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Branislav Mitrović
Branislav Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Митровић; born 30 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper for Vasas and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He won the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the world title in 2015, and Olympic gold medals in 2016 and 2020. He was named the Best Goalkeeper at the 2015 World Championship Branislav Mitrović . nbcolympics.com and 2020 Olympic Games. National career On 29 January 2012, Mitrović won the European Championship with his beating in the final |
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora and it is the fifth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. It is the largest Danube city that is not the capital of an independent state. , the population of the city proper area totals 260,438 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 306,702 inhabitants. According to the city's Informatika Agency, Novi Sad had 415,712 residents in 2025. Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes (near 5,500), countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also. Competitions were held in six sports (Swimming (sport), swimming, open water swimming, diving (sport), diving and high diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo) in three main competition venues. The new FINA High Diving discipline has been presented on the XX FINA Technical Congress and has been officially included to the FINA World Aquatics Championships program starting from 2013 World Aquatics Championships, the 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2015 and June 2016 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Huizhou, China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ... from 21–26 June 2016. In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows: * Match won in normal time - 3 points * Match won in shootout - 2 points * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 and open to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ..., Italy from 23 to 28 June 2015. In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows: * Match won in normal time - 3 points * Match won in shootout - 2 points * Match lost in shootout - 1 point * Match lost in normal time - 0 points Europe Prelim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2013 and June 2014 and open to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Dubai, UAE from 16 to 21 June 2014. In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows: * Match won in normal time - 3 points * Match won in shootout - 2 points * Match lost in shootout - 1 point * Match lost in normal time - 0 points Preliminary round Europe The European preliminary round consisted of two group of three teams and a third group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final. Group A Group B Group C Intercontinental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2013 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was played between November 2012 and June 2013, and was open to all men's water polo national teams. Super Final The Super Final was playing from 11–16 June 2013 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Qualified teams Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage ;5th–8th Places Final ranking Awards * Top Scorer ** Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić, (born Franjo Udovičić,, on 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 aligned with t ... References External links Official site {{FINA Water Polo World League World League, men FINA Water Polo World League International water polo competitions hosted by Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA Water Polo World League
The FINA Water Polo World League was an international water polo league organized by FINA (now World Aquatics), which played annually, typically from winter through to June. League play featured continental tournaments for men and women, from which the top teams emerged to play in the championship tournament (the ''Super Final'') where the league champion team is crowned. Men's league play began in 2002, to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by the 2000 Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America, and Australia. The women’s league was added in 2004, based on growing interest in women's play. In October 2022, FINA announced that the tournament would be replaced with the FINA Water Polo World Cup and FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup from 2023 on. Play format Matches consisted of four eight-minute quarters, with a five-minute half-time break. Tie games were decided by an immediate penalty shootout. The game venues had television require ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2018 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Barcelona, Spain from 16 to 28 July 2018. Serbia won their fourth consecutive and eighth overall title by defeating Spain in the final. Qualification Sixteen teams will be allowed to the tournament. The qualification is as follows: * The host nation * The best seven teams from the 2016 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation * Eight teams from the qualifiers Format The sixteen teams were split in four groups with four teams each. The first classified team of each group qualified directly for the quarterfinals, the second and third teams played each other in cross group format to qualify for the quarterfinals. Squads Draw The draw of the tournament took take place on 7 March in Barcelona. The first batch consisted of the teams ranked 1st to 4th in the 2016 European Championships, the second batch consisted of the teams ranked 5th to eight. The third batch was filled with teams that quali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia won their seventh, and third straight, title by defeating the Montenegro 10–8 in the final. Hungary captured the bronze medal after a 13–10 win over Greece. Qualification For the first time, the tournament will be contested by 16 countries (12 previously). The 16 teams qualified as follows: * The host nation * The best seven teams from the 2014 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation * eight qualifiers Format The 16 teams were split into four groups of four teams. All teams advance to the knockout stage, from which on a knockout-system will be used to determine the final positions.. Squads Draw The draw was held on 4 October 2015. Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+1).'' Group A ...
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2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship was held in Budapest from 14–27 July 2014. Qualification There were 12 teams in the 2014 championships. They qualified as follows: * The host nation * The best five teams from the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation * six qualifiers Championships The structure of the championships is that there were two groups of six teams followed by a knockout phase. The first three teams in each group qualified to compete for the championship, with the first-place teams given a bye to the semifinals. The last three teams in each group played a classification tournament for 7th–12th place. Squads Draw The draw was held on 9 March 2014. Groups Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 10 May 2014. Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship
The 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship took place at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swim Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 16 to 29 January 2012. Road to the 2012 Olympics The championships was part of the qualification procedure for the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 London Olympics that will take place in late July and early August of that year. There will be 12 men's teams in the Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Olympic competition. By the time that these championships take place, four men's places have already been booked: the winner of the 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League in Italy (Serbia), and the three top-placed teams in the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, 2011 World Championships in Shanghai that did not win the World League (Italy, Croatia, Hungary). As Great Britain men's team has been entered into the Olympic competition, there was not a direct entry to the Olympic tournament from the European Championships. Five teams will be entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Water Polo Championship
The European Water Polo Championship is a sport competition for national water polo teams, currently held biannually and organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN), the governing European aquatics federation. There are both men's and women's competitions. The first European Water Polo Championship was held in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary, with just a men's competition. The women for the first time competed in 1985 (Oslo, Norway) for the European title. The water polo tournament was part of the European Aquatics Championships up to and including 1997, and from 1999 the event was separated and got its own independent tournament. Men's tournament Results Finishes in the top four The following table is pre-sorted by total finishes in the top four (in descending order), number of gold medals (in descending order), number of silver medals (in descending order), number of bronze medals (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. ;Legend * † ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
