Men Water Polo XXI World Championship 2024 Doha, Qatar - 5th to 17th February - Champion Croatia
Played along with XVII World Women 2024 as part of 21st World Aquatics Championships swimming World 2024 index. Matches played at Aspire Dome. Time in Doha - UTC +3.
Croatia, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro qualified for Olympic Men 2024. Other teams playing for qualification were: Romania, China, Brazil and Kazakhstan.
Gamedatetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
FinalSat 17.07.2317:30CRO Croatia11-114-2pITA Italy2-35-58-7
Referees: Frank Ohme, Germany and Sebastien Dervieux, France.
3-4Sat 17.07.2316:00ESP Spain14-10FRA France4-19-411-6
Referees: Gyorgy Kun, Hungary and Darren Spriritosanto, United States.
5-6Sat 17.07.2311:30GRE Greece15-11SRB Serbia5-28-510-9
Referees: Andrei Franulovic, Croatia and Matan Schwartz, Israel.
7-8Sat 17.07.2310:00HUN Hungary14-144-2pMNE Montenegro4-36-69-9
Referees: Alessandro Severo, Italy and Andreia Stanojevic, Serbia.
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Semi-Finals (1/2)

datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Thu 15.07.2316:00ITA Italy8-6ESP Spain1-14-26-3
Thu 15.07.2317:30CRO Croatia11-116-5pFRA France3-26-59-6
Classification 5-8
Thu 15.07.2312:00GRE Greece10-104-3pMNE Montenegro2-26-58-6
Thu 15.07.2314:30SRB Serbia11-10HUN Hungary5-27-79-8
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Quarter-Finals (1/4)

datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Tue 13.07.2316:00ESP Spain15-12MNE Montenegro5-28-713-7
Spain: Perrone Rocha 5, Granados Ortega 4, Tahull Compte 3, Sanahuja 2, Munarriz 1 --- Montenegro: Mrsic 4, Averka 2, Popadic 2, Brguljan 1, Ukropina 1, Spaic 1, Radovic 1. Shots: 15/27-12/34 Saves: 13/25-6/21 Referees: Michiel Zwart, Netherlands and Andrei Franulovic, Croatia.
Tue 13.07.2317:30ITA Italy11-10GRE Greece1-36-58-8
Italy: Fondelli 2, Di Somma 2, Condemi 2, Di Fulvio 1, Damonte 1, Echenique 1, Presciutti 1, Velotto 1 --- Greece: Genidounias 3, Vlachopoulos 2, Griouvetsis 1, Fontoulis 1, Papanastasiou 1, Nikolaidis 1, Kalogeropoulos 1. Shots: 11/34-10/28 Saves: 5/15-13/24 Referees: Boris Margeta, Slovenia and Sebastian Dervieux, France.
Tue 13.07.2319:00CRO Croatia15-13SRB Serbia4-49-911-10
Croatia: Fatovic 4, Buric 3, Zuvela 3, Kharkov 2, Loncar 1, Lazic 1, Marinic Kragic 1 --- Serbia: Rasovic 3, Mandic 2, Vucinic 2, Jaksic 2, Vico 2, Randelovic 1, Ubovic 1. Shots: 15/29-13/27 Saves: 10/23-3/18 Referees: Georgios Stavridis, Greece and Ohme Frank, Germany.
Tue 13.07.2320:30FRA France11-10HUN Hungary2-43-76-8
France: Vernoux 5, Crousillat 3, Bodegas 2, Marion Vernoux 1 --- Hungary: Zalanki 3, Varga 2, Angyal 1, Manhercz 1, Vamos 1, Nagy 1, Nemet 1. Shots: 11/26-10/33 Saves: 13/23-9/20 Referees: Xavi Burch, Spain and Darren Spiritosanto, United States.
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Classificatiion 9-12

datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
9th place Playoff
Tue 13.07.2310:30USA United States13-9ROU Romania5-27-410-8
United States: Bowen 3, Irving 3, Obert 2, Hooper 1, Cupido 1, Hallock 1, Woodhead 1, Dodd 1 --- Romania: Georgescu 4, Belenyesi 2, Prioteasa 1, Tepelus 1, Colodrovschi 1. Shots: 13/31-9/32 Saves: 12/21-9/20 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski, N. Macedonia and David Couper, New Zealand.
11th place Playoff
Tue 13.07.2309:00AUS Australia17-7CHN China8-212-216-3
Australia: Mercep 4, Maksimovic 4, Power 3, Edwards 2, Lambie 1, Negus 1, Poot 1, Berehulak 1 --- China: Chen Zhonxian 3, Zhang Jinpeng 2, Zhu Beile 1, Chu Chenghao 1. Shots: 17/31-7/23 Saves: 6/13-6/23 Referees: Andreia Stanojevic, Serbia and Helene Painchaud, Canada.
9 - 12 place Playoffs
Tue 13.07.2312:00ROU Romania9-7CHN China1-23-57-6
Tue 13.07.2313:30USA United States16-10AUS Australia4-39-712-8
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Play-Offs

datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Sun 11.07.2310:30CRO Croatia22-4CHN China5-210-316-4
Sun 11.07.2314:00FRA France11-8AUS Australia2-36-68-7
Sun 11.07.2315:30MNE Montenegro12-9ROU Romania3-57-69-7
Sun 11.07.2317:00ITA Italy13-12USA United States3-36-410-8
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Classificatiion 13-16

datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
13th place Playoff
Tue 13.07.2310:30JPN Japan22-11BRA Brazil6-411-616-9
15th place Playoff
Tue 13.07.2309:00RSA South Africa11-10KAZ Kazakhstan3-07-38-7
13th - 16th place Playoffs
Sun 11.07.2309:00BRA Brazil18-5RSA South Africa5-49-412-4
Sun 11.07.2310:30JPN Japan17-4KAZ Kazakhstan3-28-213-4

Groups Round.

Winners advance to 1/4 Finals. 2nd and 3rd to Play-Offs (1/8 Finals). 4th places to Classification 13-16.
RkGroup Aptswindrwlstgfgag+-
1.ESP Spain930046:17+29
2.CRO Croatia620148:24+24
3.AUS Australia310243:35+8
4.RSA South Africa000318:79-61
TeamSpaiCroaAustSoAf
ESP Spain---10:615:621:5
CRO Croatia ---13:829:6
AUS Australia ---29:7
RSA South Africa ---
datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Mon 05.02.2409:00ESP Spain21-5RSA South Africa6-113-117-1
Spain: Granados Ortega 4, Biel 4, De Toro Domingues 3, Perrone Rocha 2, Mallarach Guell 2, Bustos Sanchez 2, Sanahuja 1, Larumbe Gonfaus 1, Cabanas Pegado 1, Valera 1 --- . South Africa: Van Zyl 3, Swanepoel 2. Shots 21/33-5/24 Referees: Viktor Salnichenko, Kazahstan and Beng Guan Cheng, Singapore.
Mon 05.02.2413:30CRO Croatia13-8AUS Australia5-19-311-5
Croatia: Buric 2, Fatovic 2, Loncar 2, Lazic 2, Zuvela 2, Marinic Kragic 2, Krzic 1 --- Australia: Pavillard 2, Berehulak 2, Mercep 1, Maksimovic 1, Poot 1, Edwards 1. Shots 13/27-8/24 Referees: Michael Zwart, Netherlands and Gyorgy Kun, Hungary.
Wed 07.02.2413:30AUS Australia29-7RSA South Africa6-214-321-4
Australia: --- South Africa:. Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Wed 07.02.2419:00ESP Spain10-6CRO Croatia2-15-36-3
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Fri 09.02.2413:00ESP Spain15-6AUS Australia4-26-310-6
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Fri 09.02.2416:00CRO Croatia29-6RSA South Africa7-214-321-6
Croatia: --- South Africa:. Shots -/---/-- Referees:
RkGroup Bptswindrwlstgfgag+-
1.GRE Greece930060:22+38
2.FRA France620144:33+11
3.CHN China310225:48-23
4.BRA Brazil000323:49-34
TeamGreeFranChinBraz
GRE Greece---13:1224:623:4
FRA France ---16:916:11
CHN China ---10:8
BRA Brazil ---
datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Mon 05.02.2410:30GRE Greece24-6CHN China4-110-117-4
Greece: Genidounias 5, Gkiouvetsis 4, Argyropoulos 3, Nikolaidis 3, Vlachopoulos 3, Skoumpakis 2, Papanastasiou 2, Gkillas 1, Kakaris 1, Kalogeropoulos 1. --- . China: Xie Zekai 2, Chu Chenhao 1, Zhang Jinpeng 1, Chen Rui 1, Zhang Chufeng. Shots 24/37-6/27 Referees: Alessandro Severo, Italy and Stanko Ivanovski, Montenegro.
Mon 05.02.2412:00FRA France16-11BRA Brazil4-110-514-8
France: Vernoux 6, Crousillat 4, Bouet 2, Mariom Vernoux 1, Bjorch 1, Zivkovic 1, Bodegas 1 --- Brazil: Rafael Real 5, Guimaraes 3, Freitas 1, Pedro Real 1, Silva 1. Shots 16/26-11/29 Referees: Daren Spiritosanto, United States and Andreia Stanojevic, Serbia.
Wed 07.02.2409:00FRA France16-9CHN China3-37-59-6
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Wed 07.02.2410:30GRE Greece23-4BRA Brazil6-310-316-3
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Fri 09.02.2419:00GRE Greece13-12FRA France3-37-610-8
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Fri 09.02.2420:30CHN China10-8BRA Brazil2-33-56-6
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RkGroup Cptswindrwlstgfgag+-
1.SRB Serbia930045:28+17
2.MNE Montenegro511 0129:39-10
3.USA United States410 1141:30+11
4.JPN Japan000326:48-22
TeamSerbMontUnitJapa
SRB Serbia---14:614:1217:10
MNE Montenegro ---11:115:4p13:11
USA United States ---18:5
JPN Japan ---
datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Mon 05.02.2416:00SRB Serbia17-10JPN Japan4-38-713-8
Serbia: Jaksic 4, Mandic 3, Rasovic 3, Randelovic 2, Ubovic 2, Lukic 1, Rasovic 1, Lazic --- . Japan: Takata 2, Inaba 2, Okawa 2, Watanabe 1, Inoue 1, Date 1, Araki 1. Shots 17/35-10/29 Referees: Georgios Stavridis, Greece and Andrei Franulovic, Croatia.
Mon 05.02.2417:30MNE Montenegro11-115-4pUSA United States3-15-49-7
Montenegro: Perkovic 2, Ukropina 2, Matkovic 2, Brguljan 1, Popadic 1, Radovic 1, Mesic 1, Vujovic 1 --- United States: Bowen 5, Daube 2, R. Dodd 2, Cupido 1, Hallock 1. Shots 11/32-11/28 Referees: Boris Margeta, Slovenia and Frank Ohme, Germany.
Wed 07.02.2412:00USA United States18-5JPN Japan4-18-112-3
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Wed 07.02.2417:30SRB Serbia14-6MNE Montenegro4-16-311-6
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Fri 09.02.2409:00MNE Montenegro13-11JPN Japan3-25-59-5
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Fri 09.02.2417:30SRB Serbia14-12USA United States2-35-711-8
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
RkGroup Dptswindrwlstgfgag+-
1.HUN Hungary821 0052:18+34
2.ITA Italy720 1058:22+36
3.ROU Romania310243:34+9
4.KAZ Kazakhstan00027:86-79
TeamHungItalRomaKaza
HUN Hungary---9:96:5p15:828:1
ITA Italy ---16:1033:3
ROU Romania ---25:3
KAZ Kazakhstan ---
datetimeteam 1 _________scoreteam 2 _________1T2T3T
Mon 05.02.2419:00ITA Italy30-3KAZ Kazakhstan6-116-224-3
Italy: Fondelli 7, Cannella 7, Di Somma 4, Iocchi Gratta 3, Di Fulvio 2, Damonte 2, Marziali 2, Renzuto Iodice 2, Bruni 2, Echenique 1, Presciutti 1 --- Kazakhstan: Beloussov 1, Akhmetov 1, Shonzhigitov 1. Shots 33/52-3/21 Referees: Zhang Liang, China and Matan Schwartz, Israel.
Mon 05.02.2420:30HUN Hungary15-8ROU Romania5-210-412-7
Hungary: Vamos 3, Zalanki 3, Manherca 2, Nagy 2, Jsansik 2, Angyal 1, Fekete 1, Nemet 1 --- . Rommania: Fulea 2, Georgescu 2, Lutescu 1, Prioteasa 1, Colodrovschi 1, Neamtu 1. Shots 15/28-8/23 Referees: Xavi Buch, Spain and Sebastien Dervieux, France.
Wed 07.02.2416:00ROU Romania25-3KAZ Kazakhstan7-113-218-2
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Wed 07.02.2420:30HUN Hungary9-96-5pITA Italy2-24-47-7
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Fri 09.02.2410:30HUN Hungary28-1KAZ Kazakhstan8-013-021-0
--- . Shots -/---/-- Referees:
Fri 09.02.2412:00ITA Italy16-10ROU Romania4-38-713-9
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Qualification

1. Spain and 2. Italy from World Cup Men 2023.
1. Hungary, 2. Greece, 4. Serbia and 5. France from World Men 2023.
2. Croatia, 6. Montenegro and 8. Romania from Europe Men 2024.
1. Japan, 2. China and 3. Kazakhstan from Asia Men AG 2022.
1. United States and 2. Brazil from America Men PG 2023.
Australia - Oceanian selection.
South Africa - African selection.

Teams Composition

ESP Spain
1. Unai Aguirre
13.Eduardo Lorrio
4. Bernat Sanahuja
5. Miguel de Toro Dominguez
6. Marc Larumbe Gonfaus
8. Sergi Cabanas Pegado
10.Felipe Perrone Rocha
11.Blaj Mallarach Guell
12.Alejandro Bustos Sanchez
14.Unai Biel
15.Fran Valera
Head Coach: David Martin
GRE Greece
1. Emmanouil Zerdevas
13.Panagiotis Tzortzatos
2. Konstantinos Genidounias
3. Dimitrios Skoumpakis
4. Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis
6. Alexandros Papanastasiou
7. Nikolaos Gkillas
8. Styllianos Argyropoulos Kanakakis
9. Ioannos Alafragkis
10.Konstantinos Kakaris
11.Dimitrios Nikolaidis
12.Angelos Vlachopoulos
14.Efstathios Kalogeropoulos
Head Coach: Theodoros Vlachos
CRO Croatia
1. Marko Bijac
13.Mate Anic
2. Rino Buric
3. Loren Fatovic
4. Luka Loncar
5. Franko Lazic
7. Ante Vukicevic
8. Marko Zuvela
9. Jerko Marinic Kragic
10.Josip Vrlic
11.Svonimir Butic
12.Konstantin Kharkov
15.Filip Krzic
Head Coach: Ivica Tucak
ITA Italy
1. Marco de Lungo
13.Gianmarco Nicosia
2. Francesco di Fulvio
3. Luca Damonte
4. Luca Marziali
5. Andrea Fondelli
6. Giacomo Cannella
7. Vincenzo Renzuto Iodice
8. Gonzalo Echenique
9. Nicholas Presciutti
10.Lorenzo Bruni
11.Edoardo di Somma
15.Matteo Iocchi Gratta
Head Coach: Alessandro Campagna
HUN Hungary
1. Soma Vogel
13.Mark Banyai
2. Daniel Angyal
3. Krisztian Manhercz
5. Marton Vamos
6. Adam Nagy
7. Gergo Zalanki
8. Gergo Fekete
9. Toni Josef Nemet
11.Szilard Jansik
12.Peter Kovacs
14.Vince Vigvari
15.David Tatrai
Head Coach: Zsolt Varga
SRB Serbia
1. Radoslav Filipovic
13.Branislav Mitrovic
2. Dusan Mandic
3. Strahinja Rasovic
4. Sava Randelovic
5. Petar Jaksic
6. Djordje Vucinic
7. Radomir Drasovic
8. Nikola Jaksic
10.Nemanja Ubovic
11.Nikola Lukic
12.Viktor Rasovic
14.Djordje Lazic
Head Coach: Uros Stevanovic
MNE Montenegro
1. Dejan Lazovic
13.Petar Tesanovic
2. Drasko Brguljan
3. Miroslav Perkovic
5. Aijosa Macic
6. Vlado Popadic
7. Stefan Vidovic
9. Aleksa Ukropina
10.Vladan Spaic
11.Dusan Matkovic
12.Vasilije Radovic
14.Marko Mrsic
15.Jovan Vujovic
Head Coach: Vladimir Gojkovic
AUS Australia
1. Nic Porter
13.John Hedges
2. Angus Lambe
3. Geroge Ford
4. Charlie Negus
5. Nathan Power
6. Jacob Mercep
7. Luke Pavillard
8. Matthew Byrnes
9. Milos Maksimovic
11.Chaz Poot
12.Blake Edwards
14.Marcus Berehulak
Head Coach: Tim Hamill
ROU Romania
1. Marius-Florin Tic
13.Eduard-Mihai Dragustin
2. David Belenyesi
3. Matei-Ioan Lutescu
4. Tudor-Andrei Fulea
5. Ionut-Valentin Vranceanu
6. Andrei Prioteasa
7. Andrei Tepelus
8. Nicoale Oanta
9. Silvian Colodovschi
10.Vlad-Luca Georgescu
12.Levente Vancsik
14.Andrei Neamtu
Head Coach: Bogdan Rath
CHN China
1. Wu Hoghui
13. Liang Zhiwei
2. Zhu Belle
3. Chu Chenghao
4. Peng Jiahao
5. Zhang Jinpeng
6. Zie Zekai
7. Chen Zhongxian
8. Chen Rui
9. Chen Yimin
10.Liu Yu
11.Zhang Chufeng
12.Shen Dingsong
Head Coach: Ivan Asic
FRA France
1. Clement Dubois
13.Hugo Fontani
2. Remi Saudadier
3. Ugo Crousillat
4. Alexandre Bouet
6. Thomas Vernoux
7. Roamain Marion Vernoux
8. Emil Bjorch
9. Duje zivkovic
10.Michael Alexandre Bodegas
11.Pierre-Frederic Vanpeperstrete
12.Andrea de Nardi
15.Enzo Nardon
Heat Coach: Florian Bruzzo
USA United States
1. Adrian Weinberg
13.Drew Holland
2. Johnny Hooper
4. Alexander Obert
5. Hannes Daube
6. Luca Cupido
7. Ben Hallock
8. Dylan Woodhead
9. Alex Bowen
10.Chase Dodd
11.Ryder Dodd
12.Maxwell Irving
15.Quinn Woodhead
Coach: Dejan Udovic
JPN Japan
1. Katsuyuki Tanamura
13.Towa Nishimura
3. Seiya Adachi
4. Taiyo Watanabe
5. Kai Inoue
6. Toi Suzuki
7. Kiyomu Date
8. Mitsuru Takata
9. Ikkei Nitta
10.Yusuke Inaba
11.Keigo Okawa
12.Kenta Araki
Head Coach: Yoshinori Shiota
BRA Brazil
1. Gulherme Barella
13.Alexandre Mendes
2. Logan Cabral
3. Alipio Nardaci
4. Gustavo Coutinho
5. Roberto Freitas
6. Lucas Andrade
7. Rafael Real
8. Pedro Real
9. Marcos Vinicius Pires
10.Gabriel da Silva
11.Gustavo Giumaraes
12.Luis Ricardo Silva
Head Coach: Barbaro Diaz
KAZ Kazahstan
1. Temirian Balfanbayev
13.Akzhan Aday
2. Eduard Tsoy
3. Alexandr Yeremin
4. Yegor Beloussov
5. Maxim Lamayev
6. Valdimir Yurtalev
7. Anatoliy Pustavalov
9. Ruslan Akhmetov
10.Igor nedokontsev
11.Kirill Panteleyev
12.Sultan Shonzhigitov
14.Nuzhas Nurtaza
Head Coach: Rustam Balfanbayev
RSA South Africa
1. Lwazi Madi
13.Gareth May
2. Farouk Mayman
3. Niall Wheeler
4. Camron Blaith Laurenson
5. Todd James Howard
6. Ross Stuart Stone
7. Sven van Zyl
9. Dane Tucker
10.Joshua Mark Faber
12.Jonathan Wayne Swanepoel
14.Liam Neill
15.Janco Rademeyer
Head Coach: Jon Marc de Carvalho
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