Water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–25 June
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	232 (15.47 per match)

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, were held between June 19 and June 25. All games were held at the Mersin University, Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool.

Format

• Seven teams are divided into two preliminary groups. One group consists three teams and the other four teams.
• The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semifinals, other teams will qualify for the placement matches.
• Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.

Preliminary round

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	3	3	0	0	32	14	+18	6
Italy	3	2	0	1	26	19	+7	4
France	3	1	0	2	19	24	−5	2
Serbia	3	0	0	3	11	31	−20	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

June 19, 2013 16:30	Report	Greece	12–3	Serbia	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Matache (ROU) and Kokarağaç (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 4–0, 4–1
		Fountoulis 4	Goals	three players 1

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June 19, 2013 18:00	Report	Italy	9–6	France	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Vlašić (CRO) and Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 3–1, 3–3
		three players 2	Goals	Marzouki, Camarasa 2

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June 21, 2013 16:30	Report	Greece	12–6	France	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Gideon (NED) and Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 4–1, 4–2
		Fountoulis 4	Goals	Simon 4

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June 21, 2013 18:00	Report	Serbia	5–12	Italy	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Matache (ROU) and Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–2, 0–3, 1–2
		Tanasković, Rašović 2	Goals	Giorgetti 3

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June 22, 2013 16:30	Report	Greece	8–5	Italy	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Matache (ROU) and Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–3, 2–1, 1–1
		Fountoulis, Mourikis 2	Goals	Gallo 2

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June 22, 2013 18:00	Report	France	7–3	Serbia	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Kokarağaç (TUR) and Reemnet (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 3–0, 3–0
		Simon 3	Goals	three players 1

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	0	25	11	+14	4
Spain	2	1	0	1	20	11	+9	2
Turkey	2	0	0	2	7	30	−23	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

June 19, 2013 19:30	Report	Croatia	8–7	Spain	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Reemnet (NED) and Collantoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 3–1, 0–4
		Obradović 3	Goals	Alarcón, Español 2

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June 21, 2013 19:30	Report	Turkey	3–13	Spain	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Mišković (SRB) and Collantoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–4, 0–3, 1–3
		three players 1	Goals	Español, Cercols 3

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June 22, 2013 19:30	Report	Turkey	4–17	Croatia	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Mišković (SRB) and Collantoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–6, 1–4, 1–2
		Hantal 2	Goals	Muslim 5

Elimination stage

Classification 5–7 bracket

	Crossover					Fifth place
							Serbia	3
		Serbia	9				France	6
		Turkey	8

Crossover

June 23, 2013 16:30	Report	Serbia	9–8	Turkey	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Reemnet (NED) and Collantoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 2–3, 5–2  OT: (0–0, 1–0)
		Stojanović 3	Goals	Šutalo 4

Fifth place match

June 25, 2013 16:30	Report	Serbia	3–6	France	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Reemnet (NED) and Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 0–1, 2–3, 1–3
		Rašović 2	Goals	Khasz 2

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 23
	Greece	7
					June 25
	Spain	10
					Spain	9
	June 23
					Croatia	11
	Croatia	7
	Italy	5
					Third place
					June 25
					Greece	9
					Italy	8

Semifinals

June 23, 2013 18:00	Report	Greece	7–10	Spain	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Matache (ROU) and Vlašić (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 3–5, 1–3
		Fountoulis 3	Goals	Español 3

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June 23, 2013 19:30	Report	Croatia	7–5	Italy	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Kokarağaç (TUR) and Mišković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 0–1, 3–0
		Bušlje, Obradović 2	Goals	Giorgetti, Figlioli 2

Bronze medal match

June 25, 2013 18:00	Report	Greece	9–8	Italy	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Reemnet (NED) and Colominas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 4–1, 1–1
		Fountoulis, Mourikis 2	Goals	three players 2

Gold medal match

June 25, 2013 19:30	Report	Spain	9–11	Croatia	Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool, Mersin Referees: Matache (ROU) and Collantoni (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 3–3, 1–2
		Español, Mallarach 2	Goals	Sukno 4

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Croatia	4–0
	Spain	2–2
	Greece	4–1
4	Italy	2–3
5	France	2–2
6	Serbia	1–4
7	Turkey	0–3

References

Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin / Turkey, Results, p. 34.