The Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team, also widely known as the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team, represented Serbia and Montenegro in international water polo games, from 1993 to 2006. It was governed by the Water Polo Association of FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003), then the Water Polo Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). The team won medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, FINA World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade.
History After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1991–1992, the original Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was dissolved. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina NT), Croatia (Croatia NT), Macedonia (Macedonia NT) (later known as North Macedonia), and Slovenia (Slovenia NT) then formed their own national teams. While the then remaining and smaller Yugoslavia (originally known as FR Yugoslavia, and later as Serbia and Montenegro) formed its own national team.
That national team was originally named either "Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", or "FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", from 1992 until 2003, after the country's name at the time. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team". After Serbia and Montenegro split up, in 2006, and became the independent countries of Serbia and Montenegro, they each formed their own successor national teams. The first appearance of the Serbia men's national water polo team at a major international competition was at the 2006 European Championship. While the first appearance of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at a major international competition was at the 2007 FINA World League.
Names Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) men's national water polo team: 1992–2003 Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team: 2003–2006
Predecessor and successor teams Predecessor team
Successor teams
Competitive record Medals Competition TotalOlympic Games 0 1 1 2World Championship 1 1 2 4World Cup 1 0 1 2World League 2 1 0 3European Championship 2 1 0 3Mediterranean Games 1 0 1 2Summer Universiade 1 1 0 2 Total 8 5 5 18
Olympic Games
YearPosition1936 to 1988Part of SFR Yugoslavia as 1992 Barcelona Suspended 1996 Atlanta 8th 2000 Sydney as 2004 Athens
World Championship YearPosition1973 to 1991Part of SFR Yugoslavia as 1994 Rome Suspended 1998 Perth 2001 Fukuoka as 2003 Barcelona 2005 Montreal
World Cup YearPosition1979 to 1991 Part of SFR Yugoslavia as 1993 Athens Suspended 1995 Atlanta Did not participate 1997 Athens 7th 1999 Sydney 5th 2002 Belgrade as 2006 Budapest
World League YearPosition as 2002 Patras Did not participate as 2003 New York 4th 2004 Long Beach 2005 Belgrade 2006 Athens
European Championship YearPosition1950 to 1991Part of SFR Yugoslavia as 1993 Sheffield Suspended 1995 Vienna Did not participate 1997 Seville 1999 Florence 7th 2001 Budapest as 2003 Kranj
Mediterranean Games YearPosition1959 to 1991Part of SFR Yugoslavia as 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Suspended 1997 Bari 2001 Tunis 4th as 2005 Almeria
Team Coaches 1992–1999 Nikola Stamenić 1999–2004 Nenad Manojlović 2004–2006 Petar Porobić
See also Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics Yugoslavia men's national water polo team Serbia men's national water polo team Montenegro men's national water polo team List of world champions in men's water polo
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