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Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament facts for kids

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Men's water polo
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Tournament details
Host country  France
City Paris
Venue(s) Paris Aquatic Centre
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates 28 July – 11 August
Teams 12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors 144
Final positions
Champions  Serbia (3rd title)
Runners-up  Croatia
Third place  United States
Fourth place  Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches 42
Goals scored 895 (21.31 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dušan Mandić
(26 goals)
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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was held from 28 July to 11 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena. It was the 28th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise has been held at every Olympics. Serbia captured their third title with a win over Croatia, while the United States won bronze by defeating Hungary.

Qualification

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host country N/A 1  France
2023 World Aquatics Championships 17–29 July 2023 Japan Fukuoka 2  Hungary
 Greece
2022 Asian Games 2–7 October 2023 China Hangzhou 1  Japan
2023 Pan American Games 30 October – 4 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  United States
2024 European Championships 4–16 January 2024 Croatia Dubrovnik/Zagreb 1  Spain
2024 World Aquatics Championships 5–17 February 2024 Qatar Doha 4  Croatia
 Italy
 Serbia
 Montenegro
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Africa 1  South Africa
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Oceania 1  Australia
2024 World Aquatics Championships – Reallocation 1  Romania
Total 12


Competition format

The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group plaedy a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth- and sixth- placed teams were eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average; the sixth-placed teams was ranked eleventh and twelfth in the same way. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.

Schedule

The competition began on 28 July, and matches were held every other day.


Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Draw

The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar.

Seeding

The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
 Hungary
 Greece		  Croatia
 Spain		  Australia
 United States		  Japan
 Romania		  Italy
 Serbia		  Montenegro
 France (hosts)

Rosters

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

Referees

The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament.

  • Australia Nicholas Hodgers
  • Canada Hélène Painchaud
  • China Zhang Liang
  • Croatia Andrej Franulović
  • Egypt Yasser Mehalhel
  • France Aurélie Blanchard
  • France Sébastien Dervieux
  • Germany Frank Ohme
  • Greece Natalia Markopoulou
  • Greece Georgios Stavridis
  • Hungary Nóra Debreceni
  • Hungary Tamás Kovács
  • Italy Rafaele Colombo
  • Italy Alessia Ferrari
  • Japan Chisato Kurosaki
  • Montenegro Veselin Mišković
  • Netherlands Michiel Zwart
  • Romania Adrian Alexandrescu
  • Slovenia Boris Margeta
  • Serbia Vojin Putniković
  • Spain Marta Cabañas
  • Spain David Gómez
  • United States Jennifer McCall
  • United States Darren Spiritosanto

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
15:00
v		 Italy  12–8  United States Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 4–1, 3–4
three players 2 Goals Daube 3
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
16:35
v		 Croatia  11–8  Montenegro Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 3–1, 3–2
Fatović 3 Goals Đurđić 3
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
21:05
v		 Romania  7–14  Greece Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–5, 1–2, 1–3
Georgescu, Neamțu 2 Goals Argyropoulos 4
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
12:05
v		 Croatia  11–14  Italy Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 3–6, 2–2
Fatović, Kharkov 2 Goals Di Fulvio 4
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
16:35
v		 United States  14–8  Romania Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–0, 4–1, 4–4
Bowen, Daube 3 Goals Colodrovschi, Georgescu 3
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
19:30
v		 Montenegro  16–17  Greece Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 2–3, 3–4  PSO: 4–5
Popadić 4 Goals Vlachopoulos 3
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
10:30
v		 Greece  13–11  United States Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 4–3, 2–2
Argyropoulos 4 Goals Bowen, Irving 2
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
16:35
v		 Italy  11–9  Montenegro Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–3, 1–1  PSO: 3–1
Di Fulvio, Echenique 2 Goals Popadić 3
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
19:30
v		 Romania  8–11  Croatia Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–3, 4–5, 1–0
Fulea, Țepeluș 2 Goals three players 2
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
12:05
v		 Croatia  14–13  Greece Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 7–3, 3–4
Kharkov 4 Goals five players 2
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
16:35
v		 Montenegro  7–12  United States Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 4–3, 1–2
Đurđić 3 Goals Daube 5
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
21:05
v		 Italy  18–7  Romania Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–1, 5–1, 3–3
three players 3 Goals Colodrovschi 3
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)
15:10
v		 Greece  9–8  Italy Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 0–1, 3–2
Argyropoulos 4 Goals Bruni, Condemi 3
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)
18:30
v		 Croatia  11–14  United States Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–5, 2–1, 4–3
Kharkov 5 Goals Daube, Irving 3
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)
21:40
v		 Romania  7–10  Montenegro Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Yasser Mehalhel (EGY)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 1–2, 2–3
Fulea 2 Goals Mršić 3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.


28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
10:30
v		 Australia  5–9  Spain Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 1–3, 1–1
Lambie, Maksimovic 2 Goals Munárriz 3
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
12:05
v		 Serbia  16–15  Japan Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–4, 5–3, 4–4
Mandić 7 Goals Inaba 6
28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
19:30
v		 France  12–13  Hungary Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–4, 2–1, 5–3
Vernoux 4 Goals Vigvári 3
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
10:30
v		 Australia  8–3  Serbia Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 5–1, 1–0, 1–2
Pavillard 4 Goals Mandić 2
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
15:00
v		 Japan  13–14  France Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 2–3, 3–3, 4–4
Inaba 6 Goals Bodegas 3
30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
21:05
v		 Spain  10–7  Hungary Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 4–3, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Angyal 2
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
12:05
v		 Serbia  11–15  Spain Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–3, 3–3, 2–5
Mandić 4 Goals Granados 4
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
15:00
v		 France  8–9  Australia Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Andrej Franulović (CRO), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–3, 2–3, 3–2
Crousillat, Bjoch 3 Goals Maksimovic 3
1 August 2024 (2024-08-01)
21:05
v		 Hungary  17–10  Japan Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–2, 3–2, 5–4
Vigvári 4 Goals Watanabe 3
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
10:30
v		 Spain  23–8  Japan Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 6–2, 7–4, 6–2
Sanahuja 5 Goals Okawa 2
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
15:00
v		 Australia  9–8  Hungary Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–2, 3–1
Edwards, Maksimovic 2 Goals Manhercz 4
3 August 2024 (2024-08-03)
19:30
v		 Serbia  15–8  France Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 4–2, 3–2
four players 2 Goals Marzouki, Vernoux 2
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)
12:00
v		 Hungary  17–13  Serbia Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 7–3, 6–2, 2–4
Fekete, Zalánki 4 Goals Mandić 5
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)
13:35
v		 Australia  13–14  Japan Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–4, 2–4, 4–4
Maksimovic 3 Goals Inaba 6
5 August 2024 (2024-08-05)
20:05
v		 France  8–10  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 4–2, 1–3
Crousillat 3 Goals Munárriz, Sanahuja 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal
 
                    
 
 7 August
 
 
  Greece 11
 
 9 August
 
  Serbia 12
 
  Serbia 10
 
 7 August
 
  United States 6
 
  United States (PSO) 7 (4)
 
 11 August
 
  Australia 7 (3)
 
  Serbia 13
 
 7 August
 
  Croatia 11
 
  Italy 9 (1)
 
 9 August
 
  Hungary (PSO) 9 (3)
 
  Hungary 8
 
 7 August
 
  Croatia 9 Bronze medal
 
  Croatia 10
 
 11 August
 
  Spain 8
 
  United States (PSO) 8 (3)
 
 
  Hungary 8 (0)
 
Fifth place bracket
 
 5–8th place semifinals Fifth place
 
            
 
