Hungary women's national water polo team

Hungary
FINA code	HUN
Association	Hungarian Water Polo Federation
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Attila Bíró
Asst coach	Bertalan Áts
Captain	Rita Keszthelyi
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	4 (as of February 2020)
Highest	4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019)
Lowest	8 (2009, 2011)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	4th place (2008, 2012, 2016)
World Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1986)
Best result	(1994, 2005)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1988)
Best result	(2002)
World League
Appearances	6 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2004)
European Championship
Appearances	18 (first in 1985)
Best result	(1991, 2001, 2016)
Media
Website	waterpolo.hu

The Hungary women's national water polo team represents Hungary in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the early 1990s, claiming the world title at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.

Results

Olympic Games

Year[1]	Position
2004	6th place
2008	4th place
2012	4th place
2016	4th place
2020	qualified

World Championship

Year[1]	Position
1986	5th place
1991	4th place
1994
1998	7th place
2001
2003	5th place
2005
2007	4th place
2009	7th place
2011	9th place
2013
2015	9th place
2017	5th place
2019	4th place

World Cup

Year[1]	Position
1988
1989
1993
1995
1999	4th place
2002
2006	5th place
2010	6th place
2014	5th place

World League

Year[1]	Position
2004
2005	4th place
2007	eliminated
2010	6th place
2011	eliminated
2012	eliminated
2013	4th place
2014	eliminated
2017	4th place
2019	6th place

European Championship

Year	Position
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	5th place
1999	4th place
2001
2003
2006
2008
2010	5th place
2012
2014
2016
2018	4th place
2020

LEN Europa Cup

Year	Position
2018	6th place

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship.[2]

Head coach: Attila Bíró

No	Name	Pos.	Date of birth	Height	Weight	L/R	Caps	Club
1	Edina Gangl	GK	(1990-06-25) 25 June 1990	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	R	123	UVSE
2	Dorottya Szilágyi	W	(1996-11-10) 10 November 1996	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	R	74	Egri VK
3	Zsuzsanna Máté	DF	(1996-09-01) 1 September 1996	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	R	32	Ferencvárosi TC
4	Gréta Gurisatti	FP	(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	R	82	Dunaújvárosi FVE
5	Vanda Vályi	FP	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	R	38	Dunaújvárosi FVE
6	Rebecca Parkes	CF	(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	R	19	UVSE
7	Anna Illés	FP	(1994-02-21) 21 February 1994	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	R	163	Ferencvárosi TC
8	Rita Keszthelyi (C)	AR	(1991-12-10) 10 December 1991	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	R	261	UVSE
9	Dóra Leimeter	FP	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	L	20	Budapesti VSC
10	Anikó Gyöngyössy	CF	(1990-05-21) 21 May 1990	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	R	78	Budapesti VSC
11	Natasa Rybanska	CB	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	R	24	UVSE
12	Krisztina Garda	AR	(1994-07-16) 16 July 1994	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	R	109	Dunaújvárosi FVE
13	Orsolya Csehó-Kovácsné	GK	(1988-11-22) 22 November 1988	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	R	117	Ferencvárosi TC

Past squads

1993 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Katalin Dancsa, Andrea Eke, Alíz Kertész, Mária Konrád, Katalin Nagy, Irén Rafael, Ildikó Rónaszéki, Mercédesz Stieber, Orsolya Szalkai, Brigitta Szép, Ildikó Takács, Gabriella Tóth, Noémi Tóth, and Edit Vincze. Head Coach: Gyula Tóth.

1994 World Championship – Gold Medal

Katalin Dancsa, Andrea Eke, Zsuzsanna Huff, Zsuzsa Kertész, Ildikó Kuna, Irén Rafael, Katalin Rédei, Edit Sipos, Mercédesz Stieber, Orsolya Szalkay, Krisztina Szremkó, Gabriella Tóth, and Noémi Tóth. Head Coach: Gyula Tóth.

1995 European Championship – Silver Medal

Krisztina Kardos, Gabriella Tóth, Edit Sipos, Andrea Eke, Mercédesz Stieber, Edit Vincze, Katalin Rédei, Irén Rafael, Krisztina Szremkó, Ágnes Primász, Anikó Pelle, Krisztina Zantleitner, Noémi Tóth, Brigitta Szép, and Márta Pápai. Head Coach: Gyula Tóth.

2001 European Championship – Gold Medal

Katalin Dancsa, Rita Drávucz, Anett Györe, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Katalin Rédei, Edit Sipos, Ildikó Sós, Mercédesz Stieber, Brigitta Szép, Krisztina Szremkó, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Andrea Tóth, Ágnes Valkai, and Erzsébet Valkai. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

2001 World Championship – Silver Medal

Katalin Dancsa, Rita Drávucz, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Katalin Rédei, Edit Sipos, Ildikó Sós, Mercédesz Stieber, Brigitta Szép, Krisztina Szremkó, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Ágnes Valkai, and Erzsébet Valkai. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

2002 FINA World Cup – Gold Medal

Tímea Benkô, Rita Drávucz, Anett Györe, Patrícia Horváth, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Ildikó Sós, Mercédesz Stieber, Krisztina Szremkó, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Ágnes Valkai, Erzsébet Valkai, and Krisztina Zantleitner. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

2003 European Championship – Silver Medal

Rita Drávucz, Ildikó Sós, Andrea Tóth, Krisztina Szremkó, Ágnes Valkai, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Mercédesz Stieber, Anett Györe, Erzsébet Valkai, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Dóra Kisteleki, Tímea Benkõ, Edit Sipos, and Krisztina Zantleitner. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament – 3rd place

Patricia Horváth, Krisztina Szremkó, Barbara Bujka, Dóra Kisteleki, Mercédesz Stieber, Orsolya Takacs, Rita Drávucz, Krisztina Zantleitner, Anett Györe, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Valkai, Ágnes Primász, and Ildikó Sós. Head Coach: Gabor Godova.

2012 European Championship – Bronze Medal

Dóra Antal, Flóra Bolonyai, Barbara Bujka, Dóra Csabai, Rita Drávucz, Edina Gangl, Anna Krisztina Illés, Rita Keszthelyi, Hanna Anna Kisteleki, Kata Mária Menczinger, Gabriella Szűcs, Orsolya Takács and Ildikó Tóth. Head Coach: András Merész.

References

"HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
"Team Roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. 12 January 2020. p. 7.

External links

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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[2] "Team Roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. 12 January 2020. p. 7.