Croatia at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Croatia
World Aquatics code	CRO
in Singapore
Competitors	50 in 5 sports
World Aquatics Championships appearances
1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)

Croatia are competing at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025. ^[1]

Athletes by discipline

The following is the number of competitors who will participate at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	3	3
Diving	4	0	4
Open water swimming	2	1	3
Swimming	10	1	11
Water polo	15	15	30
Total	30	20	50

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mia Piri	Solo technical routine	197.9467	26	Did not advance
Matea Butorac	Solo free routine	195.0713	17	Did not advance
Korina Maretić Mia Piri	Duet technical routine	223.1858	27	Did not advance
	Duet free routine	200.3586	22	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mikula Miočić	1 m springboard	263.20	47	—	Did not advance
Matej Nevešćanin		334.40	18	—	Did not advance
Marko Huljev	3 m springboard	283.10	59	Did not advance
Matej Nevešćanin		DNS
Luka Martinović Matej Nevešćanin	3 m synchronized springboard	337.44	16	—	Did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marin Mugić	Men's 5 km	—	DNF
Grgo Mujan		—	1:03:55.5	56

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Klara Bošnjak	Women's 5 km	—	1:08:55.6	39

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jere Hribar	50 m freestyle
Božo Puhalović
Jere Hribar	100 m freestyle	48.34	17	Did not advance
Niko Janković	200 m freestyle	1:48.74	35	Did not advance
Marin Mogić	400 m freestyle	3:56.15	33	—	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle			—
Nikola Miljenić	50 m backstroke
Luka Čarapović	100 m backstroke	55.84	39	Did not advance
Filip Mujan	100 m breaststroke	1:01.42	35	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.53	18	Did not advance
Nikola Miljenić	50 m butterfly	23.87	36	Did not advance
Vili Sivec	100 m butterfly
Jere Hribar Nikola Miljenić Vlaho Nenadić Toni Dragoja	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.02	14	—	Did not advance
	4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Amina Kajtaz	100 m butterfly	59.18	24	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:12.60	19	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Placement matches
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's team	Women's tournament	China W 25–6	Montenegro W 13–11	Greece W 10–9	1 Q	Hungary L 12–18	United States W 14–9	Montenegro W 19–13	5
Croatia women's team	Women's tournament	Japan L 12–25	Greece L 7–31	Hungary L 6–22	4 Q	—	South Africa W 16–6	Argentina W 16–14	13

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Croatia men's team qualified by winning the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

Team roster

• Marko Bihač
• Matias Biljaka
• Tin Brubnjak
• Luka Bukić
• Rino Burić
• Zvonimir Butić
• Loren Fatović
• Konstantin Kharkov
• Filip Kržić
• Franko Lazić
• Luka Lončar
• Toni Popadić
• Josip Vrlić
• Ante Vukičević
• Marko Žuvela

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	48	26	+22	9	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	2	0	0	1	34	30	+4	6	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	0	0	2	44	25	+19	3
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	19	64	−45	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

12 July 2025 12:10	Report	China	6–25	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–5, 4–7, 1–6
		Xie 2	Goals	Bukić 6

14 July 2025 17:35	Report	Croatia	13–11	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 3–2, 5–4
		Bukić, Fatović 3	Goals	Banićević, Radović 3

16 July 2025 17:35	Report	Greece	9–10	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 2–1
		Alafragkis, Kalogeropoulos 2	Goals	Fatović 3

Quarterfinals

20 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	12–18	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 1–5, 2–2, 3–5
		Butić 4	Goals	Manhercz 4

5th–8th place semifinals

22 July 2025 20:00	Report	United States	9–14	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–5, 5–3, 2–4
		C. Dodd, Vavic 2	Goals	Burić 3

5th place match

24 July 2025 20:00	Report	Montenegro	13–19	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Scott Volz (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 2–8, 5–6
		Gardašević 3	Goals	Zuvela 5

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Croatia's women's water polo team qualified by being in the top 3 not already qualified at the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Team roster

• Magdalena Butić
• Jelena Butić
• Ana Desnica
• Nina Eterović
• Ria Glas
• Neli Janković
• Nina Jazvin
• Nina Maria Medić
• Latica Medvešek
• Roza Pešić
• Iva Rožić
• Matea Skelin
• Lara Srhoj
• Aurora Stipanov
• Natasha Trojan

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	65	28	+37	9	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	0	1	65	32	+33	6	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	53	70	−17	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	25	78	−53	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: Omegatiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

11 July 2025 16:00	Report	Japan	25–12	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters:7–3, 4–3, 11–5, 3–1
		Arima 7	Goals	Rožić 4

13 July 2025 13:45	Report	Croatia	7–31	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–9, 4–7, 1–7, 1–8
		Srhoj 3	Goals	Tricha 5

15 July 2025 20:45	Report	Croatia	6–22	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Fiona Haigh (AUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–9, 2–5, 1–5, 1–3
		Rožić 4	Goals	Garda, Keszthelyi 4

13th–16th place semifinals

17 July 2025 10:35	Report	Croatia	16–6	South Africa	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 2–3, 2–0, 5–1
		Janković 4	Goals	Meecham 2

13th place match

19 July 2025 10:35	Report	Argentina	14–16	Croatia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 4–5, 4–2   PSO: 2–4
		Bacigalupo 4	Goals	Rožić 3

References

1. "Competition Athletes | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.