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Water Polo, Men

Date28 July – 11 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationParis Olympic Aquatic Centre, Saint-Denis, France / Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre, France
Participants156 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

The Serbian men had won the water polo tournament at the last two editions of the Olympics but, since Tokyo, had not medaled at either the World or European Championships. Spain had won the 2022 Worlds and was the only nation to reach the podium in 2023 and 2024 as well, but both Italy and Greece had medaled twice in the intervening years. The 2023 and 2024 champions were Hungary and Croatia.

There were few surprises in the preliminary rounds, although Serbia lost three of its five matches and only advanced as the last qualifier. The team also only managed to squeak by Greece 12-11 in the quarter-finals, where Italy and Spain were also eliminated. It was stronger in the semi-finals, however, defeating the United States 10-6 to face Croatia in the final. In a 13-11 victory, Serbia defended its Olympic title a second time, while, in the bronze medal match, the United States bested Hungary in a penalty shootout to capture its first podium finish since silver at the 2008 Beijing Games.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1SerbiaSRBGold1
Goalkeeper1Radoslav Filipović 2
Defense2Dušan Mandić
Defense3Strahinja Rašović
Centre Back4Sava Ranđelović
Defense5Miloš Ćuk
Defense6Nikola Dedović
Centre Back7Radomir Drašović
Centre Back8Nikola Jakšić
Centre Forward9Nemanja Vico
Centre Forward10Nemanja Ubović
Centre Back11Petar Jakšić
Defense12Viktor Rašović
Goalkeeper13Vladimir Mišović
CoachUroš Stevanović
2CroatiaCROSilver3
Goalkeeper1Marko Bijač
Centre Back2Rino Burić
Left Wing3Loren Fatović
Centre Forward4Luka Lončar
Right Wing5Maro Joković
Defense6Luka Bukić
Defense7Ante Vukičević
Centre Back8Marko Žuvela
Defense9Jerko Marinić Kragić
Centre Forward10Josip Vrlić
Centre Back11Matias Biljaka
Right Wing12Konstantin Kharkov
Goalkeeper13Toni Popadić
CoachIvica Tucak
3United StatesUSABronze4
Goalkeeper1Adrian Weinberg 5
Defense2Johnny Hooper
Defense3Marko Vavic
Centre Forward4Alex Obert
Defense5Hannes Daube
Centre Forward6Luca Cupido
Centre Forward7Ben Hallock
Centre Back8Dylan Woodhead
Defense9Alex Bowen
Defense10Chase Dodd
Defense11Ryder Dodd
Defense12Max Irving
Goalkeeper13Drew Holland
CoachDejan Udovičić
4HungaryHUN6
Goalkeeper1Soma Vogel
Centre Back2Dániel Angyal
Left Wing3Krisztián Manhercz
Centre Back4Erik Molnár
Right Wing5Márton Vámos
Centre Back6Ádám Nagy
Right Wing7Gergő Zalánki
Defense8Gergő Fekete
Defense9Vince Vigvári
Left Wing10Dénes Varga
Defense11Szilárd Jansik
Centre Forward12Balázs Hárai
Goalkeeper13Márk Bányai
CoachZsolt Varga
5GreeceGRE7
Goalkeeper1Manos Zerdevas
Defense2Konstantinos Genidounias
Centre Back3Dimitris Skoumpakis
Defense4Efstathios Kalogeropoulos
Defense5Giannis Fountoulis
Defense6Alexandros Papanastasiou
Defense7Nikos Gkillas
Centre Back8Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis
Centre Forward9Nikos Papanikolaou
Centre Forward10Kostas Kakaris
Centre Forward11Dimitris Nikolaidis
Defense12Angelos Vlachopoulos
Goalkeeper13Panagiotis Tzortzatos
CoachTheodoros Vlachos
6SpainESP8
Goalkeeper1Unai Aguirre
Defense2Alberto Munárriz
Defense3Álvaro Granados
Defense4Bernat Sanahuja
Centre Forward5Miguel De Toro
Defense6Marc Larumbe
Centre Back7Martín Famera
Centre Back8Sergi Cabañas
Centre Forward9Roger Tahull
Defense10Felipe Perrone
Defense11Unai Biel
Centre Back12Alejandro Bustos
Goalkeeper13Eduardo Lorrio
CoachDavid Martín
7ItalyITA9
Goalkeeper1Marco Del Lungo
Left Wing2Francesco Di Fulvio
Defense3Alessandro Velotto
Centre Forward4Tommaso Gianazza
Defense5Andrea Fondelli
Left Wing6Francesco Condemi
Centre Back7Vincenzo Renzuto
Right Wing8Gonzalo Echenique
Centre Back9Nicholas Presciutti
Centre Forward10Lorenzo Bruni
Defense11Edoardo Di Somma
Centre Back12Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Goalkeeper13Gianmarco Nicosia
CoachSandro Campagna
8AustraliaAUS10
Goalkeeper1Nic Porter
Centre Forward2Angus Lambie
Defense3Miloš Maksimović
Defense4Charlie Negus
Centre Back5Nathan Power
Centre Forward6Lachlan Edwards
Left Wing7Luke Pavillard
Left Wing8Jacob Merčep
Defense9Matthew Byrnes
Centre Back10Marcus Berehulak
Defense11Chaz Poot
Defense12Blake Edwards
Goalkeeper13John Hedges
CoachTim Hamill
9MontenegroMNE11
Goalkeeper1Dejan Lazović
Left Wing2Marko Mršić
Centre Back3Miroslav Perković
Centre Back4Jovan Vujović
Centre Back5Aljoša Mačić
Right Wing6Vlado Popadić
Defense7Stefan Vidović
Left Wing8Bogdan Đurđić
Left Wing9Đuro Radović
Centre Back10Vladan Spaić
Left Wing11Dušan Matković
Centre Back12Vasilije Radović
Goalkeeper13Petar Tešanović
CoachVladimir Gojković
10FranceFRA12
Goalkeeper1Clément Dubois
Centre Forward2Rémi Saudadier
Defense3Ugo Crousillat
Left Wing4Alexandre Bouet
Centre Back5Enzo Khasz
Centre Forward6Thomas Vernoux
Defense7Romain Marion-Vernoux
Centre Forward8Emil Bjorch
Defense9Mehdi Marzouki
Centre Forward10Michaël Bodegas
Left Wing11Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete
Left Wing12Enzo Nardon
Goalkeeper13Hugo Fontani 13
CoachFlorian Bruzzo
11JapanJPN14
Goalkeeper1Katsuyuki Tanamura
Left Wing2Seiya Adachi
Defense3Taiyo Watanabe
Defense4Daichi Ogihara
Right Wing5Kai Inoue
Right Wing6Toi Suzuki
Right Wing7Kiyomu Date
Centre Back8Mitsuru Takata
Defense9Ikkei Nitta
Left Wing10Yusuke Inaba
Right Wing11Keigo Okawa
Centre Forward12Kenta Araki
Goalkeeper13Towa Nishimura
CoachYoshinori Shiota
12RomaniaROU15
Goalkeeper1Marius Țic
Centre Back2Francesco Iudean
Centre Back3Matei Lutescu
Defense4Tudor Fulea
Right Wing5Andrei Neamțu
Right Wing6Andrei Prioteasa
Centre Back7Andrei Țepeluș
Centre Back8Nicolae Oanţă
Centre Forward9Silvian Colodrovschi
Defense10Vlad Georgescu
Defense11Sebastian Oltean
Centre Forward12Levente Vancsik
Goalkeeper13Mihai Drăgușin
CoachBogdan Rath

