Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
City	London
Venue(s)	Water Polo Arena
Dates	29 July – 12 August 2012
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	155
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	763 (18.17 per match)
Multiple appearances	5-time Olympian(s): 3 players 4-time Olympian(s): 14 players
Multiple medalists	3-time medalist(s): 5 players
Top scorer(s)	Andrija Prlainović (22 goals in 8 matches)
Most saves	Stefano Tempesti (87 saves in 8 matches)
Top sprinter(s)	Pietro Figlioli Rhys Howden (19 sprints won in 8 matches)
MVP	Josip Pavić
← 2008 2016 →

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, Great Britain, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012. ^[1] All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.

Teams from twelve nations competed in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 42 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round.

Format

The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics: ^[2]

• Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups, ^[3] composed of six teams each, and played a single round robin in each group.
• The top 4 teams from each group played against each other in a cross-group format in the Quarterfinals.
• Winners from the Quarterfinal progressed to the Semifinals and played against another winner from the Quarterfinal round. Losers went on to play classification games.
• Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	50	29	+21	10	Quarterfinals
Italy	5	3	1	1	40	36	+4	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	52	42	+10	6
Australia	5	2	0	3	40	44	−4	4
Greece	5	1	1	3	41	43	−2	3
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	24	53	−29	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

29 July 2012 10:00	Report	Greece	6–8	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Juhász (HUN)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–3
		Fountoulis, Mourikis 2	Goals	three players 2

29 July 2012 11:20	Report	Kazakhstan	6–14	Spain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–5, 1–3, 2–2
		Gubarev, Ushakov 2	Goals	Perrone 5

29 July 2012 14:10	Report	Italy	8–5	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
		Felugo, Giorgetti 2	Goals	five players 1

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31 July 2012 11:20	Report	Croatia	8–7	Spain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–2, 2–4, 1–0
		Sukno, Dobud 2	Goals	Español 4

31 July 2012 14:10	Report	Australia	7–4	Kazakhstan	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–1
		Howden 2	Goals	four players 1

31 July 2012 15:30	Report	Greece	7–7	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–2, 2–3, 2–1
		Fountoulis, Afroudakis 2	Goals	Presciutti 2

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2 August 2012 10:00	Report	Spain	13–9	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–3, 4–1, 4–4
		three players 2	Goals	Miller 5

2 August 2012 19:40	Report	Italy	6–11	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3
		Figlioli, Gallo 2	Goals	Bošković, Sukno 3

2 August 2012 11:20	Report	Kazakhstan	4–11	Greece	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 1–3, 2–2
		Ukumanov 2	Goals	Fountoulis 5

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4 August 2012 11:20	Report	Croatia	11–6	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2
		Joković 3	Goals	Whalan 3

4 August 2012 14:10	Report	Greece	9–11	Spain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2
		Delakas 3	Goals	three players 3

4 August 2012 15:30	Report	Italy	9–6	Kazakhstan	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1
		four players 2	Goals	Shmider, Zhilyayev 2

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6 August 2012 10:00	Report	Kazakhstan	4–12	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 2–4, 1–3
		Zhilyayev 2	Goals	Dobud 5

6 August 2012 11:20	Report	Greece	8–13	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Sergi Sanchez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 1–3, 2–2
		Chatzitheodorou 3	Goals	Howden 3

6 August 2012 19:40	Report	Spain	7–10	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2
		Español 3	Goals	Premuš 3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Serbia	5	4	1	0	69	38	+31	9	Quarterfinals
Montenegro	5	3	1	1	54	41	+13	7
Hungary	5	3	0	2	65	52	+13	6
United States	5	3	0	2	43	44	−1	6
Romania	5	1	0	4	48	55	−7	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	28	77	−49	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

29 July 2012 15:30	Report	Hungary	10–14	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–5, 4–4
		three players 2	Goals	Prlainović 5

29 July 2012 18:20	Report	Romania	13–4	Great Britain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 4–0, 3–2, 4–1
		Diaconu 4	Goals	Parker 2

29 July 2012 19:40	Report	Montenegro	7–8	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2
		Ivović 3	Goals	Varellas 3

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31 July 2012 10:00	Report	Hungary	10–11	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2
		Biros 3	Goals	Brguljan 3

31 July 2012 18:20	Report	Serbia	21–7	Great Britain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gus Pinker (RSA), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–2, 6–1, 5–1
		Prlainović 5	Goals	Figes 3

31 July 2012 19:40	Report	United States	10–8	Romania	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–0, 3–3
		Varellas, Bailey 3	Goals	Radu 4

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2 August 2012 14:10	Report	Montenegro	11–11	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 5–4, 3–3
		Ivović 3	Goals	Prlainović 5

2 August 2012 15:30	Report	Romania	15–17	Hungary	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 5–4, 2-5, 4-3
		Bușilă, Ghiban 3	Goals	Madaras 5

2 August 2012 18:20	Report	Great Britain	7–13	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3
		Parker 3	Goals	Azevedo 4

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4 August 2012 10:00	Report	Montenegro	12–8	Romania	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–1, 3–2, 4–4
		Ivović 3	Goals	Diaconu 3

4 August 2012 18:20	Report	Hungary	17–6	Great Britain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Denis Danelon (BRA)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 5–4, 4–0, 2–1
		Kásás, Madaras 3	Goals	six players 1

4 August 2012 19:40	Report	Serbia	11–6	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–2
		Udovičić 3	Goals	Bailey 2

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6 August 2012 14:10	Report	Romania	4–12	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 0–4, 3–2
		four players 1	Goals	Nikić, Mitrović 3

6 August 2012 15:30	Report	Hungary	11–6	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 5–2, 4–1, 1–3
		Hosnyánszky 3	Goals	six players 1

6 August 2012 18:20	Report	Great Britain	4–13	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3
		four players 1	Goals	Zloković 3

Medal round

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

A1

Croatia

8

B4

United States

2

A1

Croatia

7

B2

Montenegro

5

A3

Spain

9

B2

Montenegro

11

A1

Croatia

8

A2

Italy

6

A2

Italy

11

B3

Hungary

9

A2

Italy

9

Bronze medal match

B1

Serbia

7

A4

Australia

8

B2

Montenegro

11

B1

Serbia

11

B1

Serbia

12

Quarter-finals

8 August 2012 14:30	Report	Spain	9–11	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 1–3, 3–1
		Vallès, Minguell 2	Goals	Zloković 4

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8 August 2012 15:50	Report	Australia	8–11	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–2, 1–2, 0–5
		Campbell, Beadsworth 2	Goals	Filipović 3

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8 August 2012 18:40	Report	Italy	11–9	Hungary	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–4
		three players 3	Goals	Madaras 3

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8 August 2012 20:00	Report	Croatia	8–2	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), György Juhász (HUN)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–0, 2–2, 1–0
		Bošković, Obradović 2	Goals	Bailey, Varellas 1

Semi-finals

10 August 2012 15:40	Report	Croatia	7–5	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–0, 2–2, 0–2
		Sukno 2	Goals	Ivović, Gojković 2

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10 August 2012 19:50	Report	Italy	9–7	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
		Gallo 3	Goals	Udovičić 3

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 14:30	Report	Montenegro	11–12	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4
		Ivović 3	Goals	Filipović 3

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 15:50	Report	Croatia	8–6	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sancherz (ESP), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 3–3
		Joković 3	Goals	Felugo 3

Classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				5th–6th place
	United States	7
	Spain	8
					Spain	8
					Hungary	14
	Hungary	10
	Australia	9
					7th–8th place
					United States	9
					Australia	10

5th–8th place semi-finals

10 August 2012 14:20	Report	United States	7–8	Spain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (CRO), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2
		Powers, Beaubien 2	Goals	Perrone 3

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10 August 2012 18:30	Report	Hungary	10–9	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 2–4, 1–0, 3–3
		Madaras, Biros 3	Goals	three players 2

7th–8th place match

12 August 2012 10:20	Report	United States	9–10	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 1–3, 5–2
		four players 2	Goals	Miller, Campbell 3

5th–6th place match

12 August 2012 11:40	Report	Spain	8–14	Hungary	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 1–5, 4–2
		Minguell 3	Goals	six players 2

Final ranking

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Rank [1] Team   Croatia   Italy   Serbia 4   Montenegro 5   Hungary 6   Spain 7   Australia 8   United States 9   Greece 10   Romania 11   Kazakhstan 12   Great Britain

2012 Men's Olympic champions  Croatia First title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Croatia  (CRO) [1] Josip Pavić (GK) Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Maro Joković (LH) Ivan Buljubašić Petar Muslim Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barać (C) Igor Hinić Paulo Obradović Frano Vićan (GK) Head coach: Ratko Rudić	Italy  (ITA) Stefano Tempesti (C, GK) Amaurys Pérez Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alex Giorgetti Maurizio Felugo Massimo Giacoppo Valentino Gallo (LH) Christian Presciutti Deni Fiorentini Matteo Aicardi Danijel Premuš Giacomo Pastorino (GK) Head coach: Alessandro Campagna	Serbia  (SRB) Slobodan Soro (GK) Aleksa Šaponjić Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić (C) Dušan Mandić (LH) Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović (LH) Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović (GK) Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Statistics

