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.

Water polo at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Dates	29 June 2005 (2005-06-29) – 3 July 2005 (2005-07-03)
Medalists
Spain    Italy    Serbia and Montenegro
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Teams

GROUP A  Croatia  Greece  Italy  Slovenia

GROUP B  France  Spain  Serbia and Montenegro  Turkey

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	0	1	22	27	–5
3.	Greece	2	3	1	0	2	16	25	–9
4.	Slovenia	0	3	0	0	3	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	0	1	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				Final
	Spain	8
	Croatia	4
					Spain	9
					Italy	7
	Italy	6
	Serbia and M	5
					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

See also

• 2005 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship
• 2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship

References

• Results
• Official Results pp. 39-40.