Water polo
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscina Municipal de Montjuïc
Piscines Bernat Picornell (final)
Dates1–9 August 1992
Competitors152 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Unified Team

The men's water polo tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 1 to 10 August 1992, in Barcelona, Spain. Reigning world champion Yugoslavia had qualified for the tournament, but as it had formally dissolved in the interim, it did not participate. The successor countries did not participate for several reasons. The position of Yugoslavia was replaced by Czechoslovakia.[1][2]

Qualification[3]

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified
Host nation 17 October 1986 Switzerland Lausanne 1  Spain
1991 World Championships 5-13 January 1991 Australia Perth 6 5  Yugoslavia
 Hungary
 United States
 Germany
 Italy
 Unified Team
Intercontinental qualification 3-10 May 1992 Canada Calgary 5  Cuba

 Australia

 Greece

 France

 Netherlands

Reallocation 1  Czechoslovakia
Total 12

Teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Unified Team 5 5 0 0 50 32 +18 10
2  United States 5 4 0 1 40 24 +16 8
3  Australia 5 2 1 2 44 41 +3 5
4  Germany 5 1 2 2 38 41 −3 4
5  France 5 1 1 3 38 42 −4 3
6  Czechoslovakia 5 0 0 5 33 63 −30 0
Source:
  • 1 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  6 – 10  Unified Team
Australia  4 – 8  United States
Germany  7 – 7  France
  • 2 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  3 – 9  United States
France  5 – 9  Australia
Germany  7 – 11  Unified Team
  • 3 August 1992
United States  11 – 7  France
Germany  15 – 9  Czechoslovakia
Australia  9 – 12  Unified Team
  • 5 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  6 – 14  France
United States  5 – 8  Unified Team
Germany  7 – 7  Australia
  • 6 August 1992
Australia  15 – 9  Czechoslovakia
United States  7 – 2  Germany
France  5 – 9  Unified Team

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain 5 4 1 0 52 36 +16 9
2  Italy 5 3 2 0 41 34 +7 8
3  Hungary 5 2 2 1 49 46 +3 6
4  Cuba 5 2 0 3 50 53 −3 4
5  Netherlands 5 0 2 3 36 46 −10 2
6  Greece 5 0 1 4 32 45 −13 1
Source:
  • 1 August 1992
Hungary  7 – 7  Italy
Greece  9 – 10  Cuba
Spain  12 – 6  Netherlands
  • 2 August 1992
Netherlands  4 – 6  Italy
Cuba  11 – 12  Hungary
Spain  11 – 6  Greece
  • 3 August 1992
Italy  11 – 8  Cuba
Greece  4 – 4  Netherlands
Hungary  5 – 8  Spain
  • 5 August 1992
Netherlands  9 – 11  Cuba
Greece  7 – 12  Hungary
Spain  9 – 9  Italy
  • 6 August 1992
Hungary  13 – 13  Netherlands
Italy  8 – 6  Greece
Spain  12 – 10  Cuba

Final round

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Australia 3 2 1 0 23 20 +3 5
6  Hungary 3 2 0 1 28 27 +1 4
7  Germany 3 1 1 1 24 21 +3 3
8  Cuba 3 0 0 3 22 29 −7 0
Source:
  • 8 August 1992
Australia  7 – 5  Cuba
Germany  7 – 8  Hungary
  • 9 August 1992
Germany  10 – 6  Cuba
Australia  9 – 8  Hungary

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 28 20 +8 5
10  Greece 3 2 1 0 24 18 +6 5
11  France 3 1 0 2 28 31 −3 2
12  Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 22 33 −11 0
Source:
  • 8 August 1992
France  6 – 10  Greece
Czechoslovakia  8 – 9  Netherlands
  • 9 August 1992
Czechoslovakia  8 – 10  Greece
France  8 – 15  Netherlands

Semi finals

  • 8 August 1992
Italy  9 – 8  Unified Team
United States  4 – 6  Spain

Bronze medal match

  • 9 August 1992
United States  4 – 8  Unified Team

Gold medal match

  • 9 August 1992
Spain  8 – 9  Italy

Final ranking

 Italy[1]
 Spain
 Unified Team
4 United States
5 Australia
6 Hungary
7 Germany
8 Cuba
9 Netherlands
10 Greece
11 France
12 Czechoslovakia

Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze

Head Coach:
Ratko Rudić

Head Coach:
Dragan Matutinović

Head Coach:
Boris Popov

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Water Polo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Men_1992". Todor66.

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