Water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament explained

Tourney Name:	Men's water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Size:	150px
Country:	Turkey
Dates:	19–25 June
Num Teams:	7
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Matches:	15
Goals:	232

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin, Turkey, were held between June 19 and June 25. All games were held at the Mersin University, Çiftlikköy Campus Swimming Pool.

Format

Seven teams are divided into two preliminary groups. One group consists three teams and the other four teams.
The top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semifinals, other teams will qualify for the placement matches.
Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.

Preliminary round

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3).

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the semifinals

Group A

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Group B

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Elimination stage

Classification 5–7 bracket

Fifth place match

Championship bracket

Semifinals

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Gold medal match

Final standings

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		4–0
		2–2
		4–1
4		2–3
5		2–2
6		1–4
7		0–3

References

Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin / Turkey, Results, p. 34.