Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
City | Rio de Janeiro |
Venue(s) | Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre, Olympic Aquatics Stadium |
Dates | 6–20 August 2016 |
Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
Competitors | 154 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Serbia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Croatia |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Montenegro |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 42 |
Goals scored | 704 (16.76 per match) |
Multiple appearances | 5-time Olympian(s): 2 players 4-time Olympian(s): 7 players |
Multiple medalists | 3-time medalist(s): 5 players |
Top scorer(s) | Filip Filipović Guillermo Molina (19 goals in 8 matches) |
Most saves | Slobodan Soro (81 saves in 8 matches) |
Top sprinter(s) | Rhys Howden (18 sprints won in 5 matches) |
MVP | Filip Filipović |
Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. [1] Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro. [2] After the Rio Olympics, Serbia national team held Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, World Cup and World League titles simultaneously. [2]
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Sat 20 | ||
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G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |
Qualification | Date | Host | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
2015 FINA World League | 23–28 June 2015 | Bergamo | 1 | Serbia |
2015 Pan American Games | 7–15 July 2015 | Toronto | 1 | United States |
2015 FINA World Championships | 27 July – 8 August 2015 | Kazan | 2 | Croatia |
Greece | ||||
Oceanian Continental Selection [3] | 19 October 2015 | Perth | 1 | Australia |
2015 Asian Championship | 16–20 December 2015 | Foshan | 1 | Japan |
2016 European Championships | 10–23 January 2016 | Belgrade | 1 | Montenegro |
World Qualification Tournament | 3–10 April 2016 | Trieste | 4 | Hungary |
Italy | ||||
Spain | ||||
France | ||||
Total | 12 |
The draw was held on 10 April 2016. [4]
Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016. [5]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Serbia Croatia | Greece Montenegro | United States Australia | France Japan | Hungary Italy | Spain Brazil |
The following referees were selected for the tournament. [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Greece | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 6 | |
4 | Serbia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 6 | |
5 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 5 | |
6 | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 0 |
6 August 2016 09:00 | Report | Serbia | 13–13 | Hungary | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–4, 3–2, 4–2 | |||||
Filipović 3 | Goals | Hosnyánszky 3 |
6 August 2016 13:00 | Report | Greece | 8–7 | Japan | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 0–4, 4–0 | |||||
Vlachopoulos 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
6 August 2016 20:50 | Report | Brazil | 8–7 | Australia | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Francesc Buch (ESP) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2 | |||||
Delgado 3 | Goals | Campbell, Cotterill 2 |
8 August 2016 09:00 | Report | Serbia | 9–9 | Greece | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 4–3, 4–2 | |||||
Filipović 2 | Goals | Fountoulis 4 |
8 August 2016 13:00 | Report | Hungary | 9–9 | Australia | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Filippo Gomez (ITA) |
Score by quarters:4–3, 2–2, 1–3, 2–1 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Campbell 4 |
8 August 2016 19:30 | Report | Japan | 8–16 | Brazil | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 4–4, 1–4 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Vrlić 5 |
10 August 2016 09:00 | Report | Australia | 8–6 | Japan | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–2, 2–1 | |||||
Kayes 4 | Goals | Okawa, Takei 2 |
10 August 2016 10:20 | Report | Greece | 8–8 | Hungary | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Mark Koganov (AZE) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 4–2, 2–3 | |||||
Vlachopoulos 3 | Goals | Hárai 3 |
10 August 2016 19:30 | Report | Brazil | 6–5 | Serbia | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–1, 2–0, 1–2 | |||||
Vrlić 2 | Goals | five players 1 |
12 August 2016 09:00 | Report | Hungary | 17–7 | Japan | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI) |
Score by quarters:5–1, 6–2, 2–2, 4–2 | |||||
Kis 5 | Goals | Takei 3 |
12 August 2016 19:30 | Report | Greece | 9–4 | Brazil | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 1–1, 3–2, 2–0 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Silva 2 |
12 August 2016 22:10 | Report | Serbia | 10–8 | Australia | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–1, 4–2 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Cotterill 2 |
14 August 2016 14:10 | Report | Australia | 12–7 | Greece | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters:5–3, 5–1, 0–1, 2–2 | |||||
Cotterill, Howden 3 | Goals | Fountoulis 3 |
14 August 2016 19:30 | Report | Serbia | 12–8 | Japan | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–0, 4–2, 3–1 | |||||
Filipović 6 | Goals | Takei 5 |
14 August 2016 20:50 | Report | Brazil | 6–10 | Hungary | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 3–3, 2–2 | |||||
Gomes, Perrone 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 6 | |
4 | Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 5 | |
5 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 2 |
6 August 2016 10:20 | Report | United States | 5–7 | Croatia | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–2, 1–2 | |||||
Azevedo 2 | Goals | Joković, Šetka 2 |
6 August 2016 11:40 | Report | Spain | 8–9 | Italy | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4 | |||||
Molina 4 | Goals | Figlioli, Presciutti 3 |
6 August 2016 19:30 | Report | France | 4–7 | Montenegro | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Péter Molnár (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 1–0, 3–2 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Radović 3 |
8 August 2016 10:20 | Report | Italy | 11–8 | France | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters:4–3, 4–1, 1–2, 2–2 | |||||
Aicardi 4 | Goals | three players 2 |
8 August 2016 11:40 | Report | United States | 9–10 | Spain | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Péter Molnár (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–1, 2–3, 2–2 | |||||
Bonanni 4 | Goals | Echenique 3 |
8 August 2016 20:50 | Report | Croatia | 8–7 | Montenegro | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 3–2 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Brguljan, Janović 2 |
10 August 2016 11:40 | Report | France | 3–6 | United States | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: German Moller (ARG), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–4, 0–0, 2–1 | |||||
three players 1 | Goals | Samuels 3 |
10 August 2016 13:00 | Report | Montenegro | 5–6 | Italy | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 0–1, 3–2 | |||||
Brguljan 2 | Goals | Di Fulvio 3 |
10 August 2016 20:50 | Report | Spain | 9–4 | Croatia | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters:2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 4–1 | |||||
Echenique 4 | Goals | four players 1 |
12 August 2016 10:20 | Report | Croatia | 10–7 | Italy | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–3, 3–2, 2–1 | |||||
Sukno 5 | Goals | Gallo 2 |
12 August 2016 11:40 | Report | United States | 5–8 | Montenegro | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–0, 2–2, 2–4 | |||||
Samuels 2 | Goals | Da. Brguljan 2 |
12 August 2016 20:50 | Report | Spain | 10–4 | France | Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Péter Molnár (HUN) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 3–0, 1–1, 3-2 | |||||
Echenique 3 | Goals | Crousillat 2 |
14 August 2016 12:50 | Report | Montenegro | 9–9 | Spain | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–4, 2–1 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Molina 2 |
14 August 2016 15:30 | Report | United States | 10–7 | Italy | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 3–1, 2–0 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Di Fulvio, Figlioli 2 |
14 August 2016 16:50 | Report | France | 9–8 | Croatia | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY) |
Score by quarters:3–2, 3–3, 2–1, 1–2 | |||||
Marzouki 3 | Goals | Sukno 3 |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal | ||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Hungary | 9 (2) | |||||||||
18 August | ||||||||||
Montenegro (pen.) | 9 (4) | |||||||||
Montenegro | 8 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Croatia | 12 | |||||||||
Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
Croatia | 10 | |||||||||
Croatia | 7 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 11 | |||||||||
Greece | 5 | |||||||||
18 August | ||||||||||
Italy | 9 | |||||||||
Italy | 8 | |||||||||
16 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 10 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
Serbia | 10 | |||||||||
20 August | ||||||||||
Spain | 7 | |||||||||
Montenegro | 10 | |||||||||
Italy | 12 | |||||||||
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
18 August | ||||||
Hungary | 13 | |||||
20 August | ||||||
Brazil | 4 | |||||
Hungary | 12 | |||||
18 August | ||||||
Greece | 10 | |||||
Greece | 9 | |||||
Spain | 7 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
20 August | ||||||
Brazil | 8 | |||||
Spain | 9 |
16 August 2016 11:00 | Report | Hungary | 9–9 | Montenegro | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 3–3, 3–1 PSO: 2–4 | |||||
Erdélyi, Vámos 3 | Goals | Ivović 3 |
16 August 2016 12:20 | Report | Serbia | 10–7 | Spain | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters:3–1, 4–2, 0–2, 3–2 | |||||
Mandić 4 | Goals | Molina 3 |
16 August 2016 15:10 | Report | Brazil | 6–10 | Croatia | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 3–1, 0–2 | |||||
Gomes 3 | Goals | García, Joković 3 |
16 August 2016 16:30 | Report | Greece | 5–9 | Italy | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–2, 2–3 | |||||
Fountoulis, Mourikis 2 | Goals | Figlioli 3 |
18 August 2016 11:00 | Report | Hungary | 13–4 | Brazil | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Masoud Rezvani (IRI) |
Score by quarters:4–1, 3–0, 4–3, 2–0 | |||||
Erdélyi 4 | Goals | Delgado 2 |
18 August 2016 15:10 | Report | Greece | 9–7 | Spain | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
Score by quarters:1–0, 2–1, 4–3, 2–3 | |||||
Afroudakis, Mourikis 2 | Goals | Molina 4 |
18 August 2016 12:20 | Report | Montenegro | 8–12 | Croatia | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 1–1, 2–4 | |||||
Brguljan, Ivović 3 | Goals | Bušlje 4 |
18 August 2016 16:30 | Report | Italy | 8–10 | Serbia | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–3, 0–1, 6–3 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
20 August 2016 11:40 | Report | Brazil | 8–9 | Spain | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 1–2, 4–3 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
20 August 2016 16:30 | Report | Hungary | 12–10 | Greece | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA) |
Score by quarters:2–1, 4–4, 3–3, 3–2 | |||||
Kis, Zalánki 3 | Goals | four players 2 |
20 August 2016 13:00 | Report | Montenegro | 10–12 | Italy | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 2–4, 4–3 | |||||
Janović 3 | Goals | C. Presciutti 4 |
20 August 2016 17:50 | Report | Croatia | 7–11 | Serbia | Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Péter Molnár (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–2 | |||||
Sukno 3 | Goals | Mandić 4 |
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Serbia (SRB) [1] Gojko Pijetlović (GK) Dušan Mandić (LH) Živko Gocić (C) Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović (LH) Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović (GK) Head coach: Dejan Savić | Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić (C, GK) Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković (LH) Luka Bukić Marko Macan Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Xavier García (LH) Marko Bijač (GK) Head coach: Ivica Tucak | Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti (C, GK) Francesco Di Fulvio Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Andrea Fondelli Alessandro Velotto Alessandro Nora (LH) Valentino Gallo (LH) Christian Presciutti Michaël Bodegas Matteo Aicardi Nicholas Presciutti Marco Del Lungo (GK) Head coach: Alessandro Campagna |
Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players
Four-time Olympian(s): 7 players
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players
Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches played | Goals per match | Shots | % |
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1 | Filip Filipović | Serbia | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 44 | 43.2% |
Guillermo Molina | Spain | 8 | 2.375 | 50 | 38.0% | ||
3 | Sandro Sukno | Croatia | 17 | 8 | 2.125 | 45 | 37.8% |
4 | Draško Brguljan | Montenegro | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 32 | 46.9% |
5 | Pietro Figlioli | Italy | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 38 | 36.8% |
Ioannis Fountoulis | Greece | 8 | 1.750 | 40 | 35.0% | ||
Christian Presciutti | Italy | 8 | 1.750 | 31 | 45.2% | ||
Koji Takei | Japan | 5 | 2.800 | 42 | 33.3% | ||
Márton Vámos | Hungary | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% | ||
Dénes Varga | Hungary | 8 | 1.750 | 35 | 40.0% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 100) [21]
Rank | Goalkeeper | Team | Saves | Matches played | Saves per match | Shots | % |
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1 | Slobodan Soro | Brazil | 81 | 8 | 10.125 | 152 | 53.3% |
2 | Viktor Nagy | Hungary | 67 | 8 | 8.375 | 118 | 56.8% |
3 | Daniel López | Spain | 63 | 8 | 7.875 | 115 | 54.8% |
4 | Branislav Mitrović | Serbia | 60 | 8 | 7.500 | 119 | 50.4% |
5 | Marko Bijač | Croatia | 57 | 8 | 7.125 | 98 | 58.2% |
6 | Konstantinos Flegkas | Greece | 56 | 8 | 7.000 | 120 | 46.7% |
7 | Miloš Šćepanović | Montenegro | 52 | 8 | 6.500 | 102 | 51.0% |
Katsuyuki Tanamura | Japan | 5 | 10.400 | 113 | 46.0% | ||
9 | Stefano Tempesti | Italy | 51 | 8 | 6.375 | 101 | 50.5% |
10 | Rémi Garsau | France | 46 | 5 | 9.200 | 88 | 52.3% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 102) [21]
Rank | Sprinter | Team | Sprints won | Matches played | Sprints won per match | Sprints contested | % |
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1 | Rhys Howden | Australia | 18 | 5 | 3.600 | 19 | 94.7% |
2 | Francesco Di Fulvio | Italy | 16 | 8 | 2.000 | 17 | 94.1% |
3 | Pietro Figlioli | Italy | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 15 | 93.3% |
4 | Balázs Erdélyi | Hungary | 12 | 8 | 1.500 | 17 | 70.6% |
5 | Vjekoslav Pasković | Montenegro | 10 | 8 | 1.250 | 18 | 55.6% |
6 | Gonzalo Echenique | Spain | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 14 | 57.1% |
Konstantinos Genidounias | Greece | 8 | 1.000 | 18 | 44.4% | ||
Anđelo Šetka | Croatia | 8 | 1.000 | 14 | 57.1% | ||
9 | Krisztián Manhercz | Hungary | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 10 | 70.0% |
Josh Samuels | United States | 5 | 1.400 | 12 | 58.3% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 99) [21]
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