Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the XXXI Olympiad

Serbia national team celebrates after the gold medal match
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–20 August 2016
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Runner-up	Croatia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	704 (16.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Filip Filipović Guillermo Molina (19 goals)

The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro. After the Rio Olympics, Serbia national team held Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, World Cup and World League titles simultaneously.

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19		Sat 20
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 FINA World League	23–28 June 2015	Bergamo	1	Serbia
2015 Pan American Games	7–15 July 2015	Toronto	1	United States
2015 FINA World Championships	27 July – 8 August 2015	Kazan	2	Croatia
				Greece
Oceanian Continental Selection	19 October 2015	Perth	1	Australia
2015 Asian Championship	16–20 December 2015	Foshan	1	Japan
2016 European Championships	10–23 January 2016	Belgrade	1	Montenegro
World Qualification Tournament	3–10 April 2016	Trieste	4	Hungary
				Italy
				Spain
				France
Total			12

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.

Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Serbia Croatia	Greece Montenegro	United States Australia	France Japan	Hungary Italy	Spain Brazil

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.

• German Moller
• Daniel Flahive
• Mark Koganov
• Fabio Toffoli
• Marie-Claude Deslières
• Ni Shi Wei
• Nenad Peris
• Hatem Gaber
• Benjamin Mercier
• Georgios Stavridis
• Péter Molnár
• Masoud Rezvani
• Filippo Gomez
• Tadao Tahara
• Stanko Ivanovski
• Diana Dutilh-Dumas
• Radosław Koryzna
• Adrian Alexandrescu
• Sergey Naumov
• Vojin Putniković
• Boris Margeta
• Dion Willis
• Francesc Buch
• Joseph Peila

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal
	16 August
	Hungary	9 (2)
					18 August
	Montenegro (pen.)	9 (4)
					Montenegro	8
	16 August
					Croatia	12
	Brazil	6
									20 August
	Croatia	10
									Croatia	7
	16 August
									Serbia	11
	Greece	5
					18 August
	Italy	9
					Italy	8
	16 August
					Serbia	10			Bronze medal
	Serbia	10
									20 August
	Spain	7
									Montenegro	10
									Italy	12

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	18 August
	Hungary	13
					20 August
	Brazil	4
					Hungary	12
	18 August
					Greece	10
	Greece	9
	Spain	7
					Seventh place
					20 August
					Brazil	8
					Spain	9

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Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Serbia
	Croatia
	Italy
4	Montenegro
5	Hungary
6	Greece
7	Spain
8	Brazil
9	Australia
10	United States
11	France
12	Japan

All-star team

• Most valuable player: Filip Filipović

• Goalkeeper: Marko Bijač
• Christian Presciutti
• Sandro Sukno
• Darko Brguljan
• Guillermo Molina
• Slobodan Nikić
• Filip Filipović

Source: waterpolo.hu

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Matches played	Goals per match	Shots	%
1	Filip Filipović	Serbia	19	8	2.375	44	43.2%
	Guillermo Molina	Spain		8	2.375	50	38.0%
3	Sandro Sukno	Croatia	17	8	2.125	45	37.8%
4	Draško Brguljan	Montenegro	15	8	1.875	32	46.9%
5	Pietro Figlioli	Italy	14	8	1.750	38	36.8%
	Ioannis Fountoulis	Greece		8	1.750	40	35.0%
	Christian Presciutti	Italy		8	1.750	31	45.2%
	Koji Takei	Japan		5	2.800	42	33.3%
	Márton Vámos	Hungary		8	1.750	30	46.7%
	Dénes Varga	Hungary		8	1.750	35	40.0%

Source: Official Results Book (page 100)

Leading goalkeepers

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Saves	Matches played	Saves per match	Shots	%
1	Slobodan Soro	Brazil	81	8	10.125	152	53.3%
2	Viktor Nagy	Hungary	67	8	8.375	118	56.8%
3	Daniel López	Spain	63	8	7.875	115	54.8%
4	Branislav Mitrović	Serbia	60	8	7.500	119	50.4%
5	Marko Bijač	Croatia	57	8	7.125	98	58.2%
6	Konstantinos Flegkas	Greece	56	8	7.000	120	46.7%
7	Miloš Šćepanović	Montenegro	52	8	6.500	102	51.0%
	Katsuyuki Tanamura	Japan		5	10.400	113	46.0%
9	Stefano Tempesti	Italy	51	8	6.375	101	50.5%
10	Rémi Garsau	France	46	5	9.200	88	52.3%

Source: Official Results Book (page 102)

Leading sprinters

Rank	Sprinter	Team	Sprints won	Matches played	Sprints won per match	Sprints contested	%
1	Rhys Howden	Australia	18	5	3.600	19	94.7%
2	Francesco Di Fulvio	Italy	16	8	2.000	17	94.1%
3	Pietro Figlioli	Italy	14	8	1.750	15	93.3%
4	Balázs Erdélyi	Hungary	12	8	1.500	17	70.6%
5	Vjekoslav Pasković	Montenegro	10	8	1.250	18	55.6%
6	Gonzalo Echenique	Spain	8	8	1.000	14	57.1%
	Konstantinos Genidounias	Greece		8	1.000	18	44.4%
	Anđelo Šetka	Croatia		8	1.000	14	57.1%
9	Krisztián Manhercz	Hungary	7	8	0.875	10	70.0%
	Josh Samuels	United States		5	1.400	12	58.3%

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serbia (SRB) Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić Živko Gocić (c) Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović Head coach: Dejan Savić	Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić (c) Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković Luka Bukić Marko Macan Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Xavier García Marko Bijač Head coach: Ivica Tucak	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti (c) Francesco Di Fulvio Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Alessandro Velotto Michael Bodegas Andrea Fondelli Valentino Gallo Christian Presciutti Nicholas Presciutti Matteo Aicardi Alessandro Nora Marco Del Lungo Head coach: Alessandro Campagna

See also

• Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Sources

• PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
  • Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)
• Water polo on the Olympedia website
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
• Water polo on the Sports Reference website
  • Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)