List of world champions in men's water polo

This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.

Abbreviations

#	Ordering by name or by tournament	Cap No.	Cap number	Rk	Rank
(C)	Captain	L/R	Handedness	Ref	Reference
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper
CB	Center back	CF	Center forward	D	Driver
ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame	p.	page	pp.	pages

History

The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organized by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA.

As of 2025, men's water polo teams from eight European countries won all 22 tournaments.^[1]

Spain is current world champion.

Legend

•  D  – Debut
•  C  – Champion
•  C  – Winning streak (winning three or more world championships in a row)
•     – Hosts
• ^† – Defunct team

Champion	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1991	1994	1998	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Croatia	Part of Yugoslavia†						D					C					C				C		3
Hungary	C									C					C					C			4
Italy	D		C				C							C				C					4
Serbia	Part of Yugoslavia†, then of FR Yugoslavia†, and Serbia and Montenegro†[a]											D	C			C							2
Serbia and Montenegro†[a]	Part of Yugoslavia†							D			C	Defunct											1
Soviet Union†	D	C		C			Defunct																2
Spain	D							C	C										C			C	4
Yugoslavia†	D				C	C	Defunct																2
Champion	1973	1975	1978	1982	1986	1991	1994	1998	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	(22)

Team statistics

Results

The following table shows results of world champions in men's water polo by tournament.

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Legend

•  6  – Winning 6 matches during the tournament
•  4  – Drawing 4 matches during the tournament
•  2  – Losing 2 matches during the tournament
•  100.0%  – Winning all matches during the tournament
•  team  – Winning streak (winning three or more world championships in a row)
•     – Host team
• ^† – Defunct team

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• W – Won
• D – Drawn
• L – Lost
• GF – Goals for
• GA – Goals against
• GD – Goals difference
• GF/MP – Goals for per match
• GA/MP – Goals against per match
• GD/MP – Goals difference per match

Results of champions by tournament

#	Men's tournament	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GF/MP	GA/MP	GD/MP
1	Belgrade 1973	Hungary (1st title)	8	7	1	0	87.5%	58	24	34	7.250	3.000	4.250
2	Cali 1975	Soviet Union† (1st title)	8	6	2	0	75.0%	49	26	23	6.125	3.250	2.875
3	West Berlin 1978	Italy (1st title)	8	5	3	0	62.5%	41	31	10	5.125	3.875	1.250
4	Guayaquil 1982	Soviet Union† (2nd title)	7	6	1	0	85.7%	68	41	27	9.714	5.857	3.857
5	Madrid 1986	Yugoslavia† (1st title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	61	43	18	10.167	7.167	3.000
6	Perth 1991	Yugoslavia† (2nd title)	7	6	0	1	85.7%	81	46	35	11.571	6.571	5.000
7	Rome 1994	Italy (2nd title)	7	7	0	0	100.0%	65	39	26	9.286	5.571	3.714
8	Perth 1998	Spain (1st title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%	65	35	30	8.125	4.375	3.750
9	Fukuoka 2001	Spain (2nd title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%	63	27	36	7.875	3.375	4.500
10	Barcelona 2003	Hungary (2nd title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	62	37	25	10.333	6.167	4.167
11	Montreal 2005	Serbia and Montenegro† (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	69	29	40	11.500	4.833	6.667
12	Melbourne 2007	Croatia (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	65	40	25	10.833	6.667	4.167
13	Rome 2009	Serbia (1st title)	7	5	1	1	71.4%	80	60	20	11.429	8.571	2.857
14	Shanghai 2011	Italy (3rd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	59	33	26	9.833	5.500	4.333
15	Barcelona 2013	Hungary (3rd title)	7	5	1	1	71.4%	76	54	22	10.857	7.714	3.143
16	Kazan 2015	Serbia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	73	43	30	12.167	7.167	5.000
17	Budapest 2017	Croatia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	70	47	23	11.667	7.833	3.833
18	Gwangju 2019	Italy (4th title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%	60	40	20	10.000	6.667	3.333
19	Budapest 2022	Spain (3rd title)	5	4	1	0	80.0%	68	34	34	13.600	6.800	6.800
20	Fukuoka 2023	Hungary (4th title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	84	64	20	14.000	10.667	3.333
21	Doha 2024	Croatia (3rd title)	7	4	2	1	57.1%	107	63	44	15.286	9.000	6.286
22	Singapore 2025	Spain (4th title)	6	5	1	0	83.3%	78	57	21	13.000	9.500	3.500
#	Men's tournament	Total	147	127	16	4	86.4%	1502	913	589	10.218	6.211	4.007
		Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD	GF/MP	GA/MP	GD/MP

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "Men's Water Polo World Championship".

The following table shows men's teams that won all matches during the tournament.

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Winning all matches during the tournament

#	Year	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %
1	1994	Italy (2nd title)	7	7	0	0	100.0%
2	1998	Spain (1st title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%
3	2001	Spain (2nd title)	8	8	0	0	100.0%
4	2005	Serbia and Montenegro† (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
5	2007	Croatia (1st title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
6	2011	Italy (3rd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
7	2015	Serbia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
8	2017	Croatia (2nd title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
9	2019	Italy (4th title)	6	6	0	0	100.0%
#	Year	Champion	MP	W	D	L	Win %

The following tables show records of goals for per match.

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Top 5 most goals for per match Rk Year Champion MP GF GF/MP 1 2024  Croatia (3rd title) 7 107 15.286 2 2023  Hungary (4th title) 6 84 14.000 3 2022  Spain (3rd title) 5 68 13.600 4 2025  Spain (4th title) 6 78 13.000 5 2015  Serbia (2nd title) 6 73 12.167

Top 5 fewest goals for per match Rk Year Champion MP GF GF/MP 1 1978  Italy (1st title) 8 41 5.125 2 1975  Soviet Union† (1st title) 8 49 6.125 3 1973  Hungary (1st title) 8 58 7.250 4 2001  Spain (2nd title) 8 63 7.875 5 1998  Spain (1st title) 8 65 8.125

Historical progression of records – goals for per match

Goals for per match	Achievement	Year	Champion	Date of winning gold	Duration of record
7.250	Set record	1973	Hungary (1st title)	9 September 1973	8 years, 332 days
9.714	Broke record	1982	Soviet Union† (2nd title)	7 August 1982	4 years, 15 days
10.167	Broke record	1986	Yugoslavia† (1st title)	22 August 1986	4 years, 144 days
11.571	Broke record	1991	Yugoslavia† (2nd title)	13 January 1991	24 years, 207 days
12.167	Broke record	2015	Serbia (2nd title)	8 August 2015	6 years, 329 days
13.600	Broke record	2022	Spain (3rd title)	3 July 2022	1 year, 26 days
14.000	Broke record	2023	Hungary (4th title)	29 July 2023	203 days
15.286	Broke record	2024	Croatia (3rd title)	17 February 2024	1 year, 178 days

The following tables show records of goals against per match.

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Top 5 most goals against per match Rk Year Champion MP GA GA/MP 1 2023  Hungary (4th title) 6 64 10.667 2 2025  Spain (3rd title) 6 57 9.500 3 2024  Croatia (3rd title) 7 63 9.000 4 2009  Serbia (1st title) 7 60 8.571 5 2017  Croatia (2nd title) 6 47 7.833

Top 5 fewest goals against per match Rk Year Champion MP GA GA/MP 1 1973  Hungary (1st title) 8 24 3.000 2 1975  Soviet Union† (1st title) 8 26 3.250 3 2001  Spain (2nd title) 8 27 3.375 4 1978  Italy (1st title) 8 31 3.875 5 1998  Spain (1st title) 8 35 4.375

The following tables show records of goals difference per match.

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Top 5 most goals difference per match Rk Year Champion MP GD GD/MP 1 2022  Spain (3rd title) 5 34 6.800 2 2005  Serbia and Montenegro† (1st title) 6 40 6.667 3 2024  Croatia (3rd title) 7 44 6.286 4 1991  Yugoslavia† (2nd title) 7 35 5.000 2015  Serbia (2nd title) 6 30

Top 5 fewest goals difference per match Rk Year Champion MP GD GD/MP 1 1978  Italy (1st title) 8 10 1.250 2 2009  Serbia (1st title) 7 20 2.857 3 1975  Soviet Union† (1st title) 8 23 2.875 4 1986  Yugoslavia† (1st title) 6 18 3.000 5 2013  Hungary (3rd title) 7 22 3.143

Olympic and world champions (teams)

See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo § Team statistics

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic titles (in descending order), number of world titles (in descending order), name of the team (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 24 July 2025.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, there are seven men's national water polo teams that won gold medals at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team
• Team^† – Defunct team

#	Champions	Olympic title	World title	Total	First	Last
1	Hungary	9 (1932–1936, 1952–1956, 1964, 1976, 2000–2004–2008)	4 (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023)	13	1932	2023
2	Italy	3 (1948, 1960*, 1992)	4 (1978, 1994*, 2011, 2019)	7	1948	2019
3	Serbia	3 (2016–2020–2024)	2 (2009, 2015)	5	2009	2024
	Yugoslavia†	3 (1968, 1984–1988)	2 (1986–1991)	5	1968	1991
5	Soviet Union†	2 (1972, 1980*)	2 (1975, 1982)	4	1972	1982
6	Spain	1 (1996)	4 (1998–2001, 2022, 2025)	5	1996	2025
7	Croatia	1 (2012)	3 (2007, 2017, 2024)	4	2007	2024

Player statistics

Age records

The following tables show the oldest and youngest male world champions in water polo.

