Montenegro at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Montenegro is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

Montenegro at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Montenegro
FINA code	MNE
National federation	Montenegro Swimming Federation
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	17 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)  Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Montenegro entered 2 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ado Gargović	100 metre freestyle	53.97	88	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:57.81	60	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jovana Kuljaca	50 metre freestyle	28.23	67	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	1:02.31	62	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Montenegro	Men's tournament	South Africa W 35–10	Spain L 7–11	Serbia L 15–17	3 QP	Croatia W 13–12	Greece L 9–10	Italy L 6–10	United States L 15–17	8

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Montenegrin roster.

Head coach: Vladimir Gojković

• 1 Lazar Andrić GK
• 2 Aljoša Mačić FP
• 3 Miroslav Perković FP
• 4 Kanstantsin Averka FP
• 5 Uroš Čučković FP
• 6 Vlado Popadić FP
• 7 Stefan Vidović FP
• 8 Bogdan Đurđić FP
• 9 Aleksa Ukropina FP
• 10 Vladan Spaić FP
• 11 Dušan Matković FP
• 12 Vasilije Radović FP
• 13 Petar Tešanović GK
• Đuro Radović FP
• Jovan Vujović FP

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	54	27	+27	9	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	1	1	0	1	57	34	+23	5	Playoffs
3	Montenegro	3	1	0	1	1	55	34	+21	4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	21	92	−71	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.

17 July 2023 17:30	Report	Montenegro	35–10	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 10–0, 9–5, 10–4
		Radović 7	Goals	four players 2

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19 July 2023 13:30	Report	Spain	11–7	Montenegro	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 4–2, 2–1
		Perrone 5	Goals	Đurđić 2

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21 July 2023 12:00	Report	Serbia	17–15	Montenegro	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–2, 2–3, 4–2  PSO: 4–2
		Vučinić 5	Goals	Matković 3

Playoffs

23 July 2023 17:00	Report	Croatia	12–13	Montenegro	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwartt (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–3, 5–4, 4–4
		Marinić Kragić 4	Goals	Matković, Radović 4

Quarterfinals

25 July 2023 15:00	Report	Greece	10–9	Montenegro	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–3, 1–3, 3–2
		Genidounias 5	Goals	Radović 3

5–8th place semifinals

27 July 2023 14:00	Report	Montenegro	6–10	Italy	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–3, 2–3
		Perković 3	Goals	Damonte 3

Seventh place game

29 July 2023 11:30	Report	Montenegro	15–17	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–4, 3–3, 2–2  PSO: 3–5
		three players 2	Goals	Hallock 4