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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.

PosNumberTeamNOCMatches PlayedWinsPenalty Shot WinsPenalty Shot LossesLossesPointsGoals
1SerbiaSRB850031593-91Gold1
Goalkeeper1Radoslav Filipović 8–-–2
Defense2Dušan Mandić 8–-–
Defense3Strahinja Rašović 8–-–
Centre Back4Sava Ranđelović 8–-–
Defense5Miloš Ćuk 8–-–
Defense6Nikola Dedović 8–-–
Centre Back7Radomir Drašović 8–-–
Centre Back8Nikola Jakšić 8–-–
Centre Forward9Nemanja Vico 8–-–
Centre Forward10Nemanja Ubović 8–-–
Centre Back11Petar Jakšić 8–-–
Defense12Viktor Rašović 8–-–
Goalkeeper13Vladimir Mišović 3–-–
CoachUroš Stevanović
2CroatiaCRO850031588-86Silver3
Goalkeeper1Marko Bijač 7–-–
Centre Back2Rino Burić 8–-–
Left Wing3Loren Fatović 8–-–
Centre Forward4Luka Lončar 8–-–
Right Wing5Maro Joković 8–-–
Defense6Luka Bukić 8–-–
Defense7Ante Vukičević 8–-–
Centre Back8Marko Žuvela 8–-–
Defense9Jerko Marinić Kragić 8–-–
Centre Forward10Josip Vrlić 8–-–
Centre Back11Matias Biljaka 8–-–
Right Wing12Konstantin Kharkov 8–-–
Goalkeeper13Toni Popadić 5–-–
CoachIvica Tucak
3United StatesUSA832031387-79Bronze4
Goalkeeper1Adrian Weinberg 8–-–5
Defense2Johnny Hooper 7–-–
Defense3Marko Vavic 8–-–
Centre Forward4Alex Obert 8–-–
Defense5Hannes Daube 8–-–
Centre Forward6Luca Cupido 8–-–
Centre Forward7Ben Hallock 8–-–
Centre Back8Dylan Woodhead 8–-–
Defense9Alex Bowen 8–-–
Defense10Chase Dodd 8–-–
Defense11Ryder Dodd 8–-–
Defense12Max Irving 8–-–
Goalkeeper13Drew Holland 1–-–
CoachDejan Udovičić
4HungaryHUN831131290-846
Goalkeeper1Soma Vogel 8–-–
Centre Back2Dániel Angyal 8–-–
Left Wing3Krisztián Manhercz 8–-–
Centre Back4Erik Molnár 8–-–
Right Wing5Márton Vámos 8–-–
Centre Back6Ádám Nagy 8–-–
Right Wing7Gergő Zalánki 8–-–
Defense8Gergő Fekete 8–-–
Defense9Vince Vigvári 8–-–
Left Wing10Dénes Varga 8–-–
Defense11Szilárd Jansik 8–-–
Centre Forward12Balázs Hárai 8–-–
Goalkeeper13Márk Bányai 2–-–
CoachZsolt Varga
5GreeceGRE8510217107-907
Goalkeeper1Manos Zerdevas 6–-–
Defense2Konstantinos Genidounias 8–-–
Centre Back3Dimitris Skoumpakis 8–-–
Defense4Efstathios Kalogeropoulos 8–-–
Defense5Giannis Fountoulis 8–-–
Defense6Alexandros Papanastasiou 8–-–
Defense7Nikos Gkillas 8–-–
Centre Back8Stylianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis 8–-–
Centre Forward9Nikos Papanikolaou 8–-–
Centre Forward10Kostas Kakaris 8–-–
Centre Forward11Dimitris Nikolaidis 8–-–
Defense12Angelos Vlachopoulos 6–-–
Goalkeeper13Panagiotis Tzortzatos 3–-–
CoachTheodoros Vlachos
6SpainESP860021899-738
Goalkeeper1Unai Aguirre 7–-–
Defense2Alberto Munárriz 8–-–
Defense3Álvaro Granados 8–-–
Defense4Bernat Sanahuja 8–-–
Centre Forward5Miguel De Toro 8–-–
Defense6Marc Larumbe 8–-–
Centre Back7Martín Famera 8–-–
Centre Back8Sergi Cabañas 8–-–
Centre Forward9Roger Tahull 8–-–
Defense10Felipe Perrone 8–-–
Defense11Unai Biel 8–-–
Centre Back12Alejandro Bustos 8–-–
Goalkeeper13Eduardo Lorrio 5–-–
CoachDavid Martín
7ItalyITA841121592-739
Goalkeeper1Marco Del Lungo 8–-–
Left Wing2Francesco Di Fulvio 8–-–
Defense3Alessandro Velotto 8–-–
Centre Forward4Tommaso Gianazza 8–-–
Defense5Andrea Fondelli 8–-–
Left Wing6Francesco Condemi 7–-–
Centre Back7Vincenzo Renzuto 8–-–
Right Wing8Gonzalo Echenique 8–-–
Centre Back9Nicholas Presciutti 8–-–
Centre Forward10Lorenzo Bruni 8–-–
Defense11Edoardo Di Somma 8–-–
Centre Back12Matteo Iocchi Gratta 8–-–
Goalkeeper13Gianmarco Nicosia 6–-–
CoachSandro Campagna
8AustraliaAUS830141069-7810
Goalkeeper1Nic Porter 8–-–
Centre Forward2Angus Lambie 8–-–
Defense3Miloš Maksimović 8–-–
Defense4Charlie Negus 8–-–
Centre Back5Nathan Power 8–-–
Centre Forward6Lachlan Edwards 8–-–
Left Wing7Luke Pavillard 7–-–
Left Wing8Jacob Merčep 8–-–
Defense9Matthew Byrnes 8–-–
Centre Back10Marcus Berehulak 8–-–
Defense11Chaz Poot 8–-–
Defense12Blake Edwards 8–-–
Goalkeeper13John Hedges 3–-–
CoachTim Hamill
9MontenegroMNE51022550-5811
Goalkeeper1Dejan Lazović 3–-–
Left Wing2Marko Mršić 5–-–
Centre Back3Miroslav Perković 5–-–
Centre Back4Jovan Vujović 5–-–
Centre Back5Aljoša Mačić 5–-–
Right Wing6Vlado Popadić 5–-–
Defense7Stefan Vidović 5–-–
Left Wing8Bogdan Đurđić 5–-–
Left Wing9Đuro Radović 5–-–
Centre Back10Vladan Spaić 5–-–
Left Wing11Dušan Matković 5–-–
Centre Back12Vasilije Radović 5–-–
Goalkeeper13Petar Tešanović 3–-–
CoachVladimir Gojković
10FranceFRA51004350-6012
Goalkeeper1Clément Dubois 1–-–
Centre Forward2Rémi Saudadier 5–-–
Defense3Ugo Crousillat 5–-–
Left Wing4Alexandre Bouet 5–-–
Centre Back5Enzo Khasz 5–-–
Centre Forward6Thomas Vernoux 5–-–
Defense7Romain Marion-Vernoux 5–-–
Centre Forward8Emil Bjorch 5–-–
Defense9Mehdi Marzouki 5–-–
Centre Forward10Michaël Bodegas 5–-–
Left Wing11Pierre-Frédéric Vanpeperstraete 5–-–
Left Wing12Enzo Nardon 5–-–
Goalkeeper13Hugo Fontani 5–-–13
CoachFlorian Bruzzo
11JapanJPN51004360-8314
Goalkeeper1Katsuyuki Tanamura 4–-–
Left Wing2Seiya Adachi 5–-–
Defense3Taiyo Watanabe 5–-–
Defense4Daichi Ogihara 5–-–
Right Wing5Kai Inoue 4–-–
Right Wing6Toi Suzuki 5–-–
Right Wing7Kiyomu Date 5–-–
Centre Back8Mitsuru Takata 5–-–
Defense9Ikkei Nitta 4–-–
Left Wing10Yusuke Inaba 5–-–
Right Wing11Keigo Okawa 5–-–
Centre Forward12Kenta Araki 5–-–
Goalkeeper13Towa Nishimura 5–-–
CoachYoshinori Shiota
12RomaniaROU50005037-6715
Goalkeeper1Marius Țic 5–-–
Centre Back2Francesco Iudean 5–-–
Centre Back3Matei Lutescu 5–-–
Defense4Tudor Fulea 5–-–
Right Wing5Andrei Neamțu 5–-–
Right Wing6Andrei Prioteasa 5–-–
Centre Back7Andrei Țepeluș 5–-–
Centre Back8Nicolae Oanţă 5–-–
Centre Forward9Silvian Colodrovschi 5–-–
Defense10Vlad Georgescu 5–-–
Defense11Sebastian Oltean 5–-–
Centre Forward12Levente Vancsik 5–-–
Goalkeeper13Mihai Drăgușin 2–-–
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 15:00Italy 16ITA12 – 8United StatesUSA
Match #228 Jul 16:35Croatia 17CRO11 – 8Montenegro 18MNE
Match #328 Jul 21:05GreeceGRE14 – 7RomaniaROU
Match #430 Jul 12:05Italy 19ITA14 – 11Croatia 20CRO
Match #530 Jul 16:35United States 21USA14 – 8RomaniaROU
Match #630 Jul 19:30GreeceGRE12 – 12Montenegro 22MNE
Match #701 Aug 10:30Greece 23GRE13 – 11United StatesUSA
Match #801 Aug 16:35ItalyITA8 – 8MontenegroMNE
Match #901 Aug 19:30Croatia 24CRO11 – 8Romania 25ROU
Match #1003 Aug 12:05CroatiaCRO14 – 13Greece 26GRE
Match #1103 Aug 16:35United States 27USA12 – 7MontenegroMNE
Match #1203 Aug 21:05Italy 28ITA18 – 7Romania 29ROU
Match #1305 Aug 15:10Greece 30GRE9 – 8ItalyITA
Match #1405 Aug 18:30United States 31USA14 – 11Croatia 32CRO
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 – 5Australia 33AUS
Match #228 Jul 12:05Serbia 34SRB16 – 15Japan 35JPN
Match #328 Jul 19:30HungaryHUN13 – 12FranceFRA
Match #430 Jul 10:30Australia 36AUS8 – 3SerbiaSRB
Match #530 Jul 15:00France 37FRA14 – 13Japan 38JPN
Match #630 Jul 21:05SpainESP10 – 7Hungary 39HUN
Match #701 Aug 12:05Spain 40ESP15 – 11Serbia 41SRB
Match #801 Aug 15:00AustraliaAUS9 – 8FranceFRA
Match #901 Aug 21:05HungaryHUN17 – 10Japan 42JPN
Match #1003 Aug 1:03SpainESP23 – 8JapanJPN
Match #1103 Aug 15:00Australia 43AUS9 – 8HungaryHUN
Match #1203 Aug 19:30Serbia 44SRB15 – 8FranceFRA
Match #1305 Aug 12:00HungaryHUN17 – 13Serbia 45SRB
Match #1405 Aug 13:35Japan 46JPN14 – 13Australia 47AUS
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 – 8Spain 48ESP

Classification Round 5-8

Date9 August 2024
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 18:00GreeceGRE15 – 9Australia 49AUS
Match #209 Aug 13:00Spain 50ESP11 – 9Italy 51ITA

Semi-Finals

Date9 August 2024
FormatWinners of each match advanced to the final round.
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 9:00Greece 52GRE15 – 13Spain 53ESP
Match 7/810 Aug 19:35Italy 54ITA10 – 6AustraliaAUS