Legend

•     – Host team

Top 10 oldest male world champions in water polo

Rk	Player	Age of winning gold	Men's team	Pos	Date of birth	Date of winning gold
1	Felipe Perrone	39 years, 147 days	Spain	FP	27 February 1986	24 July 2025
2	Josip Vrlić	37 years, 298 days	Croatia	FP	25 April 1986	17 February 2024
3	Luka Lončar	36 years, 236 days	Croatia	FP	26 June 1987	17 February 2024
4	Felipe Perrone	36 years, 126 days	Spain	FP	27 February 1986	3 July 2022
5	Dénes Varga	36 years, 122 days	Hungary	FP	29 March 1987	29 July 2023
6	Manuel Estiarte	36 years, 84 days	Spain	FP	26 October 1961	18 January 1998
7	Zdeslav Vrdoljak	36 years, 17 days	Croatia	FP	15 March 1971	1 April 2007
8	Amaurys Pérez	35 years, 134 days	Italy	FP	18 March 1976	30 July 2011
9	Pietro Figlioli	35 years, 59 days	Italy	FP	29 May 1984	27 July 2019
10	Ivan Krapić	35 years, 3 days	Croatia	FP	14 February 1989	17 February 2024
Rk	Player	Age of winning gold	Men's team	Pos	Date of birth	Date of winning gold

Top 10 youngest male world champions in water polo

Rk	Player	Age of winning gold	Men's team	Pos	Date of birth	Date of winning gold
1	Guillermo Molina	17 years, 135 days	Spain	FP	16 March 1984	29 July 2001
2	Mirko Vičević	18 years, 53 days	Yugoslavia	FP	30 June 1968	22 August 1986
3	Nikola Jakšić	18 years, 203 days	Serbia	FP	17 January 1997	8 August 2015
4	Aleksey Vdovin	19 years, 51 days	Soviet Union	FP	17 June 1963	7 August 1982
5	Biel Gomila	19 years, 150 days	Spain	FP	24 February 2006	24 July 2025
6	Maro Joković	19 years, 182 days	Croatia	FP	1 October 1987	1 April 2007
7	Dubravko Šimenc	19 years, 293 days	Yugoslavia	FP	2 November 1966	22 August 1986
8	Unai Aguirre	19 years, 354 days	Spain	GK	14 July 2002	3 July 2022
9	Erik Molnár	20 years, 35 days	Hungary	FP	24 June 2003	29 July 2023
10	Vince Vigvári	20 years, 36 days	Hungary	FP	23 June 2003	29 July 2023
Rk	Player	Age of winning gold	Men's team	Pos	Date of birth	Date of winning gold

Multiple gold medalists

The following tables are pre-sorted by date of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), date of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

There is only one male athlete who won three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend

• ^* – Host team

Male athletes who won three gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships

Year	Player	Date of birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	World titles	Age of first/last
2015	Slobodan Nikić	25 January 1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2005	22/32
				Serbia	FP	2009, 2015

There are forty six male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend

• ^* – Host team

Male athletes who won two gold medals in water polo at the World Aquatics Championships

Year	Player	Date of birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	World titles	Age of first/last
1982	Aleksandr Kabanov	11 June 1948	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Soviet Union	FP	1975, 1982	27/34
1991	Perica Bukić	20 February 1966	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Yugoslavia	FP	1986–1991	20/24
	Igor Milanović	18 December 1965	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		FP		20/25
	Dubravko Šimenc	2 November 1966	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)		FP		19/24
	Anto Vasović				FP
	Mirko Vičević	30 June 1968	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		18/22
2001	Daniel Ballart	17 March 1973	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Spain	FP	1998–2001	24/28
	Salvador Gómez	11 March 1968	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		29/33
	Gustavo Marcos	23 December 1972	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		FP		25/28
	Iván Moro	25 December 1974	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)		FP		23/26
	Sergi Pedrerol	16 December 1969	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		FP		28/31
	Iván Pérez	29 June 1971	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		FP		26/30
	Jesús Rollán	4 April 1968	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		GK		29/33
	Carles Sanz	25 May 1975	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)		FP		22/26
2009	Vanja Udovičić	12 September 1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Serbia and Montenegro	FP	2005	22/26
				Serbia	FP	2009
2013	Norbert Madaras	1 December 1979	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hungary	FP	2003, 2013	23/33
2015	Milan Aleksić	13 May 1986	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Serbia	FP	2009, 2015	23/29
	Filip Filipović	2 May 1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)		FP		22/28
	Živko Gocić	22 August 1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		26/32
	Stefan Mitrović	29 March 1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		FP		21/27
	Duško Pijetlović	25 April 1985	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		FP		24/30
	Gojko Pijetlović	7 August 1983	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		GK		25/32
	Andrija Prlainović	28 April 1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		FP		22/28
2017	Andro Bušlje	4 January 1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Croatia	FP	2007, 2017	21/31
	Maro Joković	1 October 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)		FP		19/29
2019	Matteo Aicardi	19 April 1986	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Italy	FP	2011, 2019	25/33
	Niccolò Figari	24 January 1988	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		FP		23/31
	Pietro Figlioli	29 May 1984	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		27/35
2023	Márton Vámos	24 June 1992	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hungary	FP	2013, 2023	21/31
	Dénes Varga	29 March 1987	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		26/36
2024	Marko Bijač	12 January 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Croatia	GK	2017, 2024	26/33
	Loren Fatović	16 November 1996	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)		FP		20/27
	Ivan Krapić	14 February 1989	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		28/35
	Luka Lončar	26 June 1987	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		FP		30/36
	Ante Vukičević	24 February 1993	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)		FP		24/30
2025	Unai Aguirre	14 July 2002	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Spain	GK	2022, 2025	19/23
	Alejandro Bustos	17 March 1997	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		25/28
	Sergi Cabañas	10 February 1996	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)		FP		26/29
	Miguel de Toro	16 August 1993	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)		FP		28/31
	Álvaro Granados	8 October 1998	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		23/26
	Marc Larumbe	30 May 1994	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		28/31
	Eduardo Lorrio	25 September 1993	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		GK		28/31
	Alberto Munárriz	19 May 1994	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		FP		28/31
	Felipe Perrone	27 February 1986	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)		FP		36/39
	Bernat Sanahuja	21 October 2000	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP		21/24
	Roger Tahull	11 May 1997	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		FP		25/28
Year	Player	Date of birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	World titles	Age of first/last

Olympic and world champions (players)

See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo § Player statistics

The following tables are pre-sorted by number of Olympic titles (in descending order), number of world titles (in descending order), year of receiving the last gold medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2023.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, there are ninety-six male athletes who won gold medals in water polo at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Male water polo players who won three Olympic titles and one or more world titles

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
1	Tibor Benedek	1972	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	28–32–36	Hungary	2000–2004–2008	31	Hungary	2003	4	2016
	Péter Biros	1976	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	24–28–32			27				2016
	Tamás Kásás	1976	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	24–28–32			27				2016
	Gergely Kiss	1977	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	23–26–30			25				2016
	Tamás Molnár	1975	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	25–29–33			27				2016
	Zoltán Szécsi	1977	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	GK	22–26–30			25				2016

Male water polo players who won two Olympic titles and two or more world titles

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
7	Aleksandr Kabanov	1948	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	FP	24, 32	Soviet Union	1972, 1980*	27, 34	Soviet Union	1975, 1982	4	2001
8	Perica Bukić	1966	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	18–22	Yugoslavia	1984–1988	20–24	Yugoslavia	1986–1991	4	2008
	Igor Milanović	1965	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	FP	18–22			20–25				2006
10	Norbert Madaras	1979	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	24–28	Hungary	2004–2008	23, 33	Hungary	2003, 2013	4
11	Milan Aleksić	1986	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	30–35	Serbia	2016–2020	23, 29	Serbia	2009, 2015	4
	Filip Filipović	1987	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	FP	29–34			22, 28
	Stefan Mitrović	1988	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	FP	28–33			21, 27
	Duško Pijetlović	1985	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	31–36			24, 30
	Gojko Pijetlović	1983	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	GK	33–38			25, 32
	Andrija Prlainović	1987	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	29–34			22, 28
#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title	Total titles	ISHOF member
					Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships

Male water polo players who won two Olympic titles and a world title

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
17	Aleksei Barkalov	1946	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	FP	26, 34	Soviet Union	1972, 1980*	29	Soviet Union	1975	3	1993
18	Dragan Andrić	1962	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	22–26	Yugoslavia	1984–1988	24	Yugoslavia	1986	3
	Veselin Đuho	1960	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	24–28			26
	Deni Lušić	1962	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	22–26			24
	Tomislav Paškvalin	1961	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	FP	22–27			24
22	Rajmund Fodor	1976	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	24–28	Hungary	2000–2004	27	Hungary	2003	3
	Barnabás Steinmetz	1975	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	FP	24–28			27
	Attila Vári	1976	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	24–28			27
25	István Gergely	1976	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	GK	28–32	Hungary	2004–2008	26	Hungary	2003	3
	Tamás Varga	1975	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	29–33			28
27	Nikola Jakšić	1997	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	19–24	Serbia	2016–2020	18	Serbia	2015	3
	Dušan Mandić	1994	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	FP	22–27			21
	Branislav Mitrović	1985	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	GK	31–36			30
	Sava Ranđelović	1993	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	23–28			22
#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title	Total titles	ISHOF member
					Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships

Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and two or more world titles

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
31	Slobodan Nikić	1983	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	33	Serbia	2016	22	Serbia and Montenegro	2005	4
								26, 32	Serbia	2009, 2015
32	Dubravko Šimenc	1966	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	21	Yugoslavia	1988	19–24	Yugoslavia	1986–1991	3
	Mirko Vičević	1968	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	20			18–22				2022
34	Daniel Ballart	1973	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	FP	23	Spain	1996	24–28	Spain	1998–2001	3
	Salvador Gómez	1968	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	28			29–33
	Iván Moro	1974	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	FP	21			23–26
	Sergi Pedrerol	1969	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	26			28–31
	Jesús Rollán	1968	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	GK	28			29–33				2012
	Carles Sanz	1975	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	FP	21			22–26
40	Živko Gocić	1982	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	33	Serbia	2016	26, 32	Serbia	2009, 2015	3
41	Andro Bušlje	1986	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	26	Croatia	2012	21, 31	Croatia	2007, 2017	3
	Maro Joković	1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	FP	24			19, 29
43	Dénes Varga	1987	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	21	Hungary	2008	26, 36	Hungary	2013, 2023	3
#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title	Total titles	ISHOF member
					Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships

Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title (part 1/3)

