The men's tournament of
water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at
Tokyo
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, Japan began on 25 July and ended on 8 August 2021. It was held at the
Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.
It was the 27th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise had been held at every Olympics.
On 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Because of this pandemic, the games are played
behind closed doors.
Serbia won their second consecutive gold medal after a finals win over Greece, while Hungary captured the bronze medal.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Nenad Lalović,
IOC Executive Board Member;
Serbia
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and the medalists' bouquets were presented by
Andrey Kryukov
Andrey Kryukov (born January 7, 1971) is a former pair skater who competed internationally for both Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. He competed through 1998 with Marina Khalturina for Kazakhstan. They placed 14th at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Following ...
,
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
;
FINA Bureau Member.
Qualification
Schedule
The competition began on 25 July, and matches were held every other day. At each match time, two matches were played simultaneously (one from each group during preliminary round, two quarterfinals during that round, one main semifinal and one classification 5 to 8 semifinal during the semifinal round, and the two classification games on the final day) except for the bronze and gold medal matches.
Competition format
The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group played a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth- and sixth- placed teams were eliminated. The fifth placed teams were ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average; the sixth-placed teams were ranked eleventh and twelfth in the same way. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.
Draw
The draw took place on 21 February 2021 in
Rotterdam
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, The Netherlands.
Seeding
The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots.
Final draw
The hosts Japan was drawn into Group A, while the reigning Olympic champion Serbia was drawn into Group B.
Referees
The following 28 referees were selected for the tournament.
24 referees:
* Germán Moller
* Nicola Johnson
*
Marie-Claude Deslières
* Zhang Liang
* Nenad Periš
* Sébastien Dervieux
* Frank Ohme
*
Georgios Stavridis
* György Kun
* Alessandro Severo
*
Asumi Tsuzaki
* Viktor Salnichenko
* Stanko Ivanovski
* Michiel Zwart
* John Waldow
* Adrian Alexandrescu
* Arkadiy Voevodin
* Vojin Putniković
* Jeremy Cheng
* Dion Willis
* Xevi Buch
* Ursula Wengenroth
* Michael Goldenberg
* Daniel Daners
4
video assistant referee
The video assistant referee (VAR) is a Assistant referee (association football), match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those revi ...
s:
* Mladen Rak
* Alexandr Margolin
* Alexandr Shershnev
* Jaume Teixido
Group stage
The schedule was announced on 9 March 2021.
''All times are local (
UTC+9
UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.
During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time with ...
).''
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
;Fifth place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Medalists
Team statistics
Goals for
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Goals against
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Goal difference
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Saves
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Blocks
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Rebounds
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Steals
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Sprints won
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Turnovers
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Exclusions with substitution
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)
Player statistics
Multiple medalists
Four-time Olympic medalist(s): 3 players
* : Filip Filipović,Duško Pijetlović
Duško Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Душко Пијетловић; born 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 ...
,Andrija Prlainović
Andrija Prlainović ( sr-Cyrl, Андрија Прлаиновић; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian professional water polo player widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo tea ...
Milan Aleksić
Milan Aleksić ( sr-cyr, Милан Алексић; born 13 May 1986) is a Serbian water polo center back who plays for Partizan and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He is a 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion and a 2012 Olympic bronze me ...
,Dušan Mandić
Dušan Mandić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Мандић; born 16 June 1994) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Ferencváros. He was a part of the Montenegrin junior water polo team before opting to play for Serbia. With Serbian junior natio ...
,Gojko Pijetlović
Gojko Pijetlović ( sr-cyr, Гојко Пијетловић; born 7 August 1983) is a Serbian water polo player who plays as goalkeeper for VK Novi Beograd and the Serbia men's national water polo team.
He was voted the best goalkeeper of 2014 E ...
(GK)
Leading goalscorers
Source: Official Results Book (page 109)
Saves leaders
Source: Official Results Book (page 111)
Leading blockers
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Leading rebounders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Steals leaders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Leading sprinters
Source: Official Results Book (page 108)
Turnovers leaders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Exclusions leaders
Source: Official Results Book (pages 113, 117, 121, 125, 129, 133, 136, 139, 143, 146, 150, 154)
Awards
The all-star team was announced on 8 August 2021.
References
Sources
Overall
Water Polo – Olympic Schedule & Results , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Official Results Book , Tokyo 2020 Olympicsarchive
Water Polo – Tournament Summary , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Competition Officials , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Tournament details
Water Polo – Competition Schedule , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Statistics
Water Polo – Overall Team Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Team Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Individual Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Individual Statistics - Leading Scorers , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Goalkeeper Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
* Water Polo – Cumulative Statistics , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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Medallists and victory ceremony presenters
Water Polo – Medallists , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Water Polo – Victory Ceremony Presenters , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
External links
Water Polo , Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Tokyo 2020 , FINA
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Men's tournament
Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics