Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, Great Britain, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012.[1] All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Venue(s) | Water Polo Arena |
Dates | 29 July 2012 – 12 August 2012 |
No. of teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
No. of venues | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 42 |
Goals scored | 763 (18.17 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (22 goals) |
Most saves | ![]() (87 saves) |
Top sprinter(s) | ![]() ![]() (19 sprints won) |
Tournament awards | |
MVP | ![]() |
Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Tournaments | ||
men | women | |
Rosters | ||
men | women | |
Teams from twelve nations competed in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 42 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round.
Format
The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics:[2]
- Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups,[3] composed of six teams each, and played a single round robin in each group.
- The top 4 teams from each group played against each other in a cross-group format in the Quarterfinals.
- Winners from the Quarterfinal progressed to the Semifinals and played against another winner from the Quarterfinal round. Losers went on to play classification games.
- Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game.
Preliminary round
Group A
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 10 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 36 | +4 | 7 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 6 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 4 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 3 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 0 |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
29 July 2012 10:00 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
6–8 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Juhász (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–3 | |||||
Fountoulis, Mourikis 2 | Goals | three players 2 |
29 July 2012 11:20 |
Report | Kazakhstan ![]() |
6–14 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Ulrich Spiegel (GER) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–5, 1–3, 2–2 | |||||
Gubarev, Ushakov 2 | Goals | Perrone 5 |
29 July 2012 14:10 |
Report | Italy ![]() |
8–5 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–2, 0–1, 3–2 | |||||
Felugo, Giorgetti 2 | Goals | five players 1 |
31 July 2012 11:20 |
Report | Croatia ![]() |
8–7 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–4, 1–0 | |||||
Sukno, Dobud 2 | Goals | Español 4 |
31 July 2012 14:10 |
Report | Australia ![]() |
7–4 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–1 | |||||
Howden 2 | Goals | four players 1 |
31 July 2012 15:30 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
7–7 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–3, 2–1 | |||||
Fountoulis, Afroudakis 2 | Goals | Presciutti 2 |
2 August 2012 10:00 |
Report | Spain ![]() |
13–9 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Steven Rotsart (USA) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 4–1, 4–4 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Miller 5 |
2 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | Italy ![]() |
6–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3 | |||||
Figlioli, Gallo 2 | Goals | Bošković, Sukno 3 |
2 August 2012 11:20 |
Report | Kazakhstan ![]() |
4–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Brian Littlejohn (GBR) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 1–3, 2–2 | |||||
Ukumanov 2 | Goals | Fountoulis 5 |
4 August 2012 11:20 |
Report | Croatia ![]() |
11–6 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2 | |||||
Joković 3 | Goals | Whalan 3 |
4 August 2012 14:10 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
9–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–4, 2–1, 2–2 | |||||
Delakas 3 | Goals | three players 3 |
4 August 2012 15:30 |
Report | Italy ![]() |
9–6 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Shmider, Zhilyayev 2 |
6 August 2012 10:00 |
Report | Kazakhstan ![]() |
4–12 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Brian Littlejohn (GBR) |
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 2–4, 1–3 | |||||
Zhilyayev 2 | Goals | Dobud 5 |
6 August 2012 11:20 |
Report | Greece ![]() |
8–13 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Sergi Sanchez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 1–3, 2–2 | |||||
Chatzitheodorou 3 | Goals | Howden 3 |
6 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | Spain ![]() |
7–10 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dragan Stampalija (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–2, 3–2 | |||||
Español 3 | Goals | Premuš 3 |
Group B
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team |
GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 9 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 7 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 6 |
![]() | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 6 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 2 |
![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 77 | −49 | 0 |
29 July 2012 15:30 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
10–14 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–5, 4–4 | |||||
three players 2 | Goals | Prlainović 5 |
29 July 2012 18:20 |
Report | Romania ![]() |
13–4 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Anton Bervoets (NED) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–0, 3–2, 4–1 | |||||
Diaconu 4 | Goals | Parker 2 |
29 July 2012 19:40 |
Report | Montenegro ![]() |
7–8 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | Varellas 3 |
31 July 2012 10:00 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
10–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2 | |||||
Biros 3 | Goals | Brguljan 3 |
31 July 2012 18:20 |
Report | Serbia ![]() |
21–7 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gus Pinker (RSA), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–2, 6–1, 5–1 | |||||
Prlainović 5 | Goals | Figes 3 |
31 July 2012 19:40 |
Report | United States ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 3–0, 3–3 | |||||
Varellas, Bailey 3 | Goals | Radu 4 |
2 August 2012 14:10 |
Report | Montenegro ![]() |
11–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 5–4, 3–3 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | Prlainović 5 |
2 August 2012 15:30 |
Report | Romania ![]() |
15–17 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Balfanbayev (KAZ), Sergi Sanchez (ESP) |
Score by quarters: 4–5, 5–4, 2-5, 4-3 | |||||
Bușilă, Ghiban 3 | Goals | Madaras 5 |
2 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain ![]() |
7–13 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Cory Williams (NZL), Ni Shiwei (CHN) |
Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–3, 3–2, 1–3 | |||||
Parker 3 | Goals | Azevedo 4 |
4 August 2012 10:00 |
Report | Montenegro ![]() |
12–8 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 3–2, 4–4 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | Diaconu 3 |
4 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
17–6 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Denis Danelon (BRA) |
Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–4, 4–0, 2–1 | |||||
Kásás, Madaras 3 | Goals | six players 1 |
4 August 2012 19:40 |
Report | Serbia ![]() |
11–6 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–2 | |||||
Udovičić 3 | Goals | Bailey 2 |
6 August 2012 14:10 |
Report | Romania ![]() |
4–12 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 0–4, 3–2 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Nikić, Mitrović 3 |
6 August 2012 15:30 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
11–6 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 1–0, 5–2, 4–1, 1–3 | |||||
Hosnyánszky 3 | Goals | six players 1 |
6 August 2012 18:20 |
Report | Great Britain ![]() |
4–13 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3 | |||||
four players 1 | Goals | Zloković 3 |
Medal round
- Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() |
8 | |||||||||||
B4 | ![]() |
2 | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() |
7 | |||||||||||
B2 | ![]() |
5 | |||||||||||
A3 | ![]() |
9 | |||||||||||
B2 | ![]() |
11 | |||||||||||
A1 | ![]() |
8 | |||||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
6 | |||||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
11 | |||||||||||
B3 | ![]() |
9 | |||||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
9 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||
B1 | ![]() |
7 | |||||||||||
A4 | ![]() |
8 | B2 | ![]() |
11 | ||||||||
B1 | ![]() |
11 | B1 | ![]() |
12 |
Quarter-finals
8 August 2012 14:30 |
Report | Spain ![]() |
9–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER) |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 1–3, 3–1 | |||||
Vallès, Minguell 2 | Goals | Zloković 4 |
8 August 2012 15:50 |
Report | Australia ![]() |
8–11 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Steven Rotsart (USA) |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 1–2, 0–5 | |||||
Campbell, Beadsworth 2 | Goals | Filipović 3 |
8 August 2012 18:40 |
Report | Italy ![]() |
11–9 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 3–1, 3–4 | |||||
three players 3 | Goals | Madaras 3 |
8 August 2012 20:00 |
Report | Croatia ![]() |
8–2 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), György Juhász (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 2–2, 1–0 | |||||
Bošković, Obradović 2 | Goals | Bailey, Varellas 1 |
Semi-finals
10 August 2012 15:40 |
Report | Croatia ![]() |
7–5 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–2, 0–2 | |||||
Sukno 2 | Goals | Ivović, Gojković 2 |
10 August 2012 19:50 |
Report | Italy ![]() |
9–7 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2 | |||||
Gallo 3 | Goals | Udovičić 3 |
Bronze medal match
12 August 2012 14:30 |
Report | Montenegro ![]() |
11–12 | ![]() ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4 | |||||
Ivović 3 | Goals | Filipović 3 |
Classification
- Bracket
Semi-finals | 5th–6th place | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
![]() | 14 | |||||
![]() | 10 | |||||
![]() | 9 | |||||
7th–8th place | ||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||
![]() | 10 |
5th–8th place semi-finals
10 August 2012 14:20 |
Report | United States ![]() |
7–8 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (CRO), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–2 | |||||
Powers, Beaubien 2 | Goals | Perrone 3 |
10 August 2012 18:30 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
10–9 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), German Moller (ARG) |
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–0, 3–3 | |||||
Madaras, Biros 3 | Goals | three players 2 |
7th–8th place match
12 August 2012 10:20 |
Report | United States ![]() |
9–10 | ![]() |
Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Ulrich Spiegel (GER) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 1–3, 5–2 | |||||
four players 2 | Goals | Miller, Campbell 3 |
Ranking and statistics
Final rankings
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Leading goalscorers
Rank | Player | Team | Goals | Matches played | Goals per match | Shots | % |
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1 | Andrija Prlainović | ![]() | 22 | 8 | 2.750 | 40 | 55.0% |
2 | Aleksandar Ivović | ![]() | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 43 | 44.2% |
3 | Filip Filipović | ![]() | 18 | 8 | 2.250 | 42 | 42.9% |
Norbert Madaras | ![]() | 8 | 2.250 | 37 | 48.6% | ||
5 | Péter Biros | ![]() | 16 | 8 | 2.000 | 38 | 42.1% |
Felipe Perrone | ![]() | 8 | 2.000 | 33 | 48.5% | ||
7 | Miho Bošković | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 33 | 45.5% |
Vanja Udovičić | ![]() | 8 | 1.875 | 41 | 36.6% | ||
9 | Albert Español | ![]() | 14 | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% |
Norbert Hosnyánszky | ![]() | 8 | 1.750 | 23 | 60.9% | ||
Marc Minguell | ![]() | 8 | 1.750 | 31 | 45.2% | ||
Sandro Sukno | ![]() | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% | ||
Boris Zloković | ![]() | 8 | 1.750 | 30 | 46.7% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 466)[4]
Leading goalkeepers
Rank | Goalkeeper | Team | Saves | Matches played | Saves per match | Shots | % |
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1 | Stefano Tempesti | ![]() | 87 | 8 | 10.875 | 147 | 59.2% |
2 | Josip Pavić | ![]() | 85 | 8 | 10.625 | 121 | 70.2% |
3 | Slobodan Soro | ![]() | 75 | 8 | 9.375 | 135 | 55.6% |
4 | Merrill Moses | ![]() | 72 | 8 | 9.000 | 135 | 53.3% |
5 | Miloš Šćepanović | ![]() | 59 | 8 | 7.375 | 122 | 48.4% |
6 | Iñaki Aguilar | ![]() | 52 | 8 | 6.500 | 98 | 53.1% |
7 | Joel Dennerley | ![]() | 51 | 8 | 6.375 | 104 | 49.0% |
8 | Nikolay Maksimov | ![]() | 50 | 5 | 10.000 | 103 | 48.5% |
9 | Dragoș Stoenescu | ![]() | 48 | 5 | 9.600 | 97 | 49.5% |
10 | Nikolaos Deligiannis | ![]() | 45 | 5 | 9.000 | 83 | 54.2% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 462)[4]
Leading sprinters
Rank | Sprinter | Team | Sprints won | Matches played | Sprints won per match | Sprints contested | % |
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1 | Pietro Figlioli | ![]() | 19 | 8 | 2.375 | 21 | 90.5% |
Rhys Howden | ![]() | 8 | 2.375 | 24 | 79.2% | ||
3 | Albert Español | ![]() | 15 | 8 | 1.875 | 25 | 60.0% |
4 | Sandro Sukno | ![]() | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 16 | 68.8% |
5 | Deni Fiorentini | ![]() | 10 | 8 | 1.250 | 10 | 100% |
Peter Varellas | ![]() | 8 | 1.250 | 15 | 66.7% | ||
7 | Vjekoslav Pasković | ![]() | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 17 | 47.1% |
8 | Maro Joković | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 13 | 53.8% |
Tamás Kásás | ![]() | 8 | 0.875 | 9 | 77.8% | ||
Aleksa Šaponjić | ![]() | 8 | 0.875 | 11 | 63.6% |
Source: Official Results Book (page 465)[4]
Medalists
Awards
The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012.[5][6]
- Most Valuable Player
Josip Pavić[7] (85 saves)
- Media All-Star Team
- Goalkeeper
Josip Pavić (85 saves)
- Field players
Nikša Dobud (centre forward, 12 goals)
Maurizio Felugo (12 goals)
Filip Filipović (left-handed, 18 goals, 2 sprints won)
Aleksandar Ivović (centre back, 19 goals)
Felipe Perrone (16 goals)
Andrija Prlainović (22 goals)
References
- "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.
- "London 2012 – Water Polo Competition Schedule". FINA. Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition
- "Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. 2012. pp. 284–507. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "2012 London Olympics, Water Polo: Croatia Upends Italy for Gold". swimmingworldmagazine.com. Swimming World. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- "2012 Mens Olympic Water Polo Schedule and Results". waterpoloplanet.com. Water Polo Planet. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- "Josip PAVIC". fina.org. FINA. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
Sources
- PDF documents on the FINA website:
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
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