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Water polo at the 1959 Summer Universiade

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Water polo
at the I Summer Universiade
Teams7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yugoslavia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Italy
1961

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
 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

28 August
22:15
Netherlands  20–0  Ireland

29 August
08:00
Hungary  23–0  Ireland

29 August Italy  W–L  Netherlands

30 August Netherlands  16–0  Ireland

30 August Hungary  2–2  Italy

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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

29 August
21:15
Yugoslavia  W–L  Romania

30 August Yugoslavia  6–1  Germany
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Yugoslavia (YUG)  Hungary (HUN)  Italy (ITA)

References

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