Romania at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Romania at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Romania
World Aquatics code	ROU
National federation	Romanian Federation of Swimming and Modern Pentathlon
in Singapore
Competitors	21 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Romania competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from 11 July to 3 August 2025.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	David Popovici	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	29 July 2025
	David Popovici	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	31 July 2025
	Constantin Popovici	High diving	Men	27 July 2025

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Diving	1*	1	2*
High diving	2*	0	2*
Swimming	2*	0	2*
Water polo	15*	0	15*
Total	20	1	21

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexandru Avasiloae	3 m springboard	321.75	48	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nicoleta Muscalu	10 m platform	175.15	34	did not advance

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Two athletes were named to the World Championships roster.

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Constantin Popovici	Men's high diving	408.70
Cătălin Preda		405.25	5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Romania entered 2 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Popovici	50 metre freestyle	Withdrew
	100 metre freestyle	47.48	1 Q	46.84	2 Q	46.51
	200 metre freestyle	1:45.43	1 Q	1:45.02	4 Q	1:43.54
Denis Laurean Popescu	50 metre backstroke	25.34	33	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	54.80	33	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.66	29	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.61	18	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	9th–12th Semifinal	9th place match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Romania	Men's tournament	Italy L 5–17	South Africa W 24–5	Serbia L 9–19	3 Q	Hungary L 11–15	Canada W 18–12	Japan L 19–20 PSO 3–4	10

Men's tournament

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

Romania's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Bucharest, Romania.

Team roster

The following is the Romanian roster. ^{[2] [3]}

Head coach: Bogdan Rath

• 1 Marius-Florin Tic GK
• 2 Francesco Iudean FP
• 3 Matei-Ioan Lutescu FP
• 4 Tudor-Andrei Fulea FP
• 5 Andrei Neamtu FP
• 6 Andrei Prioteasa FP
• 7 Andrei Tepelus FP
• 8 Nicolae Olanta FP
• 9 Alexandru Gheorghe FP
• 10 Vlad-Luca Georgescu FP
• 11 Sebastian Oltean FP
• 12 Levente Vancsik FP
• 13 Eduard-Mihai Dragusin GK
• 14 David Belenyesi FP
• 15 David-Joan Bota FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	0	58	22	+36	8	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	0	59	25	+34	7	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	38	41	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	12	79	−67	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 20:45	Report	Romania	5–17	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 0–5, 2–6, 1–5
		Neamtu 3	Goals	Condemi 4

14 July 2025 10:35	Report	South Africa	5–24	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Evan Andrews (CAN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 3–7, 1–6
		D. Sneddon 2	Goals	Georgescu, Iudean 4

16 July 2025 16:00	Report	Serbia	19–9	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MKD), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 4–1, 5–3, 5–4
		Ranđelović 4	Goals	three players 2

Playoff

18 July 2025 17:35	Report	Romania	11–15	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
		Georgescu 4	Goals	Burián 3

9th–12th place semifinals

20 July 2025 13:45	Report	Romania	18–12	Canada	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 5–4
		Iudean 5	Goals	D'Souza 4

9th place match

22 July 2025 10:35	Report	Japan	20–19	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters:8–1, 4–3, 2–8, 2–4  PSO:4–3
		Inaba 5	Goals	Georgescu, Neamțu 3

References

1. "Competition athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
2. "Men's Water Polo Team Roster ROU" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
3. "Men's Water Polo Team Roster ROU (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.