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Revision as of 08:41, 8 August 2021

This article is about the Serbian men's national water polo team. For the women's team, see Serbia women's national water polo team. For the national team that played under the flag of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, see Yugoslavia national water polo team.

Serbia
FINA codeSRB
Nickname(s)Делфини / Delfini
(The Dolphins)
AssociationWater Polo Association of Serbia
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachDejan Savić
Asst coachStefan Ćirić
Vladimir Vujasinović
CaptainFilip Filipović
Most capsDejan Savić (444)
Top scorer(s)Aleksandar Šapić (981)
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current1 (as of February 2020)
Highest1 (2009–11, 2014–present)
Lowest4 (2013)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances6 (first in 1996)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2016)
World Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1998)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2005, 2009, 2015)
World Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1997)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2006, 2010, 2014)
World League
Appearances15 (first in 2003)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
European Championship
Appearances12 (first in 1997)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2001, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
Europa Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best result4th (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances6 (first in 1997)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1997, 2009, 2018)
Media
Websitewaterpoloserbia.org
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 3
World Championship 3 2 3
World Cup 3 0 2
World League 12 1 1
European Championship 7 2 1
Europa Cup 0 0 0
Summer Universiade 3 1 2
Total 29 7 12
Men's water polo
Representing  FR Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2005 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan Team
Silver medal – second place 2001 Fukuoka Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Perth Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest Team
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2010 Oradea
Gold medal – first place 2014 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2005 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2006 Athens
Gold medal – first place 2007 Berlin
Gold medal – first place 2008 Genova
Gold medal – first place 2010 Niš
Gold medal – first place 2011 Firenze
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chelyabinsk
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dubai
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bergamo
Gold medal – first place 2016 Huizhou
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ruza
Gold medal – first place 2019 Belgrade
Silver medal – second place 2004 Long Beach
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Podgorica
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2003 Kranj
Gold medal – first place 2006 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2012 Eindhoven
Gold medal – first place 2014 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2016 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barcelona
Silver medal – second place 1997 Seville
Silver medal – second place 2008 Málaga
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Zagreb
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almeria Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2005 Izmir Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Daegu Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Team
Logo of the Water Polo Association of Serbia
2015 world champions on a 2015 Serbian stamp

The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo Association of Serbia. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade, making them one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world.

They are Serbia's most successful national team, having won more titles than all other Serbian national teams combined.[1] In 2016, they became the first team to hold titles in all five existing major championships: European Championship, World Championship, World Cup, World League and Olympic Games simultaneously.[2]

Competitive record

Medals

Includes matches of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.

Updated after the 2020 European Championship

Competition 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Olympic Games 1 1 3 5
World Championship 3 2 3 8
World Cup 3 0 2 5
World League 12 1 1 14
European Championship 7 2 1 10
Europa Cup 0 0 0 0
Mediterranean Games 3 0 1 4
Summer Universiade 3 1 2 6
Total 32 7 13 52

Olympic Games

Main article: Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
Year[3] Position
1936 to 1988 Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
Spain 1992 Barcelona Suspended
United States 1996 Atlanta 8th
Australia 2000 Sydney
as  Serbia and Montenegro
Greece 2004 Athens
as  Serbia
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Japan 2020 Tokyo Qualified
France 2024 Paris Future events
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane

World Championship

Year[3] Position
1973 to 1991 Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
Italy 1994 Rome Suspended
Australia 1998 Perth
Japan 2001 Fukuoka
as  Serbia and Montenegro
Spain 2003 Barcelona
Canada 2005 Montreal
as  Serbia
Australia 2007 Melbourne 4th
Italy 2009 Rome
China 2011 Shanghai
Spain 2013 Barcelona 7th
Russia 2015 Kazan
Hungary 2017 Budapest
South Korea 2019 Gwangju 5th
Japan 2022 Fukuoka Future events
Qatar 2023 Doha
Russia 2025 Kazan
Hungary 2027 Budapest

World Cup

Year[3] Position
1979 to 1991 Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
Greece 1993 Athens Suspended
United States 1995 Atlanta Did not participate
Greece 1997 Athens 7th
Australia 1999 Sydney 5th
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2002 Belgrade
as  Serbia and Montenegro
Hungary 2006 Budapest
as  Serbia
Romania 2010 Oradea
Kazakhstan 2014 Almaty
Germany 2018 Berlin

World League

Year[3] Position
as  FR Yugoslavia
Greece 2002 Patras Did not participate
as  Serbia and Montenegro
United States 2003 New York 4th
United States 2004 Long Beach
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Belgrade
Greece 2006 Athens
as  Serbia
Germany 2007 Berlin
Italy 2008 Genoa
Montenegro 2009 Podgorica
Serbia 2010 Niš
Italy 2011 Florence
Kazakhstan 2012 Almaty Did not participate
Russia 2013 Chelyabinsk
United Arab Emirates 2014 Dubai
Italy 2015 Bergamo
China 2016 Huizhou
Russia 2017 Ruza
Hungary 2018 Budapest Preliminary round
Serbia 2019 Belgrade
Hungary 2021 Debrecen 5th

European Championship

Year Position
1950 to 1991 Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
United Kingdom 1993 Sheffield Suspended
Austria 1995 Vienna Did not participate
Spain 1997 Seville
Italy 1999 Florence 7th
Hungary 2001 Budapest
as  Serbia and Montenegro
Slovenia 2003 Kranj
as  Serbia
Serbia 2006 Belgrade
Spain 2008 Malaga
Croatia 2010 Zagreb
Netherlands 2012 Eindhoven
Hungary 2014 Budapest
Serbia 2016 Belgrade
Spain 2018 Barcelona
Hungary 2020 Budapest 5th
Croatia 2022 Split Future event

Europa Cup

Year Position
Croatia 2018 Rijeka 4th
Croatia 2019 Zagreb 6th

Mediterranean Games

Year Position
1959 to 1991 Part of SFR Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
France 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Suspended
Italy 1997 Bari
Tunisia 2001 Tunis 4th
as  Serbia and Montenegro
Spain 2005 Almeria
as  Serbia
Italy 2009 Pescara
Turkey 2013 Tunis 6th
Spain 2018 Tarragona
Algeria 2021 Oran Future event

Team

Current squad

Squad selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Dejan Savić

No Name Pos. L/R Date of birth Height Weight Caps Club
1 Gojko Pijetlović GK R (1983-08-07) 7 August 1983 (age 41) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 273 Serbia VK Novi Beograd
2 Dušan Mandić W L (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994 (age 30) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 198 Serbia VK Novi Beograd
3 Nikola Dedović W R (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992 (age 32) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 32 Germany Spandau 04
4 Sava Ranđelović CB R (1993-07-17) 17 July 1993 (age 31) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 166 Hungary VasasPlaket
5 Strahinja Rašović D R (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992 (age 32) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 87 Serbia VK Novi Beograd
6 Duško Pijetlović CF R (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 39) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 99 kg (218 lb) 332 Serbia VK Novi Beograd
7 Đorđe Lazić CF R (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28) 34 Italy Brescia
8 Milan Aleksić CB R (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 38) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 262 Serbia VK Partizan
9 Nikola Jakšić CB R (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27) 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 127 Serbia VK Novi Beograd
10 Filip Filipović (C) W L (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 (age 37) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 101 kg (223 lb) 373 Greece Olympiacos
11 Andrija Prlainović W R (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987 (age 37) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 328 France CN Marseille
12 Stefan Mitrović D R (1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 36) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 259 Serbia VK Partizan
13 Branislav Mitrović GK R (1985-01-30) 30 January 1985 (age 39) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 186 Hungary VasasPlaket

Coaches

Most appearances and goals

Main article: Serbia men's national water polo team statistics

Professional friendly and competitive matches only where Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and now Serbia were represented.

Name Years Matches Goals
1 Dejan Savić 1994–2008 444 405
2 Aleksandar Šapić 1997–2008 385 981
3 Filip Filipović 2003–present 373 661
4 Živko Gocić 2003–2016 362 207
5 Slobodan Nikić 2003–2016 355 354
6 Igor Milanović 1984–1996 349 540
7 Aleksandar Ćirić 1997–2008 346 201
8 Vladimir Vujasinović 1990–2008 341 391
9 Duško Pijetlović 2005–present 332 460
10 Andrija Prlainović 2005–present 328 529

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, football and basketball players of Red Star Belgrade, and many others. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to fund "Bitka za Bebe" and enough money was successfully raised to purchase one incubator.

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.waterpoloserbia.org/index.php?id=454
  2. ^ "Rulers of all competitions". b92.net. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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