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Water Polo, Men

Date	20 – 28 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	153 from 12 countries
Format	Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches.

Hungary and Italy were the heavy favorites. Since Barcelona they had met in the final of every major event, save one. Italy defeated Hungary at the 1993 World Cup and European Championships, and the 1995 European Championships. Hungary defeated Italy in the final of the 1995 World Cup. Italy also won the 1994 World Championship, where Hungary slumped and only placed fifth. The two teams were drawn in opposite groups in Barcelona and both won all their matches to advance to the quarter-finals. There Hungary defeated Greece and Italy defeated Russia to move onto the semis, with Spain and Croatia also advancing. One quarter-final saw Croatia meet their arch-rivals, Serbia & Montenegro, or effectively what remained of Yugoslavia. The Croats hated the Serbs for what they had done to their country in the early 1990s, and gained a measure of revenge by defeating them, 8-6.

But somebody had forgotten to remind Spain and Croatia that Hungary and Italy were supposed to meet in the final. Spain faced Hungary, which had beaten them 8-7 in group play, but in the semi-finals, Spain eliminated the Magyars, 7-6. In the other semi-final, the score was the same, Croatia moving on to the final.

The final was close, with Croatia leading at halftime, 3-1, only to see Spain tie the match, 5-5, after the third period. In the final period, Spain scored twice to win the gold medal, 7-5. At the end of the match the ball was in the hands of their greatest player, Manuel Estiarte, who finally won a gold medal in his fifth Olympics. Italy won the bronze medal, defeating Hungary in overtime, 20-18.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Matches Played	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals	Goals	Attempts	Shot %	Natural Action Goals	Natural Action Attempts	Centre Goals	Centre Attempts	Extraman Goals	Extraman Attempts	Penalty Shot Goals	Penalty Shot Attempts	Saves	Shots Against	Save %	Natural Action Saves	Natural Action Shots Against	Centre Saves	Centre Shots Against	Extraman Saves	Extraman Shots Against	Penalty Shot Saves	Penalty Shot Shots Against	Assists	Turnover Fouls	Steals	Blocks	Offensive Faults	Exclusion (20 seconds)	Penalty Fouls	Exclusion (w/wo Sub)
1	–	Spain	ESP	8	6	0	2	12	58-48	58	200	29.0%	16	82	7	21	34	93	1	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	42	53	37	35	145	64	3	2	Gold
Goalkeeper	1	Jesús Miguel Rollán		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	62	110	56.4%	33	54	7	10	22	43	0	3	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	2	José María Abarca		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	4	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0
	3	Sergio Pedrerol		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	10	10.0%	0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	4	3	3	18	2	0	0
	5	Manuel Estiarte		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	33	39.4%	3	9	1	1	8	20	1	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	5	3	24	3	1	0
	6	Daniel Ballart		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	13	23.1%	0	7	0	0	3	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	2	9	11	1	1	0
	7	Jordi Payá		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	2	50.0%	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	1	5	7	1	0
	8	Iván Moro		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	15	13.3%	2	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	7	3	10	12	0	1
	9	Jordi Sans		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	18	38.9%	2	6	2	4	3	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	8	1	1	15	8	0	1
	10	Salvador Gómez		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	38	31.6%	3	11	4	16	5	11	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	22	2	8	24	7	0	0
	11	Miki Oca		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	27	33.3%	1	9	0	0	8	18	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	3	0	17	4	0	0
	12	Carles Sanz		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	11	27.3%	1	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	1	0	7	6	0	0
	13	Pedro García		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	29	24.1%	4	15	0	0	3	13	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	7	6	13	12	0	0
	–	Ángel Luis Andreo DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Juan Jané
2	–	Croatia	CRO	8	5	0	3	10	71-58	71	203	35.0%	21	93	8	28	40	79	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	55	34	24	351	89	5	2	Silver
Goalkeeper	1	Siniša Školneković		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77	135	57.0%	32	49	10	13	34	68	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Zdeslav Vrdoljak		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	19	26.3%	2	13	0	0	3	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	1	1	18	3	1	0
	3	Joško Kreković		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	34	26.5%	0	15	0	0	7	17	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	3	4	44	7	0	0
	4	Dubravko Šimenc		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	14	22	63.6%	7	11	0	0	7	10	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	4	9	5	35	12	0	0
	5	Ognjen Kržić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	14	35.7%	2	7	0	0	3	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	1	1	29	7	0	1
	6	Ratko Štritof		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	10	20.0%	1	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	1	3	20	15	1	0
	7	Renato Vrbičić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	26	38.5%	1	5	4	14	5	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	12	0	3	20	6	0	0
