Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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. All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  |
| Dates | 29 July – 12 August |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runner-up |  |
| Third place |  |
| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 40 |
| Goals scored | 763 (19.08 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (22 goals) |
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| Tournaments | ||
| men | women | |
| Rosters | ||
| men | women | |
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:[1]
- Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups,[2] 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
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 7 |
 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 4 |
 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 3 |
 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 0 |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
| 29 July 2012 10:00 |
Report | Greece |
6–8 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 9 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 7 |
 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 6 |
 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 6 |
 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 2 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 77 | −49 | 0 |
| 29 July 2012 15:30 |
Report | Hungary |
10–14 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
8 | |||||||||||
| B4 | |
2 | |||||||||||
| A1 | |
7 | |||||||||||
| B2 | |
5 | |||||||||||
| A3 | |
9 | |||||||||||
| B2 | |
11 | |||||||||||
| A1 | |
8 | |||||||||||
| A2 | |
6 | |||||||||||
| A2 | |
11 | |||||||||||
| B3 | |
9 | |||||||||||
| A2 | |
9 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
| B1 | |
7 | |||||||||||
| A4 | |
8 | B2 | |
11 | ||||||||
| B1 | |
11 | B1 | |
12 | ||||||||
Quarter-finals
| 8 August 2012 14:30 |
Report | Spain |
9–11 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 |  |
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 | |||
Classification
- Bracket
| Semi-finals | 5th–6th place | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| 14 | |||||
| 10 | |||||
| 9 | |||||
| 7th–8th place | ||||||
| 9 | |||||
| 10 | |||||
5th–8th place semi-finals
| 10 August 2012 14:20 |
Report | United States |
7–8 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |||
Ranking and statistics
Final rankings
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Leading goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches played | Goals per match | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrija Prlainović | | 22 | 8 | 2.750 | 40 | 55.0% |
| 2 | Aleksandar Ivović | | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 43 | 44.2% |
| 3 | Filip Filipović | | 18 | 8 | 2.250 | 42 | 42.9% |
| Norbert Madaras | | 8 | 2.250 | 37 | 48.6% | ||
| 5 | Péter Biros | | 16 | 8 | 2.000 | 38 | 42.1% |
| Felipe Perrone | | 8 | 2.000 | 33 | 48.5% | ||
| 7 | Miho Bošković | | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 33 | 45.5% |
| Vanja Udovičić | | 8 | 1.875 | 41 | 36.6% | ||
| 9 | Albert Español | | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% |
| Norbert Hosnyánszky | | 8 | 1.750 | 23 | 60.9% | ||
| Marc Minguell | | 8 | 1.750 | 31 | 45.2% | ||
| Sandro Sukno | | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% | ||
| Boris Zloković | | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 466)[3]
Leading goalkeepers
| Rank | Goalkeeper | Team | Saves | Matches played | Saves per match | Shots | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Tempesti | | 87 | 8 | 10.875 | 147 | 59.2% |
| 2 | Josip Pavić | | 85 | 8 | 10.625 | 121 | 70.2% |
| 3 | Slobodan Soro | | 75 | 8 | 9.375 | 135 | 55.6% |
| 4 | Merrill Moses | | 72 | 8 | 9.000 | 135 | 53.3% |
| 5 | Miloš Šćepanović | | 59 | 8 | 7.375 | 122 | 48.4% |
| 6 | Iñaki Aguilar | | 52 | 8 | 6.500 | 98 | 53.1% |
| 7 | Joel Dennerley | | 51 | 8 | 6.375 | 104 | 49.0% |
| 8 | Nikolay Maksimov | | 50 | 5 | 10.000 | 103 | 48.5% |
| 9 | Dragoș Stoenescu | | 48 | 5 | 9.600 | 97 | 49.5% |
| 10 | Nikolaos Deligiannis | | 45 | 5 | 9.000 | 83 | 54.2% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 462)[3]
Leading sprinters
| Rank | Sprinter | Team | Sprints won | Matches played | Sprints won per match | Sprints contested | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pietro Figlioli | | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 21 | 90.5% |
| Rhys Howden | | 8 | 2.375 | 24 | 79.2% | ||
| 3 | Albert Español | | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 25 | 60.0% |
| 4 | Sandro Sukno | | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 16 | 68.8% |
| 5 | Deni Fiorentini | | 10 | 8 | 1.250 | 10 | 100% |
| Peter Varellas | | 8 | 1.250 | 15 | 66.7% | ||
| 7 | Vjekoslav Pasković | | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 17 | 47.1% |
| 8 | Maro Joković | | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 13 | 53.8% |
| Tamás Kásás | | 8 | 0.875 | 9 | 77.8% | ||
| Aleksa Šaponjić | | 8 | 0.875 | 11 | 63.6% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 465)[3]
Medalists
References
- "London 2012 – Water Polo Competition Schedule". FINA. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition
- "Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. 2012. pp. 284–507. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
Sources
- PDF documents on the FINA website:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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