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

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country France
CityParis
Venue(s)Paris Aquatic Centre
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates28 July – 11 August
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors144
Final positions
Champions Serbia (3rd title)
Runners-up Croatia
Third place United States
Fourth place Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches42
Goals scored895 (21.31 per match)
Top scorer(s)Serbia Dušan Mandić
(26 goals)
Most savesUnited States Adrian Weinberg
(94 saves in 8 matches)
MVPSerbia Dušan Mandić
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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.[1] 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 (first medal since 2008) by defeating Hungary.[2]

Qualification

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


Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host country — 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[a]
Total 12
  1. ^ South Africa withdrew from the tournament after the 2024 World Aquatics Championships. Romania, as the best non-qualified team, took their spot.[3]

Competition format

The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played 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.[4]

Schedule

The competition began on 28 July, and matches were held every other day.[5]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals 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.[6]

Seeding

The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots.[7]

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.[8]

  • 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 Qualification
1  Greece 5 3 1 0 1 61 52 +9 11[a] Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 3 1 0 1 60 43 +17 11[a]
3  United States 5 3 0 0 2 59 51 +8 9[b]
4  Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 58 57 +1 9[b]
5  Montenegro 5 1 0 2 2 45 50 −5 5
6  Romania 5 0 0 0 5 37 67 −30 0
Source: Olympics
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Greece 9–8 Italy
  2. ^ a b Croatia 11–14 United States


28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
15:00
v 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 0 0 67 39 +28 15 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 5 3 0 0 2 44 42 +2 9[a]
3  Hungary 5 3 0 0 2 62 54 +8 9[a]
4  Serbia 5 2 0 0 3 58 63 −5 6
5  France (H) 5 1 0 0 4 50 60 −10 3
6  Japan 5 1 0 0 4 60 83 −23 3
Source: Olympics
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.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Australia 9–8 Hungary


28 July 2024 (2024-07-28)
10:30
v 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
7 August
 
 
 Greece11
 
9 August
 
 Serbia12
 
 Serbia10
 
7 August
 
 United States6
 
 United States (PSO)7 (4)
 
11 August
 
 Australia7 (3)
 
 Serbia13
 
7 August
 
 Croatia11
 
 Italy9 (1)
 
9 August
 
 Hungary (PSO)9 (3)
 
 Hungary8
 
7 August
 
 Croatia9 Bronze medal
 
 Croatia10
 
11 August
 
 Spain8
 
 United States (PSO)8 (3)
 
 
 Hungary8 (0)
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
9 August
 
 
 Greece15
 
11 August
 
 Australia9
 
 Greece15
 
9 August
 
 Spain13
 
 Italy9
 
 
 Spain11
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 August
 
 
 Australia6
 
 
 Italy10

Quarterfinals

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07)
14:00
v 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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 		Report 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[10] Shots %
1 Serbia Dušan Mandić 26 49 53
2 Croatia Loren Fatović 22 44 50
3 Japan Yusuke Inaba 21 45 47
4 Spain Álvaro Granados 20 51 39
5 Greece Stylianos Argyropoulos 18 41 44
United States Hannes Daube 31 58
7 Croatia Konstantin Kharkov 17 35 49
8 Australia Milos Maksimovic 16 39 41
Spain Alberto Munárriz 43 37
Spain Bernat Sanahuja 38 42

Awards

The all-star team was announced on 11 August 2024.[11]

Position Player
Goalkeeper United States Adrian Weinberg
Field players Spain Alvaro Granados
United States Hannes Daube
Serbia Dusan Mandic
Japan Yusuke Inaba
Croatia Loren Fatović
Hungary Krisztián Manhercz
MVP Serbia Dusan Mandic

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Serbia (SRB)[12]
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)[12]
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)[12]
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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