Preliminary Round

Date28 July – 5 August 2024

Group A

Date28 July – 5 August 2024
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsPenalty Shot WinPenalty Shot LossLossesPointsGoals
1GreeceGRE31011161-52Q
2ItalyITA31011160-43Q
3United StatesUSA3002959-51Q
4CroatiaCRO3002958-57Q
5MontenegroMNE1022545-50
6RomaniaROU0005037-67
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #128 Jul 15:00ItalyITA12 – 8United StatesUSA
Match #228 Jul 16:35CroatiaCRO11 – 8MontenegroMNE
Match #328 Jul 21:05GreeceGRE14 – 7RomaniaROU
Match #430 Jul 12:05ItalyITA14 – 11CroatiaCRO
Match #530 Jul 16:35United StatesUSA14 – 8RomaniaROU
Match #630 Jul 19:30GreeceGRE12 – 12MontenegroMNE
Match #701 Aug 10:30GreeceGRE13 – 11United StatesUSA
Match #801 Aug 16:35ItalyITA8 – 8MontenegroMNE
Match #901 Aug 19:30CroatiaCRO11 – 8RomaniaROU
Match #1003 Aug 12:05CroatiaCRO14 – 13GreeceGRE
Match #1103 Aug 16:35United StatesUSA12 – 7MontenegroMNE
Match #1203 Aug 21:05ItalyITA18 – 7RomaniaROU
Match #1305 Aug 15:10GreeceGRE9 – 8ItalyITA
Match #1405 Aug 18:30United StatesUSA14 – 11CroatiaCRO
Match #1505 Aug 21:40MontenegroMNE10 – 7RomaniaROU

Group B

Date28 July – 5 August 2024
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsPenalty Shot WinPenalty Shot LossLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP50001567-39Q
2AustraliaAUS3002944-42Q
3HungaryHUN3002962-54Q
4SerbiaSRB2003658-63Q
5FranceFRA1004350-60
6JapanJPN1004360-83
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #128 Jul 10:30SpainESP9 – 5AustraliaAUS
Match #228 Jul 12:05SerbiaSRB16 – 15JapanJPN
Match #328 Jul 19:30HungaryHUN13 – 12FranceFRA
Match #430 Jul 10:30AustraliaAUS8 – 3SerbiaSRB
Match #530 Jul 15:00FranceFRA14 – 13JapanJPN
Match #630 Jul 21:05SpainESP10 – 7HungaryHUN
Match #701 Aug 12:05SpainESP15 – 11SerbiaSRB
Match #801 Aug 15:00AustraliaAUS9 – 8FranceFRA
Match #901 Aug 21:05HungaryHUN17 – 10JapanJPN
Match #1003 Aug 1:03SpainESP23 – 8JapanJPN
Match #1103 Aug 15:00AustraliaAUS9 – 8HungaryHUN
Match #1203 Aug 19:30SerbiaSRB15 – 8FranceFRA
Match #1305 Aug 12:00HungaryHUN17 – 13SerbiaSRB
Match #1405 Aug 13:35JapanJPN14 – 13AustraliaAUS
Match #1505 Aug 20:05SpainESP10 – 8FranceFRA

Quarter-Finals

Date7 August 2024
FormatWinners of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #107 Aug 15:35SerbiaSRB12 – 11GreeceGRE
Match #207 Aug 20:35HungaryHUN9 – 9ItalyITA
Match #307 Aug 19:00United StatesUSA7 – 7AustraliaAUS
Match #407 Aug 14:00CroatiaCRO10 – 8SpainESP

Classification Round 5-8

Date9 August 2024
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 18:00GreeceGRE15 – 9AustraliaAUS
Match #209 Aug 13:00SpainESP11 – 9ItalyITA

Semi-Finals

Date9 August 2024
FormatWinners of each match advanced to finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 14:35SerbiaSRB10 – 6United StatesUSA
Match #209 Aug 19:35CroatiaCRO9 – 8HungaryHUN

Final Round

Date10 – 11 August 2024
FormatClassification round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 AugSerbiaSRB13 – 11CroatiaCRO
Match 3/411 Aug 10:35United StatesUSA8 – 8HungaryHUN
Match 5/611 Aug 9:00GreeceGRE15 – 13SpainESP
Match 7/810 Aug 19:35ItalyITA10 – 6AustraliaAUS