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
44	András Bodnár	1942	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	FP	22	Hungary	1964	31	Hungary	1973	2	2017
45	Aleksandr Dolgushin	1946	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	26	Soviet Union	1972	29	Soviet Union	1975	2	2010
	Aleksandr Dreval	1944	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	28			31
	Nikolay Melnikov	1948	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	FP	24			27
48	Gábor Csapó	1950	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	25	Hungary	1976	22	Hungary	1973	2
	Tibor Cservenyák	1948	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	FP	27			25
	Tamás Faragó	1952	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	23			21				1993
	Ferenc Konrád	1945	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	FP	31			28
	Endre Molnár	1945	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	GK	31			28
	László Sárosi	1946	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	FP	29			26
	István Szívós Jr.	1948	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	FP	28			25				1996
55	Vladimir Ivanovich Akimov	1953	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	FP	27	Soviet Union	1980*	29	Soviet Union	1982	2
	Mikhail Ivanov	1958	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	22			24
	Sergey Kotenko	1956	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	FP	23			25
	Giorgi Mshvenieradze	1960	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	19			21
	Erkin Shagaev	1959	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	FP	21			23
	Yevgeny Sharonov	1958	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	GK	21			23				2003
#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title	Total titles	ISHOF member
					Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships

Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title (part 2/3)

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
61	Milorad Krivokapić	1956	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	GK	28	Yugoslavia	1984	30	Yugoslavia	1986	2
	Zoran Petrović	1960	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	FP	23			26
	Andrija Popović	1959	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	GK	24			26
	Goran Sukno	1959	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	25			27
65	Mislav Bezmalinović	1967	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	21	Yugoslavia	1988	23	Yugoslavia	1991	2
	Renco Posinković	1964	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	GK	24			27
	Goran Rađenović	1966	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	21			24
	Aleksandar Šoštar	1964	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	GK	24			26				2011
69	Francesco Attolico	1963	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	29	Italy	1992	31	Italy	1994*	2
	Gianni Averaimo	1964	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	GK	27			30
	Alessandro Bovo	1969	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	FP	23			25
	Sandro Campagna	1963	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	FP	29			31				2019
	Marco D'Altrui	1964	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	FP	28			30				2010
	Massimiliano Ferretti	1966	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	26			28
	Mario Fiorillo	1962	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	FP	29			31
	Ferdinando Gandolfi	1967		FP	25			27
	Amedeo Pomilio	1967	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	FP	25			27
	Francesco Porzio	1966	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	FP	26			28
	Pino Porzio	1967		FP	25			27
	Carlo Silipo	1971	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	20			23
#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title	Total titles	ISHOF member
					Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships

Male water polo players who won an Olympic title and a world title (part 3/3)

#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member
					Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
81	Manuel Estiarte	1961	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	FP	34	Spain	1996	36	Spain	1998	2	2007
	Pedro García	1968	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	27			29
	Jordi Sans	1965	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	FP	30			32
84	Ángel Andreo	1972	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	GK	23	Spain	1996	28	Spain	2001	2
85	Zsolt Varga	1972	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	FP	28	Hungary	2000	31	Hungary	2003	2
86	Samir Barać	1973	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	FP	38	Croatia	2012	33	Croatia	2007	2
	Miho Bošković	1983	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	FP	29			24
	Damir Burić	1980	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	FP	31			26
	Igor Hinić	1975	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	FP	36			31
	Josip Pavić	1982	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	GK	30			25
	Frano Vićan	1976	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	GK	36			31
92	Norbert Hosnyánszky	1984	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	FP	24	Hungary	2008	29	Hungary	2013	2
	Dániel Varga	1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	24			29
94	Miloš Ćuk	1990	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	FP	25	Serbia	2016	24	Serbia	2015	2
95	Ivan Buljubašić	1987	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	FP	24	Croatia	2012	29	Croatia	2017	2
	Sandro Sukno	1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	FP	22			27
#	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title	Total titles	ISHOF member
					Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships

World champion families

The following tables are pre-sorted by date of receiving the gold medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Legend

• ^* – Host team

Relationship	Family	Player	Date of birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	World Title	Age	Note	Ref
Two brothers	Porzio	Francesco Porzio	26 January 1966	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Italy	FP	1994*	28	Two brothers in a tournament	[2]
		Pino Porzio	26 February 1967			FP		27		[3]
	Moro	Iván Moro	25 December 1974	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Spain	FP	1998	23		[4]
							2001	26	Two brothers in a tournament
		Daniel Moro	8 August 1973	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		FP		27		[5]
	Varga	Tamás Varga	14 July 1975	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Hungary	FP	2003	28	Two brothers in a tournament	[6]
		Zsolt Varga	24 May 1978	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		FP		25		[7]
	Pijetlović	Duško Pijetlović	25 April 1985	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Serbia	FP	2009, 2015	24, 30	Two brothers in a tournament	[8]
		Gojko Pijetlović	7 August 1983	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)		GK		25, 32		[9]
	Decker	Ádám Decker	29 February 1984	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hungary	FP	2013	29	Two brothers in a tournament	[10]
		Attila Decker	25 August 1987	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		GK		25		[11]
	Varga	Dániel Varga	25 September 1983	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Hungary	FP	2013	29	Two brothers in a tournament	[12]
		Dénes Varga	29 March 1987	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP	2013, 2023	26, 36		[13]
Relationship	Family	Player	Date of birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	World Title	Age	Note	Ref

Relationship	Family	Player	Date of birth	Height	Men's team	Pos	World Title	Age	Ref
Father and son	Kásás	Zoltán Kásás	15 September 1946	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hungary	FP	1973	26	[14]
		Tamás Kásás	20 July 1976	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)		FP	2003	27	[15]
	Szívós	István Szívós Jr.	24 April 1948	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Hungary	FP	1973	25	[16]
		Márton Szívós	19 August 1981	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)		FP	2013	31	[17]
	Sukno	Goran Sukno	6 April 1959	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Yugoslavia	FP	1986	27	[18]
		Sandro Sukno	30 June 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Croatia	FP	2017	27	[19]

Coach statistics

Most successful coaches

Ratko Rudić coached three men's national teams to the world titles.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), date of winning the last gold medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively.

There are four coaches who led men's national water polo teams to win two or more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships.

Ratko Rudić led three men's national water polo teams to win gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. He guided Yugoslavia men's national team to a gold medal in 1986, Italy men's national team to a gold medal in 1994, and Croatia men's national team to a gold medal in 2007, making him the first and only coach to lead three different men's national water polo teams to the world titles.^[20][21]

Spaniard Juan Jané coached the Spain men's national team to two consecutive gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in 1998 and 2001.^[22]

Alessandro Campagna and Ivica Tucak are other coaches who led men's national water polo teams to win two gold medals. Under Campagna's leadership, the Italy men's national team won two world titles in 2011 and 2019.^[23] Tucak guided Croatia men's national team to win gold medals in 2017 and 2024.^[24]

Legend

• ^* – Host team

Head coaches who led men's national teams to win
two or more gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships

Rk	Head coach	Nationality	Birth	Age	Men's team	World titles	Total	Ref
1	Ratko Rudić	Yugoslavia	1948	38	Yugoslavia	1986	3	[25][20][21]
		Croatia		46	Italy	1994
				58	Croatia	2007
2	Juan Jané	Spain	1953	44–48	Spain	1998–2001	2	[22]
	Alessandro Campagna	Italy	1963	48, 56	Italy	2011, 2019	2	[26][23]
	Ivica Tucak	Croatia	1970	47, 54	Croatia	2017, 2024	2	[24]

Champions as coach and player

Alessandro Campagna of Italy is a dual world champion as coach and player.

The following table is pre-sorted by number of gold medals (in descending order), date of winning the last gold medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively.

Three water polo players won gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships and then guided men's national water polo teams to the world titles as head coaches.

Tibor Benedek of Hungary won a gold medal at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. Ten years later, he coached the Hungary men's national team to the world title in 2013.^[27][28]

Italian Alessandro Campagna won a gold medal at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, coached by Ratko Rudić. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two gold in 2011 and 2019.^[26][23]

Dejan Savić, representing Serbia and Montenegro, won a gold medal in 2005. He then guided Serbia men's national team to the world title in 2015.^[29]

Legend

• ^* – Host team

Rk	Person	Birth	Height	Player				Head coach			Total titles	Ref
				Age	Men's team	Pos	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
1	Alessandro Campagna	1963	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	31	Italy	FP	1994*	48, 56	Italy	2011, 2019	3	[26][23]
2	Tibor Benedek	1972	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	31	Hungary	D	2003	41	Hungary	2013	2	[27][28]
	Dejan Savić	1975	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	30	Serbia and Montenegro	CB	2005	40	Serbia	2015	2	[29]

Olympic and world champions (coaches)

See also: List of Olympic champions in men's water polo § Coach statistics

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic titles (in descending order), number of world titles (in descending order), year of winning the last gold medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first gold medal (in ascending order), name of the coach (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 12 September 2021.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, there are six head coaches who led men's national teams to win gold medals in water polo at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships.

Legend

• Year^* – As host team

Head coaches who led men's national teams to win gold medals in water polo
at the Summer Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships

#	Coach	Nationality	Birth	Summer Olympics			World Aquatics Championships			Total titles	ISHOF member	Ref
				Age	Men's team	Title	Age	Men's team	Title
1	Ratko Rudić	Yugoslavia	1948	36–40	Yugoslavia	1984–1988	38	Yugoslavia	1986	7	2007	[25] [20] [21]
		Croatia		44	Italy	1992	46	Italy	1994*
				64	Croatia	2012	58	Croatia	2007
2	Dénes Kemény	Hungary	1954	46–54	Hungary	2000–2004–2008	49	Hungary	2003	4	2011	[30]
3	Dejan Savić	Serbia	1975	41–46	Serbia	2016–2020	40	Serbia	2015	3		[29]
4	Juan Jané	Spain	1953	43	Spain	1996	44–48	Spain	1998–2001	3		[22]
5	Dezső Gyarmati	Hungary	1927	48	Hungary	1976	45	Hungary	1973	2	1976	[31][32]
	Boris Popov	Soviet Union	1941	39	Soviet Union	1980*	41	Soviet Union	1982	2	2019	[33][34]

Champions by tournament

2019 (Italy, 4th title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 18th
• Host city: Gwangju, South Korea
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Italy (4th title; 1st place in preliminary D group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group D	15 July 2019	Blue	Brazil	Won	14	5	9
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group D	17 July 2019	Blue	Japan	Won	9	7	2
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group D	19 July 2019	Blue	Germany	Won	8	7	1
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	23 July 2019	White	Greece	Won	7	6	1
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	25 July 2019	Blue	Hungary	Won	12	10	2
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	27 July 2019	Blue	Spain	Won	10	5	5
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%					60	40	20

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2019 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

Matteo Aicardi, the center forward of the Italy team, won his second world title in 2019.

Pietro Figlioli, the captain of Italy, won his second world title in 2019.

• Head coach: Alessandro Campagna (2nd title as head coach)
• Assistant coaches: Amedeo Pomilio, Alessandro Duspiva

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Marco Del Lungo	GK	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		1 March 1990	29 years, 148 days
2	Francesco Di Fulvio	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		15 August 1993	25 years, 346 days
3	Stefano Luongo	FP	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)		5 January 1990	29 years, 203 days
4	Pietro Figlioli (C)	D	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		29 May 1984	35 years, 59 days
5	Edoardo Di Somma	FP				30 September 1996	22 years, 300 days
6	Alessandro Velotto	CB	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		12 February 1995	24 years, 165 days
7	Vincenzo Renzuto	FP	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)		8 April 1993	26 years, 110 days
8	Gonzalo Echenique	FP	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		27 April 1990	29 years, 91 days
9	Niccolò Figari	CB	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		24 January 1988	31 years, 184 days
10	Michaël Bodegas	CF	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		3 May 1987	32 years, 85 days
11	Matteo Aicardi	CF	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)		19 April 1986	33 years, 99 days
12	Vincenzo Dolce	FP	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)		11 May 1995	24 years, 77 days
13	Gianmarco Nicosia	GK	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		12 February 1998	21 years, 165 days
Average				1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[b]		13 June 1991	28 years, 44 days
Coach	Alessandro Campagna			1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)		26 June 1963	56 years, 31 days	2019

Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2019 (Team Roster – Italy Archived 2019-07-14 at the Wayback Machine);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• RB – Rebounds
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• DE – Double exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			TF	ST	RB	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	DE	Pen	EX
1	Marco Del Lungo	GK	6	192	100%					5	5							1
2	Francesco Di Fulvio	D	6	154	80.2%	10	39	25.6%	7	3	3	2	4	4	100%	5		1
3	Stefano Luongo	FP	6	136	70.8%	11	29	37.9%	6	2	6	3	2	3	66.7%	4	1
4	Pietro Figlioli (C)	D	6	139	72.4%	9	35	25.7%	5	2	5	3	13	14	92.9%	3		1
5	Edoardo Di Somma	FP	6	51	26.6%	0	6	0.0%	2	1	2	1				7		1	2
6	Alessandro Velotto	CB	6	116	60.4%	5	12	41.7%	3	4	5	1	3	3	100%	13			2
7	Vincenzo Renzuto	FP	6	101	52.6%	3	9	33.3%	1	4						7		1	1
8	Gonzalo Echenique	FP	5	111	57.8%	5	16	31.3%	3	3	5	4				2			1
9	Niccolò Figari	CB	6	80	41.7%	4	8	50.0%	1	2	2	2				9		1	2
10	Michaël Bodegas	CF	6	92	47.9%	5	10	50.0%	9	3		2				6
11	Matteo Aicardi	CF	6	105	54.7%	5	20	25.0%	14	1	1	3				3
12	Vincenzo Dolce	FP	6	64	33.3%	3	6	50.0%	7	1	1					6
13	Gianmarco Nicosia	GK	6	0	0.0%
Team									5
Total			6	192	100%	60	190	31.6%	63	31	35	21	22	24	91.7%	65	1	6	8
Against						40	165	24.2%	69	25	37	19	2	24	8.3%	75	1	4	7

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Marco Del Lungo	GK	67	107	62.6%
13	Gianmarco Nicosia	GK
Total			67	107	62.6%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2019 (Cumulative Statistics – Italy, p. 3).

2017 (Croatia, 2nd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 17th
• Host city: Budapest, Hungary
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Croatia (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary D group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group D	17 July 2017	Blue	United States	Won	12	7	5
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group D	19 July 2017	Blue	Russia	Won	10	8	2
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group D	21 July 2017	Blue	Japan	Won	16	6	10
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	25 July 2017	White	Italy	Won	12	9	3
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	27 July 2017	Blue	Serbia	Won	12	11	1
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	29 July 2017	Blue	Hungary	Won	8	6	2
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%					70	47	23

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2017 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

Left-hander Maro Joković of Croatia won his second world title in 2017, with 12 goals.

Sandro Sukno, the captain of Croatia, netted 16 goals at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, becoming the team-leading scorer for the tournament.

• Head coach: Ivica Tucak (1st title as head coach)
• Assistant coaches: Mile Smodlaka, Pero Kuterovac

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Marko Bijač	GK	R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	12 January 1991	26 years, 198 days
2	Marko Macan	CB	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	26 April 1993	24 years, 94 days
3	Loren Fatović	D	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	16 November 1996	20 years, 255 days
4	Luka Lončar	CF	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	26 June 1987	30 years, 33 days
5	Maro Joković	D	L	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	1 October 1987	29 years, 301 days
6	Ivan Buljubašić	CB	R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	31 October 1987	29 years, 271 days
7	Ante Vukičević	D	R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	24 February 1993	24 years, 155 days
8	Andro Bušlje	CF	R	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	4 January 1986	31 years, 206 days
9	Sandro Sukno (C)	D	R	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	30 June 1990	27 years, 29 days
10	Ivan Krapić	CF	R	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	14 February 1989	28 years, 165 days
11	Anđelo Šetka	D	R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	14 September 1985	31 years, 318 days
12	Xavier García	D	L	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	5 January 1984	33 years, 205 days
13	Ivan Marcelić	GK	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	18 February 1994	23 years, 161 days
Average				1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	6 October 1989	27 years, 296 days
Coach	Ivica Tucak					8 February 1970	47 years, 171 days

Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2017 (Team Roster – Croatia);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Rebounds
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• DE – Double exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	DE	Pen	EX
1	Marko Bijač	GK	6	168	87.5%				1		8
2	Marko Macan	CB	6	70	36.5%	1	3	33.3%	1	1	2					12			2
3	Loren Fatović	D	6	79	41.1%	5	9	55.6%	3	3	3	1	1	7	14.3%	9	1
4	Luka Lončar	CF	6	109	56.8%	11	17	64.7%	1	10	2	2				3			2
5	Maro Joković	D	6	157	81.8%	12	30	40.0%	8	2	6	5	1	6	16.7%	3
6	Ivan Buljubašić	CB	6	50	26.0%	1	4	25.0%	1	2	3					12			1
7	Ante Vukičević	D	6	114	59.4%	6	11	54.5%	3	5		1	1	1	100%	3
8	Andro Bušlje	CF	6	92	47.9%	4	12	33.3%	1	3	5	3				10	1	1	1
9	Sandro Sukno (C)	D	6	132	68.8%	16	28	57.1%	12	6	11	3	0	2	0.0%	3
10	Ivan Krapić	CF	6	72	37.5%	0	3	0.0%		11	2	2				2		1
11	Anđelo Šetka	D	6	121	63.0%	3	17	17.6%	2	3	1		3	8	37.5%	5
12	Xavier García	D	6	155	80.7%	11	26	42.3%	13	5	1	3				7
13	Ivan Marcelić	GK	6	24	12.5%
Team										8
Total			6	192	100%	70	160	43.8%	46	59	44	20	6	24	25.0%	69	2	2	6
Against						47	156	30.1%	39	71	34	10	18	24	75.0%	67	2	2	7

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Marko Bijač	GK	49	89	55.1%
13	Ivan Marcelić	GK	6	13	46.2%
Total			55	102	53.9%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2017 (Cumulative Statistics – Croatia, p. 3).

2015 (Serbia, 2nd title)

Serbia men's national water polo team celebrated after the gold medal match of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

• Edition of men's tournament: 16th
• Host city: Kazan, Russia
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Serbia (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary D group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group D	27 July 2015	White	Montenegro	Won	11	8	3
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group D	29 July 2015	White	Japan	Won	19	9	10
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group D	31 July 2015	White	Australia	Won	10	9	1
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	4 August 2015	White	United States	Won	12	7	5
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	6 August 2015	Blue	Italy	Won	10	6	4
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	8 August 2015	Blue	Croatia	Won	11	4	7
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%					73	43	30

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2015 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

Živko Gocić, the captain of Serbia, won his second world title in 2015.

Duško Pijetlović, the center forward of the Serbia team, won his second world title in 2015. He was the team-leading scorer for the tournament.

• Head coach: Dejan Savić (1st title as head coach)
• Assistant coaches: Zarko Petrovic, Uros Stevanovic

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	7 August 1983	32 years, 1 day
2	Dušan Mandić	D	L	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	16 June 1994	21 years, 53 days
3	Živko Gocić (C)	D	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	22 August 1982	32 years, 351 days
4	Sava Ranđelović	CB	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	17 July 1993	22 years, 22 days
5	Miloš Ćuk	D	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	21 December 1990	24 years, 230 days
6	Duško Pijetlović	CF	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	25 April 1985	30 years, 105 days
7	Slobodan Nikić	CF	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	25 January 1983	32 years, 195 days
8	Milan Aleksić	CB	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	13 May 1986	29 years, 87 days
9	Nikola Jakšić	CB	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	17 January 1997	18 years, 203 days
10	Filip Filipović	D	L	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	2 May 1987	28 years, 98 days
11	Andrija Prlainović	D	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	28 April 1987	28 years, 102 days
12	Stefan Mitrović	D	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	29 March 1988	27 years, 132 days
13	Branislav Mitrović	GK	R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	30 January 1985	30 years, 190 days
Average				1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	28 January 1988	27 years, 192 days
Coach	Dejan Savić			1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		24 April 1975	40 years, 106 days

Note: Duško Pijetlović and Gojko Pijetlović are brothers.
Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2015 (Team Roster – Serbia);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Assists
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• DE – Double exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	SP won	Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%						20S	DE	Pen	EX
1	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	6	84	43.8%						2
2	Dušan Mandić	D	6	111	57.8%	7	15	46.7%	6	6	5	1		6
3	Živko Gocić (C)	D	6	116	60.4%	3	8	37.5%	2	3	5		1	5
4	Sava Ranđelović	CB	6	60	31.3%	1	7	14.3%	2	2	3	3		13			2
5	Miloš Ćuk	D	6	98	51.0%	6	17	35.3%	2	4		3	1	2		1
6	Duško Pijetlović	CF	6	97	50.5%	11	17	64.7%	2	4	2	3		6			1
7	Slobodan Nikić	CF	6	98	51.0%	9	18	50.0%		2	2	2		3
8	Milan Aleksić	CB	6	85	44.3%	7	18	38.9%	5	6	2			9
9	Nikola Jakšić	CB	6	68	35.4%	4	8	50.0%		3				8
10	Filip Filipović	D	6	137	71.4%	7	26	26.9%	7	8	5	2		5		1
11	Andrija Prlainović	D	6	155	80.7%	9	23	39.1%	6	11	9	2		2		1
12	Stefan Mitrović	D	6	126	65.6%	9	19	47.4%	3	5	5	2	2	1
13	Branislav Mitrović	GK	6	108	56.3%						2
Total			6	192	100%	73	176	41.5%	35	54	42	18	4	60	0	3	3
Against						43	153	28.1%	6	86	21	11	20	50	0	1	5

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	18	42	42.9%
13	Branislav Mitrović	GK	35	54	64.8%
Total			53	96	55.2%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2015 (Cumulative Statistics – Serbia, p. 2).

