2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 13th edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was held in the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Pool on Margitsziget (Margaret Island) in Budapest, Hungary, from 13 to 18 June 2006.

Teams
The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.

Seeding
Following ranking of the 2005 World Championship

Group A

 * Tuesday 2005-06-13


 * Wednesday 2005-06-14
 * Thursday 2005-06-15

Group B

 * Tuesday 2005-06-13


 * Wednesday 2005-06-14
 * Thursday 2005-06-15


 * Olympic champions Hungary and reigning world champion Serbia & Montenegro won their groups after three wins in a row and went straight to the semifinals on Saturday.

Quarter finals

 * Friday 2005-06-16
 * First quarterfinal (17:30h)


 * Second quarterfinal (19:00h)

Semi finals

 * Saturday 2005-06-17
 * First semifinal (17:30h)


 * Second semifinal (19:00h)

Finals

 * Friday 2005-06-16
 * 7th/8th-place match (15:00h)


 * Saturday 2005-06-17
 * 5th/6th-place match (15:00h)


 * Sunday 2005-06-18
 * Bronze Medal Match (15:30h)


 * Gold Medal Match (17:30h)


 * Goran Volarević
 * Damir Burić
 * Boris Pavlović
 * Srđan Antonijević
 * Tihomil Vranješ


 * Ratko Štritof (captain)
 * Andrija Komadina
 * Teo Đogaš
 * Andro Bušlje
 * Nikša Dobud

Head coach:
 * Aljosa Kunac
 * Miho Bošković
 * Miro Kačić
 * Ratko Rudić


 * Filippos Karampetsos
 * Anastasios Schizas
 * Dimitrios Mazis
 * Konstantinos Kokkinakis
 * Christos Afroudakis


 * Argyris Theodoropoulos
 * Nikitas Kocheilas
 * Georgios Ntoskas
 * Georgios Afroudakis (captain)
 * Andreas Miralis

Head coach:
 * Konstantinos Dimou
 * Manolis Mylonakis
 * Georgios Reppas
 * Alessandro Campagna


 * Zoltán Szécsi
 * Dániel Varga
 * Norbert Madaras
 * Ádám Steinmetz
 * Tamás Kásás (captain)


 * Márton Szivós
 * Gergely Kiss
 * Csaba Kiss
 * Rajmund Fodor
 * Péter Biros

Head coach:
 * Gábor Kiss
 * Tamás Molnár
 * Gábor Jászberényi
 * Dénes Kemény


 * Stefano Tempesti
 * Massimo Giacoppo
 * Valerio Rizzo
 * Fabrizio Buonocore
 * Andrea Scotti Galletta


 * Maurizio Felugo
 * Federico Mistrangelo
 * Fabio Bencivenga
 * Arnaldo Deserti
 * Alessandro Calcaterra (captain)

Head coach:
 * Luigi Di Costanzo
 * Goran Fiorentini
 * Fabio Violetti
 * Paolo Malara


 * Nenciu Berttini
 * Cosmin Radu
 * Florin Muşat
 * Florin Bonca
 * Andrei Iosep


 * Andrei Bușilă
 * Gheorghe Dunca
 * Ramiro Georgescu
 * Alexandru Ghiban
 * George Georgescu

Head coach:
 * Alexandru Matei Guiman
 * Kálmán Kádár
 * Robert Dinu
 * Vlad Hagiu


 * Igor Shaltanov
 * Yuri Yatsev
 * Pavel Khalturin
 * Roman Dokuchaev
 * Roman Balashov


 * Anton Korotaev
 * Revaz Chomakhidze (captain)
 * Dmitri Stratan
 * Aleksey Agarkov
 * Marat Zakirov

Head coach:
 * Viktor Vishnyakov
 * Andrei Reketchinski
 * Yegor Rastorguev
 * Aleksandr Kabanov


 * Denis Šefik
 * Živko Gocić
 * Nikola Janović
 * Filip Filipović
 * Dejan Savić (captain)
 * Danilo Ikodinović


 * Slobodan Nikić
 * Vladimir Gojković
 * Aleksandar Ćirić
 * Aleksandar Šapić
 * Duško Pijetlović
 * Predrag Jokić

Head coaches:
 * Zdravko Radić
 * Nenad Manojlović
 * Petar Porobić
 * Nebojša Novoselac


 * Inaki Aguilar
 * Mario García
 * David Martín
 * Ricardo Perrone
 * Guillermo Molina


 * Sergi Mora
 * Óscar Rey
 * José Rodríguez
 * Xavier Vallès
 * Felipe Perrone

Head coach:
 * Iván Pérez (captain)
 * Xavier García
 * Ángel Andreo
 * Rafael Aguilar