Water polo at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
# Water polo at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

The Men's Water Polo Tournament at the 2005 Mediterranean Games was held in the Las Almadrabillas Sports Centre from Wednesday June 29 to Sunday July 3, 2005 in Almería, Spain.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Italy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 12 | +27 |
| 2. | Croatia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 27 | –5 |
| 3. | Greece | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 25 | –9 |
| 4. | Slovenia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 27 | –13 |

* Wednesday June 29, 2005

| Greece | 6 – 4 | Slovenia |
| - | - | - |
| Italy | 14 – 5 | Croatia |

* Thursday June 30, 2005

| Greece | 5 – 9 | Croatia |
| - | - | - |
| Italy | 13 – 3 | Slovenia |

* Friday July 1, 2005

| Italy | 12 – 4 | Greece |
| - | - | - |
| Croatia | 8 – 7 | Slovenia |

### Group B

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | Spain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 |
| 2. | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 15 | +10 |
| 3. | France | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 28 | –12 |
| 4. | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 28 | –16 |

* Wednesday June 29, 2005

| Serbia and Montenegro | 10 – 4 | Turkey |
| - | - | - |
| Spain | 11 – 5 | France |

* Thursday June 30, 2005

| Serbia and Montenegro | 10 – 4 | France |
| - | - | - |
| Spain | 11 – 1 | Turkey |

* Friday July 1, 2005

| France | 7 – 7 | Turkey |
| - | - | - |
| Spain | 7 – 5 | Serbia and Montenegro |

## Final round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 8 |
| Croatia | 4 | | |
| Croatia | 4 | Spain | 9 |
| | | Italy | 7 |
| Italy | 6 | Italy | 7 |
| Serbia and M | 5 | | |
| Serbia and M | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Croatia | 8 |
| | | Serbia and M | 9 |

### Semi finals

* Saturday July 2, 2005

| Spain | 8 – 4 | Croatia |
| - | - | - |
| Italy | 6 – 5 | Serbia and Montenegro |

### Finals

* Saturday July 2, 2005 — 7th/8th place

| Slovenia | 12 – 6 | Turkey |
| - | - | - |

* Saturday July 2, 2005 — 5th/6th place

| Greece | 7 – 6 | France |
| - | - | - |

* Sunday July 3, 2005 — Bronze Medal Match

| Croatia | 8 – 9 | Serbia and Montenegro |
| - | - | - |

* Sunday July 3, 2005 — Gold Medal Match

| Spain | 9 – 7 | Italy |
| - | - | - |

## Final ranking

| RANK | TEAM |
| - | - |
| | Spain |
| | Italy |
| | Serbia and Montenegro |
| 4. | Croatia |
| 5. | Greece |
| 6. | France |
| 7. | Slovenia |
| 8. | Turkey |

## Awards

* 2005 Men's Mediterranean Games champions
* Spain
