Men's Water Polo Tournament at the Aquatics WA World Championships 2023

[Vektor 3,326]

So far it seems the quotas will go to...

 

 or  or  in the upper half of the bracket

 

 or  in the lower half of the bracket

Edited July 19, 2023 by Vektor

[Vektor 3,326]

 v  proved once again that the US is dangerous, they are the best non-European team at the moment and can upset Hungary in the QF if we have a bad day.

 

No big surprises in the group stage, we are almost getting the bracket that I predicted earlier.

 

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[Makedonas 2,172]

We were down by 5 at halftime against USA, needed the win to advance directly to QF and scored the winning goal with 2 seconds left 

 

Also we are without one of our best players, Angelos Vlachopoulos, who stayed in Greece because his mother is in a very bad condition 

[Vektor 3,326]

 is struggling against , the European champions might not even make it into the Top8. 

[Gianlu33 4,693]

Montenegro won 

[Vektor 3,326]

Wow, huge upset from , the European champions are out. Worst result for  since 2003 at the Worlds. 

 

The QFs will be...

 

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[ChandlerMne 1,058]

Deserved win by Montenegro.

Plus, i wouldnt call it huge surprise. Just a surprise. Montenegro is a solid team, had many success not a long ago, always play good against neighbouring nations. Overall, its not huge surprise, IMO. 

[Makedonas 2,172]

Our guys just don't want to win. We had 6-3 against Montenegro and now the score is 7-7...

[Josh 10,830]

through to the semifinals with a 10-9 win over

 

Congrats! 

Edited July 25, 2023 by Josh

[Makedonas 2,172]

The boys did it! 

 

Our 6th time in the semifinals of the World Championships. So far we have never made the final. Hopefully this is the first time we make the final.

 

Every time we either lost by 1 goal or via penalty shootout (except in 2017 when we lost by 2 goals), so we've been close many times before but never won 

 

Also will be nice to secure our Olympic quota from now so next year I'll only have to stress about women's water polo and men's basketball