Croatia men's national water polo team

Croatia
FINA code	CRO
Nickname(s)	Barakude; (The Barracudas)
Association	Croatian Water Polo Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Ivica Tucak
Asst coach	Mile Smodlaka; Sandro Sukno
Captain	Andro Bušlje
Most caps	Igor Hinić (417)
Top scorer	Miho Bošković (369)
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	2 (as of February 2020)
Highest	1 (2012, 2013)
Lowest	6 (2008)
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	(2012)
World Championship
Appearances	12 (first in 1994)
Best result	(2007, 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1995)
Best result	(2010)
World League
Appearances	9 (first in 2002)
Best result	(2012)
European Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1993)
Best result	(2010)
Europa Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2018)
Best result	(2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1993)
Best result	(2013)
Media
Website	hvs.hr
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World League
European Championship
Europa Cup
Mediterranean Games

The Croatia men's national water polo team represents Croatia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Water Polo Federation. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, FINA World League and Mediterranean Games, making them one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world.

They are Croatia's most successful national team, having won more titles than all other Croatian national teams.

It was the first Croatian national team in any sport to win a gold medal at the Olympics or World Games, the World and European Championships.

History

After the independence of Croatia the national water polo team competed at its first tournament and also its first finals at 1993 Mediterranean Games, followed by the 1993 European Championships where Croatia won 5th place.

Croatia has since become Olympic champion (2012), double World champion (2007, 2017) and European champion (2010). Croatia has also won eight other medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships and was fourth on six occasions. The team holds a record streak of winning 6 medals in a row at World Championships and has reached semi-finals in over 60% of appearances at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships altogether since 2017. Since the formation of national team Croatia has qualified for every big tournament. It is the first Croatian national team in any Olympic team sport that has won gold medals at all three big competitions. Croatia has also won World League (2012) and Mediterranean Games (2013). The only competition Croatia has yet to win is World Cup where the national team won silver medal in 2010.

The team has been awarded with Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport in 1996. So far two International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees have been members of Croatia national team – Perica Bukić as a player and Ratko Rudić as a coach.

Results

Medals

Updated after 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	1	2	0	3
World Championship	2	1	4	7
World Cup	0	1	1	2
World League	1	3	3	7
European Championship	1	2	1	4
Europa Cup	1	1	0	2
Mediterranean Games	1	1	1	3
Total	7	11	10	28

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Summer Olympics

Year[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1992	Couldn't participate in qualification
1996	Final		8	5	0	3	71	58	+13
2000	Quarterfinal	7th	8	5	1	2	68	56	+12
2004	Preliminary Round	10th	6	2	0	4	47	42	+5
2008	Quarterfinal	6th	7	4	0	3	71	49	+22
2012	Final		8	8	0	0	73	42	+31
2016	Final		8	5	0	3	66	62	+4
2020	TBD
Total	Qualified: 6/6		45	29	1	15	396	309	+87

Record against other teams at the Summer Olympics

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Australia	2	2	0	0	21	14	+7
China	1	1	0	0	16	4	+12
Egypt	1	1	0	0	12	1	+11
Germany	1	1	0	0	13	5	+8
Greece	3	3	0	0	25	16	+9
Hungary	2	1	0	1	16	17	−1
Italy	5	4	0	1	45	35	+10
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	17	8	+9
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	13	12	+1
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	11	7	+4
Romania	1	1	0	0	11	6	+5
Russia	1	0	0	1	8	9	−1
Serbia	2	1	0	1	18	19	−1
Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	1	1	20	21	−1
Spain	4	1	0	3	30	34	−4
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	16	8	+8
United States	6	2	0	4	45	42	+3
Total	17 teams

World Championships

Year[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1994	Semi-final	4th	7	4	0	3	87	57	+30
1998	Second Round	9th	8	4	2	2	94	46	+48
2001	Second Round	8th	8	4	0	4	70	52	+18
2003	Second Round	9th	6	3	1	2	49	39	+10
2005	Semi-final	4th	7	4	0	3	59	44	+15
2007	Final		6	6	0	0	62	40	+22
2009	Semi-final		6	5	0	1	63	35	+28
2011	Semi-final		6	5	0	1	72	42	+30
2013	Semi-final		7	6	0	1	89	44	+45
2015	Final		6	5	0	1	68	45	+23
2017	Final		6	6	0	0	70	47	+23
2019	Semi-final		6	5	0	1	77	37	+40
2021
Total	Qualified: 12/12		79	57	3	19	860	524	+332

