| 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Podgorica, Montenegro |
| Date(s) | 26 August-3 September |
| Venue(s) | Morača Sports Center swimming pool |
| Nations participating | 19 |
The 2016 FINA Men's Youth Water Polo World Championships was held in Montenegro from 26 August to 3 September.
Australia 
Brazil 
Canada 
China 
Colombia 
Croatia 
Egypt 
Spain 
Greece 
Hungary 
Italy 
Japan 
Kazakhstan Montenegro 
New Zealand 
South Africa 
Russia 
Serbia 
United States
| Team advances to Quarterfinals | |
| Team advances to Play-off | |
| Team competes in Placement matches |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 33 | +60 | 8 |
| Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 6 |
| Canada | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 4 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 82 | −47 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 0 |
| 26 August 2016 11:20 | Report | Greece | 27–10 | Canada | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:4–3, 6–4, 9–3, 8–0 | |||||
| Papasifakis 7 | Goals | Jones, Reiher 3 | |||
| 26 August 2016 14:00 | Report | Russia | 25–5 | Colombia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:5–3, 7–1, 7–1, 6–0 | |||||
| Melentev 6 | Goals | Buitrago 4 | |||
| 27 August 2016 18:20 | Report | Canada | 9–15 | Russia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–5, 5–4, 0–2 | |||||
| D'Souza 6 | Goals | Melentev 4 | |||
| 27 August 2016 19:40 | Report | Kazakhstan | 4–21 | Greece | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–6, 1–5, 1–6 | |||||
| Shvedov 3 | Goals | Nikolaidis 7 | |||
| 28 August 2016 18:20 | Report | Colombia | 11–17 | Canada | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 4–5, 3–3, 3–4, 1–5 | |||||
| Foronda 4 | Goals | three players 3 | |||
| 28 August 2016 19:40 | Report | Russia | 19–8 | Kazakhstan | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:5–2, 6–3, 4-2, 4–1 | |||||
| Shaikhutdinov 6 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
| 29 August 2016 12:40 | Report | Kazakhstan | 9–11 | Colombia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 5-3, 1–3, 2-2 | |||||
| Bogomolov 3 | Goals | Munoz 3 | |||
| 29 August 2016 17:00 | Report | Greece | 14–11 | Russia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:4–2, 6–3, 2-5, 2–1 | |||||
| Gardikas 7 | Goals | Sheikin 4 | |||
| 30 August 2016 10:00 | Report | Colombia | 8–31 | Greece | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 2-8, 1–8, 2–8, 3–7 | |||||
| Orozco 4 | Goals | Nikolaidis 7 | |||
| 30 August 2016 11:20 | Report | Kazakhstan | 8–14 | Canada | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 0–6, 3-2 | |||||
| Akhmetov 3 | Goals | Carnevale 5 | |||
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 5 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 60 | -26 | 0 |
| 26 August 2016 21:00 | Report | Italy | 15–15 | Montenegro | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–2, 7–4, 3–6 | |||||
| Manzi 7 | Goals | Ukropina 4 | |||
| 27 August 2016 11:40 | Report | Brazil | 9–18 | Italy | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 2–7, 3–4, 2–4, 2–3 | |||||
| Pessin 4 | Goals | Manzi 6 | |||
| 27 August 2016 21:00 | Report | Montenegro | 16–14 | Hungary | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:4–2, 3–3, 6–4, 3–5 | |||||
| Ukropina 4 | Goals | Fekete 5 | |||
| 28 August 2016 21:00 | Report | Hungary | 23–14 | Brazil | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:4–2, 7–2, 7–6, 5-4 | |||||
| Vadovics 5 | Goals | Real 10 | |||
| 29 August 2016 18:20 | Report | Italy | 13–16 | Hungary | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-4, 5–5, 3-5 | |||||
| Di Martire 5 | Goals | Nagy 5 | |||
| 30 August 2016 21:00 | Report | Brazil | 11–19 | Montenegro | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1-5, 4-4, 4-4, 2-6 | |||||
| Real 8 | Goals | Mijušković 5 | |||
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 8 |
| Spain | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 40 | +29 | 6 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 4 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 54 | -18 | 2 |
| South Africa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 86 | −44 | 0 |
| 26 August 2016 12:40 | Report | Spain | 8–10 | Australia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–4, 1–1 | |||||
| Granados 5 | Goals | Putt 3 | |||
| 26 August 2016 17:00 | Report | South Africa | 16–32 | Japan | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 3–10, 3–8, 4–8, 6–6 | |||||
| Hamilton 6 | Goals | three players 5 | |||
| 27 August 2016 09:00 | Report | Japan | 17–23 | Spain | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:6–3, 2–7, 4–7, 5–6 | |||||
| Inaba 7 | Goals | Granados 10 | |||
| 27 August 2016 10:20 | Report | Egypt | 15–6 | South Africa | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:4–3, 0-0, 6–2, 5–1 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Stewart 2 | |||
| 28 August 2016 10:00 | Report | Australia | 14–13 | Japan | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 5-4, 4–1, 4–5 | |||||
| Elphick 6 | Goals | Koppu, Suzuki 3 | |||
| 28 August 2016 11:20 | Report | Spain | 14–2 | Egypt | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:3–1, 4-0, 2–0, 5-1 | |||||
| Granados 5 | Goals | Elafandy, Hesham 1 | |||
| 29 August 2016 19:40 | Report | Egypt | 6–15 | Australia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 3-3, 1–5, 1–4 | |||||
| El Sherbiny, Ayman 2 | Goals | Nangle 4 | |||
| 29 August 2016 21:00 | Report | South Africa | 11–24 | Spain | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 2–7, 2–6, 2–5, 5–6 | |||||
| Simpson 7 | Goals | Granados 8 | |||
| 30 August 2016 12:40 | Report | Australia | 15–9 | South Africa | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:3–2, 3-4, 5–1, 4-2 | |||||
| Marsden, Putt 3 | Goals | van Zyl 3 | |||
| 30 August 2016 17:00 | Report | Egypt | 13–19 | Japan | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 2-6, 3-4, 3-4, 5-5 | |||||
| Ayman 4 | Goals | Yusuke Inaba 6 | |||
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 8 |
| Croatia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 6 |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 70 | −29 | 2 |
| China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 79 | −41 | 0 |
| 26 August 2016 18:20 | Report | Croatia | 23–11 | New Zealand | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:6–3, 6–0, 6–5, 5–3 | |||||
| Mercep 6 | Goals | Morris 3 | |||
| 26 August 2016 19:40 | Report | China | 11–21 | Serbia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–7, 6–5, 3–3 | |||||
| Wei 4 | Goals | Lukic 5 | |||
| 27 August 2016 13:00 | Report | Serbia | 15–13 | Croatia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:6–3, 3–4, 3–3, 3–3 | |||||
| Jankovic 5 | Goals | Pejkovic 6 | |||
| 27 August 2016 17:00 | Report | United States | 22–4 | China | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:7–2, 7–1, 6–1, 2–0 | |||||
| Daube 6 | Goals | four players 1 | |||
| 28 August 2016 12:40 | Report | New Zealand | 8–17 | Serbia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–4, 3–7, 1–1 | |||||
| four players 2 | Goals | three players 3 | |||
| 28 August 2016 17:00 | Report | United States | 14–16 | Croatia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:4–3, 3–5, 4–5, 3–3 | |||||
| Daube, Molthen 4 | Goals | Lazić 5 | |||
| 29 August 2016 10:00 | Report | United States | 18–9 | New Zealand | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:5–4, 4–1, 6-3, 3-1 | |||||
| Blyashov 4 | Goals | Stankovich 3 | |||
| 29 August 2016 11:20 | Report | China | 11–23 | Croatia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 0-6, 3-6, 3-6, 5-5 | |||||
| B. Wang 4 | Goals | Merčep 3 | |||
| 30 August 2016 18:20 | Report | New Zealand | 13–12 | China | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters:5–1, 2-4, 4–3, 2-4 | |||||
| Dew, Stankovich 4 | Goals | B. Wang 5 | |||
| 30 August 2016 19:40 | Report | United States | 7–12 | Serbia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 0-1, 3–4, 3-4 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Jankovic 4 | |||
| 31 August 2016 17:00 | Report | Russia | 15–8 | United States | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 1-2, 5-3, 4-1, 5-2 | |||||
| Melentev 6 | Goals | Vavic 3 | |||
| 31 August 2016 18:20 | Report | Hungary | 15–11 | Japan | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 3-4, 4-2, 4-2, 4-3 | |||||
| Vadovics 4 | Goals | Suzuki 4 | |||
| 31 August 2016 19:40 | Report | Canada | 13–23 | Croatia | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 4-5, 4-4, 3-7, 2-7 | |||||
| D'Souza 5 | Goals | Pejković 5 | |||
| 31 August 2016 21:00 | Report | Italy | 13–12 | Spain | Morača Sports Center swimming pool, Montenegro |
| Score by quarters: 3-4, 4-2, 3-3, 3-3 | |||||
| Manzi 6 | Goals | Granados 6 | |||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Greece | 17 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 18 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 17 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 21 | |||||||||
| Australia | 13 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 14 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 16 | |||||||||
| Montenegro | 13 | |||||||||
| Montenegro | 14 | |||||||||
| Russia | 11 | |||||||||
| Montenegro | 11 | |||||||||
| Italy | 10 | Third place | ||||||||
| Serbia | 12 | |||||||||
| Italy | 14 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 12 | |||||||||
| Italy | 8 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | 5th place | |||||
| Greece | 13 | |||||
| Australia | 9 | |||||
| Greece | 19 | |||||
| Serbia | 22 | |||||
| Russia | 7 | |||||
| Serbia | 13 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| Australia | 8 | |||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||
| Semifinals | 9th place | |||||
| United States | 16 | |||||
| Japan | 13 | |||||
| United States | 10 | |||||
| Spain | 12 | |||||
| Canada | 12 | |||||
| Spain | 18 | |||||
| 11th place | ||||||
| Japan | 15 | |||||
| Canada | 11 | |||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | 13th place | ||||||||
| Colombia | 10 | |||||||||
| China | 12 | |||||||||
| China | 7 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 21 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 15 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 12 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 15 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 12 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 8 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 7 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 13 | 15th place | ||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| Egypt | ||||||||||
| China | 7 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 13 | |||||||||
| 16th-19th place SF | 17th place | |||||
| Colombia | 13 | |||||
| South Africa | 14 | |||||
| South Africa | 8 | |||||
| New Zealand | 15 | |||||
| Bye | ||||||
| New Zealand | ||||||
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
 | Croatia |
 | Montenegro |
 | Hungary |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Serbia |
| 6 | Greece |
| 7 | Russia |
| 8 | Australia |
| 9 | Spain |
| 10 | United States |
| 11 | Japan |
| 12 | Canada |
| 13 | Brazil |
| 14 | Egypt |
| 15 | Kazakhstan |
| 16 | China |
| 17 | New Zealand |
| 18 | South Africa |
| 19 | Colombia |
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