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)Serbia Andrija Prlainović
(22 goals in 8 matches)
Most savesItaly Stefano Tempesti
(87 saves in 8 matches)
Top sprinter(s)Italy Pietro Figlioli
Australia Rhys Howden
(19 sprints won in 8 matches)
MVPCroatia Josip Pavić

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.

Teams from twelve nations competed in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 42 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round.

Format

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

Group A

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:

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

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:

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

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

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

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

12 August 2012
14:30		 Report Montenegro  11–12  Serbia 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

12 August 2012
15:50		 Report 1st place, gold medalist(s) Croatia  8–6  Italy 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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

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

5th–8th place semi-finals

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

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

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

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Croatia (CRO)[1]
Josip Pavić (GK)
Damir Burić
Miho Bošković
Nikša Dobud
Maro Joković (LH)
Ivan Buljubašić
Petar Muslim
Andro Bušlje
Sandro Sukno
Samir Barać (C)
Igor Hinić
Paulo Obradović
Frano Vićan (GK)
Head coach: Ratko Rudić		  Italy (ITA)
Stefano Tempesti (C, GK)
Amaurys Pérez
Niccolò Gitto
Pietro Figlioli
Alex Giorgetti
Maurizio Felugo
Massimo Giacoppo
Valentino Gallo (LH)
Christian Presciutti
Deni Fiorentini
Matteo Aicardi
Danijel Premuš
Giacomo Pastorino (GK)
Head coach: Alessandro Campagna		  Serbia (SRB)
Slobodan Soro (GK)
Aleksa Šaponjić
Živko Gocić
Vanja Udovičić (C)
Dušan Mandić (LH)
Duško Pijetlović
Slobodan Nikić
Milan Aleksić
Nikola Rađen
Filip Filipović (LH)
Andrija Prlainović
Stefan Mitrović
Gojko Pijetlović (GK)
Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Statistics

Multi-time Olympians

Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players

Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players

Multiple medalists

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players

Leading goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoalsMatches
played		Goals
per match		Shots %
1Andrija Prlainović Serbia2282.7504055.0%
2Aleksandar Ivović Montenegro1982.3754344.2%
3Filip Filipović Serbia1882.2504242.9%
Norbert Madaras Hungary82.2503748.6%
5Péter Biros Hungary1682.0003842.1%
Felipe Perrone Spain82.0003348.5%
7Miho Bošković Croatia1581.8753345.5%
Vanja Udovičić Serbia81.8754136.6%
9Albert Español Spain1481.7503046.7%
Norbert Hosnyánszky Hungary81.7502360.9%
Marc Minguell Spain81.7503145.2%
Sandro Sukno Croatia81.7503046.7%
Boris Zloković Montenegro81.7503046.7%

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

Leading goalkeepers

RankGoalkeeperTeamSavesMatches
played		Saves
per match		Shots %
1Stefano Tempesti Italy87810.87514759.2%
2Josip Pavić Croatia85810.62512170.2%
3Slobodan Soro Serbia7589.37513555.6%
4Merrill Moses United States7289.00013553.3%
5Miloš Šćepanović Montenegro5987.37512248.4%
6Iñaki Aguilar Spain5286.5009853.1%
7Joel Dennerley Australia5186.37510449.0%
8Nikolay Maksimov Kazakhstan50510.00010348.5%
9Dragoș Stoenescu Romania4859.6009749.5%
10Nikolaos Deligiannis Greece4559.0008354.2%

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

Leading sprinters

RankSprinterTeamSprints
won		Matches
played		Sprints won
per match		Sprints
contested		 %
1Pietro Figlioli Italy1982.3752190.5%
Rhys Howden Australia82.3752479.2%
3Albert Español Spain1581.8752560.0%
4Sandro Sukno Croatia1181.3751668.8%
5Deni Fiorentini Italy1081.25010100%
Peter Varellas United States81.2501566.7%
7Vjekoslav Pasković Montenegro881.0001747.1%
8Maro Joković Croatia780.8751353.8%
Tamás Kásás Hungary80.875977.8%
Aleksa Šaponjić Serbia80.8751163.6%

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

Awards

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

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

See also

References

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  6. 1 2 "Tamás Kásás". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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  13. 1 2 "Péter Biros". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  14. 1 2 "Gergely Kiss". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  15. 1 2 "Zoltán Szécsi". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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  18. ↑ "Iván Pérez". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
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