Montenegro at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Montenegro at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Montenegro
World Aquatics code	MNE
National federation	Montenegro Swimming Federation
in Singapore
Competitors	17 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)   Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)

Montenegro competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, 2025.

Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships. ^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Swimming	1	1	2
Water polo	15	0	15
Total	16	1	17

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Montenegro entered 2 swimmers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miloš Milenković	50 m butterfly	23.88	37	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	53.74	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jovana Kuljača	50 m freestyle	27.22	53	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:00.49	55	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Montenegro	Men's tournament	Greece W 10–9	Croatia L 11–33	China W 13–8	2 P/Off	Canada W 22–10	Spain L 5–14	Italy W 12–8	Croatia L 13–19	6

Men's tournament

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

Team roster

The following is the Montenegrin roster. ^{[3] [4]}

Head coach: Dejan Savić

• 1 Petar Tešanović GK
• 2 Dmitrii Kholod FP
• 3 Đuro Radović FP
• 4 Dimitrije Obradović FP
• 5 Aljoša Macic FP
• 6 Jovan Vujović FP
• 7 Savo Ćetković FP
• 8 Filip Gardašević FP
• 9 Miroslav Perković FP
• 10 Dušan Banićević FP
• 11 Dušan Matković FP
• 12 Vasilije Radović FP
• 13 Lazar Andrić GK
• 14 Balša Vučković FP
• 15 Strahinja Gojković FP

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 19:10	Report	Montenegro	10–9	Greece	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Gardašević, Radović 3	Goals	Gkillas 3

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 12:10	Report	China	8–13	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dasch Barber (RSA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–2, 3–3, 3–5
		Chen Z. 3	Goals	four players 2

Playoffs

18 July 2025 20:45	Report	Canada	10–22	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–5, 4–5, 3–5
		D'Souza, O'Donnell 3	Goals	Ćetković 5

Quarterfinals

20 July 2025 17:35	Report	Spain	14–5	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Ivan Raković (SRB)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 4–1, 3–0, 3–1
		Sanahuja 6	Goals	five players 1

5th–8th place semifinals

22 July 2025 16:00	Report	Italy	8–12	Montenegro	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–4, 1–2, 4–3
		Di Fulvio, Di Somma 2	Goals	Vukotić 4

Eleventh place game

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

References

1. "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 30 July 2025.
2. "Entries Book" (PDF). Omega Timing. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
3. "Men's Water Polo Team Roster MNE" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
4. "Men's Water Polo Team Roster MNE (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.