	8	Damir Glavan		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	5	40.0%	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	2	1	12	12	0	0
	9	Tino Vegar		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	19	31.6%	4	12	0	1	2	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	3	2	26	15	2	1
	10	Perica Bukić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	19	63.2%	3	6	0	0	9	13	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	7	1	64	4	0	0
	11	Igor Hinić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	17	17.6%	0	2	3	12	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	15	2	1	30	3	1	0
	13	Vjekoslav Kobešćak		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	17	17.6%	1	11	1	1	1	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	4	5	2	53	5	0	0
	12	Maro Balić DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Bruno Silić
3	–	Italy	ITA	8	7	0	1	14	85-72	85	231	36.8%	33	102	5	21	45	105	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	62	56	41	26	538	99	8	0	Bronze
Goalkeeper	1	Francesco Attolico		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	44	110	40.0%	18	31	9	11	17	60	0	8	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Francesco Postiglione		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	13	53.8%	3	5	0	0	4	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	5	4	0	37	18	0	0
	3	Alessandro Bovo		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	19	31.6%	4	12	0	0	2	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	5	6	38	17	2	0
	4	Fabio Bencivenga		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	13	30.8%	4	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	2	2	29	7	2	0
	5	Alessandro Calcaterra		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	17	29.4%	0	3	1	6	4	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	10	2	3	25	4	0	0
	6	Roberto Calcaterra		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	24	37.5%	1	2	4	15	4	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	20	2	2	67	7	1	0
	7	Luca Giustolisi		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	10	60.0%	1	3	0	0	5	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	2	0	53	8	0	0
	8	Alberto Angelini		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	11	26	42.3%	6	13	0	0	5	13	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	5	5	76	6	0	0
	9	Amedeo Pomilio		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	32	31.3%	2	17	0	0	7	14	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	5	4	1	79	8	0	0
Goalkeeper	10	Marco Gerini		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	15	40.0%	4	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
	11	Leonardo Sottani		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	15	53.3%	2	5	0	0	6	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	0	0	39	6	1	0
	12	Carlo Silipo		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	14	41	34.1%	8	22	0	0	5	17	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	4	7	5	52	14	0	0
	13	Alberto Ghibellini		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	21	23.8%	2	11	0	0	3	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	0	2	43	4	1	0
Coach		Ratko Rudić
4	–	Hungary	HUN	8	6	0	2	12	83-73	83	223	37.2%	27	93	11	25	41	99	4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	56	46	35	29	433	93	5	0
Goalkeeper	1	Zoltán Kósz		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	57	121	47.1%	25	49	4	10	27	58	1	4	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	0
	2	Frank Tóth		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	20	30.0%	3	11	0	2	3	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	4	5	4	56	7	1	0
	3	Attila Monostori		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	15	20.0%	2	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	2	3	2	13	12	0	0
	4	Zsolt Varga		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	28	46.4%	4	7	6	13	3	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	2	2	36	6	0	0
	5	Tamás Kásás		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	31	41.9%	6	15	0	0	7	15	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	3	3	38	8	0	0
	6	László Tóth		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	13	30.8%	0	2	4	8	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	11	0	4	34	11	0	0
	7	Tamás Dala		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	18	33.3%	0	4	0	0	6	14	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	2	0	1	21	4	0	0
	8	Tibor Benedek		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	19	35	54.3%	6	11	1	2	9	18	3	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	6	3	2	65	7	0	0
	9	Rajmund Fodor		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	12	16.7%	1	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	1	4	3	60	5	0	0
	10	Balázs Vincze		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	20	25.0%	1	11	0	0	3	8	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	4	2	2	55	9	1	0
	11	András Gyöngyösi		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	12	41.7%	0	5	0	0	5	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	6	3	2	36	6	0	0
Goalkeeper	12	Péter Kuna		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	14	57.1%	6	8	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	13	Zsolt Németh		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	19	36.8%	4	12	0	0	3	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	4	4	18	17	3	0
Coach		György Horkai
5	–	Russian Federation	RUS	8	4	1	3	9	77-72	77	215	35.8%	35	118	5	19	31	72	6	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	54	61	45	21	475	98	2	1
Goalkeeper	1	Nikolay Maksimov		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	58	115	50.4%	24	39	7	14	27	61	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Aleksey Panfili		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	15	40.0%	3	8	0	0	3	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	5	2	19	8	0	0