2013 (Hungary, 3rd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 15th
• Host city: Barcelona, Spain
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Hungary (3rd title;2nd place in preliminary C group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/7	Preliminary round – Group C	22 July 2013	White	China	Won	13	5	8
Match 2/7	Preliminary round – Group C	24 July 2013	Blue	Serbia	Lost	10	13	-3
Match 3/7	Preliminary round – Group C	26 July 2013	White	Australia	Drawn	9	9	0
Match 4/7	Quarter-final qualification	28 July 2013	White	Kazakhstan	Won	16	7	9
Match 5/7	Quarter-finals	30 July 2013	Blue	Greece	Won	9	3	6
Match 6/7	Semi-finals	1 August 2013	White	Croatia	Won	11	10	1
Match 7/7	Gold medal match	3 August 2013	White	Montenegro	Won	8	7	1
Total	Matches played: 7 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 1 • Win %: 71.4%					76	54	22

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2013 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

Márton Szívós scored 12 goals at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, helping Hungary win gold.

Dénes Varga of Hungary netted 13 goals at the 2013 World Championship, becoming the team-leading scorer for the tournament.

• Head coach: Tibor Benedek (1st title as head coach)
• Assistant coach: Norbert Dabrowski

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Viktor Nagy	GK	R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	24 July 1984	29 years, 10 days
2	Miklós Gór-Nagy	CB	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	8 January 1983	30 years, 207 days
3	Norbert Madaras	D	L	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	1 December 1979	33 years, 245 days
4	Bence Bátori	D	R			28 December 1991	21 years, 218 days
5	Márton Vámos	D	L	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	24 June 1992	21 years, 40 days
6	Norbert Hosnyánszky	D	R	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	4 March 1984	29 years, 152 days
7	Ádám Decker	CB	R	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	29 February 1984	29 years, 156 days
8	Márton Szívós	D	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	19 August 1981	31 years, 349 days
9	Dániel Varga (C)	D	R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 September 1983	29 years, 312 days
10	Dénes Varga	D	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	29 March 1987	26 years, 127 days
11	Krisztián Bedő	CF	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	4 May 1993	20 years, 91 days
12	Balázs Hárai	CF	R	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	5 April 1987	26 years, 120 days
13	Attila Decker	GK	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	25 August 1987	25 years, 343 days
Average				1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[b]	99 kg (218 lb)[c]	30 March 1986	27 years, 126 days
Coach	Tibor Benedek			1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)		12 July 1972	41 years, 22 days	2016

Note: Ádám Decker and Attila Decker are brothers; Dániel Varga and Dénes Varga are brothers.
Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2013 (Team Roster – Hungary);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Assists
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• DE – Double exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	DE	Pen	EX
1	Viktor Nagy	GK	7	192	85.7%				1	1	6							1
2	Miklós Gór-Nagy	CB	7	80	35.7%	2	8	25.0%	1	1	2	1				14			3
3	Norbert Madaras	D	7	164	73.2%	6	32	18.8%	10	4	2	4	0	1	0.0%	3
4	Bence Bátori	D	7	72	32.1%	3	7	42.9%		5	2		3	10	30.0%	1		1
5	Márton Vámos	D	7	134	59.8%	12	16	75.0%	3	2	4	3	3	7	42.9%	7		1
6	Norbert Hosnyánszky	D	7	119	53.1%	7	16	43.8%	3	3	3	3				10	1		1
7	Ádám Decker	CB	7	70	31.3%	2	3	66.7%	1	4						14	1	1	5
8	Márton Szívós	D	7	148	66.1%	12	25	48.0%	3	5	6	4	0	1	0.0%	7			1
9	Dániel Varga (C)	D	7	165	73.7%	5	21	23.8%	9	3	6	4	0	1	0.0%	8
10	Dénes Varga	D	7	174	77.7%	13	25	52.0%	4	4	5	3	4	8	50.0%	5			1
11	Krisztián Bedő	CF	7	91	40.6%	6	13	46.2%	1	15	1	1				5
12	Balázs Hárai	CF	7	126	56.3%	8	15	53.3%	1	26	2	4				5
13	Attila Decker	GK	7	32	14.3%					1	1
Team										4
Total			7	224	100%	76	181	42.0%	37	78	40	27	10	28	35.7%	79	2	4	11
Against						54	186	29.0%	28	85	40	17	18	28	64.3%	70	2	3	8

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Viktor Nagy	GK	54	99	54.5%
13	Attila Decker	GK	11	20	55.0%
Total			65	119	54.6%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2013 (Cumulative Statistics – Hungary, p. 2).

2011 (Italy, 3rd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 14th
• Host city: Shanghai, China
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Italy (3rd title; 1st place in preliminary D group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group D	18 July 2011	White	South Africa	Won	17	1	16
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group D	20 July 2011	Blue	United States	Won	8	5	3
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group D	22 July 2011	White	Germany	Won	7	6	1
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	26 July 2011	White	Spain	Won	10	6	4
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	28 July 2011	Blue	Croatia	Won	9	8	1
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	30 July 2011	Blue	Serbia	Won	8	7	1
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%					59	33	26

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2011 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

Stefano Tempesti, the captain of Italy, saved 64 shots at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

• Head coach: Alessandro Campagna (1st title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Stefano Tempesti (C)	GK	R	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	9 June 1979	32 years, 51 days
2	Amaurys Pérez	CB	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	18 March 1976	35 years, 134 days
3	Niccolò Gitto	CB	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	12 October 1986	24 years, 291 days
4	Pietro Figlioli	D	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	29 May 1984	27 years, 62 days
5	Alex Giorgetti	D	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	24 December 1987	23 years, 218 days
6	Maurizio Felugo	D	R	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	4 March 1981	30 years, 148 days
7	Niccolò Figari	CB	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 January 1988	23 years, 187 days
8	Valentino Gallo	D	L	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	17 July 1985	26 years, 13 days
9	Christian Presciutti	D	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	27 November 1982	28 years, 245 days
10	Deni Fiorentini	CB	R	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	5 June 1984	27 years, 55 days
11	Matteo Aicardi	CF	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	19 April 1986	25 years, 102 days
12	Arnaldo Deserti	FP	R	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	18 April 1979	32 years, 103 days
13	Giacomo Pastorino	GK	R	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	7 June 1980	31 years, 53 days
Average				1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	22 April 1983	28 years, 99 days
Coach	Alessandro Campagna			1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)		26 June 1963	48 years, 34 days	2019

Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2011 (Team Roster – Italy);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Assists
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	Pen	EX
1	Stefano Tempesti (C)	GK	6	198	100%						9						1
2	Amaurys Pérez	CB	6	80	40.4%	2	9	22.2%	1	2		2				10		1
3	Niccolò Gitto	CB	6	89	44.9%	3	9	33.3%	1	3	1	2				9	1	2
4	Pietro Figlioli	D	6	134	67.7%	7	27	25.9%	7	9	3	4	15	15	100%	3
5	Alex Giorgetti	D	6	111	56.1%	8	20	40.0%	2	3	7	1	1	2	50.0%	3
6	Maurizio Felugo	D	6	141	71.2%	6	19	31.6%	2	8	7	1				1
7	Niccolò Figari	CB	6	61	30.8%	2	5	40.0%	2	4	1	3				8		1
8	Valentino Gallo	D	6	130	65.7%	7	24	29.2%	5	6	1	5				2
9	Christian Presciutti	D	6	152	76.8%	8	13	61.5%	4	5	5	1				3
10	Deni Fiorentini	CB	6	102	51.5%	3	8	37.5%		2	2	1	8	9	88.9%	5	1
11	Matteo Aicardi	CF	6	97	49.0%	9	24	37.5%		21	4	1				4
12	Arnaldo Deserti	FP	6	91	46.0%	4	13	30.8%		10		1				7	1	1
13	Giacomo Pastorino	GK	6	0	0.0%													1
Team										2
Total			6	198	100%	59	171	34.5%	24	75	40	22	24	26	92.3%	55	4	6
Against						33	145	22.8%	15	103	33	20	2	26	7.7%	53	3	3

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Stefano Tempesti (C)	GK	64	97	66.0%
13	Giacomo Pastorino	GK
Total			64	97	66.0%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2011 (Cumulative Statistics – Italy, p. 3).

2009 (Serbia, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 13th
• Host city: Rome, Italy
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Serbia (1st title; 2nd place in preliminary C group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/7	Preliminary round – Group C	20 July 2009	White	Spain	Lost	9	11	-2
Match 2/7	Preliminary round – Group C	22 July 2009	Blue	Kazakhstan	Won	20	3	17
Match 3/7	Preliminary round – Group C	24 July 2009	White	Australia	Drawn	8	8	0
Match 4/7	Quarter-final qualification	26 July 2009	White	Italy	Won	7	5	2
Match 5/7	Quarter-finals	28 July 2009	Blue	Hungary	Won	10	9	1
Match 6/7	Semi-finals	30 July 2009	White	Croatia	Won	12	11	1
Match 7/7	Gold medal match	1 August 2009	White	Spain	Won	14	13	1
Total	Matches played: 7 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 1 • Win %: 71.4%					80	60	20

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2009 (Men's Competition Schedule, Men's Round Summary).

Vanja Udovičić, the captain of Serbia, won his second world title in 2009.

