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First Croatian national team that won gold medal at Olympic or World Games, World and European Championships.
First Croatian national team that won gold medal at Olympic or World Games, World and European Championships.


==Results==
==History==
After [[Independence of Croatia|the independence of Croatia]] the national water polo team competed at its first tournament and also its first finals at [[Water polo at the 1993 Mediterranean Games|1993 Mediterranean Games]], followed by the 1993 European Championships where Croatia won 5th place.
Prior to 1992 Croatia men's national water polo team competed as a part of [[Yugoslavia men's national water polo team]].


Croatia has since became Olympic champion ([[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]), double World champion ([[Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2007]], [[Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2017]]) and European champion ([[2010 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2010]]). Croatia has also won eight other medals at the [[Water polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], [[Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] and [[European Water Polo Championship|European Championships]] and was fourth on six occasions. The team holds a record streak of winning 6 medals in a row at World Championships and has been in semifinals in over 60% of appearances at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships altogether since 2017. Since the formation of national team Croatia has qualified for every big tournament. It is the first Croatian national team in any Olympic team sport that has won gold medals at all three big competitions. Croatia has also won [[FINA Water Polo World League|World League]] ([[2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2012]]) and [[Water polo at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] ([[Water polo at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's tournament|2013]]). The only competition Croatia has yet to win is [[FINA Water Polo World Cup|World Cup]] where the national team won silver medal in [[2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2010]].
Croatia men's national water polo team has been placed 4th at international competitions on 12 occasions, the most being achieved at European Championships, but none at the Olympics. Despite this fact, the team has also managed to win 26 medals at international competitions shown in the tables below.


The team has been awarded with [[Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport]] in 1996. So far two [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] inductees have been members of Croatia national team - [[Perica Bukić]] as a player and [[Ratko Rudić]] as a coach.

==Results==
===Summer Olympics===
===Summer Olympics===
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.hvs.hr/ Official website]
*[http://www.hvs.hr/ Official website]

==See also==
*[[Yugoslavia men's national water polo team]]


{{LEN Water polo national teams}}
{{LEN Water polo national teams}}

Revision as of 08:44, 13 August 2017

Croatia
Nickname(s)Barakude (The Barracudas)
AssociationCroatian Water Polo Federation
Head coachIvica Tucak
CaptainSandro Sukno
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances6 (first in 1996)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2012)
World Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1994)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2007, 2017)
World League
Appearances10 (first in 2002)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2012)
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Appearances12 (first in 1993)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2010)
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Appearances6 (first in 1993)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2013)
Croatia men's national water polo team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Oradea
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Almaty
World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Almaty
Silver medal – second place 2009 Podgorica
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bergamo
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Niš
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Florence
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ruza
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Zagreb
Silver medal – second place 1999 Florence
Silver medal – second place 2003 Kranj
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin
Silver medal – second place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari

The Croatia men's national water polo team represents Croatia in international water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Water Polo Federation.

First Croatian national team that won gold medal at Olympic or World Games, World and European Championships.

History

After the independence of Croatia the national water polo team competed at its first tournament and also its first finals at 1993 Mediterranean Games, followed by the 1993 European Championships where Croatia won 5th place.

Croatia has since became Olympic champion (2012), double World champion (2007, 2017) and European champion (2010). Croatia has also won eight other medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships and was fourth on six occasions. The team holds a record streak of winning 6 medals in a row at World Championships and has been in semifinals in over 60% of appearances at the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships altogether since 2017. Since the formation of national team Croatia has qualified for every big tournament. It is the first Croatian national team in any Olympic team sport that has won gold medals at all three big competitions. Croatia has also won World League (2012) and Mediterranean Games (2013). The only competition Croatia has yet to win is World Cup where the national team won silver medal in 2010.

The team has been awarded with Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport in 1996. So far two International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees have been members of Croatia national team - Perica Bukić as a player and Ratko Rudić as a coach.

