{"id":617879,"date":"2025-07-24T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=617879"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:12:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:12:46","slug":"world-championships-alvaro-granados-gives-spain-movie-ending-with-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-alvaro-granados-gives-spain-movie-ending-with-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships: Alvaro Granados Gives Spain \u2018Movie\u2019 Ending with Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>World Championships: Alvaro Granados Gives Spain \u2018Movie\u2019 Ending with Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alvaro Granados<\/strong> played the hero for Spain on Thursday, with two of the team\u2019s six fourth-quarter goals in a 15-13 win over Hungary at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Greece routed Serbia, 16-7, for the bronze medal. Croatia beat Montenegro, 19-13, for fifth place, and Italy edged the United States, 9-8, in the seventh-place match.<\/p>\n<p>Granados, named the MVP of the men\u2019s tournament, scored five goals on 11 shots and added two assists in the final. He put Spain up 11-10 with 6:34 left, then once <strong>Gergely Burian<\/strong> tied the game at 11, <strong>Alberto Munarriz<\/strong> scored on a power play from <strong>Sergi Cabanas<\/strong> to put Spain up for good with 5:32 left.<\/p>\n<p>Granados consolidated that lead with a goal a minute later, and <strong>Unai Biel<\/strong> made it 14-11 off a Granados assist, enough to withstand Spain playing the last 3:51 after a red card to <strong>Bernat Sanahuja.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/total-waterpolo.com\/world-championships-singapore-2025-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 World Championships Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-men-handle-canada-montenegro-tips-greece-as-mens-water-polo-opens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 1 Men\u2019s Water Polo Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/italy-mens-water-polo-tops-serbia-in-shootout-at-world-champs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 Men\u2019s Water Polo Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-mens-water-polo-tops-singapore-to-win-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 Men\u2019s Water Polo Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-four-euro-teams-prevail-to-set-up-olympic-semifinal-rematches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men\u2019s Crossover Round Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-u-s-men-fall-to-serbia-hungary-upends-croatia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men\u2019s Quarterfinal Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-hungary-wins-semis-thriller-over-serbia-spain-takes-shootout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Men&#8217;s Semifinal Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Captain <strong>Felipe Perrone,<\/strong> who is playing in his 14th and final World Championships, was 2-for-2 shooting with an assist in a storybook end to his career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really like a movie,\u201d Perrone said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it. I think even the best movies are not so organized like this \u2014 like the last goal, winning the World Championship. I\u2019m so, so happy and so proud of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_617890\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-617890\" data-attachment-id=\"617890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-alvaro-granados-gives-spain-movie-ending-with-gold\/spain-vs-hungary-_-gold-match-_-men_s-water-polo-_-day-14-_-world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025_medium-res-image_m133230\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Spain-vs-Hungary-_-Gold-Match-_-Men_s-Water-Polo-_-Day-14-_-World-Aquatics-Championships-Singapore-2025_Medium-Res-Image_m133230.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2160,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Spain vs Hungary _ Gold Match _ Men_s Water Polo _ Day 14 _ World Aquatics Championships &#8211; 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Munarriz scored twice and dished four assists. <strong>Unai Aguirre<\/strong> made 11 saves in goal. Spain\u2019s defense held Hungary to 33 percent shooting (13-for-40).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shows how good we are and how good we play water polo, being able to beat Hungary two times,\u201d Granados said. \u201cI really respect Hungary, how they play water polo, they live water polo, they are probably, if not the best, one of the best countries in history playing this sport. I have huge respect for them. But you know this sport, we did good and we took the victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burian led Hungary with a hat trick. <strong>Daniel Angyal<\/strong> paired two goals with two assists. <strong>Vendel Vigvari<\/strong> and <strong>Vince Vigvari<\/strong> scored twice each, but on just 4-for-12 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The victory gives Spain its fourth world title. It moves Spain into a tie with Italy and Hungary for the most in competition history. It\u2019s the first final since 2019 not to go to a shootout.<\/p>\n<p>The battle for bronze was over early, with Greece leading 8-2 at half. <strong>Panagiotis Tzortzatos<\/strong> made 13 saves, and <strong>Dimitrios Skoumpakis<\/strong> scored two of Greece\u2019s six unanswered goals in the second quarter, part of an eight-goal run to put the game away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we could do better, but this is sports,\u201d Tzortzatos said. \u201cWe played an amazing tournament and we deserved at least to be in the bronze medal. We came for the gold medal, but at least a medal is very good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Efstathios Kalogeropoulos<\/strong> scored three goals and two assists. <strong>Evangelos Pouros<\/strong> added three goals. Skoumpakis and <strong>Stylianos Argyropoulos<\/strong> had two goals and one assist each as the Greek men backed the women\u2019s team\u2019s gold medal a day earlier with hardware of its own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vasilije Martinovic<\/strong> was the only one who had anything going for Serbia, with four goals on six shots. The rest of the team shot 3-for-26.<\/p>\n<p>Croatia pulled away from Montenegro with an 8-2 margin in the third quarter. <strong>Marko Zuvela<\/strong> had three goals and three assists in that quarter alone on the way to five and three for the game. <strong>Konstantin Kharkov<\/strong> added three goals and four assists, and <strong>Luka Bukic<\/strong> was 4-for-4 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. had three chances to tie the Italians late in the seventh-place game, but <strong>Gianmarco Nicosia\u2019s<\/strong> ninth save of the game turned them away. <strong>Filippo Ferrero<\/strong> and <strong>Edoardo Di Somma<\/strong> scored twice each, and <strong>Nicholas Presciutti<\/strong> dished three assists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryder Dodd<\/strong> led the U.S. with three goals and an assist. <strong>Hannes Daube<\/strong> scored twice, and <strong>Adrian Weinberg<\/strong> made 12 saves.<\/p>\n<h4>Final Standings<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n<li>Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Greece<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Croatia<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>Italy<\/li>\n<li>United States<\/li>\n<li>Japan<\/li>\n<li>Romania<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n<li>China<\/li>\n<li>Singapore<\/li>\n<li>South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Championships: Alvaro Granados Gives Spain \u2018Movie\u2019 Ending with Gold Alvaro Granados played the hero for Spain on Thursday, with two of the team\u2019s six fourth-quarter goals in a 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