Record against other teams at the World Championships

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Australia	6	5	0	1	49	43	+6
Brazil	4	4	0	0	52	22	+30
Canada	5	5	0	0	68	26	+42
China	3	3	0	0	49	7	+42
Germany	1	0	0	1	3	7	−4
Greece	4	2	0	2	51	49	+2
Hungary	5	2	1	3	50	56	−6
Italy	4	1	1	2	32	34	−2
Japan	2	2	0	0	26	9	+17
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	19	4	+15
Montenegro	4	4	0	0	40	21	+19
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	23	13	+10
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	75	8	+67
Romania	3	3	0	0	25	18	+7
Russia	6	3	0	3	51	38	+13
Serbia	4	2	0	2	37	41	−4
Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	1	1	10	11	−1
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	12	3	+9
South Africa	2	2	0	0	32	5	+27
Spain	2	0	0	2	10	17	−7
United States	6	5	0	1	56	43	+13
Total	21 teams 3

World Cup

Year[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1993	Could not qualify[2]
1995	Preliminary Round	6th	5	2	0	3	25	31	−6
1997	Preliminary Round	8th	5	1	0	4	30	40	−10
1999	Did not qualify
2002	Preliminary Round	8th	4	0	1	3	26	32	−6
2006	Semi-final	4th	6	2	1	3	54	56	−2
2010	Final		6	5	0	1	74	43	+31
2014	Semi-final		6	4	0	2	43	37	+6
2018	Quarterfinal	5th	6	4	1	1	84	41	+43
Total	Qualified: 7/8		38	18	3	17	336	280	+56

Record against other teams at the World Cup

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Australia	1	1	0	0	6	3	+3
China	1	1	0	0	14	4	+10
Greece	2	1	1	0	12	11	+1
Hungary	3	0	0	3	17	30	−13
Iran	1	1	0	0	23	2	+21
Italy	2	0	0	2	9	13	−4
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	14	7	+7
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	6	5	+1
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	9	7	+2
Romania	1	1	0	0	10	7	+3
Russia	2	1	0	1	17	19	−2
Serbia	3	1	0	2	21	28	−7
Serbia and Montenegro	3	1	0	2	18	18	0
Spain	5	0	1	4	33	45	−12
United States	5	3	0	2	43	40	+3
Total	15 teams

World League

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as wins/defeats.
* marks instances of not qualifying for the super final due to "host rule".

Year[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
2002	Did not qualify for the Super Final		12	2	0	10
2003	Did not compete
2004	Did not compete
2005	Group Round	4th	14	8	0	6
2006 *	Did not qualify for the Super Final		11	7	0	4
2007			8	3	0	5
2008 *			6	3	0	3
2009	Final		12	9	0	3
2010	Semi-final		12	8	0	4
2011	Semi-final		11	10	0	1
2012	Final		10	10	0	0
2013 *	Did not qualify for the Super Final		6	4	0	2
2014	Did not qualify for the Super Final		4	1	0	3
2015	Final		14	12	0	2
2016	Did not qualify for the Super Final		6	4	0	2
2017	Semi-final		12	10	0	2
2018	Quarterfinal	5th	10	7	0	3
2019	Final		6	4	0	2
Total	Participated: 16/18 Qualified for the Super Final: 9/16		154	102	0	52

European Championships

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1993	Preliminary round	5th	7	5	0	2	72	58	+14
1995	Semi-final	4th	7	2	2	3	78	58	+20
1997	Semi-final	4th	8	5	1	2	60	44	+16
1999	Final		8	6	0	2	71	59	+12
2001	Semi-final	4th	8	3	2	3	63	57	+6
2003	Final		8	6	0	2	66	55	+11
2006	Preliminary round	7th	8	4	2	2	90	72	+18
2008	Semi-final	4th	8	4	1	3	81	69	+12
2010	Final		7	6	0	1	71	44	+27
2012	Preliminary round	9th	7	4	0	3	80	66	+14
2014	Quarterfinal	5th	7	3	2	2	64	54	+10
2016	Quarterfinal	7th	7	4	0	3	88	50	+38
2018	Semi-final		6	5	0	1	76	41	+35
2020	Semi-final	4th	6	4	0	2	75	53	+22
Total	Qualified: 14/14		102	61	10	31	1035	780	+255

