Hungary women's national water polo team

Hungary

Association	Hungarian Swimming Association
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Attila Bíró
Asst coach	László Tóth
Captain	Rita Keszthelyi
FINA code	HUN
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	4th place (2008, 2012, 2016)
World Championships
Appearances	12 (first in 1986)
Best result	(1994, 2005)
World League
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	(2004)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1988)
Best result	(2002)
European Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 1985)
Best result	(1991, 2001, 2016)

The Hungary women's national water polo team represents Hungary in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is one of the leading teams in Europe since the early 1990s, claiming the world title at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.

Results

Olympic Games

Year	Position
2004	6th place
2008	4th place
2012	4th place
2016	4th place

World Championship

Year	Position
1986	5th place
1991	4th place
1994
1998	7th place
2001
2003	5th place
2005
2007	4th place
2009	7th place
2011	9th place
2013
2015	9th place

World League

Year	Position
2004
2005	4th place
2007	eliminated
2010	6th place
2011	eliminated
2012	eliminated
2013	4th place
2014	eliminated

World Cup

Year	Position
1988
1989
1993
1995
1999	4th place
2002
2006	5th place
2010	6th place

European Championship

Year	Position
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	5th place
1999	4th place
2001
2003
2006
2008
2010	5th place
2012
2014
2016

Team

Current squad

The following is the Hungarian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Head coach: Attila Bíró

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Gangl, EdinaEdina Gangl	GK	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	25 June 1990	UVSE
2	Czigány, DóraDóra Czigány	D	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	23 October 1992	Eger
3	Antal, DóraDóra Antal	D	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	9 September 1993	UVSE
4	Kisteleki, HannaHanna Kisteleki	CF	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	10 March 1991	UVSE
5	Szűcs, GabriellaGabriella Szűcs	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	7 March 1988	UVSE
6	Takács, OrsolyaOrsolya Takács	CB	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	20 May 1985	BVSC
7	Illés, AnnaAnna Illés	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	21 February 1994	California Golden Bears
8	Keszthelyi, RitaRita Keszthelyi (c)	D	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	10 December 1991	UVSE
9	Tóth, IldikóIldikó Tóth	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	23 April 1987	UVSE
10	Bujka, BarbaraBarbara Bujka	CF	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	5 September 1986	Szeged
11	Csabai, DóraDóra Csabai	CB	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	20 April 1989	UVSE
12	Garda, KrisztinaKrisztina Garda	CB	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	16 July 1994	Dunaújvárosi Főiskola
13	Kasó, OrsolyaOrsolya Kasó	GK	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	22 November 1988	Dunaújvárosi Főiskola

Past squads

• 1993 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Katalin Dancsa, Andrea Eke, Alíz Kertész, Mária Konrád, Katalin Nagy, Irén Rafael, Ildikó Rónaszéki, Mercédesz Stieber, Orsolya Szalkai, Brigitta Szép, Ildikó Takács, Gabriella Tóth, Noémi Tóth, and Edit Vincze. Head Coach: Gyula Tóth.

• 1994 World Championship — Gold Medal

• Katalin Dancsa, Andrea Eke, Zsuzsanna Huff, Zsuzsa Kertész, Ildikó Kuna, Irén Rafael, Katalin Rédei, Edit Sipos, Mercédesz Stieber, Orsolya Szalkay, Krisztina Szremkó, Gabriella Tóth, and Noémi Tóth. Head Coach: Gyula Tóth.

• 1995 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Krisztina Kardos, Gabriella Tóth, Edit Sipos, Andrea Eke, Mercédesz Stieber, Edit Vincze, Katalin Rédei, Irén Rafael, Krisztina Szremkó, Ágnes Primász, Anikó Pelle, Krisztina Zantleitner, Noémi Tóth, Brigitta Szép, and Márta Pápai. Head Coach: Gyula Tóth.

• 2001 European Championship — Gold Medal

• Katalin Dancsa, Rita Drávucz, Anett Györe, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Katalin Rédei, Edit Sipos, Ildikó Sós, Mercédesz Stieber, Brigitta Szép, Krisztina Szremkó, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Andrea Tóth, Ágnes Valkay, and Erzsébet Valkay. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

• 2001 World Championship — Silver Medal

• Katalin Dancsa, Rita Drávucz, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Katalin Rédei, Edit Sipos, Ildikó Sós, Mercédesz Stieber, Brigitta Szép, Krisztina Szremkó, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Ágnes Valkay, and Erzsébet Valkay. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

• 2002 FINA World Cup — Gold Medal

• Tímea Benkô, Rita Drávucz, Anett Györe, Patrícia Horváth, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Ildikó Sós, Mercédesz Stieber, Krisztina Szremkó, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Ágnes Valkay, Erzsébet Valkay, and Krisztina Zantleitner. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

• 2003 European Championship — Silver Medal

• Rita Drávucz, Ildikó Sós, Andrea Tóth, Krisztina Szremkó, Ágnes Valkay, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Primász, Mercédesz Stieber, Anett Györe, Erzsébet Valkay, Zsuzsanna Tiba, Dóra Kisteleki, Tímea Benkõ, Edit Sipos, and Krisztina Zantleitner. Head Coach: Tamás Faragó.

• 2008 FINA Olympic Qualifying Tournament — 3rd place

• Patricia Horváth, Krisztina Szremkó, Barbara Bujka, Dóra Kisteleki, Mercédesz Stieber, Orsolya Takacs, Rita Drávucz, Krisztina Zantleitner, Anett Györe, Anikó Pelle, Ágnes Valkay, Ágnes Primász, and Ildikó Sós. Head Coach: Gabor Godova.

• 2012 European Championship — Bronze Medal

• Dóra Antal, Flóra Bolonyai, Barbara Bujka, Dóra Csabai, Rita Drávucz, Edina Gangl, Anna Krisztina Illés, Rita Keszthelyi, Hanna Anna Kisteleki, Kata Mária Menczinger, Gabriella Szűcs, Orsolya Takács and Ildikó Tóth. Head Coach: András Merész.

References

1. "Irány, Rio!" [Off to Rio!] (in Hungarian). Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

External links

• Official website
• FINA
• Squads
• HistoFINA Volume VIII (Edition 2004)