Water polo at the 1959 Summer Universiade

Water polo

at the I Summer Universiade

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Medalists
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The water polo event was contested at the 1959 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy. Seven teams competed in the event with Yugoslavia winning the gold medal after winning all three of their matches in the final group.

## Preliminary round

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### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Hungary | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 31  | 15  | +16  | 5
Italy | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 22  | 2  | +20  | 5
Netherlands | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 19  | 6  | +13  | 2
Ireland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 52  | −52  | 0
28 August
18:00  | Hungary  | 6–3  |  Netherlands |

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28 August
22:15  | Netherlands  | 20–0  |  Ireland |

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29 August
08:00  | Hungary  | 23–0  |  Ireland |

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29 August  | Italy  | W–L  |  Netherlands |

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30 August  | Netherlands  | 16–0  |  Ireland |

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30 August  | Hungary  | 2–2  |  Italy |

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### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Yugoslavia | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1  | +5  | 4
Germany | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 3  | +2  | 2
Romania | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 0

* Note: Spain was also included in this group but had to withdraw from the competition.

28 August
11:00  | Germany  | 5–3  |  Romania |

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29 August
21:15  | Yugoslavia  | W–L  |  Romania |

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30 August  | Yugoslavia  | 6–1  |  Germany |

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's  |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |  Hungary (HUN) |  Italy (ITA)

## References

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* Universiade water polo medalists on HickokSports (Archived)
* Results (todor66.com)

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Water polo at the Summer World University Games

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Events at the 1959 Summer Universiade (Turin)

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