Serbia-Montenegro - Hungary 8-7
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Naples, ITALY, August 17 - After fifth European junior title in a row, the team of Serbia and Montenegro this summer also won the world championships' title. In the final match of the 12th FINA Junior Men's Water Polo World Championships, Serbia-Montenegro beat Hungary after overtime. Boris Zlokovic scored the winning goal for new world champions.
12th FINA Junior Men's Water Polo World Championships, final, Naples, ITALY, August 17
Serbia and Montenegro - Hungary 8-7 (1-2, 2-0, 1-1, 2-3, 1-1, 1-0)
Attendance: 1,200. Goals in man-up: Serbia-Montenegro 4/13, Hungary 4/9. Scorers for Serbia-Montenegro: Filip Filipovic (3), Marko Cuk (2), Djordje Filipovic (1), Mladen Janovic (1) and Boris Zlokovic (1). Scorers for Hungary: Daniel Varga (3), Miklos Gor-Nagy (1), Norbert Hosnyawszky (1), Krisztian Letay (1) and Balasz Sziranyi (1).
ROAD TO GOLD: Australia 6-2, Russia 9-8, Egypt 15-1, Canada 24-4, United Kingdom 18-2 (eighth-finals), Germany 13-4 (quarterfinals), Italy 11-1 (semifinals), Hungary 8-7.
RESULTS
Final: Serbia-Montenegro - Hungary 8-7
Third place match: Italy - Greece 10-9
Fifth place match: Russia - Spain 5-4
Seventh place match: Croatia - Germany 10-4
All junior world champions
1981. USSR
1983. Spain
1985. USSR
1987. Spain
1989. SFR Yugoslavia
1991. Spain
1993. Italy
1995. Hungary
1997. Croatia
1999. Italy
2001. Greece
2003. Serbia-Montenegro
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