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championships

European Championships

World League

Year Round Position
Greece 2002 Preliminary Round 7th
United States 2003 Did not compete
United States 2004
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Group Round 4th
Greece 2006 Did not qualify for the Super Final
Germany 2007
Italy 2008
Montenegro 2009 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Serbia 2010 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Italy 2011 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kazakhstan 2012 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Russia 2013 Did not qualify for the Super Final
United Arab Emirates 2014 Did not qualify for the Super Final
Italy 2015 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Russia 2017 Semifinal 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Total Qualified for the Super Final: 8/15

World Cup

Mediterranean Games

Year Round Position Pld W D L
France 1993 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italy 1997 Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tunisia 2001 Preliminary Round 5th
Spain 2005 Semifinal 4th 5 2 0 3
Italy 2009 Semifinal 4th 5 3 0 2
Turkey 2013 Final 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 0 0
Spain 2017 TBD
Total Participated: 6/6 14 9 0 5

Non-senior competitions

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2]

Head coach: Ivica Tucak

№ Name Pos. Height Weight L/R Date of birth 2016/17 club
1 Marko Bijač GK 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) R 12 January 1991 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
2 Marko Macan CF 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 110 kg (243 lb) R 26 April 1993 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
3 Loren Fatović D R 16 November 1996 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
4 Luka Lončar CF 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 107 kg (236 lb) R 26 June 1987 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
5 Maro Joković D 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) L 1 October 1987 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
6 Ivan Buljubašić CF 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 108 kg (238 lb) R 31 October 1987 Croatia Primorje Rijeka
7 Ante Vukičević D 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb) R 24 February 1993 Croatia Primorje Rijeka
8 Andro Bušlje CF 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 115 kg (254 lb) R 4 January 1986 Greece Olympiacos
9 Sandro Sukno (c) D 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) R 30 June 1990 Italy Pro Recco
10 Ivan Krapić CF 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 105 kg (231 lb) R 14 February 1989 Italy Acquachiara
11 Anđelo Šetka D 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) R 14 September 1985 Italy AS Roma
12 Xavier García D 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 92 kg (203 lb) L 5 January 1984 Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
13 Ivan Marcelić GK 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) R 18 February 1994 Croatia HAVK Mladost

Player statistics

Head coaches

Notable players

Naturalized players

Andrey Belofastov (Ukraine), Xavier García (Spain)[3] Faris Okanovic (Sweden)

Statistics

Record against other teams

As of 9th August 2017


Key
Positive total balance (more wins)
Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative total balance (more losses)

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as wins/defeats.

National team Total Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications
Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L
Australia Australia 15 13 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 6 5 0 1 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Austria Austria 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0
Belarus Belarus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Brazil Brazil 8 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Canada Canada 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — — — — — 1 1 0 0
China China 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Egypt Egypt 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France France 9 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Georgia (country) Georgia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Germany Germany 21 15 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 1 8 4 2 2 — — — — 2 2 0 0
United Kingdom Great Britain 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Greece Greece 33 21 4 8 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 14 9 0 5 9 6 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary Hungary 34 8 2 24 2 1 0 1 7 3 1 3 3 0 0 3 10 3 0 7 12 1 1 10 — — — — 0 0 0 0
Iran Iran 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Italy Italy 41 22 2 17 6 5 0 1 5 2 1 2 2 0 0 2 14 8 0 6 10 5 1 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
Japan Japan 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 6 6 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
North Macedonia Macedonia 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta Malta 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova Moldova 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Montenegro Montenegro 22 13 0 9 4 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 3 0 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Netherlands Netherlands 12 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0
New Zealand New Zealand 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Poland Poland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — — — 1 1 0 0
Romania Romania 16 13 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 4 2 0 2 — — — — 3 3 0 0
Russia Russia 33 21 1 11 1 1 0 0 7 4 0 3 2 1 0 1 16 11 0 5 6 4 1 1 — — — — 1 0 0 1
Serbia Serbia* 36 10 3 23 5 2 1 2 6 2 1 3 6 2 0 4 9 2 0 7 8 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Slovakia Slovakia 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Slovenia Slovenia 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
South Africa South Africa 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Spain Spain 32 14 2 16 5 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 9 5 0 4 7 5 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Turkey Turkey 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 1 1 0 0
Ukraine Ukraine 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 — — — — 0 0 0 0
United States United States 30 20 0 10 7 3 0 4 7 6 0 1 5 3 0 2 11 8 0 3 — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 0
Total (36) 408 262 16 130

Biggest Wins

double digit goal difference

Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications
  • +12 vs. China (16-4) 2008
  • +11 vs. Egypt (12-1) 2004
  • +34 vs. New Zealand (35-1) 1994
  • +19 vs. South Africa (19-0) 2013
  • +17 vs. New Zealand (21-4) 2013
  • +16 vs. New Zealand (19-3) 1998
  • +15 vs. Canada (19-4) 2005
  • +15 vs. Kazakhstan (19-4) 1998
  • +11 vs. Brasil (17-6) 1998
  • +11 vs. Japan (18-7) 2011
  • +10 vs. Canada (13-3) 2003
  • +10 vs. China (15-5) 2009
  • +10 vs. Russia (13-3) 2007
  • +21 vs. Iran (23-2) 2010
  • +10 vs. China (14-4) 2010
  • +21 vs. South Africa (22-1) 2010
  • +19 vs. Turkey (20-1) 2013
  • +17 vs. Brasil (20-3) 2012
  • +16 vs. Kazakhstan (19-3) 2017
  • +14 vs. Turkey (17-3) 2013
  • +13 vs. Spain (19-6) 2006
  • +13 vs. Turkey (19-6) 2016
  • +13 vs. Turkey (16-3) 2016
  • +11 vs. Netherlands (18-7) 2017
  • +10 vs. Brasil (17-7) 2005
  • +10 vs. China (15-5) 2011
  • +10 vs. China (14-4) 2015
  • +10 vs. France (16-6) 2017
  • +10 vs. Netherlands (17-7) 2017
  • +10 vs. Turkey (13-3) 2015
  • +24 vs. Austria (26-2) 1995
  • +20 vs. Malta (22-2) 2016
  • +15 vs. France (20-5) 2016
  • +13 vs. Turkey (16-3) 2010
  • +12 vs. Netherlands (16-4) 2012
  • +11 vs. Slovenia (19-8) 2006
  • +10 vs. Slovakia (15-5) 2008
  • +13 vs. Turkey (17-4) 2013
  • +11 vs. Greece (14-3) 2009
  • +20 vs. Georgia (23-3) 1999
  • +17 vs. Puerto Rico (18-1) 2004
  • +12 vs. Romania (12-0) 2004

Biggest Loses

Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship Mediterranean Games
  • -4 vs. Italy (7-11) 2004
  • -7 vs. Serbia (4-11) 2015
  • -6 vs. Hungary (4-10) 2005
  • -5 vs. Spain (6-11) 1994
  • -6 vs. Serbia (7-13) 2010
  • -5 vs. Hungary (6-11) 1997
  • -5 vs. Russia (5-10) 1997
  • -5 vs. Spain (2-7) 1995
  • -9 vs. Hungary (6-15) 2007
  • -8 vs. Greece (5-13) 2008
  • -7 vs. Brasil (10-17) 2015
  • -7 vs. Serbia (6-13) 2016
  • -6 vs. Hungary (5-11) 1995
  • -5 vs. Hungary (11-16) 2006
  • -9 vs. Italy (5-14) 2005
  • -6 vs. Serbia (8-14) 2009

Sources

References

  1. ^ Qualification for the tournament was determined by placing in the 1992 Olympics tournament. Since the Croatian team couldn't had participated in the 1992 Olympic water polo tournament due to the dissolution of Yugoslavia, it couldn't qualify for the 1993 World Cup.
  2. ^ "Budapest 2017 Croatian Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ http://hrsport.net/vijesti/496096/vodeni-sportovi-reprezentacija/stigla-potvrda-iz-moo-a-javier-garcia-s-hrvatskom-na-olimpijskim-igrama-u-riju/

Notes

  1. ^ FINA waterpolo player of the year in 1982., 1984. and 1985. Scored 28 goals in one game which is a world record for waterpolo game (final score: Yugoslavia 62–0 Guatemala). First waterpolo player in history to sign a 6 digit contract.

See also

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