Serbia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.

Serbia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Serbia
World Aquatics code	SRB
National federation	Serbian Swimming Federation
Website	serbia-swim.org.rs (in Serbian)
World Aquatics Championships appearances
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024 2025
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)  Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia's artistic swimming team consisted of 2 athletes (2 female).^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nevena Dimitrijević	Solo free routine	75.4000	23	Did not advance
Nevena Dimitrijević Jelena Kontić	Duet technical routine	74.2928	34
	Duet free routine	75.9000	30

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia qualified one male open water swimmer.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tamás Farkas	Men's 5 km	53:44.5	27
	Men's 10 km	1:52:36.7	48

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia's swimming team consisted of 7 athletes (6 male, 1 female).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrej Barna	50 m freestyle	22.77	44	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	100 m freestyle	49.44	32	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.40	19
	200 m butterfly	1:57.15	17
Vuk Čelić	800 m freestyle	7:59.17	23	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:17.79	24
Velimir Stjepanović Uroš Nikolić Andrej Barna Nikola Aćin	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:15.72	15	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović Aleksa Bobar Vuk Čelić Andrej Barna	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	7:15.31 NR	19	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Crevar	400 metre individual medley	4:41.59	12	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Key:

• PSO – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Playoffs	Quarterfinals	5th–8th place semifinals	5th place game
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia	Men's tournament	Montenegro D 10–10	South Korea W 22–2	Greece W 9–3	1	Bye	Spain L 9–12	Germany W 17–16 (PSO)	Australia W 13–9	5

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster^[3]

• Strajo Rističević
• Dušan Mandić
• Viktor Rašović
• Sava Ranđelović
• Miloš Ćuk
• Đorđe Lazić
• Nemanja Vico
• Nikola Dedović
• Nikola Jakšić
• Radomir Drašović
• Ognjen Stojanović
• Strahinja Rašović
• Lazar Dobožanov
• Coach: Dejan Savić

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	2	1	0	41	15	+26	5	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	3	1	2	0	44	26	+18	4	Playoffs
3	Greece	3	1	1	1	39	22	+17	3
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	3	11	72	−61	0

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) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

15 July 2019 08:30	Report	Serbia	10–10	Montenegro	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadi Voevodin (RUS), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 2–4, 2–1
		S. Rašović 4	Goals	four players 2

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17 July 2019 20:30	Report	Serbia	22–2	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–0, 4–1, 7–0
		Jakšić 5	Goals	Han H., Lee Seong. 1

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19 July 2019 16:30	Report	Serbia	9–3	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–2, 0–0, 3–0
		Mandić 4	Goals	three players 1

Quarterfinals

23 July 2019 14:00	Report	Serbia	9–12	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 4–3, 2–2
		S. Rašović 4	Goals	three players 2

5th–8th place semifinals

25 July 2019 14:00	Report	Serbia	17–16	Germany	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 2–3, 4–3  PSO: 5–4
		Mandić 5	Goals	three players 2

5th place game

27 July 2019 15:30	Report	Serbia	13–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 3–2, 1–2, 3–4
		Ćuk, Rašović 4	Goals	Ford, Younger 2