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Water Polo At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, People's Republic of China, began on 10 August and lasted until 24 August 2008. All games were held at the Ying Tung Natatorium. Teams from twelve nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 44 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group). Seven classification games and seven games in the medal round were also played. Format The format of water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics: *Twelve teams are divided into two preliminary groups, composed of six teams each, and play a single round robin in each group. *The first placed team of each group will have a bye. The second and third placed teams will play against each other in a cross-group format. Losers go on to play a series of classification games. *The fifth and sixth placed teams from each group in the preliminary round play against each other in a cross-group format to determ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as China's List of cities in China by population, second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is located in North China, Northern China, and is governed as a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality under the direct administration of the Government of the People's Republic of China, State Council with List of administrative divisions of Beijing, 16 urban, suburban, and rural districts.Figures based on 2006 statistics published in 2007 National Statistical Yearbook of China and available online at archive. Retrieved 21 April 2009. Beijing is mostly surrounded by Hebei Province and neighbors Tianjin to the southeast; together, the three divisions form the Jing-Jin-Ji, Jing-Jin-Ji cluster. Beijing is a global city and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibor Benedek
Tibor Benedek (12 July 1972 – 18 June 2020) was a Hungarian professional water polo player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. Benedek also competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 6th and 4th, respectively. Benedek was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 2013 and 2016. Benedek was named ''Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year'' in 1992, 1993 and 1994. He made his debut for the national side in 1990. His father, Miklós Benedek, was an actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest water polo players of all time, Benedek ranks second on the all-time scoring list in Olympic history, with 65 goals. He was the joint top goalscorer at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, with 22 goals, and the top goalscorer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, with 19 goals. Benedek is the nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Molnár
Tamás Molnár (born 2 August 1975) 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. He is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold medals in water polo. He made his debut for the national team in 1997, and was named ''Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year'' in 1998. He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer League title with Neptunes Emirates (St. Julians, MALTA) in 2010-14. With this he earned a national record of winning 5 leagues in succession for the club previously unachieved by any other team, making him one of the most successful foreign players for the club as well as to play in the country in the sports local history. Honours National * Olympic Games: Gold medal - 2000, 2004, 2008 * World Championships: Gold medal - 2003; Silver medal - 1998, 2005, 2007 * European Championship: Gold medal - 1997, 1999; Silver medal - 2006; Bronze medal - 2001, 2003, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dániel Varga
Dániel Rudolf Varga (born 25 September 1983) is a Hungarian water polo coach. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the older brother of Dénes Varga, they were teammates on the Hungarian national team from 2004-2016. Honours National * Olympic Games: gold medal – 2008 * World Championships: gold medal – 2013; silver medal – 2005, 2007 * European Championship: silver medal – 2006, 2014; bronze medal – 2008, 2012, 2016 * FINA World League: silver medal – 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014 * FINA World Cup: silver medal – 2014 278 present in the national team of Hungary. * Junior World Championships: (silver medal – 2003) * Junior European Championship: (silver medal – 2002) * Youth European Championship: (gold medal – 2001; bronze medal – 1999) Club * Cup Winners' Cup Winners (1): (2002 – with Vasas) * LEN Euro Cup Winners (2): (2017, 2018 – with FTC) * Adriatic League: 2x ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Madaras
Norbert Madaras (born 1 December 1979 in Eger) is a Hungarian water polo player, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He also was on the squad that claimed the title at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships and the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. Madaras won the Euro League 2007 with Pro Recco. Honours National * Olympic Games: Gold medal – 2004, 2008 * World Championships: Gold medal – 2003, 2013; Silver medal – 2005, 2007 * European Championship: Silver medal – 2006, 2014; Bronze medal – 2003, 2008, 2012 * FINA World League: Gold medal – 2003, 2004; Silver medal – 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014; Bronze medal – 2002 * FINA World Cup: Silver medal – 2006, 2014 * Universiade: (Bronze medal – 2001) Club BVSC (BVSC-Brendon) * Hungarian Cup (1x): 1999–2000 Vasas (Vasas-Plaket, Vasas-Plaket-Euroleasing) * Hungarian Cup (1x): 2001–02 * LEN Cup Winners' Cup (1x): 2001–02 Pro Recco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Olympic gold medals in water polo. ( Kiss Szecsi Molnar Kasas Benedek Biros) He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Fácán'', meaning 'pheasant', and made his debut for the national side in 1997, during an international tournament in Seville, Spain. After the 2008 Olympics final, Biros revealed that he performed the entire tournament with a cyst by his heart, something that was unknown to the entire team and coaches alike. He insisted that he played with the consent of his doctors, and received a Fair Play award afterwards for it. He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Hungary at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the 23rd water polo player to be a flag bearer at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasios Schizas
Anastasios Schizas (born 18 February 1977) is a Greek retired water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place). Schizas was part of the Greece men's national water polo team that won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2004 World League in Long Beach. Schizas started his career at Poseidon Ilision and then played for Ethnikos Piraeus. In 2002 he signed for Olympiacos where he had a long and successful career, playing for twelve consecutive seasons (2002–2014) and winning 21 major titles (1 LEN Super Cup, 10 Greek Championships and 10 Greek Cups). Honours Club Olympiacos * LEN Super Cup (1): 2002 * Greek Championship (10): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14 * Greek Cup (10): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14 Ethniko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Woods (water Polo)
Gavin Woods (born 1 March 1978) is an Australian water polo player. He was a member of Australia's Olympic squad at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. He began his career playing centre-back but switched to centre-forward for the 2004 Olympics. His father David is a three-time Olympian (1964, 1968 and 1972) and former coach of the Australian women's team (1991–1994), while his sister Taryn and his cousin Bronwyn Mayer were in the women's national team at the Sydney Olympics. In 2019, he was inducted into the Water Polo Australia Hall of Fame. See also * Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments This is a list of male players who have been named in the national water polo team squad in at least three or four Olympic tournaments since the inaugural official edition in 1900. Abbreviations Overall multi-time Olympians As of the 2020 Sum ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Whalan
Thomas Whalan (born 13 October 1980) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, in the 2004 Summer Olympics (Vice-Captain), in the 2008 Summer Olympics (Captain) and in the 2012 Summer Olympics representing Australia in over 350 internationals. Thomas captained the Aussie Sharks to successive World League Bronze Medals in 2007 & 2008 and was voted by World Water Polo Magazine as one of the world's top defenders. He competed for the Sydney Uni Water Polo Club in the Australia National Water Polo League winning three titles and for Club Natacio Barcelona in the Spanish League where he was equal highest goalscorer and won the Copa Del Rey in 2003. Thomas competed for Club Atletic Barceloneta where he won the Copa Del Rey 2004, 2010 and League Title in 2010. He played in the Italian League 2005–2009 with SS Nervi (2005-6) and Rari Nantes Savona (2006-2009). Thomas Whalan served as a director of Water Polo Australia (WPA) 2012-2019 and on 25 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Vukčević (water Polo)
Nikola Vukčević ( sr-cyrl, Никола Вукчевић) is a Montenegrin water polo player He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by Hungary and met Serbia in the bronze medal match. He was also the member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team in 2012 Summer Olympics where Montenegro finished 4th. He plays for AEK Athens A.E.K. (; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelfeia, Attica. The club is more commonly known in European competitions as A.E.K. Athens. Establishe .... References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vukcevic, Nikola Living people Montenegrin male water polo players 21st-century Montenegrin sportsmen Olympic water polo players for Montenegro Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1985 births Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Ntoskas
Georgios Ntoskas (born 11 November 1984) is a retired Greek water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team. Ntoskas was part of the national squad that won the Bronze Medal in the 2005 World Championship in Montreal and the Bronze Medal in the 2006 World League in Athens. Ntoskas started his career at his native NC Chios and in 2003 he moved to Olympiacos where he played for thirteen seasons (2003–2011, 2012–2017), winning 23 major titles (12 Greek Championships and 11 Greek Cups) and being runner-up of the 2015–16 LEN Champions League in Budapest. a-sports.gr. 11 June 2017. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam McGregor
Samuel McGregor (born 12 August 1984) is an Australian male former water polo player. He was part of the Australia men's national water polo team. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships () were held on 16–31 July 2011 in Shanghai, Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming ... and captained the Australian team at the London games. References External links * 1984 births Living people Australian male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Australia Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Darwin, Northern Territory Place of birth missing (living people) People educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
