Date | 25 July – 8 August 2021 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan | |
Participants | 156 from 12 countries | |
Format | Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches. |
There was no clear favorite in the men’s tournament. The 2019 world champion was Italy, while Hungary had won the 2020 European Championship, but only by a penalty shoot-out over Spain. The defending gold medallist was Serbia, winner of the 2019 World League, who was also highly considered.
Spain dominated the group stage with 5 wins, whereas the other group was more balanced as Greece secured the first place there. Serbia was only third with two losses against Spain and Croatia. The two group winners won their quarter-final matches by wide margins. However, Serbia took Spain by surprise in the semi-final and claimed the gold medal as well with a final victory over Greece, which secured its first ever Olympic men’s water polo medal. Hungary took the bronze medal, defeating Spain.
Date | 25 July – 2 August 2021 |
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Date | 25 July – 2 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pool. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Greece | GRE | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 68-34 | ||
2 | Italy | ITA | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 60-32 | ||
3 | Hungary | HUN | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 64-35 | ||
4 | United States | USA | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 59-53 | ||
5 | Japan | JPN | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 65-66 | ||
6 | South Africa | RSA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 20-116 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 25 Jul 10:00 | Italy | ITA | 21 – 2 | South Africa | RSA | |
Match #2 | 25 Jul 11:30 | Greece | GRE | 10 – 9 | Hungary | HUN | |
Match #3 | 25 Jul 14:00 | United States | USA | 15 – 13 | Japan | JPN | |
Match #4 | 27 Jul 10:00 | United States | USA | 20 – 3 | South Africa | RSA | |
Match #5 | 27 Jul 15:30 | Italy | ITA | 6 – 6 | Greece | GRE | |
Match #6 | 27 Jul 18:20 | Hungary | HUN | 16 – 11 | Japan | JPN | |
Match #7 | 29 Jul 10:00 | Hungary | HUN | 23 – 1 | South Africa | RSA | |
Match #8 | 29 Jul 14:00 | Italy | ITA | 12 – 11 | United States | USA | |
Match #9 | 29 Jul 18:20 | Greece | GRE | 10 – 9 | Japan | JPN | |
Match #10 | 31 Jul 14:00 | Hungary | HUN | 11 – 8 | United States | USA | |
Match #11 | 31 Jul 18:20 | Italy | ITA | 16 – 8 | Japan | JPN | |
Match #12 | 31 Jul 19:50 | Greece | GRE | 28 – 5 | South Africa | RSA | |
Match #13 | 02 Aug 10:00 | Hungary | HUN | 5 – 5 | Italy | ITA | |
Match #14 | 02 Aug 11:30 | Greece | GRE | 14 – 5 | United States | USA | |
Match #15 | 02 Aug 18:20 | Japan | JPN | 24 – 9 | South Africa | RSA |
Date | 25 July – 2 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pool. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | Goals | ||
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1 | Spain | ESP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 61-31 | ||
2 | Croatia | CRO | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 62-36 | ||
3 | Serbia | SRB | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 70-36 | ||
4 | Montenegro | MNE | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 54-56 | ||
5 | Australia | AUS | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 49-60 | ||
6 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 35-92 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 25 Jul 15:30 | Montenegro | MNE | 15 – 10 | Australia | AUS | |
Match #2 | 25 Jul 18:20 | Spain | ESP | 13 – 12 | Serbia | SRB | |
Match #3 | 25 Jul 19:50 | Croatia | CRO | 23 – 7 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | |
Match #4 | 27 Jul 11:30 | Spain | ESP | 8 – 6 | Montenegro | MNE | |
Match #5 | 27 Jul 14:00 | Serbia | SRB | 19 – 5 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | |
Match #6 | 27 Jul 19:50 | Australia | AUS | 11 – 8 | Croatia | CRO | |
Match #7 | 29 Jul 11:30 | Spain | ESP | 16 – 4 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | |
Match #8 | 29 Jul 15:30 | Croatia | CRO | 13 – 8 | Montenegro | MNE | |
Match #9 | 29 Jul 19:50 | Serbia | SRB | 14 – 8 | Australia | AUS | |
Match #10 | 31 Jul 10:00 | Montenegro | MNE | 19 – 12 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | |
Match #11 | 31 Jul 11:30 | Spain | ESP | 16 – 5 | Australia | AUS | |
Match #12 | 31 Jul 15:30 | Croatia | CRO | 14 – 12 | Serbia | SRB | |
Match #13 | 02 Aug 14:00 | Serbia | SRB | 13 – 6 | Montenegro | MNE | |
Match #14 | 02 Aug 15:30 | Spain | ESP | 8 – 4 | Croatia | CRO | |
Match #15 | 02 Aug 19:50 | Australia | AUS | 15 – 7 | Kazakhstan | KAZ |
Date | 4 August 2021 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug 14:00 | Spain | ESP | 12 – 8 | United States | USA | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug 15:30 | Greece | GRE | 10 – 4 | Montenegro | MNE | |
Match #3 | 04 Aug 18:20 | Serbia | SRB | 10 – 6 | Italy | ITA | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug 19:50 | Hungary | HUN | 15 – 11 | Croatia | CRO |
Date | 6 – 8 August 2021 |
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Format | Classification matches. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 06 Aug 18:20 | Croatia | CRO | 12 – 10 | Montenegro | MNE | |
Match #2 | 08 Aug 9:30 | United States | USA | 7 – 6 | Italy | ITA |
Date | 6 August 2021 |
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Format | Winners of each match advanced to finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 06 Aug 15:30 | Greece | GRE | 9 – 6 | Hungary | HUN | |
Match #2 | 06 Aug 19:50 | Serbia | SRB | 10 – 9 | Spain | ESP |
Date | 6 – 8 August 2021 |
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Format | Classification round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 08 Aug 16:30 | Serbia | SRB | 13 – 10 | Greece | GRE | |
Match 3/4 | 08 Aug 13:40 | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 5 | Spain | ESP | |
Match 5/6 | 08 Aug 11:00 | Croatia | CRO | 14 – 11 | United States | USA | |
Match 7/8 | 06 Aug 14:00 | Italy | ITA | 14 – 14 | Montenegro | MNE |