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

October 24, 2023

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.[1] All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Tournament details
Host country United Kingdom
CityLondon
Venue(s)Water Polo Arena
Dates29 July – 12 August 2012
Teams12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors155
Final positions
Champions Croatia (1st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Serbia
Fourth place Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches42
Goals scored763 (18.17 per match)
Multiple
appearances		5-time Olympian(s): 3 players
4-time Olympian(s): 14 players
Multiple
medalists		3-time medalist(s): 5 players
Top scorer(s) Andrija Prlainović
(22 goals in 8 matches)
Most saves Stefano Tempesti
(87 saves in 8 matches)
Top sprinter(s) Pietro Figlioli
Rhys Howden
(19 sprints won in 8 matches)
MVP Josip Pavić
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2016 →

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 Edit

The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics:[2]

  • Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups,[3] 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 Edit

Group A Edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Croatia 5 5 0 0 50 29 +21 10 Quarterfinals
  Italy 5 3 1 1 40 36 +4 7
  Spain 5 3 0 2 52 42 +10 6
  Australia 5 2 0 3 40 44 −4 4
  Greece 5 1 1 3 41 43 −2 3
  Kazakhstan 5 0 0 5 24 53 −29 0
Source:[citation needed]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

29 July 2012
10:00 		Report Greece   6–8   Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Juhász (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–3
Fountoulis, Mourikis 2 Goals three players 2
29 July 2012
11:20 		Report Kazakhstan   6–14   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–5, 1–3, 2–2
Gubarev, Ushakov 2 Goals Perrone 5
29 July 2012
14:10 		Report Italy   8–5   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2
Felugo, Giorgetti 2 Goals five players 1
31 July 2012
11:20 		Report Croatia   8–7   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–4, 1–0
Sukno, Dobud 2 Goals Español 4
31 July 2012
14:10 		Report Australia   7–4   Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–1
Howden 2 Goals four players 1
31 July 2012
15:30 		Report Greece   7–7   Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–3, 2–1
Fountoulis, Afroudakis 2 Goals Presciutti 2
2 August 2012
10:00 		Report Spain   13–9   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–1, 4–4
three players 2 Goals Miller 5
2 August 2012
19:40 		Report Italy   6–11   Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3
Figlioli, Gallo 2 Goals Bošković, Sukno 3
2 August 2012
11:20 		Report Kazakhstan   4–11   Greece Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 1–3, 2–2
Ukumanov 2 Goals Fountoulis 5
4 August 2012
11:20 		Report Croatia   11–6   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2
Joković 3 Goals Whalan 3
4 August 2012
14:10 		Report Greece   9–11   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2
Delakas 3 Goals three players 3
4 August 2012
15:30 		Report Italy   9–6   Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1
four players 2 Goals Shmider, Zhilyayev 2
6 August 2012
10:00 		Report Kazakhstan   4–12   Croatia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 2–4, 1–3
Zhilyayev 2 Goals Dobud 5
6 August 2012
11:20 		Report Greece   8–13   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Sergi Sanchez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 1–3, 2–2
Chatzitheodorou 3 Goals Howden 3
6 August 2012
19:40 		Report Spain   7–10   Italy Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2
Español 3 Goals Premuš 3

Group B Edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Serbia 5 4 1 0 69 38 +31 9 Quarterfinals
  Montenegro 5 3 1 1 54 41 +13 7
  Hungary 5 3 0 2 65 52 +13 6
  United States 5 3 0 2 43 44 −1 6
  Romania 5 1 0 4 48 55 −7 2
  Great Britain 5 0 0 5 28 77 −49 0
Source:[citation needed]
29 July 2012
15:30 		Report Hungary   10–14   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–5, 4–4
three players 2 Goals Prlainović 5
29 July 2012
18:20 		Report Romania   13–4   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–0, 3–2, 4–1
Diaconu 4 Goals Parker 2
29 July 2012
19:40 		Report Montenegro   7–8   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2
Ivović 3 Goals Varellas 3
31 July 2012
10:00 		Report Hungary   10–11   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2
Biros 3 Goals Brguljan 3
31 July 2012
18:20 		Report Serbia   21–7   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Gus Pinker (RSA), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–2, 6–1, 5–1
Prlainović 5 Goals Figes 3
31 July 2012
19:40 		Report United States   10–8   Romania Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–0, 3–3
Varellas, Bailey 3 Goals Radu 4
2 August 2012
14:10 		Report Montenegro   11–11   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 5–4, 3–3
Ivović 3 Goals Prlainović 5
2 August 2012
15:30 		Report Romania   15–17   Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 5–4, 2-5, 4-3
Bușilă, Ghiban 3 Goals Madaras 5
2 August 2012
18:20 		Report Great Britain   7–13   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Cory Williams (NZL), Ni Shiwei (CHN)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3
Parker 3 Goals Azevedo 4
4 August 2012
10:00 		Report Montenegro   12–8   Romania Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 3–2, 4–4
Ivović 3 Goals Diaconu 3
4 August 2012
18:20 		Report Hungary   17–6   Great Britain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
German Moller (ARG), Denis Danelon (BRA)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–4, 4–0, 2–1
Kásás, Madaras 3 Goals six players 1
4 August 2012
19:40 		Report Serbia   11–6   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–2
Udovičić 3 Goals Bailey 2
6 August 2012
14:10 		Report Romania   4–12   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 0–4, 3–2
four players 1 Goals Nikić, Mitrović 3
6 August 2012
15:30 		Report Hungary   11–6   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 5–2, 4–1, 1–3
Hosnyánszky 3 Goals six players 1
6 August 2012
18:20 		Report Great Britain   4–13   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Ni Shiwei (CHN), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3
four players 1 Goals Zloković 3

Medal round Edit

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

Quarter-finals Edit

8 August 2012
14:30 		Report Spain   9–11   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 1–3, 3–1
Vallès, Minguell 2 Goals Zloković 4
8 August 2012
15:50 		Report Australia   8–11   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Steven Rotsart (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 1–2, 0–5
Campbell, Beadsworth 2 Goals Filipović 3
8 August 2012
18:40 		Report Italy   11–9   Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–4
three players 3 Goals Madaras 3
8 August 2012
20:00 		Report Croatia   8–2   United States Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), György Juhász (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 2–2, 1–0
Bošković, Obradović 2 Goals Bailey, Varellas 1

Semi-finals Edit

10 August 2012
15:40 		Report Croatia   7–5   Montenegro Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–2, 0–2
Sukno 2 Goals Ivović, Gojković 2
10 August 2012
19:50 		Report Italy   9–7   Serbia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
Gallo 3 Goals Udovičić 3

Bronze medal match Edit

12 August 2012
14:30 		Report Montenegro   11–12   Serbia   Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4
Ivović 3 Goals Filipović 3

Gold medal match Edit

12 August 2012
15:50 		Report   Croatia   8–6   Italy   Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Sergi Sancherz (ESP), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 3–3
Joković 3 Goals Felugo 3

Classification Edit

Bracket
 
Semi-finals5th–6th place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  United States7
 
 
 
  Spain8
 
  Spain8
 
 
 
  Hungary14
 
  Hungary10
 
 
  Australia9
 
7th–8th place
 
 
 
 
 
  United States9
 
 
  Australia10

5th–8th place semi-finals Edit

10 August 2012
14:20 		Report United States   7–8   Spain Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (CRO), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2
Powers, Beaubien 2 Goals Perrone 3
10 August 2012
18:30 		Report Hungary   10–9   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), German Moller (ARG)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–0, 3–3
Madaras, Biros 3 Goals three players 2

7th–8th place match Edit

12 August 2012
10:20 		Report United States   9–10   Australia Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 1–3, 5–2
four players 2 Goals Miller, Campbell 3

5th–6th place match Edit

12 August 2012
11:40 		Report Spain   8–14   Hungary Water Polo Arena, London
Referees:
Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–3, 1–5, 4–2
Minguell 3 Goals six players 2

Final ranking Edit

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament

Medalists Edit

Statistics Edit

Main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics

Multi-time Olympians Edit

Main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments

Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players

Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players

Multiple medalists Edit

Main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players

Leading goalscorers Edit

Rank Player Team Goals Matches
played		 Goals
per match		 Shots %
1 Andrija Prlainović   Serbia 22 8 2.750 40 55.0%
2 Aleksandar Ivović   Montenegro 19 8 2.375 43 44.2%
3 Filip Filipović   Serbia 18 8 2.250 42 42.9%
Norbert Madaras   Hungary 8 2.250 37 48.6%
5 Péter Biros   Hungary 16 8 2.000 38 42.1%
Felipe Perrone   Spain 8 2.000 33 48.5%
7 Miho Bošković   Croatia 15 8 1.875 33 45.5%
Vanja Udovičić   Serbia 8 1.875 41 36.6%
9 Albert Español   Spain 14 8 1.750 30 46.7%
Norbert Hosnyánszky   Hungary 8 1.750 23 60.9%
Marc Minguell   Spain 8 1.750 31 45.2%
Sandro Sukno   Croatia 8 1.750 30 46.7%
Boris Zloković   Montenegro 8 1.750 30 46.7%

Source: Official Results Book (page 466)[22]

Leading goalkeepers Edit

Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matches
played		 Saves
per match		 Shots %
1 Stefano Tempesti   Italy 87 8 10.875 147 59.2%
2 Josip Pavić   Croatia 85 8 10.625 121 70.2%
3 Slobodan Soro   Serbia 75 8 9.375 135 55.6%
4 Merrill Moses   United States 72 8 9.000 135 53.3%
5 Miloš Šćepanović   Montenegro 59 8 7.375 122 48.4%
6 Iñaki Aguilar   Spain 52 8 6.500 98 53.1%
7 Joel Dennerley   Australia 51 8 6.375 104 49.0%
8 Nikolay Maksimov   Kazakhstan 50 5 10.000 103 48.5%
9 Dragoș Stoenescu   Romania 48 5 9.600 97 49.5%
10 Nikolaos Deligiannis   Greece 45 5 9.000 83 54.2%

Source: Official Results Book (page 462)[22]

Leading sprinters Edit

Rank Sprinter Team Sprints
won		 Matches
played		 Sprints won
per match		 Sprints
contested		 %
1 Pietro Figlioli   Italy 19 8 2.375 21 90.5%
Rhys Howden   Australia 8 2.375 24 79.2%
3 Albert Español   Spain 15 8 1.875 25 60.0%
4 Sandro Sukno   Croatia 11 8 1.375 16 68.8%
5 Deni Fiorentini   Italy 10 8 1.250 10 100%
Peter Varellas   United States 8 1.250 15 66.7%
7 Vjekoslav Pasković   Montenegro 8 8 1.000 17 47.1%
8 Maro Joković   Croatia 7 8 0.875 13 53.8%
Tamás Kásás   Hungary 8 0.875 9 77.8%
Aleksa Šaponjić   Serbia 8 0.875 11 63.6%

Source: Official Results Book (page 465)[22]

Awards Edit

The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012.[23][24]

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

See also Edit

References Edit

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Sources Edit

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    • Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
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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 1 All games were held at the Water Polo Arena Men s water poloat the Games of the XXX OlympiadTournament detailsHost country United KingdomCityLondonVenue s Water Polo ArenaDates29 July 12 August 2012Teams12 from 4 confederations Competitors155Final positionsChampions Croatia 1st title Runners up ItalyThird place SerbiaFourth place MontenegroTournament statisticsMatches42Goals scored763 18 17 per match Multipleappearances5 time Olympian s 3 players4 time Olympian s 14 playersMultiplemedalists3 time medalist s 5 playersTop scorer s Andrija Prlainovic 22 goals in 8 matches Most savesStefano Tempesti 87 saves in 8 matches Top sprinter s Pietro Figlioli Rhys Howden 19 sprints won in 8 matches MVPJosip Pavic 20082016 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 Contents 1 Format 2 Preliminary round 2 1 Group A 2 2 Group B 3 Medal round 3 1 Quarter finals 3 2 Semi finals 3 3 Bronze medal match 3 4 Gold medal match 4 Classification 4 1 5th 8th place semi finals 4 2 7th 8th place match 4 3 5th 6th place match 5 Final ranking 6 Medalists 7 Statistics 7 1 Multi time Olympians 7 2 Multiple medalists 7 3 Leading goalscorers 7 4 Leading goalkeepers 7 5 Leading sprinters 8 Awards 9 See also 10 References 11 SourcesFormat EditThe format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2 Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups 3 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 EditGroup A Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp Croatia 5 5 0 0 50 29 21 10 Quarterfinals nbsp Italy 5 3 1 1 40 36 4 7 nbsp Spain 5 3 0 2 52 42 10 6 nbsp Australia 5 2 0 3 40 44 4 4 nbsp Greece 5 1 1 3 41 43 2 3 nbsp Kazakhstan 5 0 0 5 24 53 29 0Source citation needed All times are British Summer Time UTC 1 29 July 2012 10 00 Report Greece nbsp 6 8 nbsp Croatia Water Polo Arena London Referees Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Gyorgy Juhasz HUN Score by quarters 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 3Fountoulis Mourikis 2 Goals three players229 July 2012 11 20 Report Kazakhstan nbsp 6 14 nbsp Spain Water Polo Arena London Referees Marijo Brguljan MNE Ulrich Spiegel GER Score by quarters 2 4 1 5 1 3 2 2Gubarev Ushakov 2 Goals Perrone 529 July 2012 14 10 Report Italy nbsp 8 5 nbsp Australia Water Polo Arena London Referees Boris Margeta SLO Radoslaw Koryzna POL Score by quarters 3 0 2 2 0 1 3 2Felugo Giorgetti 2 Goals five players 131 July 2012 11 20 Report Croatia nbsp 8 7 nbsp Spain Water Polo Arena London Referees Boris Margeta SLO Radoslaw Koryzna POL Score by quarters 2 1 3 2 2 4 1 0Sukno Dobud 2 Goals Espanol 431 July 2012 14 10 Report Australia nbsp 7 4 nbsp Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena London Referees Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Ulrich Spiegel GER Score by quarters 2 1 2 0 2 2 1 1Howden 2 Goals four players 131 July 2012 15 30 Report Greece nbsp 7 7 nbsp Italy Water Polo Arena London Referees Marijo Brguljan MNE Mihajlo Ciric SRB Score by quarters 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1Fountoulis Afroudakis 2 Goals Presciutti 22 August 2012 10 00 Report Spain nbsp 13 9 nbsp Australia Water Polo Arena London Referees Mihajlo Ciric SRB Steven Rotsart USA Score by quarters 2 1 3 3 4 1 4 4three players 2 Goals Miller 52 August 2012 19 40 Report Italy nbsp 6 11 nbsp Croatia Water Polo Arena London Referees Gyorgy Juhasz HUN Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Score by quarters 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 3Figlioli Gallo 2 Goals Boskovic Sukno 32 August 2012 11 20 Report Kazakhstan nbsp 4 11 nbsp Greece Water Polo Arena London Referees Ulrich Spiegel GER Brian Littlejohn GBR Score by quarters 1 2 0 4 1 3 2 2Ukumanov 2 Goals Fountoulis 54 August 2012 11 20 Report Croatia nbsp 11 6 nbsp Australia Water Polo Arena London Referees Ulrich Spiegel GER Gyorgy Juhasz HUN Score by quarters 2 1 3 1 3 2 3 2Jokovic 3 Goals Whalan 34 August 2012 14 10 Report Greece nbsp 9 11 nbsp Spain Water Polo Arena London Referees Marijo Brguljan MNE Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Score by quarters 3 4 2 4 2 1 2 2Delakas 3 Goals three players 34 August 2012 15 30 Report Italy nbsp 9 6 nbsp Kazakhstan Water Polo Arena London Referees Anton Bervoets NED Cory Williams NZL Score by quarters 4 2 4 2 1 1 0 1four players 2 Goals Shmider Zhilyayev 26 August 2012 10 00 Report Kazakhstan nbsp 4 12 nbsp Croatia Water Polo Arena London Referees German Moller ARG Brian Littlejohn GBR Score by quarters 0 4 1 1 2 4 1 3Zhilyayev 2 Goals Dobud 56 August 2012 11 20 Report Greece nbsp 8 13 nbsp Australia Water Polo Arena London Referees Mihajlo Ciric SRB Sergi Sanchez ESP Score by quarters 2 3 3 5 1 3 2 2Chatzitheodorou 3 Goals Howden 36 August 2012 19 40 Report Spain nbsp 7 10 nbsp Italy Water Polo Arena London Referees Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Dragan Stampalija CRO Score by quarters 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 2Espanol 3 Goals Premus 3Group B Edit Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp Serbia 5 4 1 0 69 38 31 9 Quarterfinals nbsp Montenegro 5 3 1 1 54 41 13 7 nbsp Hungary 5 3 0 2 65 52 13 6 nbsp United States 5 3 0 2 43 44 1 6 nbsp Romania 5 1 0 4 48 55 7 2 nbsp Great Britain 5 0 0 5 28 77 49 0Source citation needed 29 July 2012 15 30 Report Hungary nbsp 10 14 nbsp Serbia Water Polo Arena London Referees Sergi Sanchez ESP Massimiliano Caputi ITA Score by quarters 2 2 1 3 3 5 4 4three players 2 Goals Prlainovic 529 July 2012 18 20 Report Romania nbsp 13 4 nbsp Great Britain Water Polo Arena London Referees German Moller ARG Anton Bervoets NED Score by quarters 2 1 4 0 3 2 4 1Diaconu 4 Goals Parker 229 July 2012 19 40 Report Montenegro nbsp 7 8 nbsp United States Water Polo Arena London Referees Georgios Stavridis GRE Daniel Flahive AUS Score by quarters 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 2Ivovic 3 Goals Varellas 331 July 2012 10 00 Report Hungary nbsp 10 11 nbsp Montenegro Water Polo Arena London Referees Sergi Sanchez ESP Daniel Flahive AUS Score by quarters 2 2 3 4 3 3 2 2Biros 3 Goals Brguljan 331 July 2012 18 20 Report Serbia nbsp 21 7 nbsp Great Britain Water Polo Arena London Referees Gus Pinker RSA Kazuhiko Makita JPN Score by quarters 3 3 7 2 6 1 5 1Prlainovic 5 Goals Figes 331 July 2012 19 40 Report United States nbsp 10 8 nbsp Romania Water Polo Arena London Referees Dragan Stampalija CRO Massimiliano Caputi ITA Score by quarters 3 3 1 2 3 0 3 3Varellas Bailey 3 Goals Radu 42 August 2012 14 10 Report Montenegro nbsp 11 11 nbsp Serbia Water Polo Arena London Referees Georgios Stavridis GRE Massimiliano Caputi ITA Score by quarters 1 3 2 1 5 4 3 3Ivovic 3 Goals Prlainovic 52 August 2012 15 30 Report Romania nbsp 15 17 nbsp Hungary Water Polo Arena London Referees Massimiliano Balfanbayev KAZ Sergi Sanchez ESP Score by quarters 4 5 5 4 2 5 4 3Bușilă Ghiban 3 Goals Madaras 52 August 2012 18 20 Report Great Britain nbsp 7 13 nbsp United States Water Polo Arena London Referees Cory Williams NZL Ni Shiwei CHN Score by quarters 0 5 3 3 3 2 1 3Parker 3 Goals Azevedo 44 August 2012 10 00 Report Montenegro nbsp 12 8 nbsp Romania Water Polo Arena London Referees Daniel Flahive AUS Alan Balfanbayev KAZ Score by quarters 3 1 2 1 3 2 4 4Ivovic 3 Goals Diaconu 34 August 2012 18 20 Report Hungary nbsp 17 6 nbsp Great Britain Water Polo Arena London Referees German Moller ARG Denis Danelon BRA Score by quarters 6 1 5 4 4 0 2 1Kasas Madaras 3 Goals six players 14 August 2012 19 40 Report Serbia nbsp 11 6 nbsp United States Water Polo Arena London Referees Sergi Sanchez ESP Massimiliano Caputi ITA Score by quarters 4 1 1 2 3 1 3 2Udovicic 3 Goals Bailey 26 August 2012 14 10 Report Romania nbsp 4 12 nbsp Serbia Water Polo Arena London Referees Ulrich Spiegel GER Steven Rotsart USA Score by quarters 0 3 1 3 0 4 3 2four players 1 Goals Nikic Mitrovic 36 August 2012 15 30 Report Hungary nbsp 11 6 nbsp United States Water Polo Arena London Referees Daniel Flahive AUS Georgios Stavridis GRE Score by quarters 1 0 5 2 4 1 1 3Hosnyanszky 3 Goals six players 16 August 2012 18 20 Report Great Britain nbsp 4 13 nbsp Montenegro Water Polo Arena London Referees Ni Shiwei CHN Kazuhiko Makita JPN Score by quarters 1 4 2 4 1 2 0 3four players 1 Goals Zlokovic 3Medal round EditBracketQuarter finalsSemi finalsGold medal match A1 nbsp Croatia8B4 nbsp United States2A1 nbsp Croatia7B2 nbsp Montenegro5A3 nbsp Spain9B2 nbsp Montenegro11A1 nbsp Croatia8A2 nbsp Italy6A2 nbsp Italy11B3 nbsp Hungary9A2 nbsp Italy9Bronze medal matchB1 nbsp Serbia7A4 nbsp Australia8B2 nbsp Montenegro11B1 nbsp Serbia11B1 nbsp Serbia12Quarter finals Edit 8 August 2012 14 30 Report Spain nbsp 9 11 nbsp Montenegro Water Polo Arena London Referees Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Ulrich Spiegel GER Score by quarters 4 4 1 3 1 3 3 1Valles Minguell 2 Goals Zlokovic 48 August 2012 15 50 Report Australia nbsp 8 11 nbsp Serbia Water Polo Arena London Referees Sergi Sanchez ESP Steven Rotsart USA Score by quarters 3 2 4 2 1 2 0 5Campbell Beadsworth 2 Goals Filipovic 38 August 2012 18 40 Report Italy nbsp 11 9 nbsp Hungary Water Polo Arena London Referees Georgios Stavridis GRE Alan Balfanbayev KAZ Score by quarters 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 4three players 3 Goals Madaras 38 August 2012 20 00 Report Croatia nbsp 8 2 nbsp United States Water Polo Arena London Referees Massimiliano Caputi ITA Gyorgy Juhasz HUN Score by quarters 2 0 3 0 2 2 1 0Boskovic Obradovic 2 Goals Bailey Varellas 1Semi finals Edit 10 August 2012 15 40 Report Croatia nbsp 7 5 nbsp Montenegro Water Polo Arena London Referees Daniel Flahive AUS Georgios Stavridis GRE Score by quarters 3 1 2 0 2 2 0 2Sukno 2 Goals Ivovic Gojkovic 210 August 2012 19 50 Report Italy nbsp 9 7 nbsp Serbia Water Polo Arena London Referees Sergi Sanchez ESP Adrian Alexandrescu ROU Score by quarters 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2Gallo 3 Goals Udovicic 3Bronze medal match Edit 12 August 2012 14 30 Report Montenegro nbsp 11 12 nbsp Serbia nbsp Water Polo Arena London Referees Massimiliano Caputi ITA Georgios Stavridis GRE Score by quarters 2 3 3 1 5 4 1 4Ivovic 3 Goals Filipovic 3Gold medal match Edit 12 August 2012 15 50 Report nbsp Croatia nbsp 8 6 nbsp Italy nbsp Water Polo Arena London Referees Sergi Sancherz ESP Gyorgy Juhasz HUN Score by quarters 1 2 2 0 2 1 3 3Jokovic 3 Goals Felugo 3Classification EditBracket Semi finals5th 6th place nbsp United States7 nbsp Spain8 nbsp Spain8 nbsp Hungary14 nbsp Hungary10 nbsp Australia9 7th 8th place nbsp United States9 nbsp Australia105th 8th place semi finals Edit 10 August 2012 14 20 Report United States nbsp 7 8 nbsp Spain Water Polo Arena London Referees Marijo Brguljan CRO Gyorgy Juhasz HUN Score by quarters 1 3 1 2 2 1 3 2Powers Beaubien 2 Goals Perrone 310 August 2012 18 30 Report Hungary nbsp 10 9 nbsp Australia Water Polo Arena London Referees Mihajlo Ciric SRB German Moller ARG Score by quarters 4 2 2 4 1 0 3 3Madaras Biros 3 Goals three players 27th 8th place match Edit 12 August 2012 10 20 Report United States nbsp 9 10 nbsp Australia Water Polo Arena London Referees Dragan Stampalija CRO Ulrich Spiegel GER Score by quarters 1 3 2 2 1 3 5 2four players 2 Goals Miller Campbell 35th 6th place match Edit 12 August 2012 11 40 Report Spain nbsp 8 14 nbsp Hungary Water Polo Arena London Referees Marijo Brguljan MNE Alan Balfanbayev KAZ Score by quarters 1 4 2 3 1 5 4 2Minguell 3 Goals six players 2Final ranking EditSee also National team appearances in the men s Olympic water polo tournament Rank 1 Team nbsp nbsp Croatia nbsp nbsp Italy nbsp nbsp Serbia4 nbsp Montenegro5 nbsp Hungary6 nbsp Spain7 nbsp Australia8 nbsp United States9 nbsp Greece10 nbsp Romania11 nbsp Kazakhstan12 nbsp Great Britain 2012 Men s Olympic champions nbsp CroatiaFirst titleMedalists EditGold Silver Bronze nbsp Croatia CRO 1 Josip Pavic GK Damir BuricMiho BoskovicNiksa DobudMaro Jokovic LH Ivan BuljubasicPetar MuslimAndro BusljeSandro SuknoSamir Barac C Igor HinicPaulo ObradovicFrano Vican GK Head coach Ratko Rudic nbsp Italy ITA Stefano Tempesti C GK Amaurys PerezNiccolo GittoPietro FiglioliAlex GiorgettiMaurizio FelugoMassimo GiacoppoValentino Gallo LH Christian PresciuttiDeni FiorentiniMatteo AicardiDanijel PremusGiacomo Pastorino GK Head coach Alessandro Campagna nbsp Serbia SRB Slobodan Soro GK Aleksa SaponjicZivko GocicVanja Udovicic C Dusan Mandic LH Dusko PijetlovicSlobodan NikicMilan AleksicNikola RađenFilip Filipovic LH Andrija PrlainovicStefan MitrovicGojko Pijetlovic GK Head coach Dejan UdovicicStatistics EditMain article List of men s Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Multi time Olympians Edit Main article List of players who have appeared in multiple men s Olympic water polo tournaments Five time Olympian s 3 players nbsp Croatia Igor Hinic 4 nbsp Greece Georgios Afroudakis 5 nbsp Hungary Tamas Kasas 6 Four time Olympian s 14 players nbsp Australia Thomas Whalan 7 Gavin Woods 8 nbsp Croatia Samir Barac 9 Frano Vican GK 10 nbsp Greece Theodoros Chatzitheodorou 11 Nikolaos Deligiannis GK 12 nbsp Hungary Peter Biros 13 Gergely Kiss 14 Zoltan Szecsi GK 15 nbsp Italy Stefano Tempesti GK 16 nbsp Kazakhstan Nikolay Maksimov GK 17 nbsp Spain Ivan Perez 18 nbsp United States Tony Azevedo 19 Ryan Bailey 20 Multiple medalists Edit Main article List of Olympic medalists in water polo Three time Olympic medalist s 5 players nbsp Hungary Peter Biros 13 Tamas Kasas 6 Gergely Kiss 14 Zoltan Szecsi GK 15 nbsp Serbia Vanja Udovicic 21 Leading goalscorers Edit Rank Player Team Goals Matchesplayed Goalsper match Shots 1 Andrija Prlainovic nbsp Serbia 22 8 2 750 40 55 0 2 Aleksandar Ivovic nbsp Montenegro 19 8 2 375 43 44 2 3 Filip Filipovic nbsp Serbia 18 8 2 250 42 42 9 Norbert Madaras nbsp Hungary 8 2 250 37 48 6 5 Peter Biros nbsp Hungary 16 8 2 000 38 42 1 Felipe Perrone nbsp Spain 8 2 000 33 48 5 7 Miho Boskovic nbsp Croatia 15 8 1 875 33 45 5 Vanja Udovicic nbsp Serbia 8 1 875 41 36 6 9 Albert Espanol nbsp Spain 14 8 1 750 30 46 7 Norbert Hosnyanszky nbsp Hungary 8 1 750 23 60 9 Marc Minguell nbsp Spain 8 1 750 31 45 2 Sandro Sukno nbsp Croatia 8 1 750 30 46 7 Boris Zlokovic nbsp Montenegro 8 1 750 30 46 7 Source Official Results Book page 466 22 Leading goalkeepers Edit Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matchesplayed Savesper match Shots 1 Stefano Tempesti nbsp Italy 87 8 10 875 147 59 2 2 Josip Pavic nbsp Croatia 85 8 10 625 121 70 2 3 Slobodan Soro nbsp Serbia 75 8 9 375 135 55 6 4 Merrill Moses nbsp United States 72 8 9 000 135 53 3 5 Milos Scepanovic nbsp Montenegro 59 8 7 375 122 48 4 6 Inaki Aguilar nbsp Spain 52 8 6 500 98 53 1 7 Joel Dennerley nbsp Australia 51 8 6 375 104 49 0 8 Nikolay Maksimov nbsp Kazakhstan 50 5 10 000 103 48 5 9 Dragoș Stoenescu nbsp Romania 48 5 9 600 97 49 5 10 Nikolaos Deligiannis nbsp Greece 45 5 9 000 83 54 2 Source Official Results Book page 462 22 Leading sprinters Edit Rank Sprinter Team Sprintswon Matchesplayed Sprints wonper match Sprintscontested 1 Pietro Figlioli nbsp Italy 19 8 2 375 21 90 5 Rhys Howden nbsp Australia 8 2 375 24 79 2 3 Albert Espanol nbsp Spain 15 8 1 875 25 60 0 4 Sandro Sukno nbsp Croatia 11 8 1 375 16 68 8 5 Deni Fiorentini nbsp Italy 10 8 1 250 10 100 Peter Varellas nbsp United States 8 1 250 15 66 7 7 Vjekoslav Paskovic nbsp Montenegro 8 8 1 000 17 47 1 8 Maro Jokovic nbsp Croatia 7 8 0 875 13 53 8 Tamas Kasas nbsp Hungary 8 0 875 9 77 8 Aleksa Saponjic nbsp Serbia 8 0 875 11 63 6 Source Official Results Book page 465 22 Awards EditThe men s all star team was announced on 12 August 2012 23 24 Most Valuable Player nbsp Josip Pavic 25 85 saves Media All Star TeamGoalkeeper nbsp Josip Pavic 85 saves Field players nbsp Niksa Dobud centre forward 12 goals nbsp Maurizio Felugo 12 goals nbsp Filip Filipovic left handed 18 goals 2 sprints won nbsp Aleksandar Ivovic centre back 19 goals nbsp Felipe Perrone 16 goals nbsp Andrija Prlainovic 22 goals See also EditWater polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Women s tournamentReferences Edit a b c HistoFINA Water polo medalists and statistics PDF fina org FINA September 2019 p 4 Archived PDF from the original on 1 August 2021 Retrieved 6 August 2021 London 2012 Water Polo Competition Schedule FINA Archived from the original on 2012 06 27 Retrieved 2012 06 12 Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition Archived from the original on 2012 12 08 Retrieved 2012 06 12 Igor Hinic olympedia org Olympedia Retrieved 24 January 2021 Georgios Afroudakis olympedia org Olympedia Retrieved 24 January 2021 a b Tamas Kasas olympedia org Olympedia Retrieved 24 January 2021 Thomas Whalan olympedia org Olympedia Retrieved 24 January 2021 Gavin Woods olympedia org Olympedia Retrieved 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507 Archived PDF from the original on 14 December 2018 Retrieved 10 May 2020 2012 London Olympics Water Polo Croatia Upends Italy for Gold swimmingworldmagazine com Swimming World 12 August 2012 Retrieved 16 December 2020 2012 Mens Olympic Water Polo Schedule and Results waterpoloplanet com Water Polo Planet 12 August 2012 Retrieved 16 December 2020 Josip PAVIC fina org FINA Archived from the original on 23 September 2020 Retrieved 1 October 2020 Sources EditPDF documents on the FINA website Official Results Book 2012 Olympic Games Diving Swimming Synchronised Swimming Water Polo archive pp 284 507 Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics men s tournament Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games men s tournament archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics Men 27s tournament amp oldid 1177527222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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