• Head coach: Dejan Udovičić (1st title as head coach)
• Assistant coach: Dejan Stanojević

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Slobodan Soro	GK	R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	23 December 1978	30 years, 221 days
2	Marko Avramović	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	24 August 1986	22 years, 342 days
3	Živko Gocić	D	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	22 August 1982	26 years, 344 days
4	Vanja Udovičić (C)	CB	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	12 September 1982	26 years, 323 days
5	Slavko Gak	D	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	9 June 1980	29 years, 53 days
6	Duško Pijetlović	CF	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	25 April 1985	24 years, 98 days
7	Slobodan Nikić	CF	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	25 January 1983	26 years, 188 days
8	Milan Aleksić	CB	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	13 May 1986	23 years, 80 days
9	Nikola Rađen	CB	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	29 January 1985	24 years, 184 days
10	Filip Filipović	D	L	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	2 May 1987	22 years, 91 days
11	Andrija Prlainović	D	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	28 April 1987	22 years, 95 days
12	Stefan Mitrović	D	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	29 March 1988	21 years, 125 days
13	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	7 August 1983	25 years, 359 days
Average				1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	9 June 1984	25 years, 53 days
Coach	Dejan Udovičić					27 July 1970	39 years, 5 days

Note: Duško Pijetlović and Gojko Pijetlović are brothers.
Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2009 (Team Roster – Serbia);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Assists
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	Pen	EX
1	Slobodan Soro	GK	7	220	93.2%						2
2	Marko Avramović	D	7	63	26.7%	0	4	0.0%	1	1	1	2	1	1	100%	3
3	Živko Gocić	D	7	188	79.7%	4	16	25.0%	9	6	11	6	2	6	33.3%	9		3
4	Vanja Udovičić (C)	CB	7	194	82.2%	18	41	43.9%	2	14	7	2				12		3
5	Slavko Gak	D	7	136	57.6%	3	11	27.3%	2	7	4		10	17	58.8%	10
6	Duško Pijetlović	CF	7	127	53.8%	9	20	45.0%		18	3	3				5	1	1
7	Slobodan Nikić	CF	7	104	44.1%	2	11	18.2%		21	1	1				6	2	1
8	Milan Aleksić	CB	7	101	42.8%	8	15	53.3%		1	2	1				11	3	2
9	Nikola Rađen	CB	7	95	40.3%	2	7	28.6%	1	4	3					12	2	1
10	Filip Filipović	D	7	184	78.0%	20	47	42.6%	13	12	7	2	3	5	60.0%	7
11	Andrija Prlainović	D	7	210	89.0%	12	33	36.4%	4	11	8	2				5	1
12	Stefan Mitrović	D	7	14	5.9%	2	3	66.7%					0	3	0.0%
13	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	7	16	6.8%					1
Team										3
Total			7	236	100%	80	208	38.5%	32	99	49	19	16	32	50.0%	80	9	11
Against						60	204	29.4%	15	112	45	11	16	32	50.0%	76	5	6

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Slobodan Soro	GK	77	136	56.6%
13	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	5	6	83.3%
Total			82	142	57.7%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2009 (Cumulative Statistics – Serbia, p. 2).

2007 (Croatia, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 12th
• Host city: Melbourne, Australia
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Croatia (1st title; 1st place in preliminary B group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group B	20 March 2007	White	South Africa	Won	13	5	8
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group B	22 March 2007	White	Australia	Won	10	9	1
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group B	24 March 2007	White	United States	Won	10	8	2
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	28 March 2007	White	Russia	Won	13	3	10
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	30 March 2007	Blue	Serbia	Won	10	7	3
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	1 April 2007	White	Hungary	Won	9	8	1
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%					65	40	25

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2007 (Men's Round Summary).

Miho Bošković scored 11 goals at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships, helping Croatia win gold.

• Head coach: Ratko Rudić (3rd title as head coach)
• Assistant coaches: Milorad Damjanić

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Frano Vićan	GK	R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	24 January 1976	31 years, 67 days
2	Damir Burić	CB	R	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	2 December 1980	26 years, 120 days
3	Andro Bušlje	CB	R	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	4 January 1986	21 years, 87 days
4	Zdeslav Vrdoljak (C)	D	R	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	15 March 1971	36 years, 17 days
5	Aljoša Kunac	CB	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	18 August 1980	26 years, 226 days
6	Maro Joković	D	L	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	1 October 1987	19 years, 182 days
7	Mile Smodlaka	CF	R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	1 January 1976	31 years, 90 days
8	Teo Đogaš	D	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	19 February 1977	30 years, 41 days
9	Pavo Marković	D	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	20 April 1985	21 years, 346 days
10	Samir Barać	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	2 November 1973	33 years, 150 days
11	Igor Hinić	CF	R	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	4 December 1975	31 years, 118 days
12	Miho Bošković	D	R	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 January 1983	24 years, 80 days
13	Josip Pavić	GK	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	15 January 1982	25 years, 76 days
Average				1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	6 September 1979	27 years, 207 days
Coach	Ratko Rudić			1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		7 June 1948	58 years, 298 days	2007

Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2007 (Start Lists – Croatia: match 02, match 16, match 19, match 36, match 43, match 48);
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Assists
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	Pen	EX
1	Frano Vićan	GK	6	182	91.9%				1		1
2	Damir Burić	CB	6	109	55.1%	6	16	37.5%	4	6	7	2				9		1
3	Andro Bušlje	CB	6	85	42.9%	2	11	18.2%		4	6	2				10		1
4	Zdeslav Vrdoljak (C)	D	6	116	58.6%	12	19	63.2%	9	4	7	6				7
5	Aljoša Kunac	CB	6	85	42.9%	1	11	9.1%	6	4	5	3				6	2	1
6	Maro Joković	D	6	114	57.6%	8	17	47.1%	8	2	2	2	5	15	33.3%	4
7	Mile Smodlaka	CF	6	89	44.9%	5	11	45.5%		18	1	1				5		1
8	Teo Đogaš	D	6	116	58.6%	7	14	50.0%	8	3	4	2	1	2	50.0%	1	1
9	Pavo Marković	D	6	115	58.1%	5	11	45.5%	4	7	2	2	0	4	0.0%	11		1
10	Samir Barać	D	6	130	65.7%	7	24	29.2%	6	2	5	1				6
11	Igor Hinić	CF	6	105	53.0%	1	6	16.7%	2	22	5	1				5	1
12	Miho Bošković	D	6	101	51.0%	11	26	42.3%	6	5	5	3	4	5	80.0%	3
13	Josip Pavić	GK	6	16	8.1%
Team										6
Total			6	198	100%	65	166	39.2%	54	83	50	25	10	26	38.5%	67	4	5
Against						40	153	26.1%	23	102	36	13	16	26	61.5%	65	1	5

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Frano Vićan	GK	45	81	55.6%
13	Josip Pavić	GK	8	12	66.7%
Total			53	93	57.0%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2007 (Results – Croatia: match 02, match 16, match 19, match 36, match 43, match 48).

2005 (Serbia and Montenegro, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 11th
• Host city: Montreal, Canada
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Serbia and Montenegro (1st title; 1st place in preliminary B group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group B	18 July 2005	Cuba	Won	21	1	20
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group B	20 July 2005	Japan	Won	17	5	12
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group B	22 July 2005	United States	Won	8	4	4
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	26 July 2005	Romania	Won	10	8	2
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	28 July 2005	Croatia	Won	5	4	1
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	30 July 2005	Hungary	Won	8	7	1
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%				69	29	40

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "2005 World Championship (men's tournament)".

Aleksandar Šapić, representing Serbia and Montenegro, won world title in 2005.

• Head coach: Petar Porobić (1st title as head coach)
• Assistant coaches: Mirko Blazedic

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Denis Šefik	GK	R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	20 September 1976	28 years, 313 days
2	Petar Trbojević	D	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	9 September 1973	31 years, 324 days
3	Nikola Janović	D	R	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	22 March 1980	25 years, 130 days
4	Vanja Udovičić	D	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	12 September 1982	22 years, 321 days
5	Dejan Savić	CB	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	24 April 1975	30 years, 97 days
6	Danilo Ikodinović	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	4 October 1976	28 years, 299 days
7	Slobodan Nikić	CF	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	25 January 1983	22 years, 186 days
8	Vladimir Gojković	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	29 January 1981	24 years, 182 days
9	Boris Zloković	CF	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	16 March 1983	22 years, 136 days
10	Aleksandar Šapić	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	1 June 1978	27 years, 59 days
11	Vladimir Vujasinović (C)	CB	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	14 August 1973	31 years, 350 days
12	Predrag Jokić	CB	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	3 February 1983	22 years, 177 days
13	Zdravko Radić	GK	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 June 1979	26 years, 36 days
Average				1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	10 January 1979	26 years, 201 days
Coach	Petar Porobić					28 May 1957	48 years, 63 days

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

2003 (Hungary, 2nd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 10th
• Host city: Barcelona, Spain
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Hungary (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary A group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group A	14 July 2003	Croatia	Drawn	7	7	0
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group A	16 July 2003	Romania	Won	9	5	4
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group A	18 July 2003	Canada	Won	13	3	10
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	22 July 2003	Slovakia	Won	13	5	8
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	24 July 2003	Greece	Won	9	8	1
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	26 July 2003	Italy	Won	11	9	2
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 83.3%				62	37	25

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "2003 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Dénes Kemény (1st title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Zoltán Szécsi	GK	R	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	22 December 1977	25 years, 216 days	2016
2	Tamás Varga	CB	R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	14 July 1975	28 years, 12 days
3	Norbert Madaras	D	L	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	1 December 1979	23 years, 237 days
4	Zsolt Varga	CF	R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)		24 May 1978	25 years, 63 days
5	Tamás Kásás	D	R	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	20 July 1976	27 years, 6 days	2016
6	Attila Vári	CB	R	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	26 February 1976	27 years, 150 days
7	Gergely Kiss	D	L	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	21 September 1977	25 years, 308 days	2016
8	Tibor Benedek (C)	D	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	12 July 1972	31 years, 14 days	2016
9	Rajmund Fodor	D	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	21 February 1976	27 years, 155 days
10	István Gergely	GK	R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	20 August 1976	26 years, 340 days
11	Barnabás Steinmetz	CB	R	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	6 October 1975	27 years, 293 days
12	Tamás Molnár	CF	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	2 August 1975	27 years, 358 days	2016
13	Péter Biros	D	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	5 April 1976	27 years, 112 days	2016
Average				1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	27 January 1976	27 years, 180 days
Coach	Dénes Kemény					14 June 1954	49 years, 42 days	2011

