Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team

FR Yugoslavia
1992–2003
Serbia and Montenegro
2003–2006
FINA code	YUG (1992–2003);; SCG (2003–2006)
Association	Water Polo Association of FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003);; Water Polo Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Last international
	Serbia and Montenegro 6–4 Spain; (Athens, Greece; 6 August 2006)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1996)
Best result	(2004)
World Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 1998)
Best result	(2005)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1997)
Best result	(2006)
World League
Appearances	4 (first in 2003)
Best result	(2005, 2006)
European Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 1997)
Best result	(2001, 2003)
Europa Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2018)
Best result	4th (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	(1997)
Men's water polo
Representing FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro
Olympic Games
World Championship
FINA World Cup
FINA World League
European Championship
Mediterranean Games
Summer Universiade

The Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team, also widely known as the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team, represented Serbia and Montenegro in international water polo games, from 1993 to 2006. It was governed by the Water Polo Association of FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003), then the Water Polo Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). The team won medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, FINA World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade.

History

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1991–1992, the original Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was dissolved. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina NT), Croatia (Croatia NT), Macedonia (Macedonia NT) (later known as North Macedonia), and Slovenia (Slovenia NT) then formed their own national teams. While the then remaining and smaller Yugoslavia (originally known as FR Yugoslavia, and later as Serbia and Montenegro) formed its own national team.

That national team was originally named either "Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", or "FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", from 1992 until 2003, after the country's name at the time. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team". After Serbia and Montenegro split up, in 2006, and became the independent countries of Serbia and Montenegro, they each formed their own successor national teams. The first appearance of the Serbia men's national water polo team at a major international competition was at the 2006 European Championship. While the first appearance of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at a major international competition was at the 2007 FINA World League.

Names

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) men's national water polo team: 1992–2003
Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team: 2003–2006

Predecessor and successor teams

Predecessor team
- Yugoslavia
Successor teams
- Serbia
- Montenegro

Competitive record

Medals

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	1	1	2
World Championship	1	1	2	4
World Cup	1	0	1	2
World League	2	1	0	3
European Championship	2	1	0	3
Mediterranean Games	1	0	1	2
Summer Universiade	1	1	0	2
Total	8	5	5	18

Olympic Games

Year[1]	Position
1936 to 1988	Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as FR Yugoslavia
1992 Barcelona	Suspended
1996 Atlanta	8th
2000 Sydney
as Serbia and Montenegro
2004 Athens

World Championship

Year[1]	Position
1973 to 1991	Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as FR Yugoslavia
1994 Rome	Suspended
1998 Perth
2001 Fukuoka
as Serbia and Montenegro
2003 Barcelona
2005 Montreal

World Cup

Year[1]	Position
1979 to 1991	Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as FR Yugoslavia
1993 Athens	Suspended
1995 Atlanta	Did not participate
1997 Athens	7th
1999 Sydney	5th
2002 Belgrade
as Serbia and Montenegro
2006 Budapest

World League

Year[1]	Position
as FR Yugoslavia
2002 Patras	Did not participate
as Serbia and Montenegro
2003 New York	4th
2004 Long Beach
2005 Belgrade
2006 Athens

European Championship

Year	Position
1950 to 1991	Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as FR Yugoslavia
1993 Sheffield	Suspended
1995 Vienna	Did not participate
1997 Seville
1999 Florence	7th
2001 Budapest
as Serbia and Montenegro
2003 Kranj

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position
1959 to 1991	Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as FR Yugoslavia
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon	Suspended
1997 Bari
2001 Tunis	4th
as Serbia and Montenegro
2005 Almeria

Team

Coaches

1992–1999 Nikola Stamenić
1999–2004 Nenad Manojlović
2004–2006 Petar Porobić

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.

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[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.