Hungary men's national water polo team
The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Hungarian Water Polo Association. It is considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 16 Olympic, 12 World Championship,[1] 10 FINA World Cup, eight FINA World League, 26 European Championship and 17 Summer Universiade medals for a total of 91.
Competitive record
[edit]Medals
[edit]Updated after 2023 World Championships
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Olympic Games | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
Friendship Games | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
World Championship | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
World Cup | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
World League | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
European Championship | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
Europa Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mediterranean Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer Universiade | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
Total | 38 | 33 | 20 | 91 |
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games
[edit]Hungary missed five Olympics, but they have won the title nine times, which is a record. As of today, there are only seven tournaments in which Hungary participated but did not receive a medal.[2]
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First round | 5th of 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 |
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Quarter-finals | 5th of 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 |
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Champions | 1st of 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | +29 |
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Champions | 1st of 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 4 | +40 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 17 | +17 |
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Champions | 1st of 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 16 | +37 |
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Champions | 1st of 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | +22 |
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Third place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 18 | +19 |
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Champions | 1st of 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 13 | +21 |
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Third place | 3rd of 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 26 | +28 |
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Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 21 | +21 |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 32 | +13 |
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 44 | +7 |
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5th–8th placement | 5th of 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 57 | +15 |
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5th–8th placement | 6th of 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 62 | +3 |
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Fourth place | 4th of 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 73 | +10 |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 57 | +21 |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 39 | +20 |
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Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 55 | +30 |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 80 | +18 |
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Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 66 | +25 |
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Third place | 3rd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 94 | 60 | +34 |
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Fourth place | 4th of 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 87 | 80 | +7 |
Total | 24/29 | 9 Titles | 162 | 113 | 23 | 26 | 1,315 | 862 | +453 |
World Championships
[edit]Hungary has taken part in every World Championships. They have won this championship four times: in 1973, 2003, 2013 and 2023.[2]
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 54 | +22 |
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6th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 40 | +41 |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 37 | +25 |
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4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 87 | 51 | +36 |
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7th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 56 | +23 |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 64 | +20 |
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7th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 86 | 54 | +32 |
Total | 21/21 |
World Cup
[edit]The Hungarian national team missed three editions of the World Cup, but they won it four times: in 1979, 1995, 1999 and 2018.[2]
Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 28 | +9 |
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6th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 56 | +8 |
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7th | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 64 | −7 |
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 36 | +4 |
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4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 42 | +6 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 30 | +9 |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 34 | +17 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 29 | +9 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 24 | +20 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 43 | +5 |
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 35 | +22 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 35 | +26 |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 57 | +13 |
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4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 28 | −1 |
Total | 14/17 | 77 | 45 | 10 | 22 | 681 | 541 | +140 |
World League
[edit]Hungary has taken part in the first edition of the FINA Water Polo World League in 2002. They have won the gold medal one and two years later. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2012, Hungary did not participate in the World League.[2]
Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 119 | +69 |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 35 | +21 |
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14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 114 | +36 |
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14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 178 | 113 | +65 |
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14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 100 | +87 |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 59 | +7 |
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10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 73 | +30 |
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6th | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 156 | 105 | +51 |
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 106 | 73 | +33 |
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5th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 78 | 67 | +11 |
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Total | 10/20 | 107 | 83 | 4 | 20 | 1,268 | 858 | +410 |
European Championships
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Hungary missed only one European Championship, in 1950, and they have won the tournament 13 times, which is (as in the World Championships) a record. No team has a better result than Hungary in history of the European Championship.
Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 |
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8th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 54 | −2 |
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 43 | +46 |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 44 | +48 |
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4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 59 | −1 |
Total | 35/36 |
Friendship Games
[edit]Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 43 | +25 |
Total | 2/6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 43 | +25 |
Europa Cup
[edit]Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
The roster was announced on 11 July 2024.[3]
Head coach: Zsolt Varga[4]
- 1 Soma Vogel GK
- 2 Dániel Angyal CB
- 3 Krisztián Manhercz W
- 4 Erik Molnár CB
- 5 Márton Vámos W
- 6 Ádám Nagy CB
- 7 Gergő Fekete D
- 8 Gergő Zalánki W
- 9 Vince Vigvári D
- 10 Dénes Varga W
- 11 Szilárd Jansik (c) D
- 12 Balázs Hárai CF
- 13 Márk Bányai GK
Individual all-time records
[edit]Most appearances and goals
[edit]Total number of matches played in official competitions only.
# | Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
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1 | Tibor Benedek | 1990–2008 | 384 | |
2 | ifj. István Szívós | 1966–1980 | 308 | |
3 | Dániel Varga | 2005–2016 | 278 | |
4 | Norbert Hosnyánszky | 2005–2021 | 258 | |
4 | Tamás Faragó | 1970–1985 | 258 | |
6 | Dénes Varga | 2004–2024 | 246 | |
7 | György Gerendás | 1975–1986 | 230 | |
8 | Zoltán Kósz | 1986–2001, 2006 | 228 | |
9 | Endre Molnár | 1966–1980 | 189 | |
10 | László Sárosi | 1966–1978 | 634 |
Statistics accurate as of matches played 18 January 2016
Olympic statistics
[edit]Five-time Olympians
[edit]- Dezső Gyarmati: 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964;
- Tibor Benedek: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008;
- Tamás Kásás: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012.
Olympians with four or more medals
[edit]- Dezső Gyarmati: 5 medals, 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze (1948
, 1952
, 1956
, 1960
, 1964
);
- György Kárpáti: 4 medals, 3 gold and 1 bronze (1952
, 1956
, 1960
, 1964
).
- András Bodnár: 4 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze (1960
, 1964
, 1968
, 1972
).
- ifj. István Szívós: 4 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze (1968
, 1972
, 1976
, 1980
).
Olympians with three gold medals
[edit]- Dezső Gyarmati: 1952
, 1956
, 1964
;
- György Kárpáti: 1952
, 1956
, 1964
;
- Tibor Benedek: 2000
, 2004
, 2008
;
- Péter Biros: 2000
, 2004
, 2008
;
- Tamás Kásás: 2000
, 2004
, 2008
;
- Gergely Kiss: 2000
, 2004
, 2008
;
- Tamás Molnár: 2000
, 2004
, 2008
;
- Zoltán Szécsi: 2000
, 2004
, 2008
.
World Championship statistics
[edit]Players with four or more medals
[edit]- Norbert Madaras: 4 medals, 2 gold and 2 silver (2003
, 2005
, 2007
, 2013
);
- Rajmund Fodor: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998
, 2003
, 2005
, 2007
);
- Tamás Kásás: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998
, 2003
, 2005
, 2007
);
- Gergely Kiss: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998
, 2003
, 2005
, 2007
);
- Tamás Molnár: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998
, 2003
, 2005
, 2007
);
- Tibor Benedek: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1991
, 1998
, 2003
, 2007
).
Players with two gold medals
[edit]- Norbert Madaras: 2003
, 2013
.
- Dénes Varga: 2013
, 2023
- Márton Vámos: 2013
, 2023
World Cup statistics
[edit]Players with four or more medals
[edit]- Rajmund Fodor: 6 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze (1993
, 1995
, 1997
, 1999
, 2002
, 2006
);
- Tamás Kásás: 5 medals, 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1995
, 1997
, 1999
, 2002
, 2006
);
- Tibor Benedek: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1993
, 1995
, 1997
, 2002
);
- Gergely Kiss: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1997
, 1999
, 2002
, 2006
);
- Tamás Molnár: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1997
, 1999
, 2002
, 2006
).
Players with two gold medals
[edit]- Rajmund Fodor: 1995
, 1999
;
- Tamás Kásás: 1995
, 1999
;
- Zoltán Kósz: 1995
, 1999
;
- Frank Tóth: 1995
, 1999
;
- Balázs Vincze: 1995
, 1999
.
Awards
[edit]- Hungarian Sport Team of the Year: 1958, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013
See also
[edit]- Blood in the Water match
- Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- Hungary women's national water polo team
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
[edit]- ^ "Hungary makes it title #3 with a heart-stopper over Montenegro". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Olimpia előtti búcsú a hazai közönségtől – Kezdődik a Domino Trans torna". vlv.hu. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Team roster: Hungary" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
External links
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