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List of world champions in men's water polo

This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.

Abbreviations edit

# Ordering by name or by tournament Cap No. Cap number Rk Rank
(C) Captain L/R Handedness Ref Reference
Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper
CB Center back CF Center forward D Driver
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History edit

The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organized by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA.

As of 2024, men's water polo teams from eight European countries won all 21 tournaments.[1]

Croatia is current world champion.

Legend
  •  D  – Debut
  •  C  – Champion
  •  C Winning streak (winning three or more world championships in a row)
  •     – Hosts
  • Defunct team
Champion 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 Total
  Croatia Part of Yugoslavia D C C C 3
  Hungary C C C C 4
  Italy D C C C C 4
  Serbia Part of Yugoslavia, then of FR Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro[a] D C C 2
  Serbia and Montenegro[a] Part of Yugoslavia D C Defunct 1
  Soviet Union D C C Defunct 2
  Spain D C C C 3
  Yugoslavia D C C Defunct 2
Champion 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 Total

Team statistics edit

Results edit

The following table shows results of world champions in men's water polo by tournament.

Legend
  •  6  – Winning 6 matches during the tournament
  •  4  – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament
  •  2  – Losing 2 matches during the tournament
  •  100.0%  – Winning all matches during the tournament
  •  team Winning streak (winning three or more world championships in a row)
  •     – Host team
  • Defunct team
Abbreviation
  • MP – Matches played
  • W – Won
  • D – Drawn
  • L – Lost
  • GF – Goals for
  • GA – Goals against
  • GD – Goals difference
  • GF/MP – Goals for per match
  • GA/MP – Goals against per match
  • GD/MP – Goals difference per match
Results of champions by tournament
# Men's tournament Champion MP W D L Win % GF GA GD GF/MP GA/MP GD/MP
1   Belgrade 1973   Hungary (1st title) 8 7 1 0 87.5% 58 24 34 7.250 3.000 4.250
2   Cali 1975   Soviet Union (1st title) 8 6 2 0 75.0% 49 26 23 6.125 3.250 2.875
3   West Berlin 1978   Italy (1st title) 8 5 3 0 62.5% 41 31 10 5.125 3.875 1.250
4   Guayaquil 1982   Soviet Union (2nd title) 7 6 1 0 85.7% 68 41 27 9.714 5.857 3.857
5   Madrid 1986   Yugoslavia (1st title) 6 5 1 0 83.3% 61 43 18 10.167 7.167 3.000
6   Perth 1991   Yugoslavia (2nd title) 7 6 0 1 85.7% 81 46 35 11.571 6.571 5.000
7   Rome 1994   Italy (2nd title) 7 7 0 0 100.0% 65 39 26 9.286 5.571 3.714
8   Perth 1998   Spain (1st title) 8 8 0 0 100.0% 65 35 30 8.125 4.375 3.750
9   Fukuoka 2001   Spain (2nd title) 8 8 0 0 100.0% 63 27 36 7.875 3.375 4.500
10   Barcelona 2003   Hungary (2nd title) 6 5 1 0 83.3% 62 37 25 10.333 6.167 4.167
11   Montreal 2005   Serbia and Montenegro (1st title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 69 29 40 11.500 4.833 6.667
12   Melbourne 2007   Croatia (1st title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 65 40 25 10.833 6.667 4.167
13   Rome 2009   Serbia (1st title) 7 5 1 1 71.4% 80 60 20 11.429 8.571 2.857
14   Shanghai 2011   Italy (3rd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 59 33 26 9.833 5.500 4.333
15   Barcelona 2013   Hungary (3rd title) 7 5 1 1 71.4% 76 54 22 10.857 7.714 3.143
16   Kazan 2015   Serbia (2nd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 73 43 30 12.167 7.167 5.000
17   Budapest 2017   Croatia (2nd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 70 47 23 11.667 7.833 3.833
18   Gwangju 2019   Italy (4th title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 60 40 20 10.000 6.667 3.333
19   Budapest 2022   Spain (3rd title) 5 5 0 0 100.0% 74 39 35 14.800 7.800 7.000
20   Fukuoka 2023   Hungary (4th title) 6 6 0 0 100.0% 88 67 21 14.667 11.167 3.500
21   Doha 2024   Croatia (3rd title) 7 6 0 1 85.7% 117 70 47 16.174 10.000 6.174
# Men's tournament Total 141 126 11 4 89.4% 1444 871 573 10.241 6.177 4.064
Champion MP W D L Win % GF GA GD GF/MP GA/MP GD/MP

Sources:

The following table shows men's teams that won all matches during the tournament.

Winning all matches during the tournament
# Year Champion MP W D L Win %
1 1994   Italy (2nd title) 7 7 0 0 100.0%
2 1998   Spain (1st title) 8 8 0 0 100.0%
3 2001   Spain (2nd title) 8 8 0 0 100.0%
4 2005   Serbia and Montenegro (1st title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
5 2007   Croatia (1st title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
6 2011   Italy (3rd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
7 2015   Serbia (2nd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
8 2017   Croatia (2nd title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
9 2019   Italy (4th title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
10 2022   Spain (3rd title) 5 5 0 0 100.0%
11 2023   Hungary (4th title) 6 6 0 0 100.0%
# Year Champion MP W D L Win %

The following tables show records of goals for per match.

Historical progression of records – goals for per match
Goals for
per match
Achievement Year Champion Date of
winning gold
Duration of record
7.250 Set record 1973   Hungary (1st title) 9 September 1973 8 years, 332 days
9.714 Broke record 1982   Soviet Union (2nd title) 7 August 1982 4 years, 15 days
10.167 Broke record 1986   Yugoslavia (1st title) 22 August 1986 4 years, 144 days
11.571 Broke record 1991   Yugoslavia (2nd title) 13 January 1991 24 years, 207 days
12.167 Broke record 2015   Serbia (2nd title) 8 August 2015 6 years, 329 days
14.800 Broke record 2022   Spain (3rd title) 3 July 2022 1 year, 229 days
16.174 Broke record 2024   Croatia (3rd title) 17 February 2024 67 days

The following tables show records of goals against per match.

The following tables show records of goals difference per match.

Olympic and world champions (teams) edit

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic titles (in descending order), number of world titles (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 26 February 2024.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, there are seven men's national water polo teams that won gold medals at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
  • Team – Defunct team
# Champions Olympic title World title Total First Last
1   Hungary 9 (1932–1936, 1952–1956, 1964, 1976, 2000–2004–2008) 4 (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023) 13 1932 2023
2   Italy 3 (1948, 1960*, 1992) 4 (1978, 1994*, 2011, 2019) 7 1948 2019
3   Yugoslavia 3 (1968, 1984–1988) 2 (1986–1991) 5 1968 1991
4   Serbia 2 (2016–2020) 2 (2009, 2015) 4 2009 2020
  Soviet Union 2 (1972, 1980*) 2 (1975, 1982) 4 1972 1982
6   Croatia 1 (2012) 3 (2007, 2017, 2024) 4 2007 2024
  Spain 1 (1996) 3 (1998–2001, 2022) 4 1996 2022

Player statistics edit

Age records edit

The following tables show the oldest and youngest male world champions in water polo.

Legend
  •     – Host team
Top 10 oldest male world champions in water polo
Rk Player Age of
winning gold
Men's team Pos Date of birth Date of
winning gold
1 Josip Vrlić 37 years, 298 days   Croatia FP 25 April 1986 17 February 2024
2 Luka Lončar 36 years, 236 days   Croatia FP 26 June 1987 17 February 2024
3 Felipe Perrone 36 years, 126 days   Spain FP 27 February 1986 3 July 2022
4 Dénes Varga 36 years, 122 days   Hungary FP 29 March 1987 29 July 2023
5 Manuel Estiarte 36 years, 84 days   Spain FP 26 October 1961 18 January 1998
6 Zdeslav Vrdoljak 36 years, 17 days   Croatia FP 15 March 1971 1 April 2007
7 Amaurys Pérez 35 years, 134 days   Italy FP 18 March 1976 30 July 2011
8 Pietro Figlioli 35 years, 59 days   Italy FP 29 May 1984 27 July 2019
9 Ivan Krapić 35 years, 3 days   Croatia FP 14 February 1989 17 February 2024
10 Blai Mallarach 34 years, 316 days   Spain FP 21 August 1987 3 July 2022
Rk Player Age of
winning gold
Men's team Pos Date of birth Date of
winning gold
Top 10 youngest male world champions in water polo
Rk Player Age of
winning gold
Men's team Pos Date of birth Date of
winning gold
1 Guillermo Molina 17 years, 135 days   Spain FP 16 March 1984 29 July 2001
2 Mirko Vičević 18 years, 53 days   Yugoslavia FP 30 June 1968 22 August 1986
3 Nikola Jakšić 18 years, 203 days   Serbia FP 17 January 1997 8 August 2015
4 Aleksey Vdovin 19 years, 51 days   Soviet Union FP 17 June 1963 7 August 1982
5 Maro Joković 19 years, 182 days   Croatia FP 1 October 1987 1 April 2007
6 Dubravko Šimenc 19 years, 293 days   Yugoslavia FP 2 November 1966 22 August 1986
7 Unai Aguirre 19 years, 354 days   Spain GK 14 July 2002 3 July 2022
8 Erik Molnár 20 years, 35 days   Hungary FP 24 June 2003 29 July 2023
9 Vince Vigvári 20 years, 36 days   Hungary FP 23 June 2003 29 July 2023
10 Viktor Jelenić 20 years, 74 days   Yugoslavia FP 31 October 1970 13 January 1991
Rk Player Age of
winning gold
Men's team Pos Date of birth Date of
winning gold

Multiple gold medalists edit

The following tables are pre-sorted by date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

There is only one male athlete who won three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend
  • *Host team
Male athletes who won three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
Year Player Date of birth Height Men's team Pos World titles Age of
first/last
2015 Slobodan Nikić 25 January 1983 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)   Serbia and Montenegro FP 2005 22/32
  Serbia FP 2009, 2015

There are thirty five male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend
  • *Host team
Male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
Year Player Date of birth Height Men's team Pos World titles Age of
first/last
1982 Aleksandr Kabanov 11 June 1948 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)   Soviet Union FP 1975, 1982 27/34
1991 Perica Bukić 20 February 1966 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)   Yugoslavia FP 1986–1991 20/24
Igor Milanović 18 December 1965 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 20/25
Dubravko Šimenc 2 November 1966 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 19/24
Anto Vasović FP
Mirko Vičević 30 June 1968 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 18/22
2001 Daniel Ballart 17 March 1973 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)   Spain FP 1998–2001 24/28
Salvador Gómez 11 March 1968 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 29/33
Gustavo Marcos 23 December 1972 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) FP 25/28
Iván Moro 25 December 1974 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 23/26
Sergi Pedrerol 16 December 1969 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 28/31
Iván Pérez 29 June 1971 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 26/30
Jesús Rollán 4 April 1968 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) GK 29/33
Carles Sanz 25 May 1975 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 22/26
2009 Vanja Udovičić 12 September 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)   Serbia and Montenegro FP 2005 22/26
  Serbia FP 2009
2013 Norbert Madaras 1 December 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)   Hungary FP 2003, 2013 23/33
2015 Milan Aleksić 13 May 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)   Serbia FP 2009, 2015 23/29
Filip Filipović 2 May 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 22/28
Živko Gocić 22 August 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 26/32
Stefan Mitrović 29 March 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 21/27
Duško Pijetlović 25 April 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 24/30
Gojko Pijetlović 7 August 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) GK 25/32
Andrija Prlainović 28 April 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 22/28
2017 Andro Bušlje 4 January 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)   Croatia FP 2007, 2017 21/31
Maro Joković 1 October 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 19/29
2019 Matteo Aicardi 19 April 1986 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)   Italy FP 2011, 2019 25/33
Niccolò Figari 24 January 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 23/31
Pietro Figlioli 29 May 1984 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 27/35
2023 Márton Vámos 24 June 1992 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)   Hungary FP 2013, 2023 21/31
Dénes Varga 29 March 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 26/36
2024 Marko Bijač 12 January 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)   Croatia GK 2017, 2024 26/33
Loren Fatović 16 November 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 20/27
Ivan Krapić 14 February 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 28/35
Luka Lončar 26 June 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 30/36
Ante Vukičević 24 February 1993 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 24/30
Year Player Date of birth Height Men's team Pos World titles Age of
first/last

Olympic and world champions (players) edit

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of Olympic titles (in descending order), number of world titles (in descending order), year of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2023.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, there are ninety-six male athletes who won gold medals in water polo at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Male water polo players who won three Olympic titles and one or more world titles
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
1 Tibor Benedek 1972 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 28–32–36   Hungary 2000–2004–2008 31   Hungary 2003 4 2016
Péter Biros 1976 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 24–28–32 27 2016
Tamás Kásás 1976 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 24–28–32 27 2016
Gergely Kiss 1977 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 23–26–30 25 2016
Tamás Molnár 1975 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 25–29–33 27 2016
Zoltán Szécsi 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) GK 22–26–30 25 2016
Male water polo players who won two Olympic titles and two or more world titles
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
7 Aleksandr Kabanov 1948 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) FP 24, 32   Soviet Union 1972, 1980* 27, 34   Soviet Union 1975, 1982 4 2001
8 Perica Bukić 1966 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 18–22   Yugoslavia 1984–1988 20–24   Yugoslavia 1986–1991 4 2008
Igor Milanović 1965 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 18–22 20–25 2006
10 Norbert Madaras 1979 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 24–28   Hungary 2004–2008 23, 33   Hungary 2003, 2013 4
11 Milan Aleksić 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 30–35   Serbia 2016–2020 23, 29   Serbia 2009, 2015 4
Filip Filipović 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 29–34 22, 28
Stefan Mitrović 1988 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 28–33 21, 27
Duško Pijetlović 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 31–36 24, 30
Gojko Pijetlović 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) GK 33–38 25, 32
Andrija Prlainović 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 29–34 22, 28
# Player Birth Height Pos Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships
Male water polo players who won two Olympic titles and a world title
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
17 Aleksei Barkalov 1946 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) FP 26, 34   Soviet Union 1972, 1980* 29   Soviet Union 1975 3 1993
18 Dragan Andrić 1962 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 22–26   Yugoslavia 1984–1988 24   Yugoslavia 1986 3
Veselin Đuho 1960 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 24–28 26
Deni Lušić 1962 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 22–26 24
Tomislav Paškvalin 1961 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 22–27 24
22 Rajmund Fodor 1976 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 24–28   Hungary 2000–2004 27   Hungary 2003 3
Barnabás Steinmetz 1975 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 24–28 27
Attila Vári 1976 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 24–28 27
25 István Gergely 1976 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) GK 28–32   Hungary 2004–2008 26   Hungary 2003 3
Tamás Varga 1975 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 29–33 28
27 Nikola Jakšić 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 19–24   Serbia 2016–2020 18   Serbia 2015 3
Dušan Mandić 1994 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 22–27 21
Branislav Mitrović 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) GK 31–36 30
Sava Ranđelović 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 23–28 22
# Player Birth Height Pos Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships
Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and two or more world titles
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
31 Slobodan Nikić 1983 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 33   Serbia 2016 22   Serbia and Montenegro 2005 4
26, 32   Serbia 2009, 2015
32 Dubravko Šimenc 1966 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 21   Yugoslavia 1988 19–24   Yugoslavia 1986–1991 3
Mirko Vičević 1968 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 20 18–22 2022
34 Daniel Ballart 1973 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 23   Spain 1996 24–28   Spain 1998–2001 3
Salvador Gómez 1968 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 28 29–33
Iván Moro 1974 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 21 23–26
Sergi Pedrerol 1969 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 26 28–31
Jesús Rollán 1968 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) GK 28 29–33 2012
Carles Sanz 1975 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 21 22–26
40 Živko Gocić 1982 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 33   Serbia 2016 26, 32   Serbia 2009, 2015 3
41 Andro Bušlje 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 26   Croatia 2012 21, 31   Croatia 2007, 2017 3
Maro Joković 1987 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 24 19, 29
43 Dénes Varga 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 21   Hungary 2008 26, 36   Hungary 2013, 2023 3
# Player Birth Height Pos Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships
Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title (part 1/3)
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
44 András Bodnár 1942 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) FP 22   Hungary 1964 31   Hungary 1973 2 2017
45 Aleksandr Dolgushin 1946 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 26   Soviet Union 1972 29   Soviet Union 1975 2 2010
Aleksandr Dreval 1944 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 28 31
Nikolay Melnikov 1948 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) FP 24 27
48 Gábor Csapó 1950 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 25   Hungary 1976 22   Hungary 1973 2
Tibor Cservenyák 1948 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 27 25
Tamás Faragó 1952 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 23 21 1993
Ferenc Konrád 1945 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) FP 31 28
Endre Molnár 1945 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) GK 31 28
László Sárosi 1946 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) FP 29 26
István Szívós Jr. 1948 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 28 25 1996
55 Vladimir Akimov 1953 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) FP 27   Soviet Union 1980* 29   Soviet Union 1982 2
Mikhail Ivanov 1958 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 22 24
Sergey Kotenko 1956 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) FP 23 25
Giorgi Mshvenieradze 1960 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 19 21
Erkin Shagaev 1959 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 21 23
Yevgeny Sharonov 1958 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) GK 21 23 2003
# Player Birth Height Pos Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships
Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title (part 2/3)
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
61 Milorad Krivokapić 1956 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) GK 28   Yugoslavia 1984 30   Yugoslavia 1986 2
Zoran Petrović 1960 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 23 26
Andrija Popović 1959 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) GK 24 26
Goran Sukno 1959 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 25 27
65 Mislav Bezmalinović 1967 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 21   Yugoslavia 1988 23   Yugoslavia 1991 2
Renco Posinković 1964 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) GK 24 27
Goran Rađenović 1966 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 21 24
Aleksandar Šoštar 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) GK 24 26 2011
69 Francesco Attolico 1963 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 29   Italy 1992 31   Italy 1994* 2
Gianni Averaimo 1964 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) GK 27 30
Alessandro Bovo 1969 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 23 25
Sandro Campagna 1963 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) FP 29 31 2019
Marco D'Altrui 1964 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) FP 28 30 2010
Massimiliano Ferretti 1966 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 26 28
Mario Fiorillo 1962 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 29 31
Ferdinando Gandolfi 1967 FP 25 27
Amedeo Pomilio 1967 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 25 27
Francesco Porzio 1966 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) FP 26 28
Pino Porzio 1967 FP 25 27
Carlo Silipo 1971 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 20 23
# Player Birth Height Pos Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships
Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title (part 3/3)
# Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
81 Manuel Estiarte 1961 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) FP 34   Spain 1996 36   Spain 1998 2 2007
Pedro García 1968 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 27 29
Jordi Sans 1965 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) FP 30 32
84 Ángel Andreo 1972 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) GK 23   Spain 1996 28   Spain 2001 2
85 Zsolt Varga 1972 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 28   Hungary 2000 31   Hungary 2003 2
86 Samir Barać 1973 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 38   Croatia 2012 33   Croatia 2007 2
Miho Bošković 1983 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 29 24
Damir Burić 1980 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) FP 31 26
Igor Hinić 1975 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) FP 36 31
Josip Pavić 1982 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) GK 30 25
Frano Vićan 1976 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) GK 36 31
92 Norbert Hosnyánszky 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) FP 24   Hungary 2008 29   Hungary 2013 2
Dániel Varga 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 24 29
94 Miloš Ćuk 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) FP 25   Serbia 2016 24   Serbia 2015 2
95 Ivan Buljubašić 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 24   Croatia 2012 29   Croatia 2017 2
Sandro Sukno 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 22 27
# Player Birth Height Pos Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships

World champion families edit

The following tables are pre-sorted by date of receiving the gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Legend
  • *Host team
Relationship Family Player Date of birth Height Men's team Pos World
Title
Age Note Ref
Two brothers Porzio Francesco Porzio 26 January 1966 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)   Italy FP 1994* 28 Two brothers in
a tournament
[2]
Pino Porzio 26 February 1967 FP 27 [3]
Moro Iván Moro 25 December 1974 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)   Spain FP 1998 23 [4]
2001 26 Two brothers in
a tournament
Daniel Moro 8 August 1973 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) FP 27 [5]
Varga Tamás Varga 14 July 1975 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)   Hungary FP 2003 28 Two brothers in
a tournament
[6]
Zsolt Varga 24 May 1978 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) FP 25 [7]
Pijetlović Duško Pijetlović 25 April 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)   Serbia FP 2009, 2015 24, 30 Two brothers in
a tournament
[8]
Gojko Pijetlović 7 August 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) GK 25, 32 [9]
Decker Ádám Decker 29 February 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)   Hungary FP 2013 29 Two brothers in
a tournament
[10]
Attila Decker 25 August 1987 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) GK 25 [11]
Varga Dániel Varga 25 September 1983 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)   Hungary FP 2013 29 Two brothers in
a tournament
[12]
Dénes Varga 29 March 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 2013, 2023 26, 36 [13]
Relationship Family Player Date of birth Height Men's team Pos World
Title
Age Note Ref
Relationship Family Player Date of birth Height Men's team Pos World
Title
Age Ref
Father and son Kásás Zoltán Kásás 15 September 1946 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)   Hungary FP 1973 26 [14]
Tamás Kásás 20 July 1976 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FP 2003 27 [15]
Szívós István Szívós Jr. 24 April 1948 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)   Hungary FP 1973 25 [16]
Márton Szívós 19 August 1981 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) FP 2013 31 [17]
Sukno Goran Sukno 6 April 1959 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)   Yugoslavia FP 1986 27 [18]
Sandro Sukno 30 June 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)   Croatia FP 2017 27 [19]

Coach statistics edit

Most successful coaches edit

 
Ratko Rudić coached three men's national teams to the world titles.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), date of winning the last gold medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively.

There are four coaches who led men's national water polo teams to win two or more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships.

Ratko Rudić led three men's national water polo teams to win gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. He guided Yugoslavia men's national team to a gold medal in 1986, Italy men's national team to a gold medal in 1994, and Croatia men's national team to a gold medal in 2007, making him the first and only coach to lead three different men's national water polo teams to the world titles.[20][21]

Spaniard Juan Jané coached the Spain men's national team to two consecutive gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in 1998 and 2001.[22]

Alessandro Campagna and Ivica Tucak are other coaches who led men's national water polo teams to win two gold medals. Under Campagna's leadership, the Italy men's national team won two world titles in 2011 and 2019.[23] Tucak guided Croatia men's national team to win gold medals in 2017 and 2024.[24]

Legend
  • *Host team
Head coaches who led men's national teams to win
two or more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships
Rk Head coach Nationality Birth Age Men's team World titles Total Ref
1 Ratko Rudić   Yugoslavia 1948 38   Yugoslavia 1986 3 [25][20][21]
  Croatia 46   Italy 1994
58   Croatia 2007
2 Juan Jané   Spain 1953 44–48   Spain 1998–2001 2 [22]
Alessandro Campagna   Italy 1963 48, 56   Italy 2011, 2019 2 [26][23]
Ivica Tucak   Croatia 1970 47, 54   Croatia 2017, 2024 2 [24]

Champions as coach and player edit

 
Alessandro Campagna of Italy is a dual world champion as coach and player.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), date of winning the last gold medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

Three water polo players won gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships and then guided men's national water polo teams to the world titles as head coaches.

Tibor Benedek of Hungary won a gold medal at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. Ten years later, he coached the Hungary men's national team to the world title in 2013.[27][28]

Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, coached by Ratko Rudić. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two gold in 2011 and 2019.[26][23]

Dejan Savić, representing Serbia and Montenegro, won a gold medal in 2005. He then guided Serbia men's national team to the world title in 2015.[29]

Legend
  • *Host team
Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Total
titles
Ref
Age Men's team Pos Title Age Men's team Title
1 Alessandro Campagna 1963 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 31   Italy FP 1994* 48, 56   Italy 2011, 2019 3 [26][23]
2 Tibor Benedek 1972 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 31   Hungary D 2003 41   Hungary 2013 2 [27][28]
Dejan Savić 1975 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 30   Serbia and Montenegro CB 2005 40   Serbia 2015 2 [29]

Olympic and world champions (coaches) edit

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic titles (in descending order), number of world titles (in descending order), year of winning the last gold medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 12 September 2021.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, there are six head coaches who led men's national teams to win gold medals in water polo at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend
  • Year* – As host team
Head coaches who led men's national teams to win gold medals in water polo
at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships
# Coach Nationality Birth Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Total
titles
ISHOF
member
Ref
Age Men's team Title Age Men's team Title
1 Ratko Rudić   Yugoslavia 1948 36–40   Yugoslavia 1984–1988 38   Yugoslavia 1986 7 2007 [25]
[20]
[21]
  Croatia 44   Italy 1992 46   Italy 1994*
64   Croatia 2012 58   Croatia 2007
2 Dénes Kemény   Hungary 1954 46–54   Hungary 2000–2004–2008 49   Hungary 2003 4 2011 [30]
3 Dejan Savić   Serbia 1975 41–46   Serbia 2016–2020 40   Serbia 2015 3 [29]
4 Juan Jané   Spain 1953 43   Spain 1996 44–48   Spain 1998–2001 3 [22]
5 Dezső Gyarmati   Hungary 1927 48   Hungary 1976 45   Hungary 1973 2 1976 [31][32]
Boris Popov   Soviet Union 1941 39   Soviet Union 1980* 41   Soviet Union 1982 2 2019 [33][34]

Champions by tournament edit

2019 (Italy, 4th title) edit

Results
Match Round Date Cap
color
Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goals
diff.
Match 1/6 Preliminary round – Group D 15 July 2019   Blue   Brazil Won 14 5 9
Match 2/6 Preliminary round – Group D 17 July 2019   Blue   Japan Won 9 7 2
Match 3/6 Preliminary round – Group D 19 July 2019   Blue   Germany Won 8 7 1
Match 4/6 Quarter-finals 23 July 2019   White   Greece Won 7 6 1
Match 5/6 Semi-finals 25 July 2019   Blue   Hungary Won 12 10 2
Match 6/6 Gold medal match 27 July 2019   Blue   Spain Won 10 5 5
Total Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100% 60 40 20

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2019 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

 
Matteo Aicardi, the center forward of the Italy team, won his second world title in 2019.
 
Pietro Figlioli, the captain of Italy, won his second world title in 2019.
Roster
Cap
No.
Player Pos L/R Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
ISHOF
member
1 Marco Del Lungo GK R 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 1 March 1990 29 years, 148 days
2 Francesco Di Fulvio D R 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 15 August 1993 25 years, 346 days
3 Stefano Luongo FP R 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 5 January 1990 29 years, 203 days
4 Pietro Figlioli (C) D R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 29 May 1984 35 years, 59 days
5 Edoardo Di Somma FP 30 September 1996 22 years, 300 days
6 Alessandro Velotto CB R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 12 February 1995 24 years, 165 days
7 Vincenzo Renzuto FP R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 8 April 1993 26 years, 110 days
8 Gonzalo Echenique FP L 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 27 April 1990 29 years, 91 days
9 Niccolò Figari CB R 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 January 1988 31 years, 184 days
10 Michaël Bodegas CF R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 3 May 1987 32 years, 85 days
11 Matteo Aicardi CF R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 19 April 1986 33 years, 99 days
12 Vincenzo Dolce FP R 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 11 May 1995 24 years, 77 days
13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK R 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 12 February 1998 21 years, 165 days
Average 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[b] 13 June 1991 28 years, 44 days
Coach Alessandro Campagna 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 26 June 1963 56 years, 31 days 2019

Sources:

Abbreviation
  • MP – Matches played
  • Min – Minutes
  • G – Goals
  • Sh – Shots
  • TF – Turnover fouls
  • ST – Steals
  • RB – Rebounds
  • BL – Blocked shots
  • SP – Sprints
  • 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
  • DE – Double exclusion
  • Pen – Penalty
  • EX – Exclusion
Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals/Shots TF ST RB BL Sprints Personal fouls
Min % G Sh % Won SP % 20S DE Pen EX
1 Marco Del Lungo GK 6 192 100% 5 5 1
2 Francesco Di Fulvio D 6 154 80.2% 10 39 25.6% 7 3 3 2 4 4 100% 5 1
3 Stefano Luongo FP 6 136 70.8% 11 29 37.9% 6 2 6 3 2 3 66.7% 4 1
4 Pietro Figlioli (C) D 6 139 72.4% 9 35 25.7% 5 2 5 3 13 14 92.9% 3 1
5 Edoardo Di Somma FP 6 51 26.6% 0 6 0.0% 2 1 2 1 7 1 2
6 Alessandro Velotto CB 6 116 60.4% 5 12 41.7% 3 4 5 1 3 3 100% 13 2
7 Vincenzo Renzuto FP 6 101 52.6% 3 9 33.3% 1 4 7 1 1
8 Gonzalo Echenique FP 5 111 57.8% 5 16 31.3% 3 3 5 4 2 1
9 Niccolò Figari CB 6 80 41.7% 4 8 50.0% 1 2 2 2 9 1 2
10 Michaël Bodegas CF 6 92 47.9% 5 10 50.0% 9 3 2 6
11 Matteo Aicardi CF 6 105 54.7% 5 20 25.0% 14 1 1 3 3
12 Vincenzo Dolce FP 6 64 33.3% 3 6 50.0% 7 1 1 6
13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK 6 0 0.0%
Team 5
Total 6 192 100% 60 190 31.6% 63 31 35 21 22 24 91.7% 65 1 6 8
Against 40 165 24.2% 69 25 37 19 2 24 8.3% 75 1 4 7
Cap
No.
Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Marco Del Lungo GK 67 107 62.6%
13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK
Total 67 107 62.6%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2019 (Cumulative Statistics – Italy, p. 3).

2017 (Croatia, 2nd title) edit

  • Edition of men's tournament: 17th
  • Host city:   Budapest, Hungary
  • Number of participating teams: 16
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:   Croatia (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary D group)
Results
Match Round Date Cap
color
Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goals
diff.
Match 1/6 Preliminary round – Group D 17 July 2017   Blue   United States Won 12 7 5
Match 2/6 Preliminary round – Group D 19 July 2017   Blue   Russia Won 10 8 2
Match 3/6 Preliminary round – Group D 21 July 2017   Blue   Japan Won 16 6 10
Match 4/6 Quarter-finals 25 July 2017   White   Italy Won 12 9 3
Match 5/6 Semi-finals 27 July 2017   Blue   Serbia Won 12 11 1
Match 6/6 Gold medal match 29 July 2017   Blue   Hungary Won 8 6 2
Total Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100% 70 47 23

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2017 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

 
Left-hander Maro Joković of Croatia won his second world title in 2017, with 12 goals.
 
Sandro Sukno, the captain of Croatia, netted 16 goals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, becoming the team-leading scorer for the tournament.
Roster
Cap
No.
Player Pos L/R Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
ISHOF
member
1 Marko Bijač GK R 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 12 January 1991 26 years, 198 days
2 Marko Macan CB R 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 26 April 1993 24 years, 94 days
3 Loren Fatović D R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 16 November 1996 20 years, 255 days
4 Luka Lončar CF R 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 26 June 1987 30 years, 33 days
5 Maro Joković D L 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 1 October 1987 29 years, 301 days
6 Ivan Buljubašić CB R 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 108 kg (238 lb) 31 October 1987 29 years, 271 days
7 Ante Vukičević D R 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 24 February 1993 24 years, 155 days
8 Andro Bušlje CF R 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 4 January 1986 31 years, 206 days
9 Sandro Sukno (C) D R 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 30 June 1990 27 years, 29 days
10 Ivan Krapić CF R 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 14 February 1989 28 years, 165 days
11 Anđelo Šetka D R 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 14 September 1985 31 years, 318 days
12 Xavier García D L 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 5 January 1984 33 years, 205 days
13 Ivan Marcelić GK R 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 18 February 1994 23 years, 161 days
Average 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 6 October 1989 27 years, 296 days
Coach Ivica Tucak 8 February 1970 47 years, 171 days

Sources:

Abbreviation
  • MP – Matches played
  • Min – Minutes
  • G – Goals
  • Sh – Shots
  • AS – Rebounds
  • TF – Turnover fouls
  • ST – Steals
  • BL – Blocked shots
  • SP – Sprints
  • 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
  • DE – Double exclusion
  • Pen – Penalty
  • EX – Exclusion
Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals/Shots AS TF ST BL Sprints Personal fouls
Min % G Sh % Won SP % 20S DE Pen EX
1 Marko Bijač GK 6 168 87.5% 1 8
2 Marko Macan CB 6 70 36.5% 1 3 33.3% 1 1 2 12 2
3 Loren Fatović D 6 79 41.1% 5 9 55.6% 3 3 3 1 1 7 14.3% 9 1
4 Luka Lončar CF 6 109 56.8% 11 17 64.7% 1 10 2 2 3 2
5 Maro Joković D 6 157 81.8% 12 30 40.0% 8 2 6 5 1 6 16.7% 3
6 Ivan Buljubašić CB 6 50 26.0% 1 4 25.0% 1 2 3 12 1
7 Ante Vukičević D 6 114 59.4% 6 11 54.5% 3 5 1 1 1 100% 3
8 Andro Bušlje CF 6 92 47.9% 4 12 33.3% 1 3 5 3 10 1 1 1
9 Sandro Sukno (C) D 6 132 68.8% 16 28 57.1% 12 6 11 3 0 2 0.0% 3
10 Ivan Krapić CF 6 72 37.5% 0 3 0.0% 11 2 2 2 1
11 Anđelo Šetka D 6 121 63.0% 3 17 17.6% 2 3 1 3 8 37.5% 5
12 Xavier García D 6 155 80.7% 11 26 42.3% 13 5 1 3 7
13 Ivan Marcelić GK 6 24 12.5%
Team 8
Total 6 192 100% 70 160 43.8% 46 59 44 20 6 24 25.0% 69 2 2 6
Against 47 156 30.1% 39 71 34 10 18 24 75.0% 67 2 2 7
Cap
No.
Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Marko Bijač GK 49 89 55.1%
13 Ivan Marcelić GK 6 13 46.2%
Total 55 102 53.9%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2017 (Cumulative Statistics – Croatia, p. 3).

2015 (Serbia, 2nd title) edit

 
Serbia men's national water polo team celebrated after the gold medal match of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
  • Edition of men's tournament: 16th
  • Host city:   Kazan, Russia
  • Number of participating teams: 16
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:   Serbia (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary D group)
Results
Match Round Date Cap
color
Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goals
diff.
Match 1/6 Preliminary round – Group D 27 July 2015   White   Montenegro Won 11 8 3
Match 2/6 Preliminary round – Group D 29 July 2015   White   Japan Won 19 9 10
Match 3/6 Preliminary round – Group D 31 July 2015   White   Australia Won 10 9 1
Match 4/6 Quarter-finals 4 August 2015   White   United States Won 12 7 5
Match 5/6 Semi-finals 6 August 2015   Blue   Italy Won 10 6 4
Match 6/6 Gold medal match 8 August 2015   Blue   Croatia Won 11 4 7
Total Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100% 73 43 30

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2015 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

 
Živko Gocić, the captain of Serbia, won his second world title in 2015.
 
Duško Pijetlović, the center forward of the Serbia team, won his second world title in 2015. He was the team-leading scorer for the tournament.
  • Head coach:   Dejan Savić (1st title as head coach)
  • Assistant coaches:   Zarko Petrovic,   Uros Stevanovic
Roster
Cap
No.
Player Pos L/R Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
ISHOF
member
1 Gojko Pijetlović GK R 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 7 August 1983 32 years, 1 day
2 Dušan Mandić D L 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 16 June 1994 21 years, 53 days
3 Živko Gocić (C) D R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 August 1982 32 years, 351 days
4 Sava Ranđelović CB R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 17 July 1993 22 years, 22 days
5 Miloš Ćuk D R 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 21 December 1990 24 years, 230 days
6 Duško Pijetlović CF R 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 25 April 1985 30 years, 105 days
7 Slobodan Nikić CF R 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 25 January 1983 32 years, 195 days
8 Milan Aleksić CB R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 13 May 1986 29 years, 87 days
9 Nikola Jakšić CB R 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 17 January 1997 18 years, 203 days
10 Filip Filipović D L 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 106 kg (234 lb) 2 May 1987 28 years, 98 days
11 Andrija Prlainović D R 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 28 April 1987 28 years, 102 days
12 Stefan Mitrović D R 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 29 March 1988 27 years, 132 days
13 Branislav Mitrović GK R 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 30 January 1985 30 years, 190 days
Average 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 28 January 1988 27 years, 192 days
Coach Dejan Savić 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 April 1975 40 years, 106 days

Note: Duško Pijetlović and Gojko Pijetlović are brothers.
Sources:

Abbreviation
  • MP – Matches played
  • Min – Minutes
  • G – Goals
  • Sh – Shots
  • AS – Assists
  • TF – Turnover fouls
  • ST – Steals
  • BL – Blocked shots
  • SP – Sprints
  • 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
  • DE – Double exclusion
  • Pen – Penalty
  • EX – Exclusion
Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals/Shots AS TF ST BL SP
won
Personal fouls
Min % G Sh % 20S DE Pen EX
1 Gojko Pijetlović GK 6 84 43.8% 2
2 Dušan Mandić D 6 111 57.8% 7 15 46.7% 6 6 5 1 6
3 Živko Gocić (C) D 6 116 60.4% 3 8 37.5% 2 3 5 1 5
4 Sava Ranđelović CB 6 60 31.3% 1 7 14.3% 2 2 3 3 13 2
5 Miloš Ćuk D 6 98 51.0% 6 17 35.3% 2 4 3 1 2 1
6 Duško Pijetlović CF 6 97 50.5% 11 17 64.7% 2 4 2 3 6 1
7 Slobodan Nikić CF 6 98 51.0% 9 18 50.0% 2 2 2 3
8 Milan Aleksić CB 6 85 44.3% 7 18 38.9% 5 6 2 9
9 Nikola Jakšić CB 6 68 35.4% 4 8 50.0% 3 8
10 Filip Filipović D 6 137 71.4% 7 26 26.9% 7 8 5 2 5 1
11 Andrija Prlainović D 6 155 80.7% 9 23 39.1% 6 11 9 2 2 1
12 Stefan Mitrović D 6 126 65.6% 9 19 47.4% 3 5 5 2 2 1
13 Branislav Mitrović GK 6 108 56.3% 2
Total 6 192 100% 73 176 41.5% 35 54 42 18 4 60 0 3 3
Against 43 153 28.1% 6 86 21 11 20 50 0 1 5
Cap
No.
Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Gojko Pijetlović GK 18 42 42.9%
13 Branislav Mitrović GK 35 54 64.8%
Total 53 96 55.2%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2015 (Cumulative Statistics – Serbia, p. 2).

2013 (Hungary, 3rd title) edit

  • Edition of men's tournament: 15th
  • Host city:   Barcelona, Spain
  • Number of participating teams: 16
  • Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
  • Champion:   Hungary (3rd title;2nd place in preliminary C group)
Results
Match Round Date Cap
color
Opponent Result Goals
for
Goals
against
Goals
diff.
Match 1/7 Preliminary round – Group C 22 July 2013   White   China Won 13 5 8
Match 2/7 Preliminary round – Group C 24 July 2013   Blue   Serbia Lost 10 13 -3
Match 3/7 Preliminary round – Group C 26 July 2013   White   Australia Drawn 9 9 0
Match 4/7 Quarter-final qualification 28 July 2013   White   Kazakhstan Won 16 7 9
Match 5/7 Quarter-finals 30 July 2013   Blue   Greece Won 9 3 6
Match 6/7 Semi-finals 1 August 2013   White   Croatia Won 11 10 1
Match 7/7 Gold medal match 3 August 2013   White   Montenegro Won 8 7 1
Total Matches played: 7 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 1 • Win %: 71.4% 76 54 22

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2013 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

 
Márton Szívós scored 12 goals at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, helping Hungary win gold.
 
Dénes Varga of Hungary netted 13 goals at the 2013 World Championship, becoming the team-leading scorer for the tournament.
  • Head coach:   Tibor Benedek (1st title as head coach)
  • Assistant coach:   Norbert Dabrowski
Roster
Cap
No.
Player Pos L/R Height Weight Date of birth Age of
winning gold
ISHOF
member
1 Viktor Nagy GK R 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 24 July 1984 29 years, 10 days
2 Miklós Gór-Nagy CB R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 8 January 1983 30 years, 207 days
3 Norbert Madaras D L 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 1 December 1979 33 years, 245 days
4 Bence Bátori D R 28 December 1991 21 years, 218 days
5 Márton Vámos D L 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 24 June 1992 21 years, 40 days
6 Norbert Hosnyánszky D R 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 4 March 1984 29 years, 152 days
7 Ádám Decker CB R 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 29 February 1984 29 years, 156 days
8 Márton Szívós D R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 19 August 1981 31 years, 349 days
9 Dániel Varga (C) D R 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 25 September 1983 29 years, 312 days
10 Dénes Varga D R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 March 1987 26 years, 127 days
11 Krisztián Bedő CF R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 4 May 1993 20 years, 91 days
12 Balázs Hárai CF R 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 5 April 1987 26 years, 120 days
13 Attila Decker GK R 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 25 August 1987 25 years, 343 days
Average 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[b] 99 kg (218 lb)[c] 30 March 1986 27 years, 126 days
Coach Tibor Benedek 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 12 July 1972 41 years, 22 days 2016

Note: Ádám Decker and Attila Decker are brothers; Dániel Varga and Dénes Varga are brothers.
Sources:

Abbreviation
  • MP – Matches played
  • Min – Minutes
  • G – Goals
  • Sh – Shots
  • AS – Assists
  • TF – Turnover fouls
  • ST – Steals
  • BL – Blocked shots
  • SP – Sprints
  • 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
  • DE – Double exclusion
  • Pen – Penalty
  • EX – Exclusion
Statistics
Cap
No.
Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals/Shots AS TF ST BL Sprints Personal fouls
Min % G Sh % Won SP % 20S DE Pen EX
1 Viktor Nagy GK 7 192 85.7% 1 1 6 1
2 Miklós Gór-Nagy CB 7 80 35.7% 2 8 25.0% 1 1 2 1 14 3
3 Norbert Madaras D 7 164 73.2% 6 32 18.8% 10 4 2 4 0 1 0.0% 3
4 Bence Bátori D 7 72 32.1% 3 7 42.9% 5 2 3 10 30.0% 1 1
5 Márton Vámos D 7 134 59.8% 12 16 75.0% 3 2 4 3 3 7 42.9% 7 1
6 Norbert Hosnyánszky D 7 119 53.1% 7 16 43.8% 3 3 3 3 10 1 1
7 Ádám Decker CB 7 70 31.3% 2 3 66.7% 1 4 14 1 1 5
8 Márton Szívós D 7 148 66.1% 12 25 48.0% 3 5 6 4 0 1 0.0% 7 1
9 Dániel Varga (C) D 7 165 73.7% 5 21 23.8% 9 3 6 4 0 1 0.0% 8
10 Dénes Varga D 7 174 77.7% 13 25 52.0% 4 4 5 3 4 8 50.0% 5 1
11 Krisztián Bedő CF 7 91 40.6% 6 13 46.2% 1 15 1 1 5
12 Balázs Hárai CF 7 126 56.3% 8 15 53.3% 1 26 2 4 5
13 Attila Decker GK 7 32 14.3% 1 1
Team 4
Total 7 224 100% 76 181 42.0% 37 78 40 27 10 28 35.7% 79 2 4 11
Against 54 186 29.0% 28 85 40 17 18 28 64.3% 70 2 3 8
Cap
No.
Player Pos Saves/Shots
Saves Shots %
1 Viktor Nagy GK 54 99 54.5%
13 Attila Decker GK 11 20 55.0%
Total 65 119 54.6%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2013 (Cumulative Statistics – Hungary, p. 2).

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This is a list of world champions in men s water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973 Contents 1 Abbreviations 2 History 3 Team statistics 3 1 Results 3 2 Olympic and world champions teams 4 Player statistics 4 1 Age records 4 2 Multiple gold medalists 4 3 Olympic and world champions players 4 4 World champion families 5 Coach statistics 5 1 Most successful coaches 5 2 Champions as coach and player 5 3 Olympic and world champions coaches 6 Champions by tournament 6 1 2019 Italy 4th title 6 2 2017 Croatia 2nd title 6 3 2015 Serbia 2nd title 6 4 2013 Hungary 3rd title 6 5 2011 Italy 3rd title 6 6 2009 Serbia 1st title 6 7 2007 Croatia 1st title 6 8 2005 Serbia and Montenegro 1st title 6 9 2003 Hungary 2nd title 6 10 2001 Spain 2nd title 6 11 1998 Spain 1st title 6 12 1994 Italy 2nd title 6 13 1991 Yugoslavia 2nd title 6 14 1986 Yugoslavia 1st title 6 15 1982 Soviet Union 2nd title 6 16 1978 Italy 1st title 6 17 1975 Soviet Union 1st title 6 18 1973 Hungary 1st title 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 Sources 10 1 Official Reports FINA 10 2 Official Results Books FINA 10 3 Olympedia 10 4 Todor66 10 5 ISHOF 11 External linksAbbreviations edit Ordering by name or by tournament Cap No Cap number Rk Rank C Captain L R Handedness Ref Reference Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper CB Center back CF Center forward D Driver ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame p page pp pagesHistory editThe 1973 Men s World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men s water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships organized by the world governing body in aquatics the FINA As of 2024 men s water polo teams from eight European countries won all 21 tournaments 1 Croatia is current world champion Legend D Debut C Champion C Winning streak winning three or more world championships in a row Hosts Defunct team Champion 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 Total nbsp Croatia Part of Yugoslavia D C C C 3 nbsp Hungary C C C C 4 nbsp Italy D C C C C 4 nbsp Serbia Part of Yugoslavia then of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro a D C C 2 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro a Part of Yugoslavia D C Defunct 1 nbsp Soviet Union D C C Defunct 2 nbsp Spain D C C C 3 nbsp Yugoslavia D C C Defunct 2 Champion 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 TotalTeam statistics editResults edit The following table shows results of world champions in men s water polo by tournament viewedit Legend 6 Winning 6 matches during the tournament 4 Drawing 4 matches during the tournament 2 Losing 2 matches during the tournament 100 0 Winning all matches during the tournament team Winning streak winning three or more world championships in a row Host team Defunct team Abbreviation MP Matches played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goals difference GF MP Goals for per match GA MP Goals against per match GD MP Goals difference per match Results of champions by tournament Men s tournament Champion MP W D L Win GF GA GD GF MP GA MP GD MP 1 nbsp Belgrade 1973 nbsp Hungary 1st title 8 7 1 0 87 5 58 24 34 7 250 3 000 4 250 2 nbsp Cali 1975 nbsp Soviet Union 1st title 8 6 2 0 75 0 49 26 23 6 125 3 250 2 875 3 nbsp West Berlin 1978 nbsp Italy 1st title 8 5 3 0 62 5 41 31 10 5 125 3 875 1 250 4 nbsp Guayaquil 1982 nbsp Soviet Union 2nd title 7 6 1 0 85 7 68 41 27 9 714 5 857 3 857 5 nbsp Madrid 1986 nbsp Yugoslavia 1st title 6 5 1 0 83 3 61 43 18 10 167 7 167 3 000 6 nbsp Perth 1991 nbsp Yugoslavia 2nd title 7 6 0 1 85 7 81 46 35 11 571 6 571 5 000 7 nbsp Rome 1994 nbsp Italy 2nd title 7 7 0 0 100 0 65 39 26 9 286 5 571 3 714 8 nbsp Perth 1998 nbsp Spain 1st title 8 8 0 0 100 0 65 35 30 8 125 4 375 3 750 9 nbsp Fukuoka 2001 nbsp Spain 2nd title 8 8 0 0 100 0 63 27 36 7 875 3 375 4 500 10 nbsp Barcelona 2003 nbsp Hungary 2nd title 6 5 1 0 83 3 62 37 25 10 333 6 167 4 167 11 nbsp Montreal 2005 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 1st title 6 6 0 0 100 0 69 29 40 11 500 4 833 6 667 12 nbsp Melbourne 2007 nbsp Croatia 1st title 6 6 0 0 100 0 65 40 25 10 833 6 667 4 167 13 nbsp Rome 2009 nbsp Serbia 1st title 7 5 1 1 71 4 80 60 20 11 429 8 571 2 857 14 nbsp Shanghai 2011 nbsp Italy 3rd title 6 6 0 0 100 0 59 33 26 9 833 5 500 4 333 15 nbsp Barcelona 2013 nbsp Hungary 3rd title 7 5 1 1 71 4 76 54 22 10 857 7 714 3 143 16 nbsp Kazan 2015 nbsp Serbia 2nd title 6 6 0 0 100 0 73 43 30 12 167 7 167 5 000 17 nbsp Budapest 2017 nbsp Croatia 2nd title 6 6 0 0 100 0 70 47 23 11 667 7 833 3 833 18 nbsp Gwangju 2019 nbsp Italy 4th title 6 6 0 0 100 0 60 40 20 10 000 6 667 3 333 19 nbsp Budapest 2022 nbsp Spain 3rd title 5 5 0 0 100 0 74 39 35 14 800 7 800 7 000 20 nbsp Fukuoka 2023 nbsp Hungary 4th title 6 6 0 0 100 0 88 67 21 14 667 11 167 3 500 21 nbsp Doha 2024 nbsp Croatia 3rd title 7 6 0 1 85 7 117 70 47 16 174 10 000 6 174 Men s tournament Total 141 126 11 4 89 4 1444 871 573 10 241 6 177 4 064 Champion MP W D L Win GF GA GD GF MP GA MP GD MP Sources Official Reports FINA PDF World Championship p 15 Todor66 Men s Water Polo World Championship The following table shows men s teams that won all matches during the tournament viewedit Winning all matches during the tournament Year Champion MP W D L Win 1 1994 nbsp Italy 2nd title 7 7 0 0 100 0 2 1998 nbsp Spain 1st title 8 8 0 0 100 0 3 2001 nbsp Spain 2nd title 8 8 0 0 100 0 4 2005 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 1st title 6 6 0 0 100 0 5 2007 nbsp Croatia 1st title 6 6 0 0 100 0 6 2011 nbsp Italy 3rd title 6 6 0 0 100 0 7 2015 nbsp Serbia 2nd title 6 6 0 0 100 0 8 2017 nbsp Croatia 2nd title 6 6 0 0 100 0 9 2019 nbsp Italy 4th title 6 6 0 0 100 0 10 2022 nbsp Spain 3rd title 5 5 0 0 100 0 11 2023 nbsp Hungary 4th title 6 6 0 0 100 0 Year Champion MP W D L Win The following tables show records of goals for per match viewedit Top 5 most goals for per match Rk Year Champion MP GF GF MP 1 2024 nbsp Croatia 3rd title 7 117 16 174 2 2022 nbsp Spain 3rd title 5 74 14 800 3 2023 nbsp Hungary 4th title 6 88 14 667 4 2015 nbsp Serbia 2nd title 6 73 12 167 5 2017 nbsp Croatia 2nd title 6 70 11 667 Top 5 fewest goals for per match Rk Year Champion MP GF GF MP 1 1978 nbsp Italy 1st title 8 41 5 125 2 1975 nbsp Soviet Union 1st title 8 49 6 125 3 1973 nbsp Hungary 1st title 8 58 7 250 4 2001 nbsp Spain 2nd title 8 63 7 875 5 1998 nbsp Spain 1st title 8 65 8 125 Historical progression of records goals for per match Goals forper match Achievement Year Champion Date ofwinning gold Duration of record 7 250 Set record 1973 nbsp Hungary 1st title 9 September 1973 8 years 332 days 9 714 Broke record 1982 nbsp Soviet Union 2nd title 7 August 1982 4 years 15 days 10 167 Broke record 1986 nbsp Yugoslavia 1st title 22 August 1986 4 years 144 days 11 571 Broke record 1991 nbsp Yugoslavia 2nd title 13 January 1991 24 years 207 days 12 167 Broke record 2015 nbsp Serbia 2nd title 8 August 2015 6 years 329 days 14 800 Broke record 2022 nbsp Spain 3rd title 3 July 2022 1 year 229 days 16 174 Broke record 2024 nbsp Croatia 3rd title 17 February 2024 67 days The following tables show records of goals against per match viewedit Top 5 most goals against per match Rk Year Champion MP GA GA MP 1 2023 nbsp Hungary 4th title 6 67 11 167 2 2024 nbsp Croatia 3rd title 7 70 10 000 3 2009 nbsp Serbia 1st title 7 60 8 571 4 2017 nbsp Croatia 2nd title 6 47 7 833 5 2022 nbsp Spain 3rd title 5 39 7 800 Top 5 fewest goals against per match Rk Year Champion MP GA GA MP 1 1973 nbsp Hungary 1st title 8 24 3 000 2 1975 nbsp Soviet Union 1st title 8 26 3 250 3 2001 nbsp Spain 2nd title 8 27 3 375 4 1978 nbsp Italy 1st title 8 31 3 875 5 1998 nbsp Spain 1st title 8 35 4 375 The following tables show records of goals difference per match viewedit Top 5 most goals difference per match Rk Year Champion MP GD GD MP 1 2022 nbsp Spain 3rd title 5 35 7 000 2 2005 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 1st title 6 40 6 667 3 2024 nbsp Croatia 3rd title 7 47 6 174 4 1991 nbsp Yugoslavia 2nd title 7 35 5 000 2015 nbsp Serbia 2nd title 6 30 5 000 Top 5 fewest goals difference per match Rk Year Champion MP GD GD MP 1 1978 nbsp Italy 1st title 8 10 1 250 2 2009 nbsp Serbia 1st title 7 20 2 857 3 1975 nbsp Soviet Union 1st title 8 23 2 875 4 1986 nbsp Yugoslavia 1st title 6 18 3 000 5 2013 nbsp Hungary 3rd title 7 22 3 143 Olympic and world champions teams edit See also List of Olympic champions in men s water polo Team statistics The following table is pre sorted by number of Olympic titles in descending order number of world titles in descending order name of the team in ascending order respectively Last updated 26 February 2024 As of the 2020 Summer Olympics there are seven men s national water polo teams that won gold medals at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships Legend Year As host team Team Defunct team Champions Olympic title World title Total First Last 1 nbsp Hungary 9 1932 1936 1952 1956 1964 1976 2000 2004 2008 4 1973 2003 2013 2023 13 1932 2023 2 nbsp Italy 3 1948 1960 1992 4 1978 1994 2011 2019 7 1948 2019 3 nbsp Yugoslavia 3 1968 1984 1988 2 1986 1991 5 1968 1991 4 nbsp Serbia 2 2016 2020 2 2009 2015 4 2009 2020 nbsp Soviet Union 2 1972 1980 2 1975 1982 4 1972 1982 6 nbsp Croatia 1 2012 3 2007 2017 2024 4 2007 2024 nbsp Spain 1 1996 3 1998 2001 2022 4 1996 2022Player statistics editAge records edit The following tables show the oldest and youngest male world champions in water polo Legend Host team Top 10 oldest male world champions in water polo Rk Player Age ofwinning gold Men s team Pos Date of birth Date ofwinning gold 1 Josip Vrlic 37 years 298 days nbsp Croatia FP 25 April 1986 17 February 2024 2 Luka Loncar 36 years 236 days nbsp Croatia FP 26 June 1987 17 February 2024 3 Felipe Perrone 36 years 126 days nbsp Spain FP 27 February 1986 3 July 2022 4 Denes Varga 36 years 122 days nbsp Hungary FP 29 March 1987 29 July 2023 5 Manuel Estiarte 36 years 84 days nbsp Spain FP 26 October 1961 18 January 1998 6 Zdeslav Vrdoljak 36 years 17 days nbsp Croatia FP 15 March 1971 1 April 2007 7 Amaurys Perez 35 years 134 days nbsp Italy FP 18 March 1976 30 July 2011 8 Pietro Figlioli 35 years 59 days nbsp Italy FP 29 May 1984 27 July 2019 9 Ivan Krapic 35 years 3 days nbsp Croatia FP 14 February 1989 17 February 2024 10 Blai Mallarach 34 years 316 days nbsp Spain FP 21 August 1987 3 July 2022 Rk Player Age ofwinning gold Men s team Pos Date of birth Date ofwinning gold Top 10 youngest male world champions in water polo Rk Player Age ofwinning gold Men s team Pos Date of birth Date ofwinning gold 1 Guillermo Molina 17 years 135 days nbsp Spain FP 16 March 1984 29 July 2001 2 Mirko Vicevic 18 years 53 days nbsp Yugoslavia FP 30 June 1968 22 August 1986 3 Nikola Jaksic 18 years 203 days nbsp Serbia FP 17 January 1997 8 August 2015 4 Aleksey Vdovin 19 years 51 days nbsp Soviet Union FP 17 June 1963 7 August 1982 5 Maro Jokovic 19 years 182 days nbsp Croatia FP 1 October 1987 1 April 2007 6 Dubravko Simenc 19 years 293 days nbsp Yugoslavia FP 2 November 1966 22 August 1986 7 Unai Aguirre 19 years 354 days nbsp Spain GK 14 July 2002 3 July 2022 8 Erik Molnar 20 years 35 days nbsp Hungary FP 24 June 2003 29 July 2023 9 Vince Vigvari 20 years 36 days nbsp Hungary FP 23 June 2003 29 July 2023 10 Viktor Jelenic 20 years 74 days nbsp Yugoslavia FP 31 October 1970 13 January 1991 Rk Player Age ofwinning gold Men s team Pos Date of birth Date ofwinning gold Multiple gold medalists edit The following tables are pre sorted by date of receiving the last gold medal in ascending order date of receiving the first gold medal in ascending order name of the player in ascending order respectively There is only one male athlete who won three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships Legend Host team Male athletes who won three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships Year Player Date of birth Height Men s team Pos World titles Age offirst last 2015 Slobodan Nikic 25 January 1983 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in nbsp Serbia and Montenegro FP 2005 22 32 nbsp Serbia FP 2009 2015 There are thirty five male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships Legend Host team Male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships Year Player Date of birth Height Men s team Pos World titles Age offirst last 1982 Aleksandr Kabanov 11 June 1948 1 81 m 5 ft 11 in nbsp Soviet Union FP 1975 1982 27 34 1991 Perica Bukic 20 February 1966 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in nbsp Yugoslavia FP 1986 1991 20 24 Igor Milanovic 18 December 1965 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in FP 20 25 Dubravko Simenc 2 November 1966 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in FP 19 24 Anto Vasovic FP Mirko Vicevic 30 June 1968 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in FP 18 22 2001 Daniel Ballart 17 March 1973 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in nbsp Spain FP 1998 2001 24 28 Salvador Gomez 11 March 1968 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in FP 29 33 Gustavo Marcos 23 December 1972 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in FP 25 28 Ivan Moro 25 December 1974 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in FP 23 26 Sergi Pedrerol 16 December 1969 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in FP 28 31 Ivan Perez 29 June 1971 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 26 30 Jesus Rollan 4 April 1968 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in GK 29 33 Carles Sanz 25 May 1975 1 77 m 5 ft 10 in FP 22 26 2009 Vanja Udovicic 12 September 1982 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in nbsp Serbia and Montenegro FP 2005 22 26 nbsp Serbia FP 2009 2013 Norbert Madaras 1 December 1979 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in nbsp Hungary FP 2003 2013 23 33 2015 Milan Aleksic 13 May 1986 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in nbsp Serbia FP 2009 2015 23 29 Filip Filipovic 2 May 1987 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in FP 22 28 Zivko Gocic 22 August 1982 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 26 32 Stefan Mitrovic 29 March 1988 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in FP 21 27 Dusko Pijetlovic 25 April 1985 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 24 30 Gojko Pijetlovic 7 August 1983 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in GK 25 32 Andrija Prlainovic 28 April 1987 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in FP 22 28 2017 Andro Buslje 4 January 1986 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in nbsp Croatia FP 2007 2017 21 31 Maro Jokovic 1 October 1987 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in FP 19 29 2019 Matteo Aicardi 19 April 1986 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in nbsp Italy FP 2011 2019 25 33 Niccolo Figari 24 January 1988 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 23 31 Pietro Figlioli 29 May 1984 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in FP 27 35 2023 Marton Vamos 24 June 1992 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in nbsp Hungary FP 2013 2023 21 31 Denes Varga 29 March 1987 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 26 36 2024 Marko Bijac 12 January 1991 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in nbsp Croatia GK 2017 2024 26 33 Loren Fatovic 16 November 1996 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in FP 20 27 Ivan Krapic 14 February 1989 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in FP 28 35 Luka Loncar 26 June 1987 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in FP 30 36 Ante Vukicevic 24 February 1993 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in FP 24 30 Year Player Date of birth Height Men s team Pos World titles Age offirst last Olympic and world champions players edit See also List of Olympic champions in men s water polo Player statistics The following tables are pre sorted by number of Olympic titles in descending order number of world titles in descending order year of receiving the last gold medal in ascending order year of receiving the first gold medal in ascending order name of the player in ascending order respectively Last updated 11 August 2023 As of the 2020 Summer Olympics there are ninety six male athletes who won gold medals in water polo at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships Legend Year As host team Male water polo players who won three Olympic titles and one or more world titles Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 1 Tibor Benedek 1972 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in FP 28 32 36 nbsp Hungary 2000 2004 2008 31 nbsp Hungary 2003 4 2016 Peter Biros 1976 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in FP 24 28 32 27 2016 Tamas Kasas 1976 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in FP 24 28 32 27 2016 Gergely Kiss 1977 1 99 m 6 ft 6 in FP 23 26 30 25 2016 Tamas Molnar 1975 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 25 29 33 27 2016 Zoltan Szecsi 1977 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in GK 22 26 30 25 2016 Male water polo players who won two Olympic titles and two or more world titles Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 7 Aleksandr Kabanov 1948 1 81 m 5 ft 11 in FP 24 32 nbsp Soviet Union 1972 1980 27 34 nbsp Soviet Union 1975 1982 4 2001 8 Perica Bukic 1966 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in FP 18 22 nbsp Yugoslavia 1984 1988 20 24 nbsp Yugoslavia 1986 1991 4 2008 Igor Milanovic 1965 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in FP 18 22 20 25 2006 10 Norbert Madaras 1979 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in FP 24 28 nbsp Hungary 2004 2008 23 33 nbsp Hungary 2003 2013 4 11 Milan Aleksic 1986 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 30 35 nbsp Serbia 2016 2020 23 29 nbsp Serbia 2009 2015 4 Filip Filipovic 1987 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in FP 29 34 22 28 Stefan Mitrovic 1988 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in FP 28 33 21 27 Dusko Pijetlovic 1985 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 31 36 24 30 Gojko Pijetlovic 1983 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in GK 33 38 25 32 Andrija Prlainovic 1987 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in FP 29 34 22 28 Player Birth Height Pos Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title Totaltitles ISHOFmember Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Male water polo players who won two Olympic titles and a world title Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 17 Aleksei Barkalov 1946 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in FP 26 34 nbsp Soviet Union 1972 1980 29 nbsp Soviet Union 1975 3 1993 18 Dragan Andric 1962 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in FP 22 26 nbsp Yugoslavia 1984 1988 24 nbsp Yugoslavia 1986 3 Veselin Đuho 1960 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in FP 24 28 26 Deni Lusic 1962 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in FP 22 26 24 Tomislav Paskvalin 1961 2 04 m 6 ft 8 in FP 22 27 24 22 Rajmund Fodor 1976 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in FP 24 28 nbsp Hungary 2000 2004 27 nbsp Hungary 2003 3 Barnabas Steinmetz 1975 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in FP 24 28 27 Attila Vari 1976 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in FP 24 28 27 25 Istvan Gergely 1976 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in GK 28 32 nbsp Hungary 2004 2008 26 nbsp Hungary 2003 3 Tamas Varga 1975 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in FP 29 33 28 27 Nikola Jaksic 1997 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 19 24 nbsp Serbia 2016 2020 18 nbsp Serbia 2015 3 Dusan Mandic 1994 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in FP 22 27 21 Branislav Mitrovic 1985 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in GK 31 36 30 Sava Ranđelovic 1993 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 23 28 22 Player Birth Height Pos Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title Totaltitles ISHOFmember Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and two or more world titles Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 31 Slobodan Nikic 1983 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 33 nbsp Serbia 2016 22 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 2005 4 26 32 nbsp Serbia 2009 2015 32 Dubravko Simenc 1966 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in FP 21 nbsp Yugoslavia 1988 19 24 nbsp Yugoslavia 1986 1991 3 Mirko Vicevic 1968 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in FP 20 18 22 2022 34 Daniel Ballart 1973 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in FP 23 nbsp Spain 1996 24 28 nbsp Spain 1998 2001 3 Salvador Gomez 1968 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in FP 28 29 33 Ivan Moro 1974 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in FP 21 23 26 Sergi Pedrerol 1969 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in FP 26 28 31 Jesus Rollan 1968 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in GK 28 29 33 2012 Carles Sanz 1975 1 77 m 5 ft 10 in FP 21 22 26 40 Zivko Gocic 1982 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 33 nbsp Serbia 2016 26 32 nbsp Serbia 2009 2015 3 41 Andro Buslje 1986 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in FP 26 nbsp Croatia 2012 21 31 nbsp Croatia 2007 2017 3 Maro Jokovic 1987 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in FP 24 19 29 43 Denes Varga 1987 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 21 nbsp Hungary 2008 26 36 nbsp Hungary 2013 2023 3 Player Birth Height Pos Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title Totaltitles ISHOFmember Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title part 1 3 Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 44 Andras Bodnar 1942 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in FP 22 nbsp Hungary 1964 31 nbsp Hungary 1973 2 2017 45 Aleksandr Dolgushin 1946 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in FP 26 nbsp Soviet Union 1972 29 nbsp Soviet Union 1975 2 2010 Aleksandr Dreval 1944 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in FP 28 31 Nikolay Melnikov 1948 1 84 m 6 ft 0 in FP 24 27 48 Gabor Csapo 1950 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in FP 25 nbsp Hungary 1976 22 nbsp Hungary 1973 2 Tibor Cservenyak 1948 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in FP 27 25 Tamas Farago 1952 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in FP 23 21 1993 Ferenc Konrad 1945 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in FP 31 28 Endre Molnar 1945 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in GK 31 28 Laszlo Sarosi 1946 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in FP 29 26 Istvan Szivos Jr 1948 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in FP 28 25 1996 55 Vladimir Akimov 1953 1 84 m 6 ft 0 in FP 27 nbsp Soviet Union 1980 29 nbsp Soviet Union 1982 2 Mikhail Ivanov 1958 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in FP 22 24 Sergey Kotenko 1956 1 76 m 5 ft 9 in FP 23 25 Giorgi Mshvenieradze 1960 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in FP 19 21 Erkin Shagaev 1959 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in FP 21 23 Yevgeny Sharonov 1958 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in GK 21 23 2003 Player Birth Height Pos Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title Totaltitles ISHOFmember Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title part 2 3 Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 61 Milorad Krivokapic 1956 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in GK 28 nbsp Yugoslavia 1984 30 nbsp Yugoslavia 1986 2 Zoran Petrovic 1960 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in FP 23 26 Andrija Popovic 1959 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in GK 24 26 Goran Sukno 1959 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in FP 25 27 65 Mislav Bezmalinovic 1967 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 21 nbsp Yugoslavia 1988 23 nbsp Yugoslavia 1991 2 Renco Posinkovic 1964 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in GK 24 27 Goran Rađenovic 1966 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 21 24 Aleksandar Sostar 1964 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in GK 24 26 2011 69 Francesco Attolico 1963 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 29 nbsp Italy 1992 31 nbsp Italy 1994 2 Gianni Averaimo 1964 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in GK 27 30 Alessandro Bovo 1969 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in FP 23 25 Sandro Campagna 1963 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in FP 29 31 2019 Marco D Altrui 1964 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in FP 28 30 2010 Massimiliano Ferretti 1966 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in FP 26 28 Mario Fiorillo 1962 1 79 m 5 ft 10 in FP 29 31 Ferdinando Gandolfi 1967 FP 25 27 Amedeo Pomilio 1967 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in FP 25 27 Francesco Porzio 1966 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in FP 26 28 Pino Porzio 1967 FP 25 27 Carlo Silipo 1971 1 99 m 6 ft 6 in FP 20 23 Player Birth Height Pos Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title Totaltitles ISHOFmember Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title part 3 3 Player Birth Height Pos Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 81 Manuel Estiarte 1961 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in FP 34 nbsp Spain 1996 36 nbsp Spain 1998 2 2007 Pedro Garcia 1968 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 27 29 Jordi Sans 1965 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in FP 30 32 84 Angel Andreo 1972 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in GK 23 nbsp Spain 1996 28 nbsp Spain 2001 2 85 Zsolt Varga 1972 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 28 nbsp Hungary 2000 31 nbsp Hungary 2003 2 86 Samir Barac 1973 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in FP 38 nbsp Croatia 2012 33 nbsp Croatia 2007 2 Miho Boskovic 1983 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in FP 29 24 Damir Buric 1980 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in FP 31 26 Igor Hinic 1975 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in FP 36 31 Josip Pavic 1982 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in GK 30 25 Frano Vican 1976 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in GK 36 31 92 Norbert Hosnyanszky 1984 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in FP 24 nbsp Hungary 2008 29 nbsp Hungary 2013 2 Daniel Varga 1983 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in FP 24 29 94 Milos Cuk 1990 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in FP 25 nbsp Serbia 2016 24 nbsp Serbia 2015 2 95 Ivan Buljubasic 1987 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in FP 24 nbsp Croatia 2012 29 nbsp Croatia 2017 2 Sandro Sukno 1990 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in FP 22 27 Player Birth Height Pos Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title Totaltitles ISHOFmember Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships World champion families edit The following tables are pre sorted by date of receiving the gold medal in ascending order name of the player in ascending order respectively Legend Host team Relationship Family Player Date of birth Height Men s team Pos WorldTitle Age Note Ref Two brothers Porzio Francesco Porzio 26 January 1966 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in nbsp Italy FP 1994 28 Two brothers ina tournament 2 Pino Porzio 26 February 1967 FP 27 3 Moro Ivan Moro 25 December 1974 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in nbsp Spain FP 1998 23 4 2001 26 Two brothers ina tournament Daniel Moro 8 August 1973 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in FP 27 5 Varga Tamas Varga 14 July 1975 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in nbsp Hungary FP 2003 28 Two brothers ina tournament 6 Zsolt Varga 24 May 1978 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in FP 25 7 Pijetlovic Dusko Pijetlovic 25 April 1985 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in nbsp Serbia FP 2009 2015 24 30 Two brothers ina tournament 8 Gojko Pijetlovic 7 August 1983 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in GK 25 32 9 Decker Adam Decker 29 February 1984 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in nbsp Hungary FP 2013 29 Two brothers ina tournament 10 Attila Decker 25 August 1987 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in GK 25 11 Varga Daniel Varga 25 September 1983 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in nbsp Hungary FP 2013 29 Two brothers ina tournament 12 Denes Varga 29 March 1987 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 2013 2023 26 36 13 Relationship Family Player Date of birth Height Men s team Pos WorldTitle Age Note Ref Relationship Family Player Date of birth Height Men s team Pos WorldTitle Age Ref Father and son Kasas Zoltan Kasas 15 September 1946 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in nbsp Hungary FP 1973 26 14 Tamas Kasas 20 July 1976 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in FP 2003 27 15 Szivos Istvan Szivos Jr 24 April 1948 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in nbsp Hungary FP 1973 25 16 Marton Szivos 19 August 1981 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in FP 2013 31 17 Sukno Goran Sukno 6 April 1959 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in nbsp Yugoslavia FP 1986 27 18 Sandro Sukno 30 June 1990 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in nbsp Croatia FP 2017 27 19 Coach statistics editMost successful coaches edit nbsp Ratko Rudic coached three men s national teams to the world titles The following table is pre sorted by number of gold medals in descending order date of winning the last gold medal in ascending order name of the coach in ascending order respectively There are four coaches who led men s national water polo teams to win two or more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships Ratko Rudic led three men s national water polo teams to win gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships He guided Yugoslavia men s national team to a gold medal in 1986 Italy men s national team to a gold medal in 1994 and Croatia men s national team to a gold medal in 2007 making him the first and only coach to lead three different men s national water polo teams to the world titles 20 21 Spaniard Juan Jane coached the Spain men s national team to two consecutive gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in 1998 and 2001 22 Alessandro Campagna and Ivica Tucak are other coaches who led men s national water polo teams to win two gold medals Under Campagna s leadership the Italy men s national team won two world titles in 2011 and 2019 23 Tucak guided Croatia men s national team to win gold medals in 2017 and 2024 24 Legend Host team Head coaches who led men s national teams to wintwo or more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships Rk Head coach Nationality Birth Age Men s team World titles Total Ref 1 Ratko Rudic nbsp Yugoslavia 1948 38 nbsp Yugoslavia 1986 3 25 20 21 nbsp Croatia 46 nbsp Italy 1994 58 nbsp Croatia 2007 2 Juan Jane nbsp Spain 1953 44 48 nbsp Spain 1998 2001 2 22 Alessandro Campagna nbsp Italy 1963 48 56 nbsp Italy 2011 2019 2 26 23 Ivica Tucak nbsp Croatia 1970 47 54 nbsp Croatia 2017 2024 2 24 Champions as coach and player edit nbsp Alessandro Campagna of Italy is a dual world champion as coach and player The following table is pre sorted by number of gold medals in descending order date of winning the last gold medal in ascending order name of the person in ascending order respectively Three water polo players won gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships and then guided men s national water polo teams to the world titles as head coaches Tibor Benedek of Hungary won a gold medal at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships Ten years later he coached the Hungary men s national team to the world title in 2013 27 28 Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome coached by Ratko Rudic As a head coach he led Italy men s national team to win two gold in 2011 and 2019 26 23 Dejan Savic representing Serbia and Montenegro won a gold medal in 2005 He then guided Serbia men s national team to the world title in 2015 29 Legend Host team Rk Person Birth Height Player Head coach Totaltitles Ref Age Men s team Pos Title Age Men s team Title 1 Alessandro Campagna 1963 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in 31 nbsp Italy FP 1994 48 56 nbsp Italy 2011 2019 3 26 23 2 Tibor Benedek 1972 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 31 nbsp Hungary D 2003 41 nbsp Hungary 2013 2 27 28 Dejan Savic 1975 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 30 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro CB 2005 40 nbsp Serbia 2015 2 29 Olympic and world champions coaches edit See also List of Olympic champions in men s water polo Coach statistics The following table is pre sorted by number of Olympic titles in descending order number of world titles in descending order year of winning the last gold medal in ascending order year of winning the first gold medal in ascending order name of the coach in ascending order respectively Last updated 12 September 2021 As of the 2020 Summer Olympics there are six head coaches who led men s national teams to win gold medals in water polo at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships Legend Year As host team Head coaches who led men s national teams to win gold medals in water poloat the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships Coach Nationality Birth Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships Totaltitles ISHOFmember Ref Age Men s team Title Age Men s team Title 1 Ratko Rudic nbsp Yugoslavia 1948 36 40 nbsp Yugoslavia 1984 1988 38 nbsp Yugoslavia 1986 7 2007 25 20 21 nbsp Croatia 44 nbsp Italy 1992 46 nbsp Italy 1994 64 nbsp Croatia 2012 58 nbsp Croatia 2007 2 Denes Kemeny nbsp Hungary 1954 46 54 nbsp Hungary 2000 2004 2008 49 nbsp Hungary 2003 4 2011 30 3 Dejan Savic nbsp Serbia 1975 41 46 nbsp Serbia 2016 2020 40 nbsp Serbia 2015 3 29 4 Juan Jane nbsp Spain 1953 43 nbsp Spain 1996 44 48 nbsp Spain 1998 2001 3 22 5 Dezso Gyarmati nbsp Hungary 1927 48 nbsp Hungary 1976 45 nbsp Hungary 1973 2 1976 31 32 Boris Popov nbsp Soviet Union 1941 39 nbsp Soviet Union 1980 41 nbsp Soviet Union 1982 2 2019 33 34 Champions by tournament edit2019 Italy 4th title edit Edition of men s tournament 18th Host city nbsp Gwangju South Korea Number of participating teams 16 Competition format Round robin pools advanced teams to classification matches Champion nbsp Italy 4th title 1st place in preliminary D group Results Match Round Date Capcolor Opponent Result Goalsfor Goalsagainst Goalsdiff Match 1 6 Preliminary round Group D 15 July 2019 Blue nbsp Brazil Won 14 5 9 Match 2 6 Preliminary round Group D 17 July 2019 Blue nbsp Japan Won 9 7 2 Match 3 6 Preliminary round Group D 19 July 2019 Blue nbsp Germany Won 8 7 1 Match 4 6 Quarter finals 23 July 2019 White nbsp Greece Won 7 6 1 Match 5 6 Semi finals 25 July 2019 Blue nbsp Hungary Won 12 10 2 Match 6 6 Gold medal match 27 July 2019 Blue nbsp Spain Won 10 5 5 Total Matches played 6 Wins 6 Ties 0 Defeats 0 Win 100 60 40 20 Source Official Results Books PDF 2019 Men s Competition Schedule Men s Round Summary nbsp Matteo Aicardi the center forward of the Italy team won his second world title in 2019 nbsp Pietro Figlioli the captain of Italy won his second world title in 2019 Head coach nbsp Alessandro Campagna 2nd title as head coach Assistant coaches nbsp Amedeo Pomilio nbsp Alessandro Duspiva Roster CapNo Player Pos L R Height Weight Date of birth Age ofwinning gold ISHOFmember 1 Marco Del Lungo GK R 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 1 March 1990 29 years 148 days 2 Francesco Di Fulvio D R 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in 15 August 1993 25 years 346 days 3 Stefano Luongo FP R 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in 5 January 1990 29 years 203 days 4 Pietro Figlioli C D R 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 29 May 1984 35 years 59 days 5 Edoardo Di Somma FP 30 September 1996 22 years 300 days 6 Alessandro Velotto CB R 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 12 February 1995 24 years 165 days 7 Vincenzo Renzuto FP R 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 8 April 1993 26 years 110 days 8 Gonzalo Echenique FP L 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 27 April 1990 29 years 91 days 9 Niccolo Figari CB R 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 24 January 1988 31 years 184 days 10 Michael Bodegas CF R 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 3 May 1987 32 years 85 days 11 Matteo Aicardi CF R 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 19 April 1986 33 years 99 days 12 Vincenzo Dolce FP R 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 11 May 1995 24 years 77 days 13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK R 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 12 February 1998 21 years 165 days Average 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in b 13 June 1991 28 years 44 days Coach Alessandro Campagna 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in 26 June 1963 56 years 31 days 2019 Sources Official Results Books PDF 2019 Team Roster Italy ISHOF Honorees by Country Abbreviation MP Matches played Min Minutes G Goals Sh Shots TF Turnover fouls ST Steals RB Rebounds BL Blocked shots SP Sprints 20S 20 seconds exclusion DE Double exclusion Pen Penalty EX Exclusion Statistics CapNo Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals Shots TF ST RB BL Sprints Personal fouls Min G Sh Won SP 20S DE Pen EX 1 Marco Del Lungo GK 6 192 100 5 5 1 2 Francesco Di Fulvio D 6 154 80 2 10 39 25 6 7 3 3 2 4 4 100 5 1 3 Stefano Luongo FP 6 136 70 8 11 29 37 9 6 2 6 3 2 3 66 7 4 1 4 Pietro Figlioli C D 6 139 72 4 9 35 25 7 5 2 5 3 13 14 92 9 3 1 5 Edoardo Di Somma FP 6 51 26 6 0 6 0 0 2 1 2 1 7 1 2 6 Alessandro Velotto CB 6 116 60 4 5 12 41 7 3 4 5 1 3 3 100 13 2 7 Vincenzo Renzuto FP 6 101 52 6 3 9 33 3 1 4 7 1 1 8 Gonzalo Echenique FP 5 111 57 8 5 16 31 3 3 3 5 4 2 1 9 Niccolo Figari CB 6 80 41 7 4 8 50 0 1 2 2 2 9 1 2 10 Michael Bodegas CF 6 92 47 9 5 10 50 0 9 3 2 6 11 Matteo Aicardi CF 6 105 54 7 5 20 25 0 14 1 1 3 3 12 Vincenzo Dolce FP 6 64 33 3 3 6 50 0 7 1 1 6 13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK 6 0 0 0 Team 5 Total 6 192 100 60 190 31 6 63 31 35 21 22 24 91 7 65 1 6 8 Against 40 165 24 2 69 25 37 19 2 24 8 3 75 1 4 7 CapNo Player Pos Saves Shots Saves Shots 1 Marco Del Lungo GK 67 107 62 6 13 Gianmarco Nicosia GK Total 67 107 62 6 Source Official Results Books PDF 2019 Cumulative Statistics Italy p 3 2017 Croatia 2nd title edit Edition of men s tournament 17th Host city nbsp Budapest Hungary Number of participating teams 16 Competition format Round robin pools advanced teams to classification matches Champion nbsp Croatia 2nd title 1st place in preliminary D group Results Match Round Date Capcolor Opponent Result Goalsfor Goalsagainst Goalsdiff Match 1 6 Preliminary round Group D 17 July 2017 Blue nbsp United States Won 12 7 5 Match 2 6 Preliminary round Group D 19 July 2017 Blue nbsp Russia Won 10 8 2 Match 3 6 Preliminary round Group D 21 July 2017 Blue nbsp Japan Won 16 6 10 Match 4 6 Quarter finals 25 July 2017 White nbsp Italy Won 12 9 3 Match 5 6 Semi finals 27 July 2017 Blue nbsp Serbia Won 12 11 1 Match 6 6 Gold medal match 29 July 2017 Blue nbsp Hungary Won 8 6 2 Total Matches played 6 Wins 6 Ties 0 Defeats 0 Win 100 70 47 23 Source Official Results Books PDF 2017 Men s Competition Schedule Men s Round Summary nbsp Left hander Maro Jokovic of Croatia won his second world title in 2017 with 12 goals nbsp Sandro Sukno the captain of Croatia netted 16 goals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships becoming the team leading scorer for the tournament Head coach nbsp Ivica Tucak 1st title as head coach Assistant coaches nbsp Mile Smodlaka nbsp Pero Kuterovac Roster CapNo Player Pos L R Height Weight Date of birth Age ofwinning gold ISHOFmember 1 Marko Bijac GK R 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 85 kg 187 lb 12 January 1991 26 years 198 days 2 Marko Macan CB R 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 110 kg 243 lb 26 April 1993 24 years 94 days 3 Loren Fatovic D R 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in 84 kg 185 lb 16 November 1996 20 years 255 days 4 Luka Loncar CF R 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 107 kg 236 lb 26 June 1987 30 years 33 days 5 Maro Jokovic D L 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 95 kg 209 lb 1 October 1987 29 years 301 days 6 Ivan Buljubasic CB R 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 108 kg 238 lb 31 October 1987 29 years 271 days 7 Ante Vukicevic D R 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 93 kg 205 lb 24 February 1993 24 years 155 days 8 Andro Buslje CF R 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 115 kg 254 lb 4 January 1986 31 years 206 days 9 Sandro Sukno C D R 2 00 m 6 ft 7 in 93 kg 205 lb 30 June 1990 27 years 29 days 10 Ivan Krapic CF R 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 105 kg 231 lb 14 February 1989 28 years 165 days 11 Anđelo Setka D R 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in 87 kg 192 lb 14 September 1985 31 years 318 days 12 Xavier Garcia D L 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 92 kg 203 lb 5 January 1984 33 years 205 days 13 Ivan Marcelic GK R 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 90 kg 198 lb 18 February 1994 23 years 161 days Average 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 97 kg 214 lb 6 October 1989 27 years 296 days Coach Ivica Tucak 8 February 1970 47 years 171 days Sources Official Results Books PDF 2017 Team Roster Croatia ISHOF Honorees by Country Abbreviation MP Matches played Min Minutes G Goals Sh Shots AS Rebounds TF Turnover fouls ST Steals BL Blocked shots SP Sprints 20S 20 seconds exclusion DE Double exclusion Pen Penalty EX Exclusion Statistics CapNo Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals Shots AS TF ST BL Sprints Personal fouls Min G Sh Won SP 20S DE Pen EX 1 Marko Bijac GK 6 168 87 5 1 8 2 Marko Macan CB 6 70 36 5 1 3 33 3 1 1 2 12 2 3 Loren Fatovic D 6 79 41 1 5 9 55 6 3 3 3 1 1 7 14 3 9 1 4 Luka Loncar CF 6 109 56 8 11 17 64 7 1 10 2 2 3 2 5 Maro Jokovic D 6 157 81 8 12 30 40 0 8 2 6 5 1 6 16 7 3 6 Ivan Buljubasic CB 6 50 26 0 1 4 25 0 1 2 3 12 1 7 Ante Vukicevic D 6 114 59 4 6 11 54 5 3 5 1 1 1 100 3 8 Andro Buslje CF 6 92 47 9 4 12 33 3 1 3 5 3 10 1 1 1 9 Sandro Sukno C D 6 132 68 8 16 28 57 1 12 6 11 3 0 2 0 0 3 10 Ivan Krapic CF 6 72 37 5 0 3 0 0 11 2 2 2 1 11 Anđelo Setka D 6 121 63 0 3 17 17 6 2 3 1 3 8 37 5 5 12 Xavier Garcia D 6 155 80 7 11 26 42 3 13 5 1 3 7 13 Ivan Marcelic GK 6 24 12 5 Team 8 Total 6 192 100 70 160 43 8 46 59 44 20 6 24 25 0 69 2 2 6 Against 47 156 30 1 39 71 34 10 18 24 75 0 67 2 2 7 CapNo Player Pos Saves Shots Saves Shots 1 Marko Bijac GK 49 89 55 1 13 Ivan Marcelic GK 6 13 46 2 Total 55 102 53 9 Source Official Results Books PDF 2017 Cumulative Statistics Croatia p 3 2015 Serbia 2nd title edit nbsp Serbia men s national water polo team celebrated after the gold medal match of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Edition of men s tournament 16th Host city nbsp Kazan Russia Number of participating teams 16 Competition format Round robin pools advanced teams to classification matches Champion nbsp Serbia 2nd title 1st place in preliminary D group Results Match Round Date Capcolor Opponent Result Goalsfor Goalsagainst Goalsdiff Match 1 6 Preliminary round Group D 27 July 2015 White nbsp Montenegro Won 11 8 3 Match 2 6 Preliminary round Group D 29 July 2015 White nbsp Japan Won 19 9 10 Match 3 6 Preliminary round Group D 31 July 2015 White nbsp Australia Won 10 9 1 Match 4 6 Quarter finals 4 August 2015 White nbsp United States Won 12 7 5 Match 5 6 Semi finals 6 August 2015 Blue nbsp Italy Won 10 6 4 Match 6 6 Gold medal match 8 August 2015 Blue nbsp Croatia Won 11 4 7 Total Matches played 6 Wins 6 Ties 0 Defeats 0 Win 100 73 43 30 Source Official Results Books PDF 2015 Men s Competition Schedule Men s Round Summary nbsp Zivko Gocic the captain of Serbia won his second world title in 2015 nbsp Dusko Pijetlovic the center forward of the Serbia team won his second world title in 2015 He was the team leading scorer for the tournament Head coach nbsp Dejan Savic 1st title as head coach Assistant coaches nbsp Zarko Petrovic nbsp Uros Stevanovic Roster CapNo Player Pos L R Height Weight Date of birth Age ofwinning gold ISHOFmember 1 Gojko Pijetlovic GK R 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in 100 kg 220 lb 7 August 1983 32 years 1 day 2 Dusan Mandic D L 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in 115 kg 254 lb 16 June 1994 21 years 53 days 3 Zivko Gocic C D R 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 100 kg 220 lb 22 August 1982 32 years 351 days 4 Sava Ranđelovic CB R 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 104 kg 229 lb 17 July 1993 22 years 22 days 5 Milos Cuk D R 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 85 kg 187 lb 21 December 1990 24 years 230 days 6 Dusko Pijetlovic CF R 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 105 kg 231 lb 25 April 1985 30 years 105 days 7 Slobodan Nikic CF R 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 107 kg 236 lb 25 January 1983 32 years 195 days 8 Milan Aleksic CB R 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 103 kg 227 lb 13 May 1986 29 years 87 days 9 Nikola Jaksic CB R 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 99 kg 218 lb 17 January 1997 18 years 203 days 10 Filip Filipovic D L 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 106 kg 234 lb 2 May 1987 28 years 98 days 11 Andrija Prlainovic D R 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in 96 kg 212 lb 28 April 1987 28 years 102 days 12 Stefan Mitrovic D R 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 91 kg 201 lb 29 March 1988 27 years 132 days 13 Branislav Mitrovic GK R 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 102 kg 225 lb 30 January 1985 30 years 190 days Average 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in 101 kg 223 lb 28 January 1988 27 years 192 days Coach Dejan Savic 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 24 April 1975 40 years 106 days Note Dusko Pijetlovic and Gojko Pijetlovic are brothers Sources Official Results Books PDF 2015 Team Roster Serbia ISHOF Honorees by Country Abbreviation MP Matches played Min Minutes G Goals Sh Shots AS Assists TF Turnover fouls ST Steals BL Blocked shots SP Sprints 20S 20 seconds exclusion DE Double exclusion Pen Penalty EX Exclusion Statistics CapNo Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals Shots AS TF ST BL SPwon Personal fouls Min G Sh 20S DE Pen EX 1 Gojko Pijetlovic GK 6 84 43 8 2 2 Dusan Mandic D 6 111 57 8 7 15 46 7 6 6 5 1 6 3 Zivko Gocic C D 6 116 60 4 3 8 37 5 2 3 5 1 5 4 Sava Ranđelovic CB 6 60 31 3 1 7 14 3 2 2 3 3 13 2 5 Milos Cuk D 6 98 51 0 6 17 35 3 2 4 3 1 2 1 6 Dusko Pijetlovic CF 6 97 50 5 11 17 64 7 2 4 2 3 6 1 7 Slobodan Nikic CF 6 98 51 0 9 18 50 0 2 2 2 3 8 Milan Aleksic CB 6 85 44 3 7 18 38 9 5 6 2 9 9 Nikola Jaksic CB 6 68 35 4 4 8 50 0 3 8 10 Filip Filipovic D 6 137 71 4 7 26 26 9 7 8 5 2 5 1 11 Andrija Prlainovic D 6 155 80 7 9 23 39 1 6 11 9 2 2 1 12 Stefan Mitrovic D 6 126 65 6 9 19 47 4 3 5 5 2 2 1 13 Branislav Mitrovic GK 6 108 56 3 2 Total 6 192 100 73 176 41 5 35 54 42 18 4 60 0 3 3 Against 43 153 28 1 6 86 21 11 20 50 0 1 5 CapNo Player Pos Saves Shots Saves Shots 1 Gojko Pijetlovic GK 18 42 42 9 13 Branislav Mitrovic GK 35 54 64 8 Total 53 96 55 2 Source Official Results Books PDF 2015 Cumulative Statistics Serbia p 2 2013 Hungary 3rd title edit Edition of men s tournament 15th Host city nbsp Barcelona Spain Number of participating teams 16 Competition format Round robin pools advanced teams to classification matches Champion nbsp Hungary 3rd title 2nd place in preliminary C group Results Match Round Date Capcolor Opponent Result Goalsfor Goalsagainst Goalsdiff Match 1 7 Preliminary round Group C 22 July 2013 White nbsp China Won 13 5 8 Match 2 7 Preliminary round Group C 24 July 2013 Blue nbsp Serbia Lost 10 13 3 Match 3 7 Preliminary round Group C 26 July 2013 White nbsp Australia Drawn 9 9 0 Match 4 7 Quarter final qualification 28 July 2013 White nbsp Kazakhstan Won 16 7 9 Match 5 7 Quarter finals 30 July 2013 Blue nbsp Greece Won 9 3 6 Match 6 7 Semi finals 1 August 2013 White nbsp Croatia Won 11 10 1 Match 7 7 Gold medal match 3 August 2013 White nbsp Montenegro Won 8 7 1 Total Matches played 7 Wins 5 Ties 1 Defeats 1 Win 71 4 76 54 22 Source Official Results Books PDF 2013 Men s Competition Schedule Men s Round Summary nbsp Marton Szivos scored 12 goals at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships helping Hungary win gold nbsp Denes Varga of Hungary netted 13 goals at the 2013 World Championship becoming the team leading scorer for the tournament Head coach nbsp Tibor Benedek 1st title as head coach Assistant coach nbsp Norbert Dabrowski Roster CapNo Player Pos L R Height Weight Date of birth Age ofwinning gold ISHOFmember 1 Viktor Nagy GK R 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in 94 kg 207 lb 24 July 1984 29 years 10 days 2 Miklos Gor Nagy CB R 1 92 m 6 ft 4 in 100 kg 220 lb 8 January 1983 30 years 207 days 3 Norbert Madaras D L 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in 91 kg 201 lb 1 December 1979 33 years 245 days 4 Bence Batori D R 28 December 1991 21 years 218 days 5 Marton Vamos D L 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in 105 kg 231 lb 24 June 1992 21 years 40 days 6 Norbert Hosnyanszky D R 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in 102 kg 225 lb 4 March 1984 29 years 152 days 7 Adam Decker CB R 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in 98 kg 216 lb 29 February 1984 29 years 156 days 8 Marton Szivos D R 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 91 kg 201 lb 19 August 1981 31 years 349 days 9 Daniel Varga C D R 2 01 m 6 ft 7 in 95 kg 209 lb 25 September 1983 29 years 312 days 10 Denes Varga D R 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 95 kg 209 lb 29 March 1987 26 years 127 days 11 Krisztian Bedo CF R 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in 107 kg 236 lb 4 May 1993 20 years 91 days 12 Balazs Harai CF R 2 02 m 6 ft 8 in 110 kg 243 lb 5 April 1987 26 years 120 days 13 Attila Decker GK R 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in 94 kg 207 lb 25 August 1987 25 years 343 days Average 1 97 m 6 ft 6 in b 99 kg 218 lb c 30 March 1986 27 years 126 days Coach Tibor Benedek 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in 12 July 1972 41 years 22 days 2016 Note Adam Decker and Attila Decker are brothers Daniel Varga and Denes Varga are brothers Sources Official Results Books PDF 2013 Team Roster Hungary ISHOF Honorees by Country Abbreviation MP Matches played Min Minutes G Goals Sh Shots AS Assists TF Turnover fouls ST Steals BL Blocked shots SP Sprints 20S 20 seconds exclusion DE Double exclusion Pen Penalty EX Exclusion Statistics CapNo Player Pos MP Minutes played Goals Shots AS TF ST BL Sprints Personal fouls Min G Sh Won SP 20S DE Pen EX 1 Viktor Nagy GK 7 192 85 7 1 1 6 1 2 Miklos Gor Nagy CB 7 80 35 7 2 8 25 0 1 1 2 1 14 3 3 Norbert Madaras D 7 164 73 2 6 32 18 8 10 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 Bence Batori D 7 72 32 1 3 7 42 9 5 2 3 10 30 0 1 1 5 Marton Vamos D 7 134 59 8 12 16 75 0 3 2 4 3 3 7 42 9 7 1 6 Norbert Hosnyanszky D 7 119 53 1 7 16 43 8 3 3 3 3 10 1 1 7 Adam Decker CB 7 70 31 3 2 3 66 7 1 4 14 1 1 5 8 Marton Szivos D 7 148 66 1 12 25 48 0 3 5 6 4 0 1 0 0 7 1 9 Daniel Varga C D 7 165 73 7 5 21 23 8 9 3 6 4 0 1 0 0 8 10 Denes Varga D 7 174 77 7 13 25 52 0 4 4 5 3 4 8 50 0 5 1 11 Krisztian Bedo CF 7 91 40 6 6 13 46 2 1 15 1 1 5 12 Balazs Harai CF 7 126 56 3 8 15 53 3 1 26 2 4 5 13 Attila Decker GK 7 32 14 3 1 1 Team 4 Total 7 224 100 76 181 42 0 37 78 40 27 10 28 35 7 79 2 4 11 Against 54 186 29 0 28 85 40 17 18 28 64 3 70 2 3 8 CapNo Player Pos Saves Shots Saves Shots 1 Viktor Nagy GK 54 99 54 5 13 Attila Decker GK 11 20 55 0 Total 65 119 54 6 Source Official Results Books PDF 2013 Cumulative Statistics Hungary p 2 2011 Italy 3rd title a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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