The men's tournament of
water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the London 2012 Water Polo Arena in the Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve teams competed in the ...
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Great Britain
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, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012.
All games were held at the
Water Polo Arena.
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:
*Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups,
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
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Group B
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Medal round
;Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Classification
;Bracket
5th–8th place semi-finals
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7th–8th place match
5th–6th place match
Final ranking
Medalists
Statistics
Multi-time Olympians
Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players
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Igor Hinić
Igor Hinić (born 4 December 1975) is a Croatian former professional water polo player, who was a member of the Croatia national team, that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olymp ...
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Georgios Afroudakis
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Tamás Kásás
Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player.
Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...
Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players
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Thomas Whalan,
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Samir Barać
Samir Barać (born 2 November 1973 in Rijeka) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. As team captain, he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal in 2012. ...
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Frano Vićan
Frano Vićan (born 24 January 1976 in Dubrovnik) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and in the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of Croatia's gold medal win ...
(GK)
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Theodoros Chatzitheodorou
Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou ( el, Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου , born 1 October 1976) is a retired Greek water polo player and current coach.
Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved to Olympiacos wh ...
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(GK)
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Péter Biros
Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three ...
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Gergely Kiss
Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...
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(GK)
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Stefano Tempesti (GK)
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Nikolay Maksimov (GK)
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Iván Pérez
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Tony Azevedo,
Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players
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Péter Biros
Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three ...
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Tamás Kásás
Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player.
Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...
,
Gergely Kiss
Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...
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(GK)
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Vanja Udovičić
Vanja Udovičić ( sr-Cyrl, Вања Удовичић, ; born 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is a ...
Leading goalscorers
Source: Official Results Book (page 466)
Leading goalkeepers
Source: Official Results Book (page 462)
Leading sprinters
Source: Official Results Book (page 465)
Awards
The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012.
;Most Valuable Player
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Josip Pavić
Josip Pavić (; born 15 January 1982) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in 2012 and the silver in 2016. He was widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the 2012 Olympi ...
(85 saves)
;Media All-Star Team
* Goalkeeper
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Josip Pavić
Josip Pavić (; born 15 January 1982) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in 2012 and the silver in 2016. He was widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the 2012 Olympi ...
(85 saves)
* Field players
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Nikša Dobud
Nikša Dobud (born 5 August 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 6'7" (200 cm) tall and weighs 276 lbs (125 kg) ...
(centre forward, 12 goals)
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Maurizio Felugo
Maurizio Felugo (born 4 March 1981) is an Italian male water polo player. He was a member of the Italy men's national water polo team, playing as a driver.
Biography
Born at Rapallo, he currently plays for Pro Recco and the Italia ...
(12 goals)
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Filip Filipović (left-handed, 18 goals, 2 sprints won)
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Aleksandar Ivović (centre back, 19 goals)
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Felipe Perrone
Felipe Perrone Rocha (born 27 February 1986 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Spanish-Brazilian water polo player. He competed for Spain from 2003 until 2013, including in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics. Afterwards he competed for his ...
(16 goals)
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Andrija Prlainović
Andrija Prlainović ( sr-Cyrl, Андрија Прлаиновић; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian water polo player widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won br ...
(22 goals)
See also
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's water polo tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 30 July to 9 August at the Water Polo Arena.
Teams from eight nations competed in the tournament and have been seeded into two groups for the preliminary rou ...
References
Sources
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PDF documents on the
FINA
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website
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Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Poloarchive
(pp. 284–507)
* Water polo on the Olympedi
website
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympicsmen's tournament
* Water polo on the Sports Referencebr>website
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games
(archived)
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