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

2001 (Spain, 2nd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 9th
• Host city: Fukuoka, Japan
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin quarter-final pool; round-robin quarter-final pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Spain (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary D group; 1st place in quarter-final F group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/8	Preliminary round – Group D	19 July 2001	Australia	Won	8	1	7
Match 2/8	Preliminary round – Group D	21 July 2001	Japan	Won	12	1	11
Match 3/8	Preliminary round – Group D	22 July 2001	Croatia	Won	6	4	2
Match 4/8	Quarter-final round – Group F	24 July 2001	United States	Won	10	4	6
Match 5/8	Quarter-final round – Group F	25 July 2001	Netherlands	Won	10	5	5
Match 6/8	Quarter-final round – Group F	26 July 2001	Russia	Won	9	8	1
Match 7/8	Semi-finals	28 July 2001	Italy	Won	4	2	2
Match 8/8	Gold medal match	29 July 2001	Yugoslavia[a]	Won	4	2	2
Total	Matches played: 8 • Wins: 8 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%				63	27	36

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "2001 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Juan Jané (2nd title as head coach)

Roster

#	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
P1	Ángel Andreo	GK	R	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	3 December 1972	28 years, 238 days
P2	Daniel Ballart	CB	R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	17 March 1973	28 years, 134 days
P3	Salvador Gómez	CB	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 March 1968	33 years, 140 days
P4	Gabriel Hernández	D	R	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	2 January 1975	26 years, 208 days
P5	Gustavo Marcos	CB	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	23 December 1972	28 years, 218 days
P6	Guillermo Molina	D	R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	16 March 1984	17 years, 135 days
P7	Daniel Moro	D	R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	8 August 1973	27 years, 355 days
P8	Iván Moro	CB	R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	25 December 1974	26 years, 216 days
P9	Sergi Pedrerol	D	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	16 December 1969	31 years, 225 days
P10	Iván Pérez	CF	L	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	29 June 1971	30 years, 30 days
P11	Jesús Rollán (C)	GK	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	4 April 1968	33 years, 116 days	2012
P12	Javier Sánchez	CF	R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	16 June 1975	26 years, 43 days
P13	Carles Sanz	D		1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	25 May 1975	26 years, 65 days
Average				1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	6 July 1973	28 years, 23 days
Coach	Juan Jané			1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		31 May 1953	48 years, 59 days

Note: Daniel Moro and Iván Moro are brothers.
Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1998 (Spain, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 8th
• Host city: Perth, Australia
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin quarter-final pool; round-robin quarter-final pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Spain (1st title; 1st place in preliminary C group; 1st place in quarter-final F group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/8	Preliminary round – Group C	9 January 1998	South Africa	Won	13	3	10
Match 2/8	Preliminary round – Group C	10 January 1998	Greece	Won	7	6	1
Match 3/8	Preliminary round – Group C	11 January 1998	Brazil	Won	9	3	6
Match 4/8	Quarter-final round – Group F	13 January 1998	Slovakia	Won	15	8	7
Match 5/8	Quarter-final round – Group F	14 January 1998	United States	Won	5	4	1
Match 6/8	Quarter-final round – Group F	15 January 1998	Australia	Won	5	4	1
Match 7/8	Semi-finals	17 January 1998	Yugoslavia[a]	Won	5	3	2
Match 8/8	Gold medal match	18 January 1998	Hungary	Won	6	4	2
Total	Matches played: 8 • Wins: 8 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%				65	35	30

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1998 World Championship (men's tournament)".

36-year-old Manuel Estiarte, the captain of Spain, won world title in 1998.

• Head coach: Juan Jané (1st title as head coach)

Roster

#	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
P1	Daniel Ballart	CB	R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	17 March 1973	24 years, 307 days
P2	Manuel Estiarte (C)	D	R	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	26 October 1961	36 years, 84 days	2007
P3	Pedro García	D		1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	9 December 1968	29 years, 40 days
P4	Salvador Gómez	CB	R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 March 1968	29 years, 313 days
P5	Miguel Gonzales	GK
P6	Gustavo Marcos	CB	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	23 December 1972	25 years, 26 days
P7	Rubén Michavila	FP				11 May 1970	27 years, 252 days
P8	Iván Moro	CB	R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	25 December 1974	23 years, 24 days
P9	Sergi Pedrerol	D	L	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	16 December 1969	28 years, 33 days
P10	Iván Pérez	CF	L	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	29 June 1971	26 years, 203 days
P11	Jesús Rollán	GK	R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	4 April 1968	29 years, 289 days	2012
P12	Jordi Sans	CF		1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	3 August 1965	32 years, 168 days
P13	Carles Sanz	D		1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	25 May 1975	22 years, 238 days
Average				1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[d]	84 kg (185 lb)[e]	5 February 1970	27 years, 347 days[f]
Coach	Juan Jané			1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)		31 May 1953	44 years, 232 days

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1994 (Italy, 2nd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 7th
• Host city: Rome, Italy
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin quarter-final pool; round-robin quarter-final pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Italy (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary D group; 1st place in quarter-final F group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/7	Preliminary round – Group D	2 September 1994	Kazakhstan	Won	13	7	6
Match 2/7	Preliminary round – Group D	3 September 1994	Hungary	Won	11	10	1
Match 3/7	Preliminary round – Group D	4 September 1994	Canada	Won	9	2	7
Match 4/7	Quarter-final round – Group F	6 September 1994	Russia	Won	7	6	1
Match 5/7	Quarter-final round – Group F	7 September 1994	Greece	Won	7	4	3
Match 6/7	Semi-finals	9 September 1994	Croatia	Won	8	5	3
Match 7/7	Gold medal match	10 September 1994	Spain	Won	10	5	5
Total	Matches played: 7 • Wins: 7 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100%				65	39	26

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1994 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Ratko Rudić (2nd title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	Goals	ISHOF member
1	Francesco Attolico	GK		1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	23 March 1963	31 years, 171 days	0
2	Marco D'Altrui	FP		1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	25 April 1964	30 years, 138 days	2	2010
3	Alessandro Bovo	FP		1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	1 January 1969	25 years, 252 days	2
4	Pino Porzio	FP				26 February 1967	27 years, 196 days	7
5	Alessandro Campagna	FP	R	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	26 June 1963	31 years, 76 days	10	2019
6	Roberto Calcaterra	FP		1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	6 February 1972	22 years, 216 days	1
7	Mario Fiorillo	FP		1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	16 December 1962	31 years, 268 days	2
8	Francesco Porzio	FP	L	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	26 January 1966	28 years, 227 days	12
9	Amedeo Pomilio	FP	L	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	11 February 1967	27 years, 211 days	9
10	Ferdinando Gandolfi	FP				5 January 1967	27 years, 248 days	8
11	Massimiliano Ferretti	FP		1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	22 June 1966	28 years, 80 days	6
12	Carlo Silipo	FP	R	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	10 September 1971	23 years, 0 days	6
13	Gianni Averaimo	GK		1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	10 September 1964	30 years, 0 days	0
Average				1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[d]	81 kg (179 lb)[e]	24 July 1966	28 years, 48 days	65
Coach	Ratko Rudić			1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		7 June 1948	46 years, 95 days		2007

Note: Francesco Porzio and Pino Porzio are brothers.
Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• Todor66: "1994 World Championship (men's tournament)";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1991 (Yugoslavia, 2nd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 6th
• Host city: Perth, Australia
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin quarter-final pool; round-robin quarter-final pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Yugoslavia (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary B group; 1st place in quarter-final E group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/7	Preliminary round – Group B	5 January 1991	Spain	Won	8	3	5
Match 2/7	Preliminary round – Group B	6 January 1991	Romania	Won	16	6	10
Match 3/7	Preliminary round – Group B	7 January 1991	China	Won	25	9	16
Match 4/7	Quarter-final round – Group E	9 January 1991	Soviet Union	Lost	8	9	-1
Match 5/7	Quarter-final round – Group E	10 January 1991	Italy	Won	9	6	3
Match 6/7	Semi-finals	12 January 1991	United States	Won	7	6	1
Match 7/7	Gold medal match	13 January 1991	Spain	Won	8	7	1
Total	Matches played: 7 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 1 • Win %: 85.7%				81	46	35

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1991 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Nikola Stamenić (1st title as head coach)

Roster

#	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
P1	Mislav Bezmalinović	FP		1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	11 May 1967	23 years, 247 days
P2	Perica Bukić	FP		1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	20 February 1966	24 years, 327 days	2008
P3	Viktor Jelenić	FP	R	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	31 October 1970	20 years, 74 days
P4	Igor Milanović	FP		1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	18 December 1965	25 years, 26 days	2006
P5	Vitomir Padovan	FP
P6	Dušan Popović	FP				15 June 1970	20 years, 212 days
P7	Renco Posinković	GK		1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	4 January 1964	27 years, 9 days
P8	Goran Rađenović	FP		1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	4 November 1966	24 years, 70 days
P9	Dubravko Šimenc	FP	R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	2 November 1966	24 years, 72 days
P10	Aleksandar Šoštar	GK		1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	21 January 1964	26 years, 357 days	2011
P11	Vaso Subotić	FP				29 April 1969	21 years, 259 days
P12	Anto Vasović	FP
P13	Mirko Vičević	FP		1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	30 June 1968	22 years, 197 days
Average				1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[g]	95 kg (209 lb)[h]	20 April 1967	23 years, 268 days[i]
Coach	Nikola Stamenić					17 April 1949	41 years, 271 days

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1986 (Yugoslavia, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 5th
• Host city: Madrid, Spain
• Number of participating teams: 15
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin quarter-final pool; round-robin quarter-final pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Yugoslavia (1st title; 1st place in preliminary B group; 1st place in quarter-final E group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group B	14 August 1986	Australia	Won	12	4	8
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group B	16 August 1986	Cuba	Drawn	11	11	0
Match 3/6	Quarter-final round – Group E	18 August 1986	Spain	Won	10	6	4
Match 4/6	Quarter-final round – Group E	19 August 1986	Italy	Won	8	5	3
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	21 August 1986	Soviet Union	Won	8	6	2
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	22 August 1986	Italy	Won	12	11	1
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 83.3%				61	43	18

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1986 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Ratko Rudić (1st title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Milorad Krivokapić	GK		1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	8 January 1956	30 years, 226 days
2	Deni Lušić	FP		1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	14 April 1962	24 years, 130 days
3	Zoran Petrović	FP		2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	22 August 1960	26 years, 0 days
4	Perica Bukić	FP		1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	20 February 1966	20 years, 183 days	2008
5	Veselin Đuho	FP		1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	5 January 1960	26 years, 229 days
6	Dragan Andrić	FP		1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	6 June 1962	24 years, 77 days
7	Mirko Vičević	FP		1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	30 June 1968	18 years, 53 days
8	Dubravko Šimenc	FP		2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	2 November 1966	19 years, 293 days
9	Goran Sukno	FP		1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	6 April 1959	27 years, 138 days
10	Tomislav Paškvalin	FP	L	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	29 August 1961	24 years, 358 days
11	Igor Milanović	FP		1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	18 December 1965	20 years, 247 days	2006
12	Anto Vasović	FP
13	Andrija Popović	GK		1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	22 September 1959	26 years, 334 days
Average				1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[b]	93 kg (205 lb)[c]	16 June 1962	24 years, 67 days[f]
Coach	Ratko Rudić			1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)		7 June 1948	38 years, 76 days	2007

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1982 (Soviet Union, 2nd title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 4th
• Host city: Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
• Champion:  Soviet Union (2nd title; 1st place in preliminary B group; 1st place in semi-final E group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/7	Preliminary round – Group B	29 July 1982	Australia	Won	11	8	3
Match 2/7	Preliminary round – Group B	30 July 1982	United States	Won	8	5	3
Match 3/7	Preliminary round – Group B	31 July 1982	Egypt	Won	16	1	15
Match 4/7	Semi-final round – Group E	3 August 1982	Spain	Won	8	7	1
Match 5/7	Semi-final round – Group E	4 August 1982	West Germany	Won	11	8	3
Match 6/7	Final round – Group	6 August 1982	Netherlands	Won	7	5	2
Match 7/7	Final round – Group	7 August 1982	Hungary	Drawn	7	7	0
Total	Matches played: 7 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 85.7%				68	41	27

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1982 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Boris Popov (1st title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
P1	Vladimir Akimov	FP	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	20 July 1953	29 years, 18 days
P2	Mikhail Ivanov	FP	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	18 April 1958	24 years, 111 days
P3	Aleksandr Kabanov	FP	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	11 June 1948	34 years, 57 days	2001
P4	Alexander Kleymenov	GK
P5	Sergey Kotenko	FP	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	2 December 1956	25 years, 248 days
P6	Nurlan Mendygaliyev	FP	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	5 April 1961	21 years, 124 days
P7	Giorgi Mshvenieradze	FP	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	104 kg (229 lb)	12 August 1960	21 years, 360 days
P8	Erkin Shagaev	FP	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	12 February 1959	23 years, 176 days
P9	Yevgeny Sharonov	GK	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 December 1958	23 years, 239 days	2003
P10	Nikolai Smirnov	FP	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	27 February 1961	21 years, 161 days
P11	Aleksey Vdovin	FP			17 June 1963	19 years, 51 days
Average			1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[g]	88 kg (194 lb)[h]	6 March 1958	24 years, 154 days[j]
Coach	Boris Popov		1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)		21 March 1941	41 years, 139 days	2019

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1978 (Italy, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 3rd
• Host city: West Berlin, West Germany
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
• Champion:  Italy (1st title; 2nd place in preliminary A group; 1st place in semi-final E group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/8	Preliminary round – Group A	19 August 1978	Australia	Won	6	5	1
Match 2/8	Preliminary round – Group A	20 August 1978	Soviet Union	Drawn	5	5	0
Match 3/8	Preliminary round – Group A	21 August 1978	Canada	Won	4	2	2
Match 4/8	Semi-final round – Group E	22 August 1978	Romania	Won	7	2	5
Match 5/8	Semi-final round – Group E	23 August 1978	United States	Drawn	4	4	0
Match 6/8	Final round – Group	25 August 1978	Yugoslavia	Won	6	5	1
Match 7/8	Final round – Group	26 August 1978	Soviet Union	Won	5	4	1
Match 8/8	Final round – Group	27 August 1978	Hungary	Drawn	4	4	0
Total	Matches played: 8 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 3 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 62.5%				41	31	10

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1978 World Championship (men's tournament)".

Gianni De Magistris of Italy won world title in 1978.

• Head coach: Gianni Lonzi (1st title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
1	Alberto Alberani	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	22 May 1947	31 years, 97 days
2	Roldano Simeoni	FP	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	7 June 1953	25 years, 81 days
3	Silvio Baracchini	FP	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	28 August 1950	27 years, 364 days
4	Sante Marsili	FP	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	31 October 1950	27 years, 300 days
5	Massimo Fondelli	FP	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	9 February 1954	24 years, 199 days
6	Gianni De Magistris	FP	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	3 December 1950	27 years, 267 days	1995
7	Alessandro Ghibellini	FP	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	15 October 1947	30 years, 316 days
8	Marco Galli	FP	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	5 March 1957	21 years, 175 days
9	Paolo Ragosa	FP	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	11 September 1954	23 years, 350 days
10	Romeo Collina	FP	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	7 June 1953	25 years, 81 days
11	Mario Scotti-Galletta	GK
Average			1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[k]	81 kg (179 lb)[l]	16 January 1952	26 years, 223 days[j]
Coach	Gianni Lonzi		1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)		4 August 1938	40 years, 23 days	2009

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1975 (Soviet Union, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 2nd
• Host city: Cali, Colombia
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin semi-final pool; round-robin semi-final pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
• Champion:  Soviet Union (1st title; 1st place in preliminary C group; 1st place in semi-final F group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/8	Preliminary round – Group C	19 July 1975	United States	Drawn	4	4	0
Match 2/8	Preliminary round – Group C	20 July 1975	Iran	Won	13	2	11
Match 3/8	Preliminary round – Group C	21 July 1975	Spain	Won	7	4	3
Match 4/8	Semi-final round – Group F	22 July 1975	Italy	Won	3	2	1
Match 5/8	Semi-final round – Group F	23 July 1975	Netherlands	Won	4	2	2
Match 6/8	Final round – Group	25 July 1975	Cuba	Won	8	3	5
Match 7/8	Final round – Group	26 July 1975	Italy	Drawn	5	5	0
Match 8/8	Final round – Group	27 July 1975	Hungary	Won	5	4	1
Total	Matches played: 8 • Wins: 6 • Ties: 2 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 75.0%				49	26	23

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1975 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Anatoly Blumental

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
P1	Aleksei Barkalov	FP	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	18 February 1946	29 years, 159 days	1993
P2	Aleksandr Dolgushin	FP	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	99 kg (218 lb)	7 March 1946	29 years, 142 days	2010
P3	Aleksandr Dreval	FP	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	17 July 1944	31 years, 10 days
P4	Sergey Gorshkhov	FP
P5	Aleksandr Kabanov	FP	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	11 June 1948	27 years, 46 days	2001
P6	Anatoly Klebanov	GK	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	8 October 1952	22 years, 292 days
P7	Nikolay Melnikov	FP	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	24 January 1948	27 years, 184 days
P8	Aleksandr Rodionov	FP
P9	Vitaly Romanchuk	FP	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	14 March 1950	25 years, 135 days
P10	Vitaly Rozkov	FP
P11	Aleksandr Zakharov	GK	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	3 April 1954	21 years, 115 days
Average			1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[m]	88 kg (194 lb)[n]	27 October 1948	26 years, 273 days[o]

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

1973 (Hungary, 1st title)

• Edition of men's tournament: 1st
• Host city: Belgrade, Yugoslavia
• Number of participating teams: 16
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to the round-robin final pool
• Champion:  Hungary (1st title; 1st place in preliminary B group)

Results

Match	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/8	Preliminary round – Group B	2 September 1973	Spain	Won	7	3	4
Match 2/8	Preliminary round – Group B	3 September 1973	Israel	Won	15	0	15
Match 3/8	Preliminary round – Group B	4 September 1973	Italy	Won	6	4	2
Match 4/8	Preliminary round – Group B	5 September 1973	Romania	Won	8	4	4
Match 5/8	Final round – Group	6 September 1973	United States	Won	6	2	4
Match 6/8	Final round – Group	7 September 1973	Hungary	Won	5	4	1
Match 7/8	Final round – Group	8 September 1973	Yugoslavia	Drawn	3	3	0
Match 8/8	Final round – Group	9 September 1973	Cuba	Won	8	4	4
Total	Matches played: 8 • Wins: 7 • Ties: 1 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 87.5%				58	24	34

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Championship" (p. 15);
• Todor66: "1973 World Championship (men's tournament)".

• Head coach: Dezső Gyarmati (1st title as head coach)

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	ISHOF member
P1	Balazs Balla	FP
P2	András Bodnár	FP	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	9 April 1942	31 years, 153 days	2017
P3	Gábor Csapó	FP	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	20 September 1950	22 years, 354 days
P4	Tibor Cservenyák	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	8 August 1948	25 years, 32 days
P5	Tamás Faragó	FP	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	5 August 1952	21 years, 35 days	1993
P6	István Görgényi	FP	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	2 November 1946	26 years, 311 days
P7	Zoltán Kásás	FP	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	15 September 1946	26 years, 359 days
P8	Ferenc Konrád	FP	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	17 April 1945	28 years, 145 days
P9	Endre Molnár	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	23 July 1945	28 years, 48 days
P10	László Sárosi	FP	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	12 October 1946	26 years, 332 days
P11	István Szívós Jr.	FP	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	106 kg (234 lb)	24 April 1948	25 years, 138 days	1996
Average			1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[k]	91 kg (201 lb)[l]	15 May 1947	26 years, 117 days[j]
Coach	Dezső Gyarmati		1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)		23 October 1927	45 years, 321 days	1976

Sources:

• Official Reports (FINA) (PDF): "World Champions–Team Line-up" (p. 17);
• Olympedia: "Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships";
• ISHOF: "Honorees by Country".

See also

• Water polo at the World Aquatics Championships
• List of world champions in women's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships men's water polo tournament records and statistics
• List of World Aquatics Championships women's water polo tournament records and statistics
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic champions in women's water polo

Notes

1. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team participated at the 1998 and 2001 World Aquatics Championships. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team.
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