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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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The men's tournament of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, Great Britain, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012.[1] All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
CityLondon
Venue(s)Water Polo Arena
Dates29 July – 12 August 2012
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors155
Final positions
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Serbia
Fourth place Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches42
Goals scored763 (18.17 per match)
Multiple
appearances		5-time Olympian(s): 3 players
4-time Olympian(s): 14 players
Multiple
medalists		3-time medalist(s): 5 players
Top scorer(s)Serbia Andrija Prlainović
(22 goals in 8 matches)
Most savesItaly Stefano Tempesti
(87 saves in 8 matches)
Top sprinter(s)Italy Pietro Figlioli
Australia Rhys Howden
(19 sprints won in 8 matches)
MVPCroatia Josip Pavić
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Teams from twelve nations competed in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 42 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round.

Format edit

The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics:[2]

  • Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups,[3] composed of six teams each, and played a single round robin in each group.
  • The top 4 teams from each group played against each other in a cross-group format in the Quarterfinals.
  • Winners from the Quarterfinal progressed to the Semifinals and played against another winner from the Quarterfinal round. Losers went on to play classification games.
  • Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Croatia 5 5 0 0 50 29 +21 10 Quarterfinals
  Italy 5 3 1 1 40 36 +4 7
  Spain 5 3 0 2 52 42 +10 6
  Australia 5 2 0 3 40 44 −4 4
  Greece 5 1 1 3 41 43 −2 3
  Kazakhstan 5 0 0 5 24 53 −29 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

29 July 2012
10:00 		Report Greece   6–8   Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Juhász (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–3
Fountoulis, Mourikis 2 Goals three players 2
29 July 2012
11:20 		Report Kazakhstan   6–14   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–5, 1–3, 2–2
Gubarev, Ushakov 2 Goals Perrone 5
29 July 2012
14:10 		Report Italy   8–5   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
Felugo, Giorgetti 2 Goals five players 1
31 July 2012
11:20 		Report Croatia   8–7   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–4, 1–0
Sukno, Dobud 2 Goals Español 4
31 July 2012
14:10 		Report Australia   7–4   Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–1
Howden 2 Goals four players 1
31 July 2012
15:30 		Report Greece   7–7   Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–3, 2–1
Fountoulis, Afroudakis 2 Goals Presciutti 2
2 August 2012
10:00 		Report Spain   13–9   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–1, 4–4
three players 2 Goals Miller 5
2 August 2012
19:40 		Report Italy   6–11   Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3
Figlioli, Gallo 2 Goals Bošković, Sukno 3
2 August 2012
11:20 		Report Kazakhstan   4–11   Greece Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 1–3, 2–2
Ukumanov 2 Goals Fountoulis 5
4 August 2012
11:20 		Report Croatia   11–6   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2
Joković 3 Goals Whalan 3
4 August 2012
14:10 		Report Greece   9–11   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2
Delakas 3 Goals three players 3
4 August 2012
15:30 		Report Italy   9–6   Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1
four players 2 Goals Shmider, Zhilyayev 2
6 August 2012
10:00 		Report Kazakhstan   4–12   Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 2–4, 1–3
Zhilyayev 2 Goals Dobud 5
6 August 2012
11:20 		Report Greece   8–13   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Sergi Sanchez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 1–3, 2–2
Chatzitheodorou 3 Goals Howden 3
6 August 2012
19:40 		Report Spain   7–10   Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2
Español 3 Goals Premuš 3

