Romania's national polo team was eliminated in the quarter finals of the World Championship by Croatia, the en titre champion, with 7 to 5. The performance of the national team reminded the whole country that professional polo still exists in Romania.

Romania's team:

Mihai Dragusin, Dragos Stoenescu - portari, Cosmin Radu, Tiberiu Negrean, Nicolae Diaconu, Andrei Iosep, Andrei Busila, Gheorghe Dunca, Alexandru Matei, Edi Andrei, Ramiro Georgescu, Alexandru Ghiban, Kalman Kadar.

Coach: Istvan Kovacs.