Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it didn't participate. The successor countries didn't participate for several reasons. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) couldn't participate due to the UN sanctions due to their aggression on Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Croatia, which was the strongest among them at the time (the Croatian club was champion of Yugoslavia and European Champions' Cup winner), also did not participate in the water polo tournament. The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia.[1][2]

Water polo
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Piscines Bernat Picornell (final)
Dates1–9 August 1992
Competitors152 from 12 nations
Medalists
 Italy
 Spain
 Unified Team

Teams

Squads
Further information: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Men's team squads

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Unified Team 5 5 0 0 50 32 +18 10
2  United States 5 4 0 1 40 24 +16 8
3  Australia 5 2 1 2 44 41 +3 5
4  Germany 5 2 0 3 38 41 −3 4
5  France 5 1 1 3 38 42 −4 3
6  Czechoslovakia 5 0 0 5 33 63 −30 0
Source:
  • 1 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  6 – 10  Unified Team
Australia  4 – 8  United States
Germany  7 – 7  France
  • 2 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  3 – 9  United States
France  5 – 9  Australia
Germany  7 – 11  Unified Team
  • 3 August 1992
United States  11 – 7  France
Germany  15 – 9  Czechoslovakia
Australia  9 – 12  Unified Team
  • 5 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  6 – 14  France
United States  5 – 8  Unified Team
Germany  7 – 7  Australia
  • 6 August 1992
Australia  15 – 9  Czechoslovakia
United States  7 – 2  Germany
France  5 – 9  Unified Team

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 52 36 +16 9
2  Italy 5 3 2 0 41 34 +7 8
3  Hungary 5 2 2 1 49 46 +3 6
4  Cuba 5 2 0 3 50 53 −3 4
5  Netherlands 5 0 2 3 36 46 −10 2
6  Greece 5 0 1 4 32 45 −13 1
Source:
  • 1 August 1992
Hungary  7 – 7  Italy
Greece  9 – 10  Cuba
Spain  12 – 6  Netherlands
  • 2 August 1992
Netherlands  4 – 6  Italy
Cuba  11 – 12  Hungary
Spain  11 – 6  Greece
  • 3 August 1992
Italy  11 – 8  Cuba
Greece  4 – 4  Netherlands
Hungary  5 – 8  Spain
  • 5 August 1992
Netherlands  9 – 11  Cuba
Greece  7 – 12  Hungary
Spain  9 – 9  Italy
  • 6 August 1992
Hungary  13 – 13  Netherlands
Italy  8 – 6  Greece
Spain  12 – 10  Cuba

Final round

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Australia 3 2 1 0 23 20 +3 5
6  Hungary 3 2 0 1 28 27 +1 4
7  Germany 3 1 1 1 24 21 +3 3
8  Cuba 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0
Source:
  • 8 August 1992
Australia  7 – 5  Cuba
Germany  7 – 8  Hungary
  • 9 August 1992
Germany  10 – 6  Cuba
Australia  9 – 8  Hungary

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5
10  Greece 3 2 1 0 24 18 +6 5
11  France 3 1 0 2 28 31 −3 2
12  Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 22 33 −11 0
Source:
  • 8 August 1992
France  6 – 10  Greece
Czechoslovakia  8 – 9  Netherlands
  • 9 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  8 – 10  Greece
France  8 – 15  Netherlands

Semi finals
  • 8 August 1992
Italy  9 – 8  Unified Team
United States  4 – 6  Spain

Bronze medal match
  • 9 August 1992
United States  4 – 8  Unified Team

Gold medal match
  • 9 August 1992
Spain  8 – 9 [aet]  Italy

Final ranking
 Italy[1]
 Spain
 Unified Team
4 United States
5 Australia
6 Hungary
7 Germany
8 Cuba
9 Netherlands
10 Greece
11 France
12 Czechoslovakia

Medallists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Italy[1]
Francesco Attolico
Alessandro Bovo
Alessandro Campagna
Paolo Caldarella
Massimiliano Ferretti
Giuseppe Porzio
Marco D'Altrui
Mario Fiorillo
Ferdinando Gandolfi
Amedeo Pomilio
Francesco Porzio
Carlo Silipo
Gianni Averaimo

Head Coach:
Ratko Rudić
 Spain
Daniel Ballart
Jesús Rollán
Jordi Sans
Josep Picó
Manuel Estiarte
Manuel Silvestre
Marco Antonio González
Miguel Ángel Oca
Pedro Francisco García
Ricardo Sánchez
Rubén Michavila
Salvador Gómez
Sergi Pedrerol

Head Coach:
Dragan Matutinović
 Unified Team
Sergey Naumov
Alexandre Ogorodnikov
Aleksandr Chigir
Dmitri Apanassenko
Andrei Belofastov
Evgueni Charonov
Dmitry Gorshkov
Vladimir Karabutov
Aleksandr Kolotov
Andriy Kovalenko
Nikolay Kozlov
Serghei Marcoci
Alexei Vdovine Head Coach:
Boris Popov

See also

References
  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. "Water Polo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

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