 9 August
 
 
  Greece 15
 
 11 August
 
  Australia 9
 
  Greece 15
 
 9 August
 
  Spain 13
 
  Italy 9
 
 
  Spain 11
 
 Seventh place
 
 
 10 August
 
 
  Australia 6
 
 
  Italy 10

Quarterfinals

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07)
14:00
v		 Croatia  10–8  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–3, 2–2, 2–3
three players 2 Goals three players 2
7 August 2024 (2024-08-07)
15:35
v		 Greece  11–12  Serbia Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 4–2, 2–4
Skoumpakis 3 Goals Mandić 5
7 August 2024 (2024-08-07)
19:00
v		 United States  11–10  Australia Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 2–0, 2–2  PSO: 4–3
Bowen, Daube 2 Goals Pavillard 4
7 August 2024 (2024-08-07)
20:35
v		 Italy  10–12  Hungary Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 5–2, 2–3  PSO: 1–3
Di Fulvio, Echenique 3 Goals Manhercz 4

5–8th place semifinals

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
13:00
v		 Italy  9–11  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–2, 3–3, 3–2
Echenique, Iocchi Gratta 2 Goals Granados, Perrone 3
9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
18:00
v		 Greece  15–9  Australia Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Tamás Kovács (HUN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–3, 5–3
Kakaris 4 Goals three players 2

Semifinals

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
14:35
v		 Serbia  10–6  United States Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–2, 2–0
Dedović 4 Goals Vavic 2
9 August 2024 (2024-08-09)
19:35
v		 Hungary  8–9  Croatia Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–2, 1–0
Jansik, Vámos 2 Goals Fatović 5

Seventh place game

10 August 2024 (2024-08-10)
19:35
v		 Australia  6–10  Italy Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 2–4, 2–1
Maksimovic 2 Goals Iocchi Gratta 3

Fifth place game

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
09:00
v		 Greece  15–13  Spain Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 6–4, 4–1, 3–6
three players 3 Goals Sanahuja 3

Bronze medal game

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
10:35
v		 United States  11–8  Hungary Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–1, 2–2, 2–3  PSO: 3–0
Hallock 2 Goals Varga, Zalánki 2

Gold medal game

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
14:00
v		 Serbia  13–11  Croatia Paris La Défense Arena, Paris
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 3–3, 2–3
Ćuk 3 Goals Marinić Kragić 3

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

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Goals Shots %
1 Dušan Mandić 26 49 53
2 Loren Fatović 22 44 50
3 Yusuke Inaba 21 45 47
4 Álvaro Granados 20 51 39
5 Stylianos Argyropoulos 18 41 44
Hannes Daube 31 58
7 Konstantin Kharkov 17 35 49
8 Milos Maksimovic 16 39 41
Alberto Munárriz 43 37
Bernat Sanahuja 38 42

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Serbia (SRB)
Radoslav Filipović (GK)
Dušan Mandić
Strahinja Rašović
Sava Ranđelović
Miloš Ćuk
Nikola Dedović
Radomir Drašović
Nikola Jakšić (C)
Nemanja Ubović
Nemanja Vico
Petar Jakšić
Viktor Rašović
Vladimir Mišović (GK)
Head coach: Uroš Stevanović		  Croatia (CRO)
Marko Bijač (GK, C)
Rino Burić
Loren Fatović
Luka Lončar
Maro Joković
Luka Bukić
Ante Vukičević
Marko Žuvela
Jerko Marinić Kragić
Josip Vrlić
Matias Biljaka
Konstantin Kharkov
Toni Popadić (GK)
Head coach: Ivica Tucak		  United States (USA)
Adrian Weinberg (GK)
Johnny Hooper
Marko Vavic
Alex Obert
Hannes Daube
Luca Cupido
Ben Hallock (C)
Dylan Woodhead
Alex Bowen
Chase Dodd
Ryder Dodd
Max Irving
Drew Holland (GK)
Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

See also

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