Serbia men's national water polo team

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

This article is about the Serbian men's national water polo team. For the women's team, see Serbia women's national water polo team. For the national team that played under the flag of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, see Yugoslavia national water polo team.

Serbia
FINA codeSRB
Nickname(s)Делфини / Delfini
(The Dolphins)
AssociationWater Polo Association of Serbia
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachDejan Savić
Asst coachStefan Ćirić
Vladimir Vujasinović
CaptainFilip Filipović
Most capsDejan Savić (444)
Top scorerAleksandar Šapić (981)
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current1 (as of February 2020)
Highest1 (2009–11, 2014–present)
Lowest4 (2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances6 (first in 1996)
Best result (2016)
World Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1998)
Best result (2005, 2009, 2015)
World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1997)
Best result (2006, 2010, 2014)
World League
Appearances15 (first in 2003)
Best result (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
European Championship
Appearances12 (first in 1997)
Best result (2001, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Europa Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best result4th (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances6 (first in 1997)
Best result (1997, 2009, 2018)
Media
Websitewaterpoloserbia.org
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 3
World Championship 3 2 3
World Cup 3 0 2
World League 12 1 1
European Championship 7 2 1
Europa Cup 0 0 0
Summer Universiade 3 1 2
Total 32 7 13
Men's water polo
Representing  FR Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
2004 Athens Team
2000 Sydney Team
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
2005 Montreal Team
2009 Rome Team
2015 Kazan Team
2001 Fukuoka Team
2011 Shanghai Team
1998 Perth Team
2003 Barcelona Team
2017 Budapest Team
FINA World Cup
2006 Budapest
2010 Oradea
2014 Almaty
2002 Belgrade
2018 Berlin
FINA World League
2005 Belgrade
2006 Athens
2007 Berlin
2008 Genova
2010 Niš
2011 Firenze
2013 Chelyabinsk
2014 Dubai
2015 Bergamo
2016 Huizhou
2017 Ruza
2019 Belgrade
2004 Long Beach
2009 Podgorica
European Championship
2001 Budapest
2003 Kranj
2006 Belgrade
2012 Eindhoven
2014 Budapest
2016 Belgrade
2018 Barcelona
1997 Seville
2008 Málaga
2010 Zagreb
Mediterranean Games
1997 Bari Team
2009 Pescara Team
2018 Tarragona Team
2005 Almeria Team
Summer Universiade
2005 Izmir Team
2011 Shenzhen Team
2017 Taipei Team
2003 Daegu Team
2009 Belgrade Team
2013 Kazan Team
Logo of the Water Polo Association of Serbia
2015 world champions on a 2015 Serbian stamp

They are Serbia's most successful national team, having won more titles than all other Serbian national teams combined.[1] In 2016, they became the first team to hold titles in all five existing major championships: European Championship, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic Games simultaneously.[2]

Competitive record

Medals

Includes matches of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.

Updated after the 2020 European Championship

CompetitionTotal
Olympic Games 1135
World Championship 3238
World Cup 3025
World League 121114
European Championship 72110
Europa Cup 0000
Mediterranean Games 3014
Summer Universiade 3126
Total3271352

Team

Current squad

Head coach: Dejan Savić

No Name Pos. L/R Date of birth Height Weight Caps Club
1Gojko PijetlovićGKR (1983-08-07) 7 August 19831.97 m (6 ft 6 in)97 kg (214 lb)260 CSM Oradea
2Dušan MandićWL (1994-06-16) 16 June 19942.02 m (6 ft 8 in)100 kg (220 lb)187 Pro Recco
3Nikola DedovićWR (1992-01-25) 25 January 19921.89 m (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb)18 Spandau 04
4Sava RanđelovićCBR (1993-07-17) 17 July 19931.93 m (6 ft 4 in)94 kg (207 lb)155 LACTIV-Vasas
5Miloš ĆukDR (1990-12-21) 21 December 19901.91 m (6 ft 3 in)91 kg (201 lb)195 VK Novi Beograd
6Duško PijetlovićCFR (1985-04-25) 25 April 19851.97 m (6 ft 6 in)99 kg (218 lb)325 Szolnok
7Nemanja VicoCFR (1994-11-19) 19 November 19941.89 m (6 ft 2 in)100 kg (220 lb)37 Trieste
8Milan AleksićCBR (1986-05-13) 13 May 19861.93 m (6 ft 4 in)94 kg (207 lb)254 CN Barcelona
9Nikola JakšićCBR (1997-01-17) 17 January 19971.97 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)120 Ferencváros
10Filip Filipović (C)WL (1987-05-02) 2 May 19871.96 m (6 ft 5 in)101 kg (223 lb)360 Szolnok
11Andrija PrlainovićWR (1987-04-28) 28 April 19871.89 m (6 ft 2 in)93 kg (205 lb)317 CN Marseille
12Stefan MitrovićDR (1988-03-29) 29 March 19881.95 m (6 ft 5 in)91 kg (201 lb)250 VK Partizan
13Branislav MitrovićGKR (1985-01-30) 30 January 19852.01 m (6 ft 7 in)100 kg (220 lb)175 LACTIV-Vasas

Coaches

Most appearances and goals
Main article: Serbia men's national water polo team statistics

Professional friendly and competitive matches only where Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and now Serbia were represented.

Name Years Matches Goals
1Dejan Savić1994–2008444405
2Aleksandar Šapić1997–2008385981
3Živko Gocić2003–2016362207
4Slobodan Nikić2003–present355354
5Igor Milanović1984–1996349540
6Aleksandar Ćirić1997–2008346201
7Vladimir Vujasinović1990–2008341391
8Filip Filipović2003–present323553
9Petar Trbojević1997–2006306231
10Danilo Ikodinović1997–2008304299

Statistics accurate as of matches played 29 July 2017

Philanthropy

On 25 December 2011, Serbia's water polo team was included in a humanitarian action "Bitka za Bebe" ("the Battle for the Babies") playing an exhibition match with the team of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON), in Belgrade. Before the Serbian water polo team had joined the action, many other athletes were included. Among them was the world number one in tennis at that time, Novak Djokovic, football and basketball players of Red Star Belgrade, and many others. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to fund "Bitka za Bebe" and enough money was successfully raised to purchase one incubator.

See also

References
  1. https://www.waterpoloserbia.org/index.php?id=454
  2. "Rulers of all competitions". b92.net. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. "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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