The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro. After the Rio Olympics, Serbia national team held Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, World Cup and World League titles simultaneously.
Competition schedule
GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFFinal Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12 Sat 13 Sun 14 Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 Sat 20G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Qualification QualificationDateHostBerthsQualified Host nation 2 October 2009 Copenhagen 1 2015 FINA World League 23–28 June 2015 Bergamo 1 2015 Pan American Games 7–15 July 2015 Toronto 1 2015 FINA World Championships 27 July – 8 August 2015 Kazan 2 Oceanian Continental Selection 19 October 2015 Perth 1 2015 Asian Championship 16–20 December 2015 Foshan 1 2016 European Championships 10–23 January 2016 Belgrade 1 World Qualification Tournament 3–10 April 2016 Trieste 4 Total 12
Draw The draw was held on 10 April 2016.
Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.
Seeding The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6
Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees
German Moller Daniel Flahive Mark Koganov Fabio Toffoli Marie-Claude Deslières Ni Shi Wei Nenad Peris Hatem Gaber Benjamin Mercier Georgios Stavridis Péter Molnár Masoud Rezvani Filippo Gomez Tadao Tahara Stanko Ivanovski Diana Dutilh-Dumas Radosław Koryzna Adrian Alexandrescu Sergey Naumov Vojin Putniković Boris Margeta Dion Willis Francesc Buch Joseph Peila
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
5th place bracket
Quarter-finals
5–8th place semifinals
Semi-finals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Rank Team456789101112
Medalists GoldSilverBronze Gojko Pijetlović (GK)Dušan Mandić (LH)Živko Gocić (C)Sava RanđelovićMiloš ĆukDuško PijetlovićSlobodan NikićMilan AleksićNikola JakšićFilip Filipović (LH)Andrija PrlainovićStefan MitrovićBranislav Mitrović (GK)Head coach: Dejan Savić Josip Pavić (C, GK)Damir BurićAntonio PetkovićLuka LončarMaro Joković (LH)Luka BukićMarko MacanAndro BušljeSandro SuknoIvan KrapićAnđelo ŠetkaXavier García (LH)Marko Bijač (GK)Head coach: Ivica TucakStefano Tempesti (C, GK)Francesco Di FulvioNiccolò GittoPietro FiglioliAndrea FondelliAlessandro VelottoAlessandro Nora (LH)Valentino Gallo (LH)Christian PresciuttiMichaël BodegasMatteo AicardiNicholas PresciuttiMarco Del Lungo (GK)Head coach: Alessandro Campagna
Statistics
Multi-time Olympians
Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players : Stefano Tempesti (GK) : Tony Azevedo
Four-time Olympian(s): 7 players : Damir Burić, Xavier García : Christos Afroudakis : Pietro Figlioli : Predrag Jokić : Guillermo Molina : Jesse Smith
Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players : Filip Filipović, Živko Gocić, Slobodan Nikić, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović
Leading goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals Matchesplayed Goalsper match Shots % 1 Filip Filipović 19 8 2.375 44 43.2% Guillermo Molina 8 2.375 50 38.0% 3 Sandro Sukno 17 8 2.125 45 37.8% 4 Draško Brguljan 15 8 1.875 32 46.9% 5 Pietro Figlioli 14 8 1.750 38 36.8% Ioannis Fountoulis 8 1.750 40 35.0% Christian Presciutti 8 1.750 31 45.2% Koji Takei 5 2.800 42 33.3% Márton Vámos 8 1.750 30 46.7% Dénes Varga 8 1.750 35 40.0% Source: Official Results Book (page 100)
Leading goalkeepers Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matchesplayed Savesper match Shots % 1 Slobodan Soro 81 8 10.125 152 53.3% 2 Viktor Nagy 67 8 8.375 118 56.8% 3 Daniel López 63 8 7.875 115 54.8% 4 Branislav Mitrović 60 8 7.500 119 50.4% 5 Marko Bijač 57 8 7.125 98 58.2% 6 Konstantinos Flegkas 56 8 7.000 120 46.7% 7 Miloš Šćepanović 52 8 6.500 102 51.0% Katsuyuki Tanamura 5 10.400 113 46.0% 9 Stefano Tempesti 51 8 6.375 101 50.5% 10 Rémi Garsau 46 5 9.200 88 52.3% Source: Official Results Book (page 102)
Leading sprinters Rank Sprinter Team Sprintswon Matchesplayed Sprints wonper match Sprintscontested % 1 Rhys Howden 18 5 3.600 19 94.7% 2 Francesco Di Fulvio 16 8 2.000 17 94.1% 3 Pietro Figlioli 14 8 1.750 15 93.3% 4 Balázs Erdélyi 12 8 1.500 17 70.6% 5 Vjekoslav Pasković 10 8 1.250 18 55.6% 6 Gonzalo Echenique 8 8 1.000 14 57.1% Konstantinos Genidounias 8 1.000 18 44.4% Anđelo Šetka 8 1.000 14 57.1% 9 Krisztián Manhercz 7 8 0.875 10 70.0% Josh Samuels 5 1.400 12 58.3% Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Awards The men's all-star team was announced on 20 August 2016.
Most Valuable Player Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals)
Media All-Star Team Goalkeeper Marko Bijač (57 saves) Field players Darko Brguljan (15 goals) Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals) Guillermo Molina (19 goals, 1 sprints won) Slobodan Nikić (centre forward, 10 goals) Christian Presciutti (14 goals) Sandro Sukno (17 goals, 3 sprints won)
See also Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
Sources PDF documents in the Olympic World Library: Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive) Water polo on the Olympedia website Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (men's tournament) Water polo on the Sports Reference website Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)