Serbia men's national water polo team

Serbia

Nickname(s)	Delfini (The Dolphins)
Association	Water Polo Association of Serbia
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Dejan Savić
Asst coach	Žarko Petrović Uroš Stevanović
Captain	Živko Gocić
Most caps	Dejan Savić (444)
Top scorer	Aleksandar Šapić (981)
FINA code	SRB
Olympic Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1996)
Best result	(2016)
World Championships
Appearances	9 (first in 1998)
Best result	(2005, 2009, 2015)
World League
Appearances	13 (first in 2003)
Best result	(2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1997)
Best result	(2006, 2010, 2014)
European Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 1997)
Best result	(2001, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	5 (first in 1997)
Best result	(2013)

Serbia men's national water polo team

Medal record
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2000 Sidney	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
	2012 London	Team
World Championship
	2005 Montreal	Team
	2009 Rome	Team
	2015 Kazan	Team
	2001 Fukuoka	Team
	2011 Shanghai	Team
	1998 Perth	Team
	2003 Barcelona	Team
European Championship
	2001 Budapest
	2003 Kranj
	2006 Belgrade
	2012 Eindhoven
	2014 Budapest
	2016 Belgrade
	1997 Seville
	2008 Málaga
	2010 Zagreb
FINA World League
	2005 Belgrade
	2006 Athens
	2007 Berlin
	2008 Genova
	2010 Niš
	2011 Firenze
	2013 Chelyabinsk
	2014 Dubai
	2015 Bergamo
	2016 Huizhou
	2004 Long Beach
	2009 Podgorica
World Cup
	2006 Budapest
	2010 Oradea
	2014 Almaty
	2002 Belgrade
Mediterranean Games
	1997 Bari	Team
	2009 Pescara	Team
	2005 Almeria	Team

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. FINA considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of Serbia and Montenegro. They are one of the world's best teams in the history of water polo, having won: 1 Olympic, 3 World Championship, 6 European Championship, 3 World Cup, 10 FINA World League, 2 Mediterranean Games gold medals. Current Serbia's team is widely considered to be the best in the history of the game.

They are the best of all national sports teams of Serbia, having won more titles than any other Serbian national team. In 2016, they became the first team to concurrently hold titles in all of the major championships in which they compete: the European Championship, the World Championship, the World Cup, the World League, and the Olympic Games.

Competitive record

Medals

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	1	1	3	5
World Championship	3	2	2	7
European Championship	6	2	1	9
World League	10	1	1	12
World Cup	3	0	1	4
Mediterranean Games	2	0	1	3
Total	25	6	9	40

Olympic Games

Year	Position
1936 to 1988	Part of Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
1992 Barcelona	Banned
1996 Atlanta	8th
2000 Sydney
as  Serbia and Montenegro
2004 Athens
as  Serbia
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Total	6/7

World Championship

2015 world champions on a 2015 Serbian stamp

Year	Position
1973 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
1994 Rome	Banned
1998 Perth
2001 Fukuoka
as  Serbia and Montenegro
2003 Barcelona
2005 Montreal
as  Serbia
2007 Melbourne	4th
2009 Rome
2011 Shanghai
2013 Barcelona	7th
2015 Kazan
Total	9/10

European Championship

Year	Position
1950 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
1993 Sheffield	Banned
1995 Vienna	Didn't participate
1997 Seville
1999 Florence	7th
2001 Budapest
as  Serbia and Montenegro
2003 Kranj
as  Serbia
2006 Belgrade
2008 Malaga
2010 Zagreb
2012 Eindhoven
2014 Budapest
2016 Belgrade
Total	10/12

FINA World League

Year	Position
as  FR Yugoslavia
2002 Patras	Didn't participate
as  Serbia and Montenegro
2003 New York	4th
2004 Long Beach
2005 Belgrade
2006 Athens
as  Serbia
2007 Berlin
2008 Genoa
2009 Podgorica
2010 Niš
2011 Florence
2012 Almaty	Didn't participate
2013 Chelyabinsk
2014 Dubai
2015 Bergamo
2016 Huizhou
Total	13/15

FINA Water Polo World Cup

Year	Position
1979 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
1993 Athens	Banned
1995 Atlanta	Didn't participate
1997 Athens	7th
1999 Sydney	5th
2002 Belgrade
as  Serbia and Montenegro
2006 Budapest
as  Serbia
2010 Oradea
2014 Almaty
Total	6/8

Mediterranean Games

Year	Position
1959 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia
as  FR Yugoslavia
1993 Languedoc-Roussillon	Banned
1997 Bari
2001 Tunis	4th
as  Serbia and Montenegro
2005 Almeria
as  Serbia
2009 Pescara
2013 Tunis	6th
Total	5/6

Team

Current squad

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

Head coach: Dejan Savić

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Pijetlović, GojkoGojko Pijetlović	GK	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	7 August 1983	CSM Oradea
2	Mandić, DušanDušan Mandić	D	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	16 June 1994	Pro Recco
3	Gocić, ŽivkoŽivko Gocić (c)	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	22 August 1982	Szolnoki Dózsa
4	Ranđelović, SavaSava Ranđelović	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	17 July 1993	AN Brescia
5	Ćuk, MilošMiloš Ćuk	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	21 December 1990	Eger
6	Pijetlović, DuškoDuško Pijetlović	CF	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	25 April 1985	Pro Recco
7	Nikić, SlobodanSlobodan Nikić	CF	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	25 January 1983	Orvosegyetem
8	Aleksić, MilanMilan Aleksić	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	13 May 1986	Szolnoki Dózsa
9	Jakšić, NikolaNikola Jakšić	CB	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	17 January 1997	Partizan
10	Filip Filipović	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	2 May 1987	Pro Recco
11	Prlainović, AndrijaAndrija Prlainović	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	28 April 1988	Szolnoki Dózsa
12	Mitrović, StefanStefan Mitrović	D	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	29 March 1988	Ferencváros
13	Mitrović, BranislavBranislav Mitrović	GK	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	30 January 1985	Eger

Coaches

• 1992–1999 Nikola Stamenić
• 1999–2004 Nenad Manojlović
• 2004–2006 Petar Porobić
• 2006–2012 Dejan Udovičić
• 2012–present Dejan Savić

Most appearances and goals

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	Igor Milanović	1984–1996	349	540
4	Aleksandar Ćirić	1997–2008	346	201
5	Vladimir Vujasinović	1990–2008	341	391
6	Živko Gocić	2003–present	332	193
7	Slobodan Nikić	2003–present	330	318
8	Petar Trbojević	1997–2006	306	231
9	Danilo Ikodinović	1997–2008	304	299
10	Filip Filipović	2003–present	271	441

Statistics accurate as of matches played 8 August 2015

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 Scihences (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 Đoković, football and basketball players of Red Star Belgrade, and many other's. Proceeds from the ticket sales went to fund "Bitka za Bebe" and the money was successfully collected to purchase one incubator.

References

1. "Odredjena reprezentacija za Rio" [Team for Rio decided] (in Japanese). Water polo association of Serbia. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

External links

• Water polo Association of Serbia (Serbian)