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, London, Olympic Park from 29 July to 12 August. The venue's capacity held 5,000 spectators. Twelve ...
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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
* :
Igor Hinić
* :
Georgios Afroudakis
* :
Tamás Kásás
Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players
* :
Thomas Whalan,
* :
Samir Barać,
(GK)
* :
Theodoros Chatzitheodorou,
(GK)
* :
Péter Biros,
,
(GK)
* :
Stefano Tempesti (GK)
* :
Nikolay Maksimov (GK)
* :
Iván Pérez
* :
Tony Azevedo,
Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players
* :
Péter Biros,
,
,
(GK)
* :
Vanja Udovičić
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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
*
Josip Pavić (85 saves)
;Media All-Star Team
* Goalkeeper
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Josip Pavić (85 saves)
* Field players
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Nikša Dobud (centre forward, 12 goals)
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Maurizio Felugo (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
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(16 goals)
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Andrija Prlainović (22 goals)
See also
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
Sources
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PDF
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FINA
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Official Results Book – 2012 Olympic Games – Diving, Swimming, Synchronised Swimming, Water Poloarchive
(pp. 284–507)
* Water polo on the Olympedi
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* Water polo on the Sports Reference
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Water polo at the 2012 Summer Games
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