The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo Association of Serbia [ sr ]. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade, making them one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world.
They are Serbia's most successful national team, having won more titles than all other Serbian national teams combined. [1] In 2016, they became the first team to hold titles in all five existing major championships: European Championship, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic Games simultaneously. [2]
Includes matches of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.
Updated after the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Competition | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Olympic Games | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
World Championship | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
World Cup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
World League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
European Championship | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Europa Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mediterranean Games | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Summer Universiade | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 35 | 7 | 13 | 55 |
Year [3] | Position | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1936 to 1988 | part of SFR Yugoslavia | |||
as FR Yugoslavia | ||||
1992 Barcelona | suspended | |||
1996 Atlanta | 8th | |||
2000 Sydney | ||||
as Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
2004 Athens | ||||
as Serbia | ||||
2008 Beijing | ||||
2012 London | ||||
2016 Rio de Janeiro | ||||
2020 Tokyo | ||||
2024 Paris | qualified | |||
2028 Los Angeles | future events | |||
2032 Brisbane |
Year [3] | Position | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1973 to 1991 | part of SFR Yugoslavia | |||
as FR Yugoslavia | ||||
1994 Rome | suspended | |||
1998 Perth | ||||
2001 Fukuoka | ||||
as Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
2003 Barcelona | ||||
2005 Montreal | ||||
as Serbia | ||||
2007 Melbourne | 4th | |||
2009 Rome | ||||
2011 Shanghai | ||||
2013 Barcelona | 7th | |||
2015 Kazan | ||||
2017 Budapest | ||||
2019 Gwangju | 5th | |||
2022 Budapest | 5th | |||
2023 Fukuoka | 4th | |||
2024 Doha | 6th | |||
2025 Kallang | future events | |||
2027 Budapest |
Year [3] | Position | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1979 to 1991 | part of SFR Yugoslavia | |||
as FR Yugoslavia | ||||
1993 Athens | suspended | |||
1995 Atlanta | did not participate | |||
1997 Athens | 7th | |||
1999 Sydney | 5th | |||
2002 Belgrade | ||||
as Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
2006 Budapest | ||||
as Serbia | ||||
2010 Oradea | ||||
2014 Almaty | ||||
2018 Berlin | ||||
2023 Los Angeles | 7th |
Year [3] | Position | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
as FR Yugoslavia | ||||
2002 Patras | did not participate | |||
as Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
2003 New York | 4th | |||
2004 Long Beach | ||||
2005 Belgrade | ||||
2006 Athens | ||||
as Serbia | ||||
2007 Berlin | ||||
2008 Genoa | ||||
2009 Podgorica | ||||
2010 Niš | ||||
2011 Florence | ||||
2012 Almaty | did not participate | |||
2013 Chelyabinsk | ||||
2014 Dubai | ||||
2015 Bergamo | ||||
2016 Huizhou | ||||
2017 Ruza | ||||
2018 Budapest | preliminary round | |||
2019 Belgrade | ||||
2020 Tbilisi | preliminary round | |||
2022 Strasbourg | 5th |
Year | Position | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 to 1991 | part of SFR Yugoslavia | |||
as FR Yugoslavia | ||||
1993 Sheffield | suspended | |||
1995 Vienna | did not participate | |||
1997 Seville | ||||
1999 Florence | 7th | |||
2001 Budapest | ||||
as Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
2003 Kranj | ||||
as Serbia | ||||
2006 Belgrade | ||||
2008 Malaga | ||||
2010 Zagreb | ||||
2012 Eindhoven | ||||
2014 Budapest | ||||
2016 Belgrade | ||||
2018 Barcelona | ||||
2020 Budapest | 5th | |||
2022 Split | 9th | |||
2024 Dubrovnik and Zagreb | 7th | |||
2026 Belgrade | future event |
Year | Position |
---|---|
2018 Rijeka | 4th |
2019 Zagreb | 6th |
Year | Position | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1959 to 1991 | part of SFR Yugoslavia | |||
as FR Yugoslavia | ||||
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon | suspended | |||
1997 Bari | ||||
2001 Tunis | 4th | |||
as Serbia and Montenegro | ||||
2005 Almeria | ||||
as Serbia | ||||
2009 Pescara | ||||
2013 Tunis | 6th | |||
2018 Tarragona | ||||
2022 Oran | ||||
2026 Taranto | future event |
Roster for the 2024 World Championships. [4]
Head coach: Uroš Stevanović
Professional friendly and competitive matches only where Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and now Serbia were represented.
Name | Years | Matches | Goals | |
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1 | Dejan Savić | 1994–2008 | 444 | 405 |
2 | Aleksandar Šapić | 1997–2008 | 385 | 981 |
3 | Filip Filipović | 2003–2021 | 381 | 677 |
4 | Živko Gocić | 2003–2016 | 362 | 207 |
5 | Slobodan Nikić | 2003–2016 | 355 | 354 |
6 | Igor Milanović | 1984–1996 | 349 | 540 |
7 | Aleksandar Ćirić | 1997–2008 | 346 | 201 |
8 | Vladimir Vujasinović | 1990–2008 | 341 | 391 |
9 | Duško Pijetlović | 2005–2021 | 340 | 472 |
10 | Andrija Prlainović | 2005–2021 | 336 | 541 |
Statistics accurate as of matches played 6 August 2021
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