Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country Australia
CitySydney
Venue(s)Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre,
Sydney International Aquatic Centre
Dates23 September – 1 October 2000
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors153
Final positions
Champions Hungary (7th title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Yugoslavia
Fourth place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches48
Multiple
appearances		6-time Olympian(s): 1
5-time Olympian(s): 2
4-time Olympian(s): 4
Top scorer(s)Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Šapić
(18 goals in 8 matches)
Most savesUnited States Dan Hackett
(70 saves in 8 matches)
Top sprinter(s)United States Brad Schumacher
(20 sprints won in 8 matches)
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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics at Sydney, Australia, began on September 23 and lasted until October 1, 2000.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary[1]
Attila Vári
Zoltán Szécsi
Bulcsú Székely
Zsolt Varga
Tamás Märcz
Tamás Molnár
Barnabás Steinmetz
Tamás Kásás
Gergely Kiss
Zoltán Kósz
Tibor Benedek
Péter Biros
Rajmund Fodor

Head Coach:
Dénes Kemény 		 Russia
Irek Zinnourov
Dmitri Stratan
Revaz Tchomakhidze
Marat Zakirov
Nikolay Kozlov
Nikolai Maximov
Andrei Reketchinski
Serguei Garbouzov
Dmitry Gorshkov
Yuri Yatsev
Roman Balachov
Dmitri Douquine
Alexandre Erychov

Head Coach:
Aleksandr Kabanov 		 FR Yugoslavia
Pedrag Zimonjić
Jugoslav Vasović
Vladimir Vujasinović
Nenad Vukanić
Aleksandar Šoštar
Petar Trbojević
Veljko Uskoković
Nikola Kuljača
Aleksandar Šapić
Dejan Savić
Aleksandar Ćirić
Danilo Ikodinović
Viktor Jelenić

Head Coach:
Nenad Manojlović

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 5 4 1 0 51 28 +23 9 Quarter Finals
2  Italy 5 4 1 0 43 32 +11 9
3  Spain 5 2 1 2 32 34 −2 5
4  Australia (H) 5 1 2 2 38 36 +2 4
5  Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 41 46 −5 3
6  Slovakia 5 0 0 5 30 59 −29 0
Source: LA84
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) Hosts


23 September 2000
10:45 		 Slovakia 8–11  Italy Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Boyer (USA), Ludecke (GER)
Score by quarters: 0-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-3
23 September 2000
15:00 		 Kazakhstan 7–8  Spain Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Klaric (CRO), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 3-2, 1-3, 2-1
23 September 2000
17:30 		 Australia 4–6  Russia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Rajevic (YUG)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-1, 1-2, 2-1
24 September 2000
10:45 		 Russia 7–7  Italy Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-3, 2-1, 0-2
24 September 2000
15:45 		 Spain 7–6  Slovakia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Clemencon (FRA), Janseen (NED)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-1, 2-2, 2-0
24 September 2000
20:30 		 Australia 11–11  Kazakhstan Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Ludecke (GER), Takata (USA)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 4-3, 2-2
25 September 2000
10:45 		 Italy 6–5  Spain Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Klaric (CRO), Chasekioglou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 1-2, 2-1, 1-1
25 September 2000
15:45 		 Kazakhstan 7–9  Russia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Csaszar (HUN), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-4, 2-2, 3-2
25 September 2000
20:30 		 Slovakia 6–11  Australia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Boyer (USA)
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1
26 September 2000
10:45 		 Russia 8–5  Spain Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Margeta (SLO), Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 4-3, 1-0, 1-1, 2-1
26 September 2000
15:45 		 Kazakhstan 9–5  Slovakia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Rajevic (YUG), Mendendez Betancourt (CUB)
Score by quarters: 4-0, 1-0, 1-2, 3-3
26 September 2000
20:30 		 Australia 5–6  Italy Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Clemencon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1-0, 1-2, 3-2, 0-2
27 September 2000
10:45 		 Slovakia 5–21  Russia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Klaric (CRO), Janseen van de Laak (NED)
Score by quarters: 1-7, 1-5, 1-6, 2-3
27 September 2000
15:45 		 Italy 13–7  Kazakhstan Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Boyer (USA), Csaszar (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2-1, 2-1, 5-3, 4-2
27 September 2000
20:30 		 Australia 7–7  Spain Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Chasekioglou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 2-1, 3-2, 2-2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  FR Yugoslavia 5 4 1 0 41 22 +19 9 Quarter Finals
2  Croatia 5 4 1 0 42 30 +12 9
3  Hungary 5 3 0 2 49 39 +10 6
4  United States 5 2 0 3 42 39 +3 4
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 34 55 −21 2
6  Greece 5 0 0 5 22 45 −23 0
Source: LA84
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.


23 September 2000
09:30 		 Greece 4–7  Hungary Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kratochvil (SVK), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 0-3, 1-2, 2-0, 1-2
23 September 2000
12:00 		 FR Yugoslavia 9–1  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Moliner Molins (ESP), Turcotte (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3-0, 3-1, 2-0, 1-0
23 September 2000
16:15 		 Croatia 10–7  United States Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kerr (AUS), Galkine (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 4-1, 1-2, 2-3
24 September 2000
9:30 		 Hungary 16–8  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Prikhodko (KAZ), Melliar (RSA)
Score by quarters: 5-3, 3-2, 3-2, 5-1
24 September 2000
14:30 		 United States 5–8  FR Yugoslavia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Moliner Molins (ESP), Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-2, 1-2, 1-1
24 September 2000
19:15 		 Greece 5–9  Croatia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-2, 1-1, 1-3
25 September 2000
9:30 		 Netherlands 8–12  United States Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Afanasiev (RUS), Menendez Betancourt (CUB)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-3, 1-3, 2-2
25 September 2000
14:30 		 Croatia 8–7  Hungary Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Ludecke (GER), Kratochvil (SVK)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 1-1, 3-1, 2-2
25 September 2000
19:15 		 FR Yugoslavia 10–3  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4-2, 2-1, 3-0, 1-0
26 September 2000
09:30 		 Hungary 10–9  United States Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Galkine (RUS)
Score by quarters: 3-1, 2-3, 3-4, 2-1
26 September 2000
14:30 		 Greece 7–10  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Prikhodko (KAZ), Bower (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 2-3, 1-2, 2-2
26 September 2000
19:15 		 Croatia 4–4  FR Yugoslavia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Dani (ITA), Afanasiev (RUS)*
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-0, 2-1, 1-1
27 September 2000
09:30 		 FR Yugoslavia 10–9  Hungary Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kerr (AUS), Ludecke (GER)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 3-2, 2-1
27 September 2000
14:30 		 Netherlands 7–11  Croatia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Balfanbayev (KAZ), Melliar (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 1-4, 3-3, 2-3
27 September 2000
19:15 		 Greece 3–9  United States Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Clemencon (FRA), Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 0-3, 0-2, 3-2

Classification for 9th-12th

Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
 Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5 5
 Greece 3 1 0 2 24 20 +4 4
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 19 20 -1 3
 Slovakia 3 0 3 0 24 32 -8 0


29 September 2000
09:30 		 Kazakhstan 6–6  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Schwartz (ISR), Menendez Betancourt (CUB)
Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-1, 1-2, 2-0
29 September 2000
10:45 		 Slovakia 8–9  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bower (AUS), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-2, 3-4, 2-2
30 September 2000
10:00 		 Kazakhstan 11–8  Slovakia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Boyer (USA), Melliar (RSA)
Score by quarters: 4-1, 3-1, 2-2, 2-4
30 September 2000
11:15 		 Netherlands 6–6  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Klaric (CRO), Csaszar (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 2-1, 1-3, 3-0
1 October 2000
9:00 		 Slovakia 8–12  Greece Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Takata (USA), Moradi Shahpar (IRI)
Score by quarters: 2-3, 4-3, 1-1, 1-5
1 October 2000
10:15 		 Kazakhstan 6–4  Netherlands Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Menendez Betancourt (CUB), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 2-0, 2-1, 1-1

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal
 
          
 
29 September
 
 
 Russia11
 
30 September
 
 United States10
 
 Russia8
 
29 September
 
 Spain7
 
 Croatia8
 
1 October
 
 Spain9
 
 Russia6
 
29 September
 
 Hungary13
 
 Italy5
 
30 September
 
 Hungary8
 
 Hungary8
 
29 September
 
 Yugoslavia7 Bronze medal
 
 Yugoslavia7
 
1 October
 
 Australia3
 
 Yugoslavia8
 
 
 Spain3
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
30 September
 
 
 United States9
 
1 October
 
 Croatia8
 
 United States8
 
30 September
 
 Italy10
 
 Italy8
 
 
 Australia4
 
Seventh place
 
 
1 October
 
 
 Croatia10
 
 
 Australia8

Quarterfinals

29 September 2000
14:30 		 Russia 11–10  United States Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3-0, 2-4, 4-3, 2-3
29 September 2000
15:45 		 Italy 5–8  Hungary Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Chasekioglou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 0-2, 3-3, 2-2, 0-1
29 September 2000
19:15 		 Spain 9–8  Croatia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Prikhodko (KAZ), Clemencon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-1, 2-3, 3-3
29 September 2000
20:30 		 Australia 3–7  FR Yugoslavia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Ludecke (GER), Turcotte (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-2, 1-2, 1-1

5–8th place semifinals

30 September 2000
19:00 		 United States 9–8  Croatia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Moliner Molins (ESP), Clemencon (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1-0, 2-2, 2-2, 2-3,1-1,1-0
30 September 2000
20:15 		 Italy 8–4  Australia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Prikhodko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 2-0, 2-0

Semifinals

30 September 2000
14:30 		 Russia 8–7  Spain Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Dani (ITA), Katochvil (SVK)
Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-1, 1-1, 1-2, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0
30 September 2000
15:45 		 Hungary 8–7  FR Yugoslavia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Kerr (AUS), Ludecke (GER)
Score by quarters: 3-2, 2-3, 2-2, 1-0

Seventh place game

1 October 2000
11:30 		 Croatia 10–8  Australia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Boyer (USA), Turcotte (CAN)
Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 4-2, 2-2

Fifth place game

1 October 2000
12:45 		 United States 8–10  Italy Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Rajevic (YUG), Ludecke (GER)
Score by quarters: 2-4, 1-3, 3-1, 2-2

Bronze medal game

1 October 2000
15:00 		 Spain 3–8  FR Yugoslavia Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Afanasiev (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 0-2

Gold medal game

1 October 2000
16:15 		 Russia 6–13  Hungary Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre
Referees:
Bookelman (NED), Chasekioglou (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-3

Ranking and statistics

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

Final rankings

Multi-time Olympians

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

Six-time Olympian(s): 1 player

Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players

Four-time Olympian(s): 4 players

Leading goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals Matches
played		 Goals
per match		 Shots %
1 Aleksandar Šapić  Yugoslavia 18 8 2.250 50 36.0%
2 Aleksandr Yeryshov  Russia 17 8 2.125 51 33.3%
3 Chris Humbert  United States 16 8 2.000 39 41.0%
Harry van der Meer  Netherlands 8 2.000 44 36.4%
Wolf Wigo  United States 8 2.000 25 64.0%
6 Ioannis Thomakos  Greece 15 8 1.875 30 50.0%
7 Revaz Chomakhidze  Russia 14 8 1.750 32 43.8%
Gergely Kiss  Hungary 8 1.750 24 58.3%
9 Tony Azevedo  United States 13 8 1.625 40 32.5%
10 Tamás Kásás  Hungary 12 8 1.500 33 36.4%
Daniel Marsden  Australia 8 1.500 40 30.0%

Source: Official Results Book (page 45–92)[9][10]

Leading goalkeepers

Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matches
played		 Saves
per match		 Shots %
1 Dan Hackett  United States 70 8 8.750 135 51.9%
2 Arie van de Bunt  Netherlands 65 8 8.125 140 46.4%
3 Zoltán Kósz  Hungary 58 8 7.250 112 51.8%
Nikolay Maksimov  Russia 8 7.250 99 58.6%
Jesús Rollán  Spain 8 7.250 116 50.0%
6 Eddie Denis  Australia 56 8 7.000 107 52.3%
7 Konstantin Chernov  Kazakhstan 52 8 6.500 96 54.2%
8 Aleksandar Šoštar  Yugoslavia 49 8 6.125 85 57.6%
9 Nikolaos Deligiannis  Greece 48 8 6.000 97 49.5%
10 István Gergely  Slovakia 44 8 5.500 110 40.0%

Source: Official Results Book (page 45–92)[9][10]

Leading sprinters

Rank Sprinter Team Sprints
won		 Matches
played		 Sprints won
per match		 Sprints
contested		 %
1 Brad Schumacher  United States 20 8 2.500 34 58.8%
2 Aleksandar Ćirić  Yugoslavia 17 8 2.125 24 70.8%
3 Tamás Kásás  Hungary 15 8 1.875 29 51.7%
Nathan Thomas  Australia 8 1.875 19 78.9%
5 Róbert Káid  Slovakia 12 8 1.500 16 75.0%
Ioannis Thomakos  Greece 8 1.500 18 66.7%
7 Roman Balashov  Russia 11 8 1.375 15 73.3%
8 Milan Cipov  Slovakia 10 8 1.250 12 83.3%
Alberto Ghibellini  Italy 8 1.250 16 62.5%
Sergi Pedrerol  Spain 8 1.250 27 37.0%

Source: Official Results Book (page 44)[9][10]

References

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