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

Men's water polo
at the XXX Olympiad

Tournament details
Host country	United Kingdom
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 July – 12 August
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Croatia (1st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Serbia
Fourth place	Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	763 (19.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrija Prlainović (22 goals)

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. All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.

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

The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics:

• Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups, 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

Group A

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Medal round

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

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Classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				5th–6th place
	United States	7
	Spain	8
					Spain	8
					Hungary	14
	Hungary	10
	Australia	9
					7th–8th place
					United States	9
					Australia	10

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Ranking and statistics

Final rankings

	Croatia
	Italy
	Serbia
4	Montenegro
5	Hungary
6	Spain
7	Australia
8	United States
9	Greece
10	Romania
11	Kazakhstan
12	Great Britain

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Shots	%
1	Andrija Prlainović	Serbia	22	40	55%
2	Aleksandar Ivović	Montenegro	19	43	44%
3	Filip Filipović	Serbia	18	42	43%
	Norbert Madaras	Hungary	18	37	49%
5	Péter Biros	Hungary	16	38	42%
	Felipe Perrone	Spain	16	33	48%
7	Miho Bošković	Croatia	15	33	45%
	Vanja Udovičić	Serbia	15	41	37%
9	Albert Español	Spain	14	30	47%
	Norbert Hosnyánszky	Hungary	14	23	61%
	Marc Minguell	Spain	14	31	45%
	Sandro Sukno	Croatia	14	30	47%
	Boris Zloković	Montenegro	14	30	47%

See also

• Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament