Water polo at the Friendship Games
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Water polo
at the Friendship Games
was contested at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana
, Cuba
between 19 and 26 August 1984.
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The host nation, Cuba, had two teams in the tournament. However, the Cuba "B" team competed "off competition". Despite ending the tournament on the fifth place, this result was not included in the final rankings. The sixth team (i. e. Bulgaria) was instead counted as the fifth place team.
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
at the Friendship Games
Friendship Games
The Friendship Games or Friendship-84 was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
was contested at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
between 19 and 26 August 1984.
Medal summary
Six teams competed in a round-robin tournamentRound-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
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The host nation, Cuba, had two teams in the tournament. However, the Cuba "B" team competed "off competition". Despite ending the tournament on the fifth place, this result was not included in the final rankings. The sixth team (i. e. Bulgaria) was instead counted as the fifth place team.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 10 | |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 7 | |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 7 | |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 62 | -16 | 2 | |
| – | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 2 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 68 | -26 | 2 |
Results
| Results | |  | |  | |  A | |  | | B | |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:7 | 8:7 | 13:7 | 18:9 | 18:8 | ||
| 7:9 | 12:12 | 13:9 | 19:7 | 17:6 | ||
| 7:8 | 12:12 | 16:10 | 12:11 | 13:6 | ||
| 7:13 | 9:13 | 10:16 | 8:9 | 12:11 | ||
| 9:18 | 7:19 | 11:12 | 9:8 | 8:11 | ||
| 8:18 | 6:17 | 6:13 | 11:12 | 11:8 |
Winning teams' squads
| Men's | Michael Giorgadze Eugene Grishm Michael Johnson Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov is a Russian water polo player and head coach of Russian water polo team.-Achievements:*Gold in the 1972 Munich Olympics*Gold in the Water Polo World Championship in Cali 1975*Gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympics... Serguei Kotenko Sergei Markoch Hurlan Mendygaliyev George Mshvenieradze Sergei Naumov Pavel Prokopchuk Mykola Quatly Erkin Chagaev Eugene Sharonov |
Imre Budavari Gábor Csapó Tomas Faragó György Gerendás György Horkai György Kenéz Tibor Keszthelyi István Kis Laszlo Kuncs Gábor Nemes Gábor Schmiedt József Somossy Attila Sudár Bela Tóth |
Carlos Benitez Lázaro Costa Pablo Cuesta Jorge Del Valle Jesús Dereuville Bárbaro Díaz Nelson Domínguez Oriel Domínguez Miguel Nunez Oscar Periche Arturo Ramos Jorge Rizo Gerardo Rodríguez |
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Medal table
| 1 | Soviet Union |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Cuba |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |