Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan began on 25 July and ended on 8 August 2021. It was held at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] It was the 27th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise had been held at every Olympics.

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tournament details

Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Venue(s)	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	25 July – 8 August 2021
Teams	12 (from 5 confederations)
Competitors	156
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	902 (21.48 per match)
Total attendance	0 (0 per match)
Multiple medalists	4-time medalist(s): 3 players 3-time medalist(s): 4 players
Top scorer(s)	Aleksandar Ivović (23 goals in 8 matches)
Most saves	Branislav Mitrović (70 saves in 6 matches) Emmanouil Zerdevas (70 saves in 7 matches)
Top sprinter(s)	Johnny Hooper (22 sprints won in 8 matches)
MVP	Filip Filipović
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On 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] Because of this pandemic, the games are played behind closed doors.^[3]

Serbia won their second consecutive gold medal after a finals win over Greece, while Hungary captured the bronze medal.^[4]

The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, IOC Executive Board Member; Serbia and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Andrey Kryukov, Kazakhstan; FINA Bureau Member.

Qualification

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quota	Qualifier(s)
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2019 FINA World League	18–23 June 2019	Belgrade	1	Serbia
2019 FINA World Championships	15–27 July 2019	Gwangju	2	Italy
2019 FINA World Championships	15–27 July 2019	Gwangju	2	Spain
2019 Pan American Games	4–10 August 2019	Lima	1	United States
Oceanian Continental Selection	—	—	1	Australia
African Continental Selection	—	—	1	South Africa
2020 European Championships	14–26 January 2020	Budapest	1	Hungary
2018 Asian Games^[5]^[6]	25 August – 1 September 2018	Jakarta	1	Kazakhstan
World Qualification Tournament	14–21 February 2021	Rotterdam	3	Croatia
				Greece
				Montenegro
Total			12

Schedule

The competition began on 25 July, and matches were held every other day. At each match time, two matches were played simultaneously (one from each group during preliminary round, two quarterfinals during that round, one main semifinal and one classification 5 to 8 semifinal during the semifinal round, and the two classification games on the final day) except for the bronze and gold medal matches.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5	Fri 6	Sat 7		Sun 8
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

Competition format

The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth- and sixth- placed teams were eliminated. The fifth placed teams were ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average; the sixth-placed teams were ranked eleventh and twelfth in the same way. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.^[10]

Draw

The draw took place on 21 February 2021 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.^[11]^[12]

Seeding

The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots.^[12]^: 20:59^[13]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Italy Spain	Serbia Hungary	United States Australia	South Africa Kazakhstan	Montenegro Greece	Croatia Japan (hosts)

Final draw

The hosts Japan was drawn into Group A, while the reigning Olympic champion Serbia was drawn into Group B.^[12]^: 30:33

	Group A	Group B
1	South Africa	Australia
2	United States	Croatia
3	Hungary	Serbia
4	Greece	Spain
5	Japan	Kazakhstan
6	Italy	Montenegro

Referees

The following 28 referees were selected for the tournament.^[14]^{: 275–276}^[15]

24 referees:

Germán Moller^[16]
Nicola Johnson^[17]
Marie-Claude Deslières^[18]
Zhang Liang^[19]
Nenad Periš^[20]
Sébastien Dervieux^[21]
Frank Ohme^[22]
Georgios Stavridis^[23]
György Kun^[24]
Alessandro Severo^[25]
Asumi Tsuzaki^[26]
Viktor Salnichenko^[27]
Stanko Ivanovski^[28]
Michiel Zwart^[29]
John Waldow^[30]
Adrian Alexandrescu^[31]
Arkadiy Voevodin^[32]
Vojin Putniković^[33]
Jeremy Cheng^[34]
Dion Willis^[35]
Xevi Buch^[36]
Ursula Wengenroth^[37]
Michael Goldenberg^[38]
Daniel Daners^[39]

4 video assistant referees:

Mladen Rak^[40]
Alexandr Margolin^[41]
Alexandr Shershnev^[42]
Jaume Teixido^[43]

Group stage

The schedule was announced on 9 March 2021.^[44]

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	4	1	0	68	34	+34	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	2	0	60	32	+28	8
3	Hungary	5	3	1	1	64	35	+29	7
4	United States	5	2	0	3	59	53	+6	4
5	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	65	66	−1	2
6	South Africa	5	0	0	5	20	116	−96	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v	Report	South Africa	2–21	Italy	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–8, 0–7, 0–4
		Rezelman, Stone 1	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 11:30 v	Report	Hungary	9–10	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 2–3, 1–1
		Erdélyi, Varga 3	Goals	Fountoulis 3

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:00 v	Report	United States	15–13	Japan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–5, 4–2, 4–3
		Bowen 5	Goals	three players 3

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 10:00 v	Report	South Africa	3–20	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–9, 1–3, 1–5
		three players 1	Goals	Hallock 4

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 15:30 v	Report	Italy	6–6	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 0–4, 4–0
		Aicardi, Figlioli 2	Goals	six players 1

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:20 v	Report	Japan	11–16	Hungary	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–4, 2–5, 1–3
		Inaba, Okawa 3	Goals	Zalánki 4

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 10:00 v	Report	Hungary	23–1	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Daniel Daners (URU), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–0, 8–0, 6–1
		Manhercz 5	Goals	Rodda 1

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 14:00 v	Report	United States	11–12	Italy	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 2–3, 2–4
		four players 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 5

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 18:20 v	Report	Greece	10–9	Japan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–1, 3–3
		Kapotsis, Genidounias 3	Goals	Adachi 3

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 14:00 v	Report	United States	8–11	Hungary	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 0–3, 4–3
		Bowen, Hallock 2	Goals	Manhercz 3

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 18:20 v	Report	Italy	16–8	Japan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 3–3, 3–1, 5–4
		Bodagas, Figlioli 3	Goals	Inaba 3

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 19:50 v	Report	South Africa	5–28	Greece	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 2–5, 1–7, 1–9
		Stone 2	Goals	Fountoulis 5

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 10:00 v	Report	Hungary	5–5	Italy	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 1–1, 0–2
		Varga 3	Goals	Figlioli 2

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 11:30 v	Report	Greece	14–5	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 5–2, 3–0
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Obert 2

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 18:20 v	Report	Japan	24–9	South Africa	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 7–4, 6–1, 6–0
		Adachi, Arai 4	Goals	Neill 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	61	31	+30	10	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	5	3	2	62	46	+16	6^[a]
3	Serbia	5	3	2	70	46	+24	6^[a]
4	Montenegro	5	2	3	54	56	−2	4^[b]
5	Australia	5	2	3	49	60	−11	4^[b]
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	35	92	−57	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Croatia 14–12 Serbia
^ ^a ^b Australia 10–15 Montenegro

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 15:30 v	Report	Australia	10–15	Montenegro	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 2–2, 1–4, 2–5
		Campbell 3	Goals	Ukropina 4

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 18:20 v	Report	Serbia	12–13	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–5, 3–2, 3–3
		four players 2	Goals	Munarriz 4

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:50 v	Report	Croatia	23–7	Kazakhstan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–3, 8–1, 5–2
		Joković 5	Goals	Vuksanović 3

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 11:30 v	Report	Montenegro	6–8	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–2, 1–1
		Matković 3	Goals	three players 2

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:00 v	Report	Kazakhstan	5–19	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 2–6, 0–6
		Medvedev, Vuksanović 2	Goals	Pijetlović 4

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 19:50 v	Report	Australia	11–8	Croatia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 2–3, 4–2
		Campbell 3	Goals	Joković 3

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:30 v	Report	Spain	16–4	Kazakhstan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 5–2, 5–2
		Granados 5	Goals	Vuksanović 2

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 15:30 v	Report	Croatia	13–8	Montenegro	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 6–4, 4–3, 2–0
		Fatović 3	Goals	three players 2

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 19:50 v	Report	Serbia	14–8	Australia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 4–1, 1–2, 3–5
		Mandić 4	Goals	B. Edwards 2

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 10:00 v	Report	Montenegro	19–12	Kazakhstan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–3, 3–3, 5–3
		three players 4	Goals	Ruday 3

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 11:30 v	Report	Australia	5–16	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 2–5, 0–3
		Edwards, Younger 2	Goals	Granados 4

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 15:30 v	Report	Croatia	14–12	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–1, 4–4, 4–4
		Joković, Obradović 4	Goals	Jakšić 3

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 14:00 v	Report	Serbia	13–6	Montenegro	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–1, 3–2, 2–2
		Filipović 3	Goals	Ivović 3

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 15:30 v	Report	Spain	8–4	Croatia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–0, 4–2, 1–1
		Granados 2	Goals	Bukić 2

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 19:50 v	Report	Australia	15–7	Kazakhstan	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 5–2, 3–4
		Howden 5	Goals	Shakenov, Ukumanov 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal

4 August

Greece	10
		6 August
Montenegro	4
		Greece	9
4 August
		Hungary	6
Croatia	11
				8 August
Hungary	15
				Greece	10
4 August
				Serbia	13
Italy	6
		6 August
Serbia	10
		Serbia	10
4 August
		Spain	9	Bronze medal
Spain	12
				8 August
United States	8
				Hungary	9

				Spain	5

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

6 August

Montenegro	10
		8 August
Croatia	12
		Croatia	14
6 August
		United States	11
Italy	6

United States	7
		Seventh place

		8 August

		Montenegro	14 (3)

		Italy (pen.)	14 (4)

Quarterfinals

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 14:00 v	Report	United States	8–12	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 0–1, 2–5
		Daube 3	Goals	four players 2

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 15:30 v	Report	Greece	10–4	Montenegro	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 3–1, 4–2
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Ivović 2

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 18:20 v	Report	Italy	6–10	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–4, 1–0, 2–1
		Presciutti 2	Goals	Filipović 3

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 19:50 v	Report	Hungary	15–11	Croatia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–2, 4–3, 4–3
		Manhercz 7	Goals	Bukić 4

5–8th place semifinals

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 14:00 v	Report	Montenegro	10–12	Croatia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 4–5, 3–3, 3–3
		Ivović 3	Goals	Vukičević 3

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 18:20 v	Report	Italy	6–7	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Xevi Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 2–0, 1–2
		Figlioli, Renzuto 2	Goals	Bowen 3

Semifinals

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 15:30 v	Report	Greece	9–6	Hungary	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–2, 4–2
		Argyropoulos 4	Goals	Manhercz 2

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 19:50 v	Report	Serbia	10–9	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–5, 1–2, 5–2
		Mandić 3	Goals	three players 2

Seventh place game

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 09:30 v	Report	Montenegro	14–14	Italy	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–4, 4–5, 3–2 PSO: 3–4
		Ivović 6	Goals	Velotto 5

Fifth place game

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 11:00 v	Report	Croatia	14–11	United States	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 4–2, 4–4
		Bukić 3	Goals	five players 2

Bronze medal game

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 13:40 v	Report	Hungary	9–5	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 1–0, 3–0
		Vámos 2	Goals	Munárriz 2

Gold medal game

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 16:30 v	Report	Greece	10–13	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Xevi Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–2, 2–2, 1–3
		three players 2	Goals	three players 3

Final ranking

Rank	Team^[45]
	Serbia
	Greece
	Hungary
4	Spain
5	Croatia
6	United States
7	Italy
8	Montenegro
9	Australia
10	Japan
11	Kazakhstan
12	South Africa

2020 Men's Olympic champions
Serbia Second title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serbia (SRB) Gojko Pijetlović (GK) Dušan Mandić (LH) Nikola Dedović Sava Ranđelović Strahinja Rašović Duško Pijetlović Đorđe Lazić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović (C, LH) Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović (GK) Head coach: Dejan Savić	Greece (GRE) Emmanouil Zerdevas (GK) Konstantinos Genidounias Dimitrios Skoumpakis Marios Kapotsis Ioannis Fountoulis (C) Alexandros Papanastasiou Georgios Dervisis Stylianos Argyropoulos Konstantinos Mourikis Christodoulos Kolomvos Konstantinos Gkiouvetsis Angelos Vlachopoulos Konstantinos Galanidis (GK) Head coach: Thodoris Vlachos	Hungary (HUN) Viktor Nagy (GK) Dániel Angyal Krisztián Manhercz Gergő Zalánki (LH) Márton Vámos (LH) Norbert Hosnyánszky Mátyás Pásztor Szilárd Jansik Balázs Erdélyi Dénes Varga (C) Tamás Mezei (LH) Balázs Hárai Soma Vogel (GK) Head coach: Tamás Märcz

Team statistics

Goals for

Rank	Team	Goals for	Matches played	Goals for per match	Shots	%	Finish
1	Japan	65	5	13.000	170	38.2%	10th
2	Serbia	103	8	12.875	237	43.5%	1st
3	Croatia	99	8	12.375	245	40.4%	5th
4	Greece	97	8	12.125	247	39.3%	2nd
5	Hungary	94	8	11.750	247	38.1%	3rd
6	Spain	87	8	10.875	238	36.6%	4th
7	Italy	86	8	10.750	242	35.5%	7th
8	United States	85	8	10.625	244	34.8%	6th
9	Montenegro	82	8	10.250	247	33.2%	8th
10	Australia	49	5	9.800	149	32.9%	9th
11	Kazakhstan	35	5	7.000	133	26.3%	11th
12	South Africa	20	5	4.000	111	18.0%	12th
Total		902	42	10.738	2510	35.9%

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Goals against

Rank	Team	Goals against	Matches played	Goals against per match	Shots	%	Finish
1	Greece	57	8	7.125	230	24.8%	2nd
2	Spain	58	8	7.250	223	26.0%	4th
3	Hungary	60	8	7.500	237	25.3%	3rd
4	Italy	63	8	7.875	226	27.9%	7th
5	Serbia	71	8	8.875	243	29.2%	1st
6	Croatia	82	8	10.250	245	33.5%	5th
7	United States	85	8	10.625	240	35.4%	6th
8	Montenegro	92	8	11.500	227	40.5%	8th
9	Australia	60	5	12.000	136	44.1%	9th
10	Japan	66	5	13.200	147	44.9%	10th
11	Kazakhstan	92	5	18.400	161	57.1%	11th
12	South Africa	116	5	23.200	195	59.5%	12th
Total		902	42	10.738	2510	35.9%

Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)^[14]

Goal difference

Rank	Team	Goals for	Goals against	Goal diff.	Matches played	Goals diff. per match	Finish
1	Greece	97	57	40	8	5.000	2nd
2	Hungary	94	60	34	8	4.250	3rd
3	Serbia	103	71	32	8	4.000	1st
4	Spain	87	58	29	8	3.625	4th
5	Italy	86	63	23	8	2.875	7th
6	Croatia	99	82	17	8	2.125	5th
7	United States	85	85	0	8	0.000	6th
8	Japan	65	66	−1	5	−0.200	10th
9	Montenegro	82	92	−10	8	−1.250	8th
10	Australia	49	60	−11	5	−2.200	9th
11	Kazakhstan	35	92	−57	5	−11.400	11th
12	South Africa	20	116	−96	5	−19.200	12th
Total		902	902	0	42	0.000

Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)^[14]

Saves

Rank	Team	Saves	Matches played	Saves per match	Shots	%	Finish
1	Serbia	89	8	11.125	160	55.6%	1st
2	Croatia	88	8	11.000	170	51.8%	5th
3	Spain	87	8	10.875	145	60.0%	4th
4	United States	83	8	10.375	168	49.4%	6th
5	Greece	79	8	9.875	136	58.1%	2nd
5	Italy	79	8	9.875	142	55.6%	7th
7	Hungary	72	8	9.000	132	54.5%	3rd
8	Montenegro	70	8	8.750	162	43.2%	8th
9	Japan	43	5	8.600	109	39.4%	10th
10	Australia	41	5	8.200	101	40.6%	9th
11	South Africa	30	5	6.000	146	20.5%	12th
12	Kazakhstan	28	5	5.600	120	23.3%	11th
Total		789	42	9.393	1691	46.7%

Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)^[14]

Blocks

Rank	Team	Blocks	Matches played	Blocks per match	Finish
1	Greece	46	8	5.750	2nd
1	Hungary	46	8	5.750	3rd
3	Serbia	45	8	5.625	1st
4	United States	36	8	4.500	6th
5	Italy	31	8	3.875	7th
6	Croatia	28	8	3.500	5th
7	Spain	26	8	3.250	4th
8	South Africa	16	5	3.200	12th
9	Montenegro	25	8	3.125	8th
10	Kazakhstan	12	5	2.400	11th
11	Japan	10	5	2.000	10th
12	Australia	7	5	1.400	9th
Total		328	42	3.905

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Rebounds

Rank	Team	Rebounds	Matches played	Rebounds per match	Finish
1	Hungary	59	8	7.375	3rd
1	Spain	59	8	7.375	4th
3	Greece	53	8	6.625	2nd
4	Australia	31	5	6.200	9th
5	Serbia	48	8	6.000	1st
5	United States	48	8	6.000	6th
7	Croatia	44	8	5.500	5th
7	Italy	44	8	5.500	7th
9	Montenegro	40	8	5.000	8th
10	Japan	24	5	4.800	10th
11	Kazakhstan	22	5	4.400	11th
12	South Africa	19	5	3.800	12th
Total		491	42	5.845

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Steals

Rank	Team	Steals	Matches played	Steals per match	Finish
1	Japan	44	5	8.800	10th
2	Italy	65	8	8.125	7th
3	Montenegro	64	8	8.000	8th
4	Spain	49	8	6.125	4th
5	Hungary	48	8	6.000	3rd
6	Serbia	47	8	5.875	1st
7	Croatia	46	8	5.750	5th
8	Greece	45	8	5.625	2nd
9	Australia	28	5	5.600	9th
9	Kazakhstan	28	5	5.600	11th
11	United States	44	8	5.500	6th
12	South Africa	15	5	3.000	12th
Total		523	42	6.226

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Sprints won

Rank	Team	Sprints won	Matches played	Sprints won per match	Sprints contested	%	Finish
1	Italy	25	8	3.125	32	78.1%	7th
2	Spain	24	8	3.000	32	75.0%	4th
3	Australia	14	5	2.800	20	70.0%	9th
4	United States	22	8	2.750	32	68.8%	6th
5	Croatia	19	8	2.375	32	59.4%	5th
6	Hungary	17	8	2.125	32	53.1%	3rd
7	Greece	13	8	1.625	32	40.6%	2nd
8	Serbia	11	8	1.375	32	34.4%	1st
9	Montenegro	10	8	1.250	32	31.3%	8th
10	Japan	5	5	1.000	20	25.0%	10th
11	Kazakhstan	4	5	0.800	20	20.0%	11th
11	South Africa	4	5	0.800	20	20.0%	12th
Total		168	42	2.000	336	50.0%

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Turnovers

Rank	Team	Turnovers	Matches played	Turnovers per match	Finish
1	Japan	14	5	2.800	10th
2	Spain	30	8	3.750	4th
3	Croatia	31	8	3.875	5th
4	Australia	21	5	4.200	9th
5	Greece	37	8	4.625	2nd
6	Montenegro	38	8	4.750	8th
7	Kazakhstan	24	5	4.800	11th
8	Serbia	40	8	5.000	1st
9	Hungary	41	8	5.125	3rd
10	Italy	46	8	5.750	7th
11	United States	48	8	6.000	6th
12	South Africa	44	5	8.800	12th
Total		414	42	4.929

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Exclusions with substitution

Rank	Team	Exclusions with substitution	Matches played	Exclusions w/subst per match	Finish
1	Italy	4	8	0.500	7th
1	Montenegro	4	8	0.500	8th
3	Japan	3	5	0.600	10th
4	Kazakhstan	5	5	1.000	11th
4	Spain	8	8	1.000	4th
6	Australia	6	5	1.200	9th
7	United States	10	8	1.250	6th
8	Serbia	11	8	1.375	1st
9	Croatia	12	8	1.500	5th
10	Hungary	13	8	1.625	3rd
11	South Africa	9	5	1.800	12th
12	Greece	16	8	2.000	2nd
Total		101	42	1.202

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[14]

Player statistics

Multiple medalists

Four-time Olympic medalist(s): 3 players

Serbia: Filip Filipović,^[46] Duško Pijetlović,^[47] Andrija Prlainović^[48]

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 4 players

Serbia: Milan Aleksić,^[49] Dušan Mandić,^[50] Stefan Mitrović,^[51] Gojko Pijetlović (GK)^[52]

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Matches played	Goals per match	Shots	%
1	Aleksandar Ivović	Montenegro	23	8	2.875	43	53.5%
2	Luka Bukić	Croatia	20	8	2.500	41	48.8%
2	Krisztián Manhercz	Hungary	20	8	2.500	44	45.5%
4	Alex Bowen	United States	18	8	2.250	44	40.9%
4	Álvaro Granados	Spain	18	8	2.250	52	34.6%
6	Francesco Di Fulvio	Italy	17	8	2.125	55	30.9%
	Konstantinos Genidounias	Greece		8	2.125	54	31.5%
	Dušan Mandić	Serbia		8	2.125	36	47.2%
9	Filip Filipović	Serbia	16	8	2.000	27	59.3%
	Ioannis Fountoulis	Greece		8	2.000	42	38.1%
	Maro Joković	Croatia		8	2.000	37	43.2%

Source: Official Results Book (page 109)^[14]

Saves leaders

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Saves	Matches played	Saves per match	Shots	%
1	Branislav Mitrović	Serbia	70	6	11.667	122	57.4%
1	Emmanouil Zerdevas	Greece	70	7	10.000	122	57.4%
3	Marco Del Lungo	Italy	61	7	8.714	110	55.5%
4	Daniel López	Spain	60	6	10.000	109	55.0%
5	Marko Bijač	Croatia	56	6	9.333	116	48.3%
5	Viktor Nagy	Hungary	56	7	8.000	103	54.4%
7	Drew Holland	United States	52	5	10.400	111	46.8%
8	Slaven Kandić	Montenegro	41	5	8.200	92	44.6%
9	Katsuyuki Tanamura	Japan	36	4	9.000	93	38.7%
10	Ivan Marcelić	Croatia	32	3	10.667	54	59.3%

Source: Official Results Book (page 111)^[14]

Leading blockers

Rank	Player	Team	Blocks	Matches played	Blocks per match
1	Filip Filipović	Serbia	10	8	1.250
1	Krisztián Manhercz	Hungary	10	8	1.250
3	Draško Brguljan	Montenegro	7	8	0.875
	Francesco Di Fulvio	Italy		8	0.875
	Gergő Zalánki	Hungary		8	0.875
6	Luca Cupido	United States	6	8	0.750
	Georgios Dervisis	Greece		8	0.750
	Gonzalo Echenique	Italy		8	0.750
	Ioannis Fountoulis	Greece		8	0.750
	Konstantinos Genidounias	Greece		8	0.750
	Balázs Hárai	Hungary		8	0.750
	Maro Joković	Croatia		8	0.750
	Marios Kapotsis	Greece		8	0.750
	Đorđe Lazić	Serbia		8	0.750
	Ross Stone	South Africa		5	1.200
	Marko Vavic	United States		8	0.750
	Angelos Vlachopoulos	Greece		8	0.750

Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)^[14]

Leading rebounders

Rank	Player	Team	Rebounds	Matches played	Rebounds per match
1	Álvaro Granados	Spain	12	8	1.500
1	Angelos Vlachopoulos	Greece	12	8	1.500
3	Alberto Munárriz	Spain	11	8	1.375
4	Filip Filipović	Serbia	10	8	1.250
5	Draško Brguljan	Montenegro	9	8	1.125
5	Ioannis Fountoulis	Greece	9	8	1.125
7	Gonzalo Echenique	Italy	8	8	1.000
	Loren Fatović	Croatia		8	1.000
	Konstantinos Genidounias	Greece		8	1.000
	Aleksandar Ivović	Montenegro		8	1.000
	Krisztián Manhercz	Hungary		8	1.000
	Nicholas Presciutti	Italy		8	1.000
	Aleksa Ukropina	Montenegro		8	1.000
	Dénes Varga	Hungary		7	1.143

Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)^[14]

Steals leaders

Rank	Player	Team	Steals	Matches played	Steals per match
1	Alessandro Velotto	Italy	13	8	1.625
2	Álvaro Granados	Spain	11	8	1.375
3	Draško Brguljan	Montenegro	10	8	1.250
	Drew Holland (GK)	United States		5	2.000
	Aleksandar Ivović	Montenegro		8	1.250
	Katsuyuki Tanamura (GK)	Japan		5	2.000
7	Vlado Popadić	Montenegro	9	8	1.125
7	Nicholas Presciutti	Italy	9	8	1.125
9	Balázs Erdélyi	Hungary	8	8	1.000
	Anthony Hrysanthos (GK)	Australia		3	2.667
	Dušan Marković	Kazakhstan		5	1.600

Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)^[14]

Leading sprinters

Rank	Sprinter	Team	Sprints won	Matches played	Sprints won per match	Sprints contested	%
1	Johnny Hooper	United States	22	8	2.750	29	75.9%
2	Martin Famera	Spain	17	8	2.125	19	89.5%
3	Rhys Howden	Australia	14	5	2.800	19	73.7%
4	Luka Bukić	Croatia	13	8	1.625	18	72.2%
4	Francesco Di Fulvio	Italy	13	8	1.625	18	72.2%
6	Alexandros Papanastasiou	Greece	11	8	1.375	17	64.7%
7	Strahinja Rašović	Serbia	8	8	1.000	19	42.1%
8	Draško Brguljan	Montenegro	7	8	0.875	20	35.0%
8	Pietro Figlioli		7

[table_hth_CRO0.28259701062115-45] Croatia 14–12 Serbia

[table_hth_MNE0.28259701062115-46] Australia 10–15 Montenegro

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