The Serbia men's national water polo team represents

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in international men's

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. It is considered to be one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world, winning medals in all Olympic tournaments it has entered, including three golds, and being a multiple world and European champion. Not including the results of the former Yugoslav team, the Serbian team won three World Championships, seven

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, three World Cups, record 12 FINA World Leagues, four gold medals at

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, four gold medals at

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s and gold medal at the first and so far only water polo tournament at the

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, justifying the status of water polo as the

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of Serbia. In 2016, Serbia became the first national water polo team to simultaneously hold titles in all five existing major championships—European Championship, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic Games. The team holds the record for the most consecutive World League titles, winning five consecutive titles from 2013 to 2017. They are Serbia's most successful national sports team, having won more titles than all other Serbian national teams combined.

Competitive record

Medals

Includes matches of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. Updated after the ''

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Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

World Cup

World League

Europa Cup

Mediterranean Games

Team

Current squad

Roster for the

Coaches

* 1992–1999 Nikola Stamenić * 1999–2004 Nenad Manojlović * 2004–2006 Petar Porobić * 2006–2012 Dejan Udovičić * 2012–2022 Dejan Savić * 2022– present Uroš Stevanović

Most appearances and goals

''Professional friendly and competitive matches only where

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and now

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were represented.'' ''Statistics accurate as of matches played 6 August 2021''

Philanthropy

On 25 December 2011, Serbia's water polo team was included in a humanitarian action "Bitka za Bebe" ("the Battle for the Babies") playing an exhibition match with the team of the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON), in Belgrade. Before the Serbian water polo team had joined the action, many other athletes were included. Among them was the world number one in tennis at that time,

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...

, football and basketball players of

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, and many others. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to fund "Bitka za Bebe" and enough money was successfully raised to purchase one hundred incubator.

References

External links

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