Romania men's national water polo team
The Romania men's national water polo team is the representative for Romania in international men's water polo.
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FINA code | ROU |
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Association | Romanian Water Polo Federation |
Confederation | LEN (Europe) |
Head coach | Athanasios Kechagias |
Asst coach | Panagiotis Vergos |
Captain | Cosmin Radu |
FINA ranking (since 2008) | |
Highest | 10 (2012) |
Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 9 (first in 1952) |
Best result | 4th place (1976) |
World Championship | |
Appearances | 11 (first in 1973) |
Best result | 5th place (1975) |
World Cup | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1979) |
Best result | 5th place (2010) |
World League | |
Appearances | 14 (first in 2005) |
Best result | 6th place (2007) |
European Championship | |
Appearances | 24 (first in 1954) |
Best result | 4th place (1993, 2006) |
Media | |
Website | frpolo |
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Logo of the Romanian Water Polo Federation
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Romania men's national water polo team at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Results
Olympic Games
World Championship
World League
European Championship
- 1954 – 10th place
- 1962 – 5th place
- 1966 – 6th place
- 1970 – 6th place
- 1974 – 6th place
- 1977 – 7th place
- 1981 – 7th place
- 1983 – 8th place
- 1987 – 7th place
- 1989 – 5th place
- 1991 – 8th place
- 1993 – 4th place
- 1995 – 11th place
- 1999 – 9th place
- 2001 – 11th place
- 2003 – 10th place
- 2006 – 4th place
- 2008 – 9th place
- 2010 – 7th place
- 2012 – 8th place
- 2014 – 8th place
- 2016 – 10th place
- 2018 – 11th place
- 2020 – 11th place
Team
Current squad
Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[2]
Head coach: Athanasios Kechagias
No | Name | Pos. | L/R | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Caps | Club |
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1 | Marius Tic | GK | R | 9 September 1996 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 65 | ![]() |
2 | Cosmin Radu (C) | CF | L | 9 November 1981 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 449 | ![]() |
3 | Tiberiu Negrean | D | R | 1 September 1988 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 350 | ![]() |
4 | Mihnea Gheorghe | D | R | 15 January 1994 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 113 | ![]() |
5 | Victor Antipa | W | L | 9 June 1999 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 28 | ![]() |
6 | Andrei Prioteasa | D | R | 3 April 1996 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 29 | ![]() |
7 | Vlad Georgescu | D | R | 31 March 1999 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 87 kg (192 lb) | 23 | ![]() |
8 | Tudor Fulea | D | R | 13 March 1997 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 25 | ![]() |
9 | Róbert Gergelyfi | D | R | 8 May 1995 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 23 | ![]() |
10 | Nicolae Oanta | CB | R | 14 June 1990 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 53 | ![]() |
11 | Alexandru Ghiban | FP | R | 12 October 1986 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | 356 | ![]() |
12 | Levente Vancsik | CF | R | 12 July 1994 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | 14 | ![]() |
13 | Şerban Abrudan | GK | R | 28 November 2000 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 18 | ![]() |
Notable players
- Vlad Hagiu
- Nicolae Firoiu
- Andrei Iosep
- Cosmin Radu
- Bogdan Rath (later Italy)
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.
- "2020 European Championships roster" (PDF). wp2020budapest.microplustiming.com. p. 12. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
External links
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