Montenegro men's national water polo team

Montenegro

Nickname(s)	Crvene ajkule (The Red Sharks)
Association	Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Ranko Perović
FINA code	MNE
First international
Italy 10 – 11 Montenegro (Trieste, Italy; December, 2006)
Biggest win
Montenegro 30 – 3 Switzerland (Kotor, Montenegro; March, 2007)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (First in 2008)
Best result	4th place, 2008
World League
Appearances	3 (First in 2007)
Best result	1st place, 2009

The Montenegro men's national water polo team represents Montenegro in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro.

Prior history

Between 1918 and 1991, Montenegro was part of Yugoslavia, and its players participated in the Yugoslavia national water polo team. Between 1992 and 2006, it was part of FR Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro, so Montenegrin players played for those teams; Serbia is the sole successor to these countries so those results are recorded at Serbia national water polo team.

Current squad

Montenegrin National Water polo Team
Player	Club
Zdravko Radić	Primorje EB
Draško Brguljan	Vasas SC
Vjekoslav Pasković	Posillipo
Antonio Petrović	Savona
Filip Klikovac	Sintez Kazan
Aleksandar Radović	VK Partizan
Mlađan Janović	Savona
Nikola Janović	VK Jug Dubrovnik
Aleksandar Ivović	Pro Recco
Boris Zloković	Pro Recco
Vladimir Gojković	PVK Jadran
Predrag Jokić	PVK Budvanska rivijera
Miloš Šćepanović	PVK Jadran
Veljko Uskoković	PVK Budvanska rivijera
Milan Tičić	PVK Budvanska rivijera
Nikola Vukčević	PVK Budvanska rivijera
Denis Šefik	Civitavecchia

Results

European Championship

• 2008 — 1st place — Montenegro 6 – 5 Serbia

• 2010 — 5th place — Germany 6 – 14 Montenegro

• 2012 — 2nd place — Serbia 9– 8 Montenegro

Olympic Games

• 2008 — 4th place — Montenegro 4 – 6 Serbia

FINA World League

• 2007 — Preliminary round

• 2008 — 4th place — Montenegro 7 – 8 Australia

• 2009 — 1st place — Montenegro 8 – 7 Croatia

• 2010 — 2nd place — Serbia 14 – 12 Montenegro

• 2011 — 5th place — Australia 7 – 8 Montenegro

• 2012 — does not participate

World Championship

• 2009 — 9th place — Montenegro 8 – 7

• 2011 — 7th place — Germany 5 – 8 Montenegro

Matches

Montenegro vs. Croatia match on 2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Zagreb

Full list of Montenegrin water polo National team matches (since independence):

No.	Year	Competition	Town	Opponent	Final score	Attendance
1	2006	Friendly	Trieste	Italy	11:10	300
2	2006	Friendly	Barcelona	Spain	13:10	500
3	2006	Friendly	Zagreb	Croatia	7:10	1,000
4	2006	Friendly	Budva	Croatia	9:8	1,500
4	2007	Friendly	Sydney	Australia	15:8	100
5	2007	Friendly	Sydney	Australia	16:8	200
6	2007	Tournament	Budva	Russia	15:6	1,200
7	2007	Tournament	Budva	Italy	14:13	1,500
8	2007	Tournament	Budva	Croatia	8:8	1,500
9	2007	Friendly	Kranj	Slovenia	16:4	500
10	2007	'B' EC q.	Kotor	Republic of Ireland	25:2	600
11	2007	'B' EC q.	Kotor	Austria	26:1	500
12	2007	'B' EC q.	Kotor	Switzerland	30:3	300
13	2007	World League	Novi Sad	Italy	11:13	500
14	2007	World League	Novi Sad	Greece	14:5	400
15	2007	World League	Novi Sad	Serbia	11:12	1,000
16	2007	World League	Novi Sad	Germany	11:5	300
17	2007	'B' EC	Manchester	Turkey	16:5	100
18	2007	'B' EC	Manchester	Malta	21:2	150
19	2007	'B' EC	Manchester	Belgium	28:6	100
20	2007	'B' EC	Manchester	Macedonia	19:7	200
21	2007	'B' EC	Manchester	Belarus	14:5	100
22	2007	'B' EC	Manchester	Belarus	26:1	300
23	2007	'B' EC (final)	Manchester	France	19:9	300
24	2007	World League	Pescara	Italy	12:11	1,000
25	2007	World League	Pescara	Greece	11:3	300
26	2007	World League	Pescara	Serbia	12:10	600
27	2007	World League	Pescara	Germany	11:7	200
28	2007	Olympics 2008. qual.	Bratislava	Italy	12:8	300
29	2007	Olympics 2008. qual.	Bratislava	Slovenia	19:4	100
30	2007	Olympics 2008. qual.	Bratislava	Greece	9:5	200
31	2007	Olympics 2008. qual.	Bratislava	Netherlands	15:5	100
32	2007	Olympics 2008. qual.	Bratislava	Russia	12:5	400
33	2007	Olympics 2008. qual. (final)	Bratislava	Romania	9:8	600
34	2007	Friendly	Budva	Germany	15:8	1,000
35	2008	EC 2008 – qualifications	Dubrovnik	Slovenia	18:3	300
36	2008	EC 2008 – qualifications	Dubrovnik	United Kingdom	18:3	200
37	2008	EC 2008 – qualifications	Dubrovnik	Croatia	6:7	3,000
38	2008	EC 2008 – group stage	Málaga	Spain	8:7
39	2008	EC 2008 – group stage	Málaga	Greece	11:10
40	2008	EC 2008 – group stage	Málaga	Croatia	6:7
41	2008	EC 2008 – group stage	Málaga	Hungary	10:9
42	2008	EC 2008 – group stage	Málaga	Slovakia	13:4
43	2008	EC 2008 – semi-final	Málaga	Croatia	9:7
44	2008	EC 2008 – final	Málaga	Serbia	6:5
45	2008	OG 2008 – qualifications	Beijing	Hungary	10:10
46	2008	OG 2008 – qualifications	Beijing	Canada	12:0
47	2008	OG 2008 – qualifications	Beijing	Greece	10:6
48	2008	OG 2008 – qualifications	Beijing	Spain	6:12
49	2008	OG 2008 – qualifications	Beijing	Australia	5:5
50	2008	OG 2008 – quarter-final	Beijing	Croatia	7:6
51	2008	OG 2008 – semi-final	Beijing	Hungary	9:11
52	2008	OG 2008 – bronze medal	Beijing	Serbia	4:6

External links

• Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro