Croatia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

Croatia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Croatia
World Aquatics code	CRO
National federation	Croatian Swimming Federation
Website	www.croswim.org
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	29 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
1994 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Croatia men's national water polo team Marko Bijač Marko Macan Loren Fatović Luka Lončar Maro Joković Ivan Buljubašić Ante Vukičević Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Xavier García Ivan Marcelić	Water polo	Men's tournament	29 July

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia has entered 2 divers (one male and one female).^[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juraj Melša	Men's 1 m springboard	289.30	38	—		did not advance
Marcela Marić	Women's 1 m springboard	219.70	29	—		did not advance
	Women's 3 m springboard	245.35	28	did not advance

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia has entered one open water swimmer^[2][3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Doris Beroš	Women's 10 km	2:11:54.4	45

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anton Loncar	Men's 100 m backstroke	55.88	29	did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:00.46	27	did not advance
Nikola Obrovac	Men's 50 m breaststroke	27.61	20	did not advance
	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:02.90	45	did not advance
Mislav Sever	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.71	=38	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.61	34	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia's synchronized swimming team consisted of 10 athletes (10 female).^[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mia Bubanko Lara Čibenecki Sara Jurić Antonia Milković Tea Mustač Antica Nekic Tina Panić (R) Paula Popović Magdalena Radovčić Iva Štrukan (R)	Team technical routine	70.7239	22	did not advance

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia qualified a men's team.^[6]

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Marko Bijač
• Marko Macan
• Loren Fatović
• Luka Lončar
• Maro Joković
• Ivan Buljubašić
• Ante Vukičević
• Andro Bušlje
• Sandro Sukno (C)
• Ivan Krapić
• Anđelo Šetka
• Xavier García
• Ivan Marcelić

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	38	21	+17	6	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	1	0	2	34	32	+2	2[a]	Playoffs
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	29	38	−9	2[a]
4	United States	3	1	0	2	28	38	−10	2[a]

Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) better result against higher placed team.
Notes:

1. Russia 2 Pts, +4 GD; Japan 2 Pts, +1 GD; United States 2 Pts, −5 GD

17 July 2017 18:50	Report	United States	7–12	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 1–3, 3–2
		Bowen, Cupido 2	Goals	García, Lončar 4

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19 July 2017 13:30	Report	Russia	8–10	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 1–4, 1–2
		Lisunov 2	Goals	Joković 4

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21 July 2017 13:30	Report	Japan	6–16	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–5, 1–4, 1–2
		Arai 2	Goals	four players 3

Quarterfinals

25 July 2017 22:00	Report	Croatia	12–9	Italy	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–1, 4–3
		García, Sukno 4	Goals	Renzuto 3

Semifinals

27 July 2017 22:00	Report	Serbia	11–12	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–4, 2–3
		Prlainović 6	Goals	Joković, Sukno 3

Final

29 July 2017 20:30	Report	Hungary	6–8	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–0, 2–2, 2–2
		Vámos 3	Goals	Sukno 3