Record against other teams at the European Championships

National team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
Austria	1	1	0	0	26	2	+24
France	2	2	0	0	26	14	+12
Germany	8	4	2	2	76	66	+10
Greece	9	6	3	0	78	65	+13
Hungary	11	1	1	9	97	120	−23
Italy	9	5	1	3	66	62	+4
Montenegro	4	2	0	2	33	34	−1
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	40	13	+27
Romania	4	2	0	2	43	35	+8
Russia	5	3	1	1	44	36	+8
Serbia	3	1	1	1	30	32	−2
Serbia and Montenegro	4	1	0	3	30	32	−2
Slovakia	6	5	0	1	64	37	+27
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	37	16	+21
Spain	7	5	1	1	56	50	+6
Turkey	1	1	0	0	16	3	+13
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	34	19	+15
Total	17 teams

LEN Europa Cup

Year	Round	Pld	W	L
2018	Final	8	7	1
2019	Final	7	5	2
Total	Participated: 2/2 Qualified for the Super Final: 2/2	15	12	3

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L
1993	Final
1997	Final
2001	Preliminary Round	5th
2005	Semi-final	4th	5	2	0	3
2009	Semi-final	4th	5	3	0	2
2013	Final		4	4	0	0
2018	Did not participate
Total	Participated: 6/7		14	9	0	5

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[3]

Head coach: Ivica Tucak[4]

No	Name	Pos.	L/R	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Caps	Club
1	Marko Bijač	GK	R	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)		Pro Recco
2	Marko Macan	DF	R	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	109 kg (240 lb)		VK Jug
3	Loren Fatović	W	R	(1996-11-16) 16 November 1996	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)		VK Jug
4	Luka Lončar	CF	R	(1987-06-26) 26 June 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	106 kg (234 lb)		VK Jug
5	Maro Joković	W	L	(1987-01-10) 10 January 1987	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)		Olympiacos
6	Luka Bukić	W	R	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)		HAVK Mladost
7	Ante Vukičević	W	R	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)		CN Marseille
8	Andro Bušlje (C)	DF	R	(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)		Pro Recco
9	Lovre Miloš	W	R	(1994-04-05) 5 April 1994	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	7	HAVK Mladost
10	Josip Vrlić	CF	R	(1986-04-25) 25 April 1986	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	130 kg (290 lb)		HAVK Mladost
11	Hrvoje Benić	D	R	(1992-04-26) 26 April 1992	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)		VK Jug
12	Xavier García	W	L	(1984-01-05) 5 January 1984	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)		VK Jug
13	Ivan Marcelić	GK	R	(1994-02-18) 18 February 1994	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	106 kg (234 lb)		HAVK Mladost

Player statistics

Most appearances

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Player	Matches	Positions
Igor Hinić	417	C
Tomislav Paškvalin	285	C
Samir Barać	176	PP
Andro Bušlje	167	HG
Faris Okanovic	161
Teo Đogaš	148	PP
Frano Vićan	129	GK
Elvis Fatović	128	PP
Josip Pavić	120	GK
Damir Burić	117	HG
Miho Bošković	108	PP, HG
Sandro Sukno	97	PP
Petar Muslim	90	PP, SC
Maro Joković	89	PP
Nikša Dobud	83	C
Vjekoslav Kobešćak	86	PP
Ratko Štritof	80	HG
Ivan Buljubašić	79	HG
Paulo Obradović	68	PP, HG
Zdeslav Vrdoljak	58	PP
Anđelo Šetka	57	PP
Dubravko Šimenc	52	PP
Goran Volarević	52	GK
Frano Karač	37	PP
Tihomil Vranješ	35	PP
Pavo Marković	33	PP
Perica Bukić	30	PP
Luka Lončar	20	C
Antonio Petković		PP

bold – not retired from national team

Top scorers

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Name	Goals	Average	Position
Miho Bošković	369	3.42	PP, HG
Paulo Obradović	197		PP, HG
Maro Joković	158		PP
Samir Barać	135	0.77	PP
Faris Okanovic	26	0.85	PP
Igor Hinić	113	0.27	C
Petar Muslim	100		PP, SC
Nikša Dobud	86	1.02	C

Head coaches

Duško Antunović (1991–1993)
Bruno Silić (1993–1998)
Neven Kovačević (1998–2001)
Veselin Đuho (2002–2003)
Zoran Roje (2003–2005)
Ratko Rudić (2005–2012)
Ivica Tucak (2012–)

Notable players

Naturalized players

Andrey Belofastov (Ukraine), Xavier García (Spain)[5] Faris Okanovic (Sweden)

Statistics

Record against other teams

As of 24 January 2020

NO FRIENDLY fixtures.

**Key**
	Positive total balance (more wins)
	Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative total balance (more losses)

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as wins/defeats.

National team	Total				Olympic Games				World Championship				World Cup				World League				European Championship				Europa Cup				Mediterranean Games				Qualifications
National team	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L	Pld	W	D	L
Australia	19	16	0	3	2	2	0	0	7	6	0	1	2	1	0	1	8	7	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Austria	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Belarus	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Brazil	8	7	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Canada	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
China	6	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Egypt	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Georgia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Germany	26	20	2	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	11	0	1	9	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	2	2	0	0
Great Britain	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Greece	37	24	4	9	3	2	0	1	3	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	14	9	0	5	11	8	3	0	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary	36	9	2	25	2	1	0	1	8	4	1	3	3	0	0	3	11	3	0	8	12	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Iran	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Italy	42	23	2	17	6	5	0	1	5	2	1	2	2	0	0	2	14	8	0	6	11	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	1	0	0
Japan	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	9	9	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Macedonia	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malta	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Montenegro	25	16	0	9	4	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	9	3	0	6	6	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Netherlands	14	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	5	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Poland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Romania	17	14	0	3	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	1	4	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	—	—	—	—	3	3	0	0
Russia	35	23	1	11	1	1	0	0	7	4	0	3	2	1	0	1	18	13	0	5	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	1
Serbia *	43	13	4	26	5	2	1	2	6	2	1	3	7	2	1	4	11	2	0	9	9	2	1	6	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Slovenia	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0
South Africa	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Spain	37	17	2	18	5	1	0	4	3	0	0	3	5	0	1	4	11	6	0	5	7	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
Turkey	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	0
Ukraine	4	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
United States	35	24	0	11	7	3	0	4	8	7	0	1	7	5	0	2	13	9	0	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Total (36)	464	308	17	139

* includes games against Serbia and Montenegro / FR Yugoslavia

Biggest wins

double digit goal difference

Olympic Games	World Championship	World Cup	World League	European Championship	Europa Cup	Mediterranean Games	Qualifications
+12 vs. China (16–4) 2008 +11 vs. Egypt (12–1) 2004	+34 vs. New Zealand (35–1) 1994 +19 vs. South Africa (19–0) 2013 +17 vs. New Zealand (21–4) 2013 +16 vs. New Zealand (19–3) 1998 +15 vs. Canada (19–4) 2005 +15 vs. Kazakhstan (19–4) 1998 +11 vs. Brasil (17–6) 1998 +11 vs. Japan (18–7) 2011 +10 vs. Canada (13–3) 2003 +10 vs. China (15–5) 2009 +10 vs. Japan (16–6) 2017 +10 vs. Russia (13–3) 2007	+23 vs. South Africa (25–2) 2018 +21 vs. Iran (23–2) 2010 +13 vs. South Africa (16–3) 2018 +10 vs. China (14–4) 2010	+21 vs. South Africa (22–1) 2010 +19 vs. Turkey (20–1) 2013 +17 vs. Brasil (20–3) 2012 +16 vs. Kazakhstan (20–4) 2019 +16 vs. Kazakhstan (19–3) 2017 +14 vs. Turkey (17–3) 2013 +13 vs. Spain (19–6) 2006 +13 vs. Turkey (19–6) 2016 +13 vs. Turkey (16–3) 2016 +11 vs. Netherlands (18–7) 2017 +10 vs. Brasil (17–7) 2005 +10 vs. China (15–5) 2011 +10 vs. China (14–4) 2015 +10 vs. France (16–6) 2017 +10 vs. Kazahstan (15–5) 2018 +10 vs. Netherlands (17–7) 2017 +10 vs. Russia (14–4) 2018 +10 vs. Turkey (13–3) 2015	+24 vs. Austria (26–2) 1995 +21 vs. Turkey (23–2) 2018 +20 vs. Malta (22–2) 2016 +15 vs. France (20–5) 2016 +13 vs. Turkey (16–3) 2010 +12 vs. Netherlands (16–4) 2012 +11 vs. Slovenia (19–8) 2006 +10 vs. Slovakia (15–5) 2008	+15 vs. France (20–5) 2018 +12 vs. Netherlands (16–4) 2018 +11 vs. Malta (16–5) 2018	+13 vs. Turkey (17–4) 2013 +11 vs. Greece (14–3) 2009	+20 vs. Georgia (23–3) 1999 +17 vs. Puerto Rico (18–1) 2004 +12 vs. Romania (12–0) 2004

Biggest losses

Olympic Games	World Championship	World Cup	World League	European Championship	Europa Cup	Mediterranean Games
-4 vs. Italy (7–11) 2004	-7 vs. Serbia (4–11) 2015 -6 vs. Hungary (4–10) 2005 -5 vs. Spain (6–11) 1994	-6 vs. Serbia (7–13) 2010 -5 vs. Hungary (6–11) 1997 -5 vs. Russia (5–10) 1997 -5 vs. Spain (2–7) 1995	-9 vs. Hungary (6–15) 2007 -8 vs. Greece (5–13) 2008 -7 vs. Brasil (10–17) 2015	-7 vs. Serbia (6–13) 2016 -6 vs. Hungary (5–11) 1995 -5 vs. Hungary (11–16) 2006	-2 vs. Greece 2018 -2 vs. Hungary 2019	-9 vs. Italy (5–14) 2005 -6 vs. Serbia (8–14) 2009

Non-senior competitions

World Youth Championship

U-18

Year	Round	Position
2012	Semi-final	4th
2014	Quarterfinal	8th
2016	Champions	1st

World Junior Championship

U-20

Year	Round	Position
1991
1993
1995
1997	Final
1999
2001	Final
2003	Quarterfinal	7th
2005	Final
2007	Semi-final
2009	Final
2011	Quarterfinal	6th
2013	Final
2015

European Youth Championship

U-17

Year	Round	Position
2003	Semi-final
2005	Final
2007	Semi-final
2008	Semi-final
2009	Final
2011	Final
2013	Qualified
2015 *	Semi-final	4th

* incorporated in the 1st European Games

European Junior Championship

U-19

Year	Round	Position
2004	Final
2006	Semi-final	4th
2008	Quarterfinal	5th
2010	Semi-final
2012	Semi-final
2014	Semi-final

Awards

Croatian team of the year: 1999, 2017, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017

Notes

FINA Water Polo Player of the Year in 1982, 1984 and 1985. Scored 28 goals in one game which is a world record for water polo game (final score: Yugoslavia 62–0 Guatemala). First water polo player in history to sign a 6 digit contract.

References

"HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
Qualification for the tournament was determined by placing in the 1992 Olympics tournament. Since the Croatian team couldn't had participated in the 1992 Olympic water polo tournament due to the dissolution of Yugoslavia, it couldn't qualify for the 1993 World Cup.
"Team Rosters" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com/. 11 January 2020. p. 1.
Croatia – Team Info – globalsportarchive.com (European Water Polo Championship, 2020 Budapest)
http://hrsport.net/vijesti/496096/vodeni-sportovi-reprezentacija/stigla-potvrda-iz-moo-a-javier-garcia-s-hrvatskom-na-olimpijskim-igrama-u-riju/

External links

Official website

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[5] FINA Water Polo Player of the Year in 1982, 1984 and 1985. Scored 28 goals in one game which is a world record for water polo game (final score: Yugoslavia 62–0 Guatemala). First water polo player in history to sign a 6 digit contract.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[Explanation-2] Qualification for the tournament was determined by placing in the 1992 Olympics tournament. Since the Croatian team couldn't had participated in the 1992 Olympic water polo tournament due to the dissolution of Yugoslavia, it couldn't qualify for the 1993 World Cup.

[3] "Team Rosters" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com/. 11 January 2020. p. 1.

[4] Croatia – Team Info – globalsportarchive.com (European Water Polo Championship, 2020 Budapest)

[6] ttp://hrsport.net/vijesti/496096/vodeni-sportovi-reprezentacija/stigla-potvrda-iz-moo-a-javier-garcia-s-hrvatskom-na-olimpijskim-igrama-u-riju/