Croatia men's national water polo team

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Croatia
Flag of Croatia.svg
Nickname(s) Barakude (The Barracudas)
Association Croatian Water Polo Federation
Confederation LEN (Europe)
Head coach Ivica Tucak
Asst coach Ivan Asić
Pero Kuterovac
Captain Josip Pavić
FINA code CRO
Olympic Games
Appearances 6 (first in 1996)
Best result 1st (2012)
World Championships
Appearances 9 (first in 1994)
Best result 1st (2007)
World League
Appearances 10 (first in 2002)
Best result 1st (2012)
European Championship
Appearances 12 (first in 1993)
Best result 1st (2010)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances 6 (first in 1993)
Best result 1st (2013)
Croatia men's national water polo team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Oradea
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Almaty
World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Kazakhstan
Silver medal – second place 2009 Montenegro
Silver medal – second place 2015 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Serbia
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Italy
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Croatia
Silver medal – second place 1999 Italy
Silver medal – second place 2003 Slovenia
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team
Silver medal – second place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari Team

The Croatia men's national water polo team represents Croatia in international water polo competitions and friendly matches. It is governed by the Croatian Water Polo Federation.

Results

Prior to 1992 Croatia men's national water polo team competed as a part of Yugoslavia men's national water polo team.

Croatia men's national water polo team has been placed 4th at international competitions on 12 occasions, the most being achieved at European Championships, but none at the Olympics. Despite this fact, the team has also managed to win 26 medals at international competitions shown in the tables below.

Summer Olympics

World Championships

European Championships

World League

Year Round Position
Greece 2002 Preliminary Round 7th
United States 2003 Did not compete
United States 2004
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Group Round 4th
Greece 2006 Did not qualify for the Super Final
Germany 2007
Italy 2008
Montenegro 2009 Final 2nd
Serbia 2010 Semifinal 3rd
Italy 2011 Semifinal 3rd
Kazakhstan 2012 Final 1st
Russia 2013 Did not qualify for the Super Final
United Arab Emirates 2014 Did not qualify for the Super Final
Italy 2015 Final 2nd
Total Qualified for the Super Final: 7/14

World Cup

Mediterranean Games

Year Round Position Pld W D L
France 1993 Final 2nd
Italy 1997 Final 2nd
Tunisia 2001 Preliminary Round 5th
Spain 2005 Semifinal 4th 5 2 0 3
Italy 2009 Semifinal 4th 5 3 0 2
Turkey 2013 Final 1st 4 4 0 0
Spain 2017 TBD
Total Participated: 6/6 14 9 0 5

Non-senior competitions

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship.

No. Name Date of birth Position L/R Height Weight Club
1 Josip Pavić (c) 15 January 1982 Goalkeeper R 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (200 lb) Greece Olympiacos
2 Damir Burić 2 December 1980 Hole Guard R 205 cm (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (254 lb) Croatia Primorje
3 Antonio Petković 11 January 1986 R 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) 85 kg (187 lb) Italy Sport Management
4 Luka Lončar 26 June 1987 Centre Forward R 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) 107 kg (236 lb) Croatia Mladost
5 Maro Joković 1 October 1987 L 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
6 Luka Bukić 30 April 1994 Wing R 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) Croatia Mladost
7 Ante Vukicević 24 February 1993 R 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) 93 kg (205 lb) Croatia Primorje
8 Andro Bušlje 4 January 1986 Hole Guard R 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 115 kg (254 lb) Italy Posillipo
9 Sandro Sukno 30 June 1990 R 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) Italy Pro Recco
10 Boris Pavlović 12 October 1980 Centre Forward R 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) 110 kg (240 lb) Croatia Jadran Split
11 Anđelo Šetka 14 September 1985 R 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) Croatia Primorje
12 Marko Macan 26 April 1993 Hole Guard R 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
13 Marko Bijač 12 January 1991 Goalkeeper R 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) 85 kg (187 lb) Croatia Jug Dubrovnik
Head coach: Ivica Tucak

Player statistics

Head coaches

Statistics

Record against other teams

As of 14 May 2016

Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as wins/defeats.

National team Total Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications
Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L
Australia Australia 14 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 5 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Austria Austria 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Belarus Belarus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Brazil Brazil 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Canada Canada 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
China China 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Egypt Egypt 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
France France 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Georgia (country) Georgia 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Germany Germany 21 15 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 1 8 4 2 2 2 2 0 0
United Kingdom Great Britain 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Greece Greece 31 20 4 7 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 12 8 0 4 9 6 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hungary Hungary 33 7 2 24 2 1 0 1 6 2 1 3 3 0 0 3 10 3 0 7 12 1 1 10 0 0 0 0
Iran Iran 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Italy Italy 38 20 2 16 5 4 0 1 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 13 8 0 5 10 5 1 4 3 1 0 2 1 1 0 0
Japan Japan 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5 5 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malta Malta 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moldova Moldova 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Montenegro Montenegro 20 11 0 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 3 0 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Netherlands Netherlands 10 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand New Zealand 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland Poland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Romania Romania 16 13 0 3 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 1 4 2 0 2 3 3 0 0
Russia Russia 31 19 1 11 1 1 0 0 6 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 15 10 0 5 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 1
Serbia Serbia* 34 9 3 22 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 3 6 2 0 4 9 2 0 7 8 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Slovakia Slovakia 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 1 1 0 0
Slovenia Slovenia 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
South Africa South Africa 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain Spain 31 14 2 15 4 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 4 9 5 0 4 7 5 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Turkey Turkey 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Switzerland Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Ukraine Ukraine 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
United States United States 27 17 0 10 6 2 0 4 6 5 0 1 5 3 0 2 10 7 0 3 0 0 0 0
Total (36) 388 247 16 125

Biggest Wins

double digit goal difference

Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship Mediterranean Games Qualifications
  • +12 vs. China (16-4) 2008
  • +11 vs. Egypt (12-1) 2004
  • +34 vs. New Zealand (35-1) 1994
  • +19 vs. South Africa (19-0) 2013
  • +17 vs. New Zealand (21-4) 2013
  • +16 vs. New Zealand (19-3) 1998
  • +15 vs. Canada (19-4) 2005
  • +15 vs. Kazakhstan (19-4) 1998
  • +11 vs. Brasil (17-6) 1998
  • +11 vs. Japan (18-7) 2011
  • +10 vs. China (15-5) 2009
  • +10 vs. Russia (13-3) 2007
  • +10 vs. Canada (13-3) 2003
  • +21 vs. Iran (23-2) 2010
  • +10 vs. China (14-4) 2010
  • +21 vs. South Africa (22-1) 2010
  • +19 vs. Turkey (20-1) 2013
  • +17 vs. Brasil (20-3) 2012
  • +14 vs. Turkey (17-3) 2013
  • +13 vs. Spain (19-6) 2006
  • +13 vs. Turkey (19-6) 2016
  • +13 vs. Turkey (16-3) 2016
  • +10 vs. China (15-5) 2011
  • +10 vs. China (14-4) 2015
  • +10 vs. Turkey (13-3) 2015
  • +10 vs. Brasil (17-7) 2005
  • +24 vs. Austria (26-2) 1995
  • +20 vs. Malta (22-2) 2016
  • +15 vs. France (20-5) 2016
  • +13 vs. Turkey (16-3) 2010
  • +12 vs. Netherlands (16-4) 2012
  • +11 vs. Slovenia (19-8) 2006
  • +10 vs. Slovakia (15-5) 2008
  • +13 vs. Turkey (17-4) 2013
  • +11 vs. Greece (14-3) 2009
  • +20 vs. Georgia (23-3) 1999
  • +17 vs. Puerto Rico (18-1) 2004
  • +12 vs. Romania (12-0) 2004

Biggest Loses

Olympic Games World Championship World Cup World League European Championship Mediterranean Games
  • -4 vs. Italy (7-11) 2004
  • -7 vs. Serbia (4-11) 2015
  • -6 vs. Hungary (4-10) 2005
  • -5 vs. Spain (6-11) 1994
  • -6 vs. Serbia (7-13) 2010
  • -5 vs. Spain (2-7) 1995
  • -5 vs. Hungary (6-11) 1997
  • -5 vs. Russia (5-10) 1997
  • -9 vs. Hungary (6-15) 2007
  • -8 vs. Greece (5-13) 2008
  • -7 vs. Brasil (10-17) 2015
  • -7 vs. Serbia (6-13) 2016
  • -6 vs. Hungary (5-11) 1995
  • -5 vs. Hungary (11-16) 2006
  • -9 vs. Italy (5-14) 2005
  • -6 vs. Serbia (8-14) 2009

Notable players

Sources

References

  1. Qualification for the tournament was determined by placing in the 1992 Olympics tournament. Since the Croatian team couldn't had participated in the 1992 Olympic water polo tournament due to the dissolution of Yugoslavia, it couldn't qualify for the 1993 World Cup.

Notes

  1. FINA waterpolo player of the year in 1982., 1984. and 1985. Scored 28 goals in one game which is a world record for waterpolo game (final score: Yugoslavia 62–0 Guatemala). First waterpolo player in history to sign a 6 digit contract.

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