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water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

records and statistics in relation to the Croatia men's national water polo team at the

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. The Croatia men's national water polo team has participated in 7 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament

Notes: * Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. * At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the

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(IOC) and the

International Swimming Federation FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...

(FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904. * Related team: ''Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team''^† (

statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...

). * Last updated: 5 May 2021. ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – The nation did not participate in the Games * – Qualified for forthcoming tournament * ''Team''^† – Defunct team

Number of appearances

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Best finishes

Last updated: 27 July 2021.

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Multiple medalists

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 27 July 2021. ;Abbreviation * Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots) Sources: * Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73); * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0 * Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 1 * Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 2 * Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 4 * Last updated: 15 May 2021. ;Abbreviation * Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested) * CRO – Croatia * ESP – Spain Source: * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).

Coach statistics

Medals as coach and player

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in h ...

won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a head coach, he led Croatia men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 2012.

Olympic champions

2012 Summer Olympics

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

. ;Legend * – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics * – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics * Flag bearer^‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links

Croatia men's national water polo team – Official website

Olympic water polo – Official website
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