52 per match)
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The 1982 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the fourth edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 29 July to 8 August 1982, and was incorporated into the 1982 World Aquatics Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.^[1]

Participating teams[edit]

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
Egypt	Canada Cuba United States	China	France Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Soviet Union Spain West Germany Yugoslavia	Australia New Zealand

Groups formed[edit]

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

First round[edit]

	Qualified for places 1–8, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group E and F)
	Qualified for places 9–16, separated in 2 round robin groups of 4 teams each. (Group G and H)

Group A[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	West Germany	6	3	3	0	33	19	+14
2.	Spain	4	3	2	1	36	18	+18
3.	Italy	2	3	1	2	36	23	+13
4.	New Zealand	0	3	0	3	12	57	–45

29 July 1982


West Germany	9 – 8	Italy
Spain	21 – 2	New Zealand

30 July 1982


West Germany	8 – 6	Spain
Italy	20 – 5	New Zealand

31 July 1982


West Germany	16 – 5	New Zealand
Spain	9 – 8	Italy

Group B[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	6	3	3	0	35	14	+21
2.	United States	4	3	2	1	36	15	+21
3.	Australia	2	3	1	2	36	20	+16
4.	Egypt	0	3	0	3	5	63	–58

29 July 1982


United States	24 – 2	Egypt
Soviet Union	11 – 8	Australia

30 July 1982


Soviet Union	8 – 5	United States
Australia	23 – 2	Egypt

31 July 1982


Soviet Union	16 – 1	Egypt
United States	7 – 5	Australia

Group C[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	38	19	+19
2.	Cuba	4	3	2	1	28	23	+5
3.	China	2	3	1	2	26	35	–9
4.	Greece	0	3	0	3	20	35	–15

29 July 1982


Cuba	9 – 5	Greece
Hungary	14 – 6	China

30 July 1982


Hungary	14 – 5	Greece
Cuba	11 – 8	China

31 July 1982


Hungary	10 – 8	Cuba
China	12 – 10	Greece

Group D[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	6	3	3	0	33	26	+7
2.	Netherlands	4	3	2	1	26	17	+9
3.	France	2	3	1	2	26	36	–10
4.	Canada	0	3	0	3	27	33	–6

29 July 1982


Yugoslavia	13 – 9	France
Netherlands	8 – 5	Canada

30 July 1982


Yugoslavia	7 – 6	Netherlands
France	12 – 11	Canada

31 July 1982


Yugoslavia	13 – 11	Canada
Netherlands	12 – 5	France

Second round[edit]

	Qualified for places 1–4 in a round robin group. (Group L)
	Will play for places 5–8 in a round robin group. (Group I)
	Will play for places 9–12 in a round robin group. (Group J)
	Will play for places 13–16 in a round robin group (Group K)

Group E[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	6	3	3	0	27	20	+7
2.	West Germany	4	3	2	1	24	24	0
3.	United States	2	3	1	2	21	21	0
4.	Spain	0	3	0	3	18	25	–7

First round results apply.

3 August 1982


West Germany	8 – 7	United States
Soviet Union	8 – 7	Spain

4 August 1982


United States	9 – 5	Spain
Soviet Union	11 – 8	West Germany

Group F[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	28	24	+4
2.	Netherlands	2	3	1	2	21	21	0
3.	Yugoslavia	2	3	1	2	25	26	–1
4.	Cuba	2	3	1	2	24	27	–3

First round results apply.

3 August 1982


Netherlands	9 – 7	Cuba
Hungary	11 – 10	Yugoslavia

4 August 1982


Hungary	7 – 6	Netherlands
Cuba	9 – 8	Yugoslavia

Group G[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	6	3	3	0	46	18	+28
2.	Australia	4	3	2	1	46	14	+32
3.	Egypt	2	3	1	2	16	46	–30
4.	New Zealand	0	3	0	3	14	44	–30

First round results apply.

3 August 1982


Italy	16 – 4	Egypt
Australia	14 – 2	New Zealand

4 August 1982


Italy	10 – 9	Australia
Egypt	10 – 7	New Zealand

Group H[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	China	4	3	2	0	1	35	32	+3
2.	Greece	3	3	1	1	1	28	27	+1
3.	France	3	3	1	1	1	31	34	–3
4.	Canada	2	3	1	0	2	29	30	–1

First round results apply.

3 August 1982


Canada	12 – 9	China
Greece	9 – 9	France

4 August 1982


Greece	9 – 6	Canada
China	14 – 10	France

Final round[edit]

13th – 16th places (Group K)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
13.	France	5	3	2	1	0	31	22	+9
14.	Canada	4	3	2	0	1	38	26	+12
15.	Egypt	2	3	1	0	2	19	38	–19
16.	New Zealand	1	3	0	1	2	20	25	–5

Results of previous rounds apply.

6 August 1982


France	6 – 6	New Zealand
Canada	18 – 4	Egypt

7 August 1982


France	13 – 5	Egypt
Canada	9 – 7	New Zealand

9th – 12th places (Group J)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
9.	Italy	6	3	3	0	34	25	+9
10.	China	4	3	2	1	31	31	0
11.	Australia	2	3	1	2	25	27	–2
12.	Greece	0	3	0	3	24	31	–7

Results of previous rounds apply.

6 August 1982


China	9 – 7	Australia
Italy	10 – 6	Greece

7 August 1982


Italy	14 – 10	China
Australia	9 – 8	Greece

5th – 8th places (Group I)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff
5.	Cuba	4	3	2	1	25	23	+2
6.	United States	4	3	2	1	24	21	+3
7.	Yugoslavia	2	3	1	2	22	23	–1
8.	Spain	2	3	1	2	19	23	–4

Results of previous rounds apply.

6 August 1982


Cuba	9 – 7	United States
Yugoslavia	7 – 6	Spain

7 August 1982


Spain	8 – 7	Cuba
United States	8 – 7	Yugoslavia

1st - 4th places Final standings (Group L)[edit]

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Soviet Union	5	3	2	1	0	25	20	+5
2.	Hungary	4	3	1	2	0	21	20	+1
3.	West Germany	3	3	1	1	1	20	21	–1
4.	Netherlands	0	3	0	0	3	14	19	–5

Results of previous rounds apply.

6 August 1982


Soviet Union	7 – 5	Netherlands
Hungary	7 – 7	West Germany

7 August 1982


West Germany	5 – 3	Netherlands
Soviet Union	7 – 7	Hungary

Final ranking[edit]

RANK^[1]	TEAM
	Soviet Union
	Hungary
	West Germany
4.	Netherlands
5.	Cuba
6.	United States
7.	Yugoslavia
8.	Spain
9.	Italy
10.	China
11.	Australia
12.	Greece
13.	France
14.	Canada
15.	Egypt
16.	New Zealand

1982 FINA Men's World champions
Soviet Union Second title

Team Roster ^[1]

Vladimir Akimov, Mikhail Ivanov, Aleksandr Kabanov, Alexander Kleymenov, Sergei Kotenko, Nurlan Mendigaliev, Georgy Mshevenieradze, Erkin Shagaev, Yevgeny Sharonov, Nicola Smirnov, Aleksei Vdovin
Head coach: Boris Popov^[2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union ^[3] Vladimir Akimov Mikheil Giorgadze Yevgeny Grishin Mikhail Ivanov Aleksandr Kabanov Alexander Kleymenov Sergey Kotenko Nurlan Mendygaliyev Giorgi Mshvenieradze Erkin Shagaev Yevgeny Sharonov Nikolai Smirnov Aleksey Vdovin Head coach: Boris Popov	Hungary ^[3] László Bors Imre Budavári Gábor Csapó Tibor Cservenyák György Gerendás György Horkai György Kenéz István Kiss László Kuncz Gábor Schmiedt Attila Sudár Sándor Tóth János Varga Head coach: Mihály Mayer^[4]	West Germany ^[3] Frank Blümlein Roland Freund Rainer Hoppe Günter Kilian Thomas Loebb Ralf Obschernikat Werner Obschernikat Rainer Osselmann Frank Otto Peter Röhle Jürgen Schröder Hagen Stamm Bernd Weyer Head coach: Mihály Mayer^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ 1982, Guayaquil: The golden team of USSR www.waterpololegends.com
^ ^a ^b ^c 4th FINA World Championships 1982, Guayaquil - Water polo Men www.fina.org
^ 1982, Guayaquil: The silver team of Hungary www.waterpololegends.com
^ 1982 Guayaquil: The bronze team of West Germany www.waterpololegends.com

External links[edit]

4th FINA World Championships 1982, Guayaquil - Water polo Men's Tournament www.fina.org
Men Water Polo World Championship 1982 Guyaquil www.todor66.com

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 14. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[2] 1982, Guayaquil: The golden team of USSR www.waterpololegends.com

[Guayaquil1982-3] 4th FINA World Championships 1982, Guayaquil - Water polo Men www.fina.org

[4] 1982, Guayaquil: The silver team of Hungary www.waterpololegends.com

[5] 1982 Guayaquil: The bronze team of West Germany www.waterpololegends.com

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