United States men's national water polo team

United States
Olympic Games
Association	United States Aquatic Sports
Confederation	ASUA (Americas)
Head coach	Dejan Udovičić
Asst coach	John Abdou Alex Rodriguez
Captain	Alex Obert
Most caps	Tony Azevedo
Top scorer	Tony Azevedo
FINA code	USA
Appearances	22 (first in 1904)
Best result	(1904)
World Championships
Appearances	17 (first in 1973)
Best result	4th place (1986, 1991, 2009)
World League
Appearances	17 (first in 2002)
Best result	(2008,2016)
World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1979)
Best result	(1991, 1997)
Pan American Games
Appearances	16 (first in 1951)
Best result	(1959, 1967, 1971, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)

The United States men's national water polo team is the representative for the United States of America in international men's water polo.

The team is the only non-European squad to win medals in the water polo Olympic tournament, most recently during the 2008 Summer Olympics, where they won a silver medal after losing the final to Hungary 14–10.

Results

Olympic Games

1904 — Gold medal (Demonstration event)
1920 — 4th place
1924 — Bronze medal
1928 — Quarterfinals
1932 — Bronze medal
1936 — First round
1948 — Second round
1952 — 4th place
1956 — 5th place
1960 — 7th place
1964 — Second round
1968 — 5th place
1972 — Bronze medal
1984 — Silver medal
1988 — Silver medal
1992 — 4th place
1996 — 7th place
2000 — 6th place
2004 — 7th place
2008 — Silver medal
2012 — 8th place
2016 — 10th place

World Championship

1973 — 5th place
1975 — 8th place
1978 — 5th place
1982 — 6th place
1986 — 4th place
1991 — 4th place
1994 — 6th place
1998 — 7th place
2001 — 7th place
2003 — 6th place
2005 — 11th place
2007 — 9th place
2011 — 6th place
2013 — 9th place
2015 — 7th place
2017 — 13th place

FINA World League

2002 — Preliminary round
2003 — Bronze medal
2004 — 6th place
2005 — Semifinal round
2006 — 5th place
2007 — 5th place
2008 — Silver medal
2009 — 4th place
2010 — 5th place
2011 — 4th place
2012 — 4th place
2013 — 4th place
2014 — 5th place
2015 — 4th place
2016 — Silver medal
2017 — 4th place
2018 — 7th place

FINA Water Polo World Cup

1979 — Silver medal
1981 — 4th place
1983 — 4th place
1985 — Silver medal
1987 — 4th place
1989 — 8th place
1991 — Gold medal
1993 — 4th place
1995 — 4th place
1997 — Gold medal
1999 — 6th place
2002 — 7th place
2010 — 4th place
2014 — 4th place
2018 — tbd

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[1]

Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	2016/17 club
1	McQuin Baron	GK			L	27 October 1995
2	Johnathan Hooper	D			R	24 July 1997
3	Marko Vavić	D			R	25 April 1999
4	Alex Obert (c)	CF			R	18 December 1991
5	Ben Hallock	CF			R	22 November 1997
6	Luca Cupido	D			R	9 November 1995
7	Thomas Dunstan	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	L	29 September 1997
8	Nicholas Carniglia	D			L	7 January 1996
9	Alex Bowen	D			R	4 September 1997
10	Chancellor Ramirez	CF			R	1 October 1994
11	Alex Roelse	CF			R	10 January 1995
12	Maxwell Irving	D			R	21 May 1995
13	Drew Holland	GK			R	11 April 1995

Former squads

2000 Olympic Games —

Gavin Arroyo, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Dan Hackett, Chris Humbert, Sean Kern, Chi Kredel, Robert Lynn, Kyle Kopp, Sean Nolan, Chris Oeding, Bradley Schumacher, Wolf Wigo, head coach John Vargas.

2004 Olympic Games —

Omar Amr, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Layne Beaubien, Brandon Brooks, Genai Kerr, Daniel Klatt, Brett Ormsby, Jeff Powers, Chris Segesman, Jesse Smith, Wolf Wigo, Adam Wright. Head Coach: Ratko Rudić.

2008 Olympic Games —

Brian Alexander (alternate), Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Brandon Brooks, Peter Hudnut, Tim Hutten, J. W. Krumpholz, Rick Merlo, Merrill Moses, Jeff Powers, Jesse Smith, Peter Varellas, Adam Wright, Layne Beaubien. Assistant Coach: Terry Schroeder, Head Coach: Robert Lynn.^[2]

2009 FINA World Championships — (July 20, 2009, Rome, Italy)

Merrill Moses, Peter Varellas, Brian Alexander, Jeff Powers, Adam Wright, Justin Johnson, Layne Beaubien, Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Tim Hutten, Jesse Smith, J. W. Krumpholz, Genai Kerr, John Mann (alternate). Assistant Coach: Terry Schroeder, Head Coach: Robert Lynn, Assistant Coach: Ryan Brown, Team Leader: Rick McKee.

2012 Olympic Games —

Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey, Layne Beaubien, Shea Buckner, Peter Hudnut, Tim Hutten, Chay Lapin, John Mann, Merrill Moses, Jeff Powers, Jesse Smith, Peter Varellas, Adam Wright

References

↑ "Budapest 2017 American Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
↑ USA Water Polo Men's National Team Archived 2010-12-21 at WebCite

External links

Official website

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