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

Multi-time Olympians

Main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments

Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players

•   Croatia: Igor Hinić ^[4]
•   Greece: Georgios Afroudakis ^[5]
•   Hungary: Tamás Kásás ^[6]

Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players

•   Australia: Thomas Whalan, ^[7] Gavin Woods ^[8]
•   Croatia: Samir Barać, ^[9] Frano Vićan (GK) ^[10]
•   Greece: Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, ^[11] Nikolaos Deligiannis (GK) ^[12]
•   Hungary: Péter Biros, ^[13] Gergely Kiss, ^[14] Zoltán Szécsi (GK) ^[15]
•   Italy: Stefano Tempesti (GK) ^[16]
•   Kazakhstan: Nikolay Maksimov (GK) ^[17]
•   Spain: Iván Pérez ^[18]
•   United States: Tony Azevedo, ^[19] Ryan Bailey ^[20]

Multiple medalists

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players

•   Hungary: Péter Biros, ^[13] Tamás Kásás, ^[6] Gergely Kiss, ^[14] Zoltán Szécsi (GK) ^[15]
•   Serbia: Vanja Udovičić ^[21]

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Matches played	Goals per match	Shots	%
1	Andrija Prlainović	Serbia	22	8	2.750	40	55.0%
2	Aleksandar Ivović	Montenegro	19	8	2.375	43	44.2%
3	Filip Filipović	Serbia	18	8	2.250	42	42.9%
	Norbert Madaras	Hungary		8	2.250	37	48.6%
5	Péter Biros	Hungary	16	8	2.000	38	42.1%
	Felipe Perrone	Spain		8	2.000	33	48.5%
7	Miho Bošković	Croatia	15	8	1.875	33	45.5%
	Vanja Udovičić	Serbia		8	1.875	41	36.6%
9	Albert Español	Spain	14	8	1.750	30	46.7%
	Norbert Hosnyánszky	Hungary		8	1.750	23	60.9%
	Marc Minguell	Spain		8	1.750	31	45.2%
	Sandro Sukno	Croatia		8	1.750	30	46.7%
	Boris Zloković	Montenegro		8	1.750	30	46.7%

Source: Official Results Book (page 466) ^[22]

Leading goalkeepers

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Saves	Matches played	Saves per match	Shots	%
1	Stefano Tempesti	Italy	87	8	10.875	147	59.2%
2	Josip Pavić	Croatia	85	8	10.625	121	70.2%
3	Slobodan Soro	Serbia	75	8	9.375	135	55.6%
4	Merrill Moses	United States	72	8	9.000	135	53.3%
5	Miloš Šćepanović	Montenegro	59	8	7.375	122	48.4%
6	Iñaki Aguilar	Spain	52	8	6.500	98	53.1%
7	Joel Dennerley	Australia	51	8	6.375	104	49.0%
8	Nikolay Maksimov	Kazakhstan	50	5	10.000	103	48.5%
9	Dragoș Stoenescu	Romania	48	5	9.600	97	49.5%
10	Nikolaos Deligiannis	Greece	45	5	9.000	83	54.2%

Source: Official Results Book (page 462) ^[22]

Leading sprinters

Rank	Sprinter	Team	Sprints won	Matches played	Sprints won per match	Sprints contested	%
1	Pietro Figlioli	Italy	19	8	2.375	21	90.5%
	Rhys Howden	Australia		8	2.375	24	79.2%
3	Albert Español	Spain	15	8	1.875	25	60.0%
4	Sandro Sukno	Croatia	11	8	1.375	16	68.8%
5	Deni Fiorentini	Italy	10	8	1.250	10	100%
	Peter Varellas	United States		8	1.250	15	66.7%
7	Vjekoslav Pasković	Montenegro	8	8	1.000	17	47.1%
8	Maro Joković	Croatia	7	8	0.875	13	53.8%
	Tamás Kásás	Hungary		8	0.875	9	77.8%
	Aleksa Šaponjić	Serbia		8	0.875	11	63.6%

Source: Official Results Book (page 465) ^[22]

Awards

The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012. ^{[23] [24]}

Most Valuable Player

• Josip Pavić ^[25] (85 saves)

Media All-Star Team

• Goalkeeper
  • Josip Pavić (85 saves)
• Field players
  • Nikša Dobud (centre forward, 12 goals)
  • Maurizio Felugo (12 goals)
  • Filip Filipović (left-handed, 18 goals, 2 sprints won)
  • Aleksandar Ivović (centre back, 19 goals)
  • Felipe Perrone (16 goals)
  • Andrija Prlainović (22 goals)

See also

• Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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