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Serbia 5 4 1 0 69 38 +31 9 Quarterfinals
  Montenegro 5 3 1 1 54 41 +13 7
  Hungary 5 3 0 2 65 52 +13 6
  United States 5 3 0 2 43 44 −1 6
  Romania 5 1 0 4 48 55 −7 2
  Great Britain 5 0 0 5 28 77 −49 0
Source: [citation needed]
29 July 2012
15:30 		Report Hungary   10–14   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–5, 4–4
three players 2 Goals Prlainović 5
29 July 2012
18:20 		Report Romania   13–4   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–0, 3–2, 4–1
Diaconu 4 Goals Parker 2
29 July 2012
19:40 		Report Montenegro   7–8   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2
Ivović 3 Goals Varellas 3
31 July 2012
10:00 		Report Hungary   10–11   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2
Biros 3 Goals Brguljan 3
31 July 2012
18:20 		Report Serbia   21–7   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gus Pinker (RSA), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–2, 6–1, 5–1
Prlainović 5 Goals Figes 3
31 July 2012
19:40 		Report United States   10–8   Romania Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–0, 3–3
Varellas, Bailey 3 Goals Radu 4
2 August 2012
14:10 		Report Montenegro   11–11   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 5–4, 3–3
Ivović 3 Goals Prlainović 5
2 August 2012
15:30 		Report Romania   15–17   Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 5–4, 2-5, 4-3
Bușilă, Ghiban 3 Goals Madaras 5
2 August 2012
18:20 		Report Great Britain   7–13   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Cory Williams (NZL), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3
Parker 3 Goals Azevedo 4
4 August 2012
10:00 		Report Montenegro   12–8   Romania Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 3–2, 4–4
Ivović 3 Goals Diaconu 3
4 August 2012
18:20 		Report Hungary   17–6   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Denis Danelon (BRA)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–4, 4–0, 2–1
Kásás, Madaras 3 Goals six players 1
4 August 2012
19:40 		Report Serbia   11–6   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–2
Udovičić 3 Goals Bailey 2
6 August 2012
14:10 		Report Romania   4–12   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 0–4, 3–2
four players 1 Goals Nikić, Mitrović 3
6 August 2012
15:30 		Report Hungary   11–6   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 5–2, 4–1, 1–3
Hosnyánszky 3 Goals six players 1
6 August 2012
18:20 		Report Great Britain   4–13   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ni Shiwei (CHN), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3
four players 1 Goals Zloković 3

Medal round edit

Bracket
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
         
A1   Croatia 8
B4   United States 2
A1   Croatia 7
B2   Montenegro 5
A3   Spain 9
B2   Montenegro 11
A1   Croatia 8
A2   Italy 6
A2   Italy 11
B3   Hungary 9
A2   Italy 9 Bronze medal match
B1   Serbia 7
A4   Australia 8 B2   Montenegro 11
B1   Serbia 11 B1   Serbia 12

Quarter-finals edit

8 August 2012
14:30 		Report Spain   9–11   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 1–3, 3–1
Vallès, Minguell 2 Goals Zloković 4
8 August 2012
15:50 		Report Australia   8–11   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 1–2, 0–5
Campbell, Beadsworth 2 Goals Filipović 3
8 August 2012
18:40 		Report Italy   11–9   Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–4
three players 3 Goals Madaras 3
8 August 2012
20:00 		Report Croatia   8–2   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), György Juhász (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 2–2, 1–0
Bošković, Obradović 2 Goals Bailey, Varellas 1

Semi-finals edit

10 August 2012
15:40 		Report Croatia   7–5   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–2, 0–2
Sukno 2 Goals Ivović, Gojković 2
10 August 2012
19:50 		Report Italy   9–7   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
Gallo 3 Goals Udovičić 3

Bronze medal match edit

12 August 2012
14:30 		Report Montenegro   11–12   Serbia   Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4
Ivović 3 Goals Filipović 3

Gold medal match edit

12 August 2012
15:50 		Report   Croatia   8–6   Italy   Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sancherz (ESP), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 3–3
Joković 3 Goals Felugo 3

Classification edit

Bracket
 
Semi-finals5th–6th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  United States7
 
 
 
  Spain8
 
  Spain8
 
 
 
  Hungary14
 
  Hungary10
 
 
  Australia9
 
7th–8th place
 
 
 
 
 
  United States9
 
 
  Australia10

5th–8th place semi-finals edit

10 August 2012
14:20 		Report United States   7–8   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (CRO), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2
Powers, Beaubien 2 Goals Perrone 3
10 August 2012
18:30 		Report Hungary   10–9   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–0, 3–3
Madaras, Biros 3 Goals three players 2

7th–8th place match edit

12 August 2012
10:20 		Report United States   9–10   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 1–3, 5–2
four players 2 Goals Miller, Campbell 3

5th–6th place match edit

12 August 2012
11:40 		Report Spain   8–14   Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 1–5, 4–2
Minguell 3 Goals six players 2

Final ranking edit

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
  Croatia (CRO)[1]
Josip Pavić (GK)
Damir Burić
Miho Bošković
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković (LH)
Ivan Buljubašić
Petar Muslim
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Samir Barać (C)
Igor Hinić
Paulo Obradović
Frano Vićan (GK)
Head coach: Ratko Rudić 		  Italy (ITA)
Stefano Tempesti (C, GK)
Amaurys Pérez
Niccolò Gitto
Pietro Figlioli
Alex Giorgetti
Maurizio Felugo
Massimo Giacoppo
Valentino Gallo (LH)
Christian Presciutti
Deni Fiorentini
Matteo Aicardi
Danijel Premuš
Giacomo Pastorino (GK)
Head coach: Alessandro Campagna 		  Serbia (SRB)
Slobodan Soro (GK)
Aleksa Šaponjić
Živko Gocić
Vanja Udovičić (C)
Dušan Mandić (LH)
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Rađen
Filip Filipović (LH)
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Gojko Pijetlović (GK)
Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Statistics edit

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

Multi-time Olympians edit

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

Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players

Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players

Multiple medalists edit

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players

Leading goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals Matches
played		 Goals
per match		 Shots %
1 Andrija Prlainović   Serbia 22 8 2.750 40 55.0%
2 Aleksandar Ivović   Montenegro 19 8 2.375 43 44.2%
3 Filip Filipović   Serbia 18 8 2.250 42 42.9%
Norbert Madaras   Hungary 8 2.250 37 48.6%
5 Péter Biros   Hungary 16 8 2.000 38 42.1%
Felipe Perrone   Spain 8 2.000 33 48.5%
7 Miho Bošković   Croatia 15 8 1.875 33 45.5%
Vanja Udovičić   Serbia 8 1.875 41 36.6%
9 Albert Español   Spain 14 8 1.750 30 46.7%
Norbert Hosnyánszky   Hungary 8 1.750 23 60.9%
Marc Minguell   Spain 8 1.750 31 45.2%
Sandro Sukno   Croatia 8 1.750 30 46.7%
Boris Zloković   Montenegro 8 1.750 30 46.7%

Source: Official Results Book (page 466)[22]

Leading goalkeepers edit

Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matches
played		 Saves
per match		 Shots %
1 Stefano Tempesti   Italy 87 8 10.875 147 59.2%
2 Josip Pavić   Croatia 85 8 10.625 121 70.2%
3 Slobodan Soro   Serbia 75 8 9.375 135 55.6%
4 Merrill Moses   United States 72 8 9.000 135 53.3%
5 Miloš Šćepanović   Montenegro 59 8 7.375 122 48.4%
6 Iñaki Aguilar   Spain 52 8 6.500 98 53.1%
7 Joel Dennerley   Australia 51 8 6.375 104 49.0%
8 Nikolay Maksimov   Kazakhstan 50 5 10.000 103 48.5%
9 Dragoș Stoenescu   Romania 48 5 9.600 97 49.5%
10 Nikolaos Deligiannis   Greece 45 5 9.000 83 54.2%

Source: Official Results Book (page 462)[22]

Leading sprinters edit

Rank Sprinter Team Sprints
won		 Matches
played		 Sprints won
per match		 Sprints
contested		 %
1 Pietro Figlioli   Italy 19 8 2.375 21 90.5%
Rhys Howden   Australia 8 2.375 24 79.2%
3 Albert Español   Spain 15 8 1.875 25 60.0%
4 Sandro Sukno   Croatia 11 8 1.375 16 68.8%
5 Deni Fiorentini   Italy 10 8 1.250 10 100%
Peter Varellas   United States 8 1.250 15 66.7%
7 Vjekoslav Pasković   Montenegro 8 8 1.000 17 47.1%
8 Maro Joković   Croatia 7 8 0.875 13 53.8%
Tamás Kásás   Hungary 8 0.875 9 77.8%
Aleksa Šaponjić   Serbia 8 0.875 11 63.6%

Source: Official Results Book (page 465)[22]

Awards edit

The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012.[23][24]

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

See also edit

References edit

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