	3	Sergey Yevstigneyev		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	12	33.3%	3	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	4	3	2	32	19	0	1
	4	Nikolay Kozlov		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	38	26.3%	9	30	0	0	1	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14	7	1	3	52	7	0	0
	5	Sergey Garbuzov		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	16	43.8%	4	10	0	0	1	4	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	7	2	59	11	1	0
	6	Aleksandr Yeryshov		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	26	38.5%	3	13	0	0	4	10	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	5	4	1	75	4	0	0
	7	Dmitry Apanasenko		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	17	35.3%	2	9	0	0	4	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	4	8	4	41	14	0	0
	8	Sergey Ivlev		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	11	36.4%	0	3	2	3	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	0	0	25	10	0	0
	9	Dmitry Gorshkov		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	12	27	44.4%	8	20	0	0	3	6	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	5	6	2	74	7	1	0
	10	Ilya Konstantinov		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	20	35.0%	2	12	0	0	5	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	0	0	57	10	0	0
	11	Yury Smolovoy		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	18	27.8%	1	1	1	11	3	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	14	3	2	25	6	0	0
	12	Vladimir Karabutov		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	13	46.2%	0	2	2	5	4	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	11	1	3	16	2	0	0
Goalkeeper	13	Dmitry Dugin		2	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	21	28.6%	3	6	1	4	2	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Aleksandr Kabanov
6	–	Greece	GRE	8	3	0	5	6	60-66	60	185	32.4%	12	67	9	22	32	87	7	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	40	56	38	23	110	55	3	1
Goalkeeper	1	Gerasimos Voltyrakis		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	64	124	51.6%	33	63	17	24	13	34	1	3	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Filippos Kaiafas		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	33	30.3%	3	16	0	0	7	17	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	4	2	2	12	5	0	0
	3	Theodoros Chatzitheodorou		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	4	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0
	4	Konstantinos Loudis		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	21	47.6%	3	10	0	1	7	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	5	1	16	10	1	0
	5	Georgios Mavrotas		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	23	43.5%	3	10	0	0	2	7	5	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	3	6	9	24	3	0	0
	6	Anastasios Papanastasiou		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	19	42.1%	0	2	4	12	4	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	27	1	0	4	3	0	0
	7	Georgios Psychos		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	13	7.7%	0	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	5	2	11	16	0	0
	8	Theodoros Kalakonas		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	5	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	1	5	3	0	0
	9	Georgios Afroudakis		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	10	29	34.5%	2	4	5	9	3	16	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	6	1	1	5	0	1	0
	10	Theodoros Lorantos		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	26	30.8%	0	7	0	0	6	16	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	3	7	5	23	5	1	0
	11	Thomas Chatzis		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	7	42.9%	1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	2	1	5	2	0	1
	12	Makis Georgaras		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	5	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0
Goalkeeper	13	Vangelis Patras		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	7	14.3%	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Kyriakos Iosifidis
7	–	United States	USA	8	5	0	3	10	67-57	67	201	33.3%	32	112	7	22	24	63	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51	53	55	24	343	68	2	1
Goalkeeper	1	Chris Duplanty		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	77	132	58.3%	49	69	8	16	20	49	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Goalkeeper	2	Dan Hackett		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	33.3%	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Jeremy Laster		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	22	31.8%	2	9	0	0	5	13	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	4	0	29	1	0	0
	4	Kyle Kopp		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	12	33.3%	1	1	0	6	3	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	12	3	4	23	4	0	0
	5	Chris Oeding		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	11	23	47.8%	4	14	0	0	3	5	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	0	3	3	49	5	0	0
	6	Gavin Arroyo		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	15	40.0%	4	10	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	7	5	2	26	16	1	0
	7	Alex Rousseau		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	9	22.2%	1	4	0	1	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	5	5	5	30	2	0	0
	8	Rick McNair		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	27	22.2%	5	20	0	0	1	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	3	9	2	28	12	0	0
	9	Kirk Everist		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	10	20.0%	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	1	4	2	24	2	0	0
