Water polo world championship
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The FINA World Water Polo Championship is an international water polo
tournament, currently held every two years as part of the FINA World Aquatics Championships. Currently the reigning champions are Italy
in men's and Greece
in women's competition.
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...
tournament, currently held every two years as part of the FINA World Aquatics Championships. Currently the reigning champions are Italy
Italy men's national water polo team
The Italian national water polo team represents Italy in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Federnuoto...
in men's and Greece
Greece women's national water polo team
The Greece women's national water polo team represents Greece in international women's water polo competitions. Since the 2000s, Greece have emerged as one of the leading powers in the world, with their most precious achievements being the silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2010...
in women's competition.
History
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| Year | Host |  Gold |
 Silver |
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| 1973 1973 World Aquatics Championships The first FINA World Championships in Aquatics were held in the Tašmajdan Sports Centre in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, from August 31 to September 9, 1973.-Medal table:-Diving:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen- Synchronised swimming :Women... Details 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 1973 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first ever edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
 Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe... , Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,... |
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| 1975 1975 World Aquatics Championships The 1975 World Aquatics Championships took place in Cali, Colombia between July 19 and July 27, 1975, with 682 participating athletes.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen-Synchronised swimming:-Water polo:Men... Details 1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 1975 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the second edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
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| 1978 1978 World Aquatics Championships The 1978 World Aquatics Championships took place in West Berlin, West Germany between August 20 and August 28, 1978.-Medals table:-Diving:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen-Synchronised swimming:-Water polo:Men-External links:***... Details 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 1978 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the third edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
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| 1982 1982 World Aquatics Championships The 1982 World Aquatics Championships took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador between July 29 and August 8, 1982 with 848 participating athletes.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen-Synchronised swimming:-Water polo:Men... Details |
 Guayaquil Guayaquil Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port... , Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border... |
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| 1986 1986 World Aquatics Championships The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in Madrid, Spain between August 13 and August 23, 1986 with 1119 participating athletes. In swimming, the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay was held for the first time.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen... Details |
 Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| 1991 1991 World Aquatics Championships The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place in Perth, Australia between 3 January and 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen-Open water swimming:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen... Details 1991 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 1991 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the sixth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
 Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 1994 1994 World Aquatics Championships The 1994 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Rome, Italy between September 1 and September 11, 1994.-Medal table:-Diving:MenWomen-Open water swimming:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen-Synchronized swimming:-Water polo:... Details 1994 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 1994 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
 Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 1998 1998 World Aquatics Championships The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998.... Details 1998 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 1998 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the eighth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 2001 2001 World Aquatics Championships rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.... Details 2001 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 2001 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the ninth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
 Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| 2003 2003 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona, Spain was the host city of the X FINA World Aquatics Championships or the 10th FINA World Championships in Aquatics, which were held from July 12 until July 27, 2003.... Details 2003 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship The 2003 FINA Men's World Water Polo Championship was the tenth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| 2005 2005 World Aquatics Championships The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005... Details |
 Montréal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
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| 2007 2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007... Details Water Polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships The Water Polo tournaments at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 March to 1 April.The tournament was won by Croatia who did not lose a single match throughout the tournament and beat Hungary 9-8 in the final game... |
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 2009 2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won... Details Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament The men's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome was held from July 20 to August 1. It was won by Serbia.-Teams:-Preliminary round:All times are Central European Summer Time -Tie-breaking criteria:... |
Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 2011 2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming... Details Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament The men's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China was held from July 18 to July 30. The top three teams qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.- Qualification :... |
 Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
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Medal table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
- 1.Serbia is official successor of the SFR/FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro team.
- 2.Russia is official successor of the Soviet Union team.
History
| FINA WOMEN'S WORLD WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP | ||||
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| Year | Host | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| 1986 1986 World Aquatics Championships The 1986 World Aquatics Championships took place in Madrid, Spain between August 13 and August 23, 1986 with 1119 participating athletes. In swimming, the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay was held for the first time.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen... Details 1986 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 1986 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| 1991 1991 World Aquatics Championships The 1991 World Aquatics Championships took place in Perth, Australia between 3 January and 13 January 1991 with 1142 participating athletes.- Medals table :-Diving:MenWomen-Open water swimming:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen... Details 1991 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 1991 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the second edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 1994 1994 World Aquatics Championships The 1994 FINA World Aquatics Championships were held in Rome, Italy between September 1 and September 11, 1994.-Medal table:-Diving:MenWomen-Open water swimming:MenWomen-Swimming:MenWomen-Synchronized swimming:-Water polo:... Details 1994 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 1994 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the third edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 1998 1998 World Aquatics Championships The 1998 World Aquatics Championships or the 8th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia between 8 January and 17 January 1998.... Details 1998 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 1998 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the fourth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 2001 2001 World Aquatics Championships rightThe 2001 World Aquatics Championships or the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships were held in Fukuoka, Japan between 16 July and 29 July 2001.... Details 2001 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 2001 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championships was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from July 18 to July 27, and incorporated in the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, held in Fukuoka, Japan... |
Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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| 2003 2003 World Aquatics Championships Barcelona, Spain was the host city of the X FINA World Aquatics Championships or the 10th FINA World Championships in Aquatics, which were held from July 12 until July 27, 2003.... Details 2003 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 2003 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the sixth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from July 13 to July 25, and incorporated in the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain... |
Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
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| 2005 2005 World Aquatics Championships The 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA World Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31, 2005... Details 2005 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship The 2005 FINA Women's World Water Polo Championship was the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA... |
Montréal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
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| 2007 2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships or the XII FINA World Championships were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007... Details |
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 2009 2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships or the XIII FINA World Championships were celebrated in Rome, Italy in 2009 from July 17 to August 2. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines: diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo.Rome won... Details Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament The women's water polo tournament at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome is held from July 19 to July 31.-Teams:-Preliminary round:All times are Central European Summer Time -Tie-breaking criteria:... |
Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 2011 2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming... Details Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament The women's water polo tournament at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China was held from July 17 to July 29.-Qualification:*China qualified as the third team from the World Cup, but already had qualified through the host nation slot... |
Shangai, China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
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Medal table
| Place | Nation | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |