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Competition schedule

Qualification

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016. Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees
/ref> * German Moller * Daniel Flahive * Mark Koganov * Fabio Toffoli * Marie-Claude Deslières * Ni Shi Wei * Nenad Peris * Hatem Gaber * Benjamin Mercier * Georgios Stavridis * Péter Molnár * Masoud Rezvani * Filippo Gomez * Tadao Tahara * Stanko Ivanovski * Diana Dutilh-Dumas * Radosław Koryzna * Adrian Alexandrescu * Sergey Naumov * Vojin Putniković * Boris Margeta * Dion Willis * Francesc Buch * Joseph Peila

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

;5th place bracket

Quarter-finals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semi-finals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Medalists

Statistics

Multi-time Olympians

Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players * : Stefano Tempesti (GK) * :

Tony Azevedo Anthony Lawrence Azevedo (born November 21, 1981) is a Brazilian-born American water polo player. He is a 2008 Olympic silver medalist and a five-time Olympian (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016). Azevedo ranks fourth on the all-time scoring list ...

Four-time Olympian(s): 7 players * : Damir Burić, Xavier García * :

Christos Afroudakis Christos Afroudakis (born 23 May 1984) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the captain of the team that competed for Greece at the 2016 Summe ...

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Pietro Figlioli Pietro Figlioli (born 29 May 1984) is an Italian water polo player. He competed for Australia at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and for Italy in 2012 and 2016 and won two medals for Italy. He also won the world title in 2011. In 2012 he received the ...

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Predrag Jokić Predrag Jokić ( sr-cyrl, Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 201 ...

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Guillermo Molina Guillermo Molina Ríos (born 16 March 1984 in Ceuta) is a Spanish water polo player who competed for the Spain men's national water polo team in four consecutive Summer Olympics ( 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio. He was t ...

* : Jesse Smith

Multiple medalists

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players * : Filip Filipović,

Živko Gocić Živko Gocić ( sr-cyrl, Живко Гоцић; born 22 August 1982) is a former Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbian teams that won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a gold medal in 2016. He also held the worl ...

Slobodan Nikić Slobodan Nikić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Никић; born 25 January 1983) is a Serbian professional water polo player. He is currently free agent and he is a long-standing member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His most ...

Duško Pijetlović Duško Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Душко Пијетловић; 25 April 1985) is a Serbian water polo center forward for VK Novi Beograd. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won Olympic gold medals in 2016 and 2020 ...

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 ...

Leading goalscorers

Source: Official Results Book (page 100)

Leading goalkeepers

Source: Official Results Book (page 102)

Leading sprinters

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)

Awards

The men's all-star team was announced on 20 August 2016. ;Most Valuable Player * Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals) ;Media All-Star Team * Goalkeeper ** Marko Bijač (57 saves) * Field players **

Darko Brguljan Darko Brguljan ( cnr, Дарко Бргуљан; born 5 November 1990) is a water polo player from Montenegro. He was part of the Montenegrin team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished in fourth place. See also * List of World Aqu ...

(15 goals) ** Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals) **

(19 goals, 1 sprints won) **

(centre forward, 10 goals) **

Christian Presciutti Christian Presciutti (born 27 November 1982) is an Italian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Italy men's national water polo team in the men's event, where Italy won the silver medal. See also * List of Olympi ...

(14 goals) **

Sandro Sukno Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia national team in the men's event winning the gold medal. He also won a silver medal at the 2016 Sum ...

(17 goals, 3 sprints won)

References

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