	10	Chris Humbert		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	14	30	46.7%	2	7	7	14	5	9	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	14	3	1	24	4	1	1
	11	Mike Evans		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	26	19.2%	3	18	0	0	2	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	3	2	41	5	0	0
	12	Troy Barnhart, Jr.		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	8	25.0%	1	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	7	2	22	13	0	0
	13	Wolf Wigo		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	15	53.3%	7	10	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	1	1	47	4	0	0
Coach		Richard Corso
8	–	Yugoslavia	SCG	8	3	1	4	7	75-80	75	187	40.1%	19	73	6	20	45	90	5	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	47	57	37	18	228	80	7	2
Goalkeeper	1	Aleksandar Šoštar		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	59	128	46.1%	30	60	5	8	23	55	1	5	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0
	2	Petar Trbojević		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	15	40.0%	3	10	0	0	3	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	1	3	3	34	10	2	0
	3	Vaso Subotić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	11	27.3%	1	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	1	1	4	12	0	0
	4	Predrag Zimonjić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	16	12.5%	0	11	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	5	2	9	10	2	0
	5	Igor Milanović		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	13	15.4%	0	1	1	7	1	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	12	0	0	6	2	0	0
	6	Aleksandar Šapić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	18	44.4%	2	6	0	0	6	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	2	1	28	9	0	0
	7	Mirko Vičević		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	27	48.1%	2	8	0	0	7	15	4	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	6	0	30	7	1	0
	8	Veljko Uskoković		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	25	52.0%	2	8	0	0	10	16	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	3	4	40	7	2	0
	9	Dejan Savić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	16	43.8%	4	9	0	0	3	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	3	2	27	7	0	1
	10	Viktor Jelenić		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	16	43.8%	0	1	5	12	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	18	1	2	11	0	0	0
	11	Vlada Vujasinović		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	14	28	50.0%	5	12	0	1	9	15	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8	4	5	3	35	15	0	0
	12	Ranko Perović		4	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	2	0	4	0	0	0
Goalkeeper	13	Milan Tadić		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	11	18.2%	1	2	0	0	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coach		Dragan Andrić
9	–	Germany	GER	8	4	0	4	8	65-59	65	213	30.5%	18	87	10	21	34	100	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	39	47	45	31	331	76	8	2
Goalkeeper	1	Ingo Borgmann		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	51	111	45.9%	27	47	7	13	17	45	0	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Torsten Dresel		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	8	37.5%	2	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	5	5	30	9	2	0
	3	Piotr Bukowski		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	18	22.2%	1	7	0	1	3	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	4	3	4	22	8	2	1
	4	Davor Erjavec		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	15	42	35.7%	1	12	5	9	9	22	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	5	2	1	30	9	0	0
	5	Michael Ilgner		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	5	0.0%	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0
	6	Dirk Klingenberg		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	27	29.6%	5	15	0	0	3	12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	4	9	3	45	3	0	0
	7	Raúl de la Peña		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	7	26	26.9%	0	5	0	2	5	16	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	12	3	4	48	10	0	0
	8	Uwe Sterzik		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	10	10.0%	0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	2	27	8	1	0
	9	Daniel Voß		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	3	66.7%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	10	René Reimann		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	30	30.0%	4	15	0	0	4	13	1	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	8	6	37	6	1	0
	11	Lars Tomanek		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	17	23.5%	1	8	0	0	3	9	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	7	5	37	16	2	0
	12	Jörg Dresel		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	11	25	44.0%	3	9	5	9	3	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	7	2	0	30	5	0	1
	13	Oliver Dahler		6	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	4	75.0%	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	1	1	15	2	0	0
Coach		Nicolae Firoiu
10	–	Netherlands	NED	8	1	1	6	3	61-74	61	199	30.7%	34	108	2	15	21	73	4	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37	58	43	20	187	75	5	3
Goalkeeper	1	Arie van de Bunt		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	81	154	52.6%	44	74	14	19	22	56	1	5	0	1	15	0	0	1	0	0
	2	Wyco de Vries		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	14	28.6%	2	6	2	5	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	22	1	2	23	2	1	0
	3	Koos Issard		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	15	20.0%	1	4	0	8	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	10	3	1	5	2	0	0
	4	Harry van der Meer		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	16	42	38.1%	10	28	0	0	6	14	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	7	2	4	18	8	0	0
	5	Arno Havenga		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	28	32.1%	6	18	0	0	3	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	4	0	21	3	0	0
	6	Joeri Stoffels		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	9	22.2%	2	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	1	3	1	25	4	1	0
	7	Bas de Jong		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	6	33.3%	1	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	1	2	0	22	11	0	1
	8	Marco Kunz		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	28	32.1%	4	15	0	0	2	10	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	5	1	2	13	13	2	0
	9	Eelco Uri		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	15	33.3%	4	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	3	4	1	20	5	0	0
	10	Hans Nieuwenburg		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	3	33.3%	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	4	3	18	13	1	0
	12	Gert de Groot		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	19	31.6%	2	9	0	0	4	10	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	1	3	17	4	0	1
	13	Niels van der Kolk		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	4	17	23.5%	2	6	0	0	1	10	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3	3	3	5	9	0	1
	12	Wim Vermeulen DNS		–	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Coach		Hans van Zeeland
11	–	Romania	ROU	8	1	1	6	3	56-73	56	179	31.3%	20	92	2	7	32	77	2	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	41	48	36	15	328	89	7	0
Goalkeeper	1	Gelu Lisac		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	41	100	41.0%	16	36	7	16	15	42	3	6	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
Goalkeeper	2	Robert Dinu		3	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	24	41.7%	4	12	0	0	6	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3	Liviu Totolici		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	13	34	38.2%	6	17	0	0	7	16	0	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	0	4	2	55	4	1	0
	4	Florin Bonca		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	8	25.0%	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	5	6	1	27	8	1	0
	5	Radu Sabău		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	10	0.0%	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	7	3	1	16	14	1	0
	6	Nicolae Fulgeanu		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	9	55.6%	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	0	3	0	39	0	1	0
	7	Vlad Hagiu		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	17	38	44.7%	6	14	1	3	8	19	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	6	2	2	46	6	0	0
	8	Ștefan Sanda		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	14	0.0%	0	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	2	1	1	26	5	0	0
	9	Dinel Stemate		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	11	9.1%	0	7	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	2	2	10	8	0	0
	10	Istvan Moldvai		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	14	57.1%	2	3	1	4	5	7	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	22	5	2	38	11	2	0
	11	Bogdan Rath		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	23	26.1%	1	10	0	0	5	13	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	12	3	0	1	33	5	0	0
	12	Daniel Radu		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	13	23.1%	1	9	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1	4	1	24	20	1	0
	13	Edward Andrei		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	2	50.0%	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	3	2	14	8	0	0
Coach		Viorel Rus
12	–	Ukraine	UKR	8	0	2	6	2	52-78	54	178	30.3%	24	91	3	14	20	64	7	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35	62	46	24	350	82	7	1
Goalkeeper	1	Oleksiy Yehorov		7	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	52	119	43.7%	30	59	4	11	15	43	3	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	2	Dmytro Andriyev		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	2	11	18.2%	1	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	2	6	1	25	10	2	0
	3	Dmytro Stratan		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	20	25.0%	3	9	0	3	2	8	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	10	5	6	23	16	0	0
Goalkeeper	4	Oleh Volodymyrov		1	–	–	–	–	–-–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	15	40.0%	4	6	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	5	Oleksandr Potulnytskyi		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	9	34	26.5%	4	18	0	1	4	14	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	7	2	3	47	3	2	0
	6	Anatoliy Solodun		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	8	24	33.3%	1	10	0	0	5	12	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	0	9	2	39	1	1	0
	7	Vadym Skuratov		5	–	–	–	–	–-–	6	15	40.0%	4	10	0	0	1	4	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	7	2	30	4	0	0
	8	Vitaliy Khalchaytskyi		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	0	3	0.0%	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	5	6	21	11	1	1
	9	Vadym Kebalo		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	6	16.7%	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	12	2	1	31	1	0	0
	10	Andriy Kovalenko		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	14	30	46.7%	7	12	3	4	1	9	3	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6	11	3	0	48	7	0	0
	11	V'iacheslav Kostanda		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	1	6	16.7%	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10	5	0	1	22	7	0	0
	12	Ihor Horbach		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	5	14	35.7%	3	8	0	0	2	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	1	2	32	14	1	0
	13	Vadym Rozhdestvenskyi		8	–	–	–	–	–-–	3	11	27.3%	0	1	0	4	3	6	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	6	1	0	32	8	0	0
Coach		Yuriy Drozin

Preliminary Round

Date	20 – 24 July 1996

Group A

Date	20 – 24 July 1996
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Hungary	HUN	5	0	0	10	47-38
2	Yugoslavia	SCG	3	1	1	7	46-44
3	Spain	ESP	3	0	2	6	39-33
4	Russian Federation	RUS	2	1	2	5	42-38
5	Germany	GER	1	0	4	2	36-45
6	Netherlands	NED	0	0	5	0	36-48

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul 11:00	Yugoslavia 1	SCG	11 – 8	Netherlands 2	NED
Match #2	20 Jul 12:40	Hungary	HUN	8 – 7	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #3	20 Jul 16:40	Spain	ESP	9 – 3	Germany	GER
Match #4	21 Jul 11:00	Russian Federation	RUS	9 – 9	Yugoslavia	SCG
Match #5	21 Jul 12:40	Hungary	HUN	9 – 8	Germany 3	GER
Match #6	21 Jul 16:40	Spain	ESP	8 – 7	Netherlands	NED
Match #7	22 Jul 11:00	Russian Federation	RUS	10 – 8	Germany	GER
Match #8	22 Jul 12:40	Yugoslavia	SCG	9 – 7	Spain	ESP
Match #9	22 Jul 16:40	Hungary	HUN	10 – 8	Netherlands	NED
Match #10	23 Jul 11:00	Yugoslavia	SCG	9 – 8	Germany	GER
Match #11	23 Jul 12:40	Russian Federation	RUS	10 – 5	Netherlands	NED
Match #12	23 Jul 16:40	Hungary	HUN	8 – 7	Spain	ESP
Match #13	24 Jul 11:00	Hungary	HUN	12 – 8	Yugoslavia	SCG
Match #14	24 Jul 12:40	Spain	ESP	8 – 6	Russian Federation	RUS
Match #15	24 Jul 16:40	Germany	GER	9 – 8	Netherlands	NED

Group B

Date	20 – 24 July 1996
Format	Round-robin pool.

Pos	Team	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Goals
1	Italy	ITA	5	0	0	10	48-38
2	United States	USA	4	0	1	8	45-37
3	Croatia	CRO	3	0	2	6	51-39
4	Greece	GRE	2	0	3	4	37-38
5	Romania	ROU	0	1	4	1	31-45
6	Ukraine	UKR	0	1	4	1	33-48

Match	Date/Time	Team	NOC	Result	Team	NOC
Match #1	20 Jul 15:00	Croatia	CRO	8 – 5	Greece	GRE
Match #2	20 Jul 18:20	Romania	ROU	6 – 6	Ukraine	UKR
Match #3	20 Jul 22:00	Italy	ITA	10 – 7	United States	USA
Match #4	21 Jul 15:00	Croatia	CRO	11 – 6	Romania	ROU
Match #5	21 Jul 18:20	Italy	ITA	8 – 6	Ukraine	UKR
Match #6	21 Jul 22:00	United States	USA	9 – 7	Greece	GRE
Match #7	22 Jul 15:00	Greece	GRE	8 – 5	Romania	ROU
Match #8	22 Jul 18:20	Italy	ITA	10 – 8	Croatia	CRO
Match #9	22 Jul 22:00	United States	USA	9 – 7	Ukraine	UKR
Match #10	23 Jul 15:00	Italy	ITA	10 – 8	Greece	GRE
Match #11	23 Jul 18:20	Croatia	CRO	16 – 8	Ukraine	UKR
Match #12	23 Jul 22:00	United States	USA	10 – 5	Romania	ROU
Match #13	24 Jul 15:00	Greece	GRE	9 – 6	Ukraine	UKR
Match #14	24 Jul 18:20	Italy	ITA	10 – 9	Romania	ROU
Match #15	24 Jul 22:00	United States	USA	10 – 8	Croatia	CRO

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1996
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul 15:00	Hungary	HUN	12 – 8	Greece	GRE
Match #2	26 Jul 16:40	Croatia	CRO	8 – 6	Yugoslavia	SCG
Match #3	26 Jul 18:20	Spain	ESP	5 – 4	United States	USA
Match #4	26 Jul 22:10	Italy	ITA	11 – 9	Russian Federation	RUS

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1996
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 16:40	Croatia	CRO	7 – 6	Italy	ITA
Match #2	27 Jul 19:00	Spain	ESP	7 – 6	Hungary	HUN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	27 July 1996
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 15:00	Greece	GRE	7 – 6	United States	USA
Match #2	27 Jul 20:40	Russian Federation	RUS	16 – 15	Yugoslavia	SCG

Classification Round 9-12

Date	26 – 28 July 1996
Format	Classification matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul 11:00	Germany 4	GER	10 – 4	Ukraine	UKR
Match #2	26 Jul 12:40	Netherlands	NED	10 – 8	Romania	ROU
Match #3	27 Jul 11:00	Germany	GER	9 – 6	Netherlands	NED
Match #4	27 Jul 12:40	Romania	ROU	11 – 8	Ukraine	UKR
Match #5	28 Jul 8:00	Netherlands	NED	9 – 9	Ukraine	UKR
Match #6	28 Jul 9:30	Germany	GER	10 – 6	Romania	ROU

Final Round

Date	28 July 1996
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Jul 16:30	Spain	ESP	7 – 5	Croatia	CRO
Match 3/4	28 Jul 15:00	Italy	ITA	20 – 18	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	28 Jul 13:00	Russian Federation	RUS	10 – 8	Greece	GRE
Match 7/8	28 Jul 11:30	United States	USA	12 – 8	Yugoslavia	SCG