Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's water polo
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
	Serbia national team celebrates after the gold medal match
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Venue(s)	Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre,; Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates	6–20 August 2016
Teams	12 (from 4 confederations)
Competitors	154
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (1st title)
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Montenegro
Tournament statistics
Matches	42
Goals scored	704 (16.76 per match)
Multiple; appearances	5-time Olympian(s): 2 players; 4-time Olympian(s): 7 players
Multiple; medalists	3-time medalist(s): 5 players
Top scorer(s)	Filip Filipović; Guillermo Molina; (19 goals in 8 matches)
Most saves	Slobodan Soro; (81 saves in 8 matches)
Top sprinter(s)	Rhys Howden; (18 sprints won in 5 matches)
MVP	Filip Filipović
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The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016.^[1] Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro.^[2] After the Rio Olympics, Serbia national team held Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, World Cup and World League titles simultaneously.^[2]

Competition schedule

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

Sat 6	Sun 7	Mon 8	Tue 9	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16	Wed 17	Thu 18	Fri 19		Sat 20
G		G		G		G		G		¼		½			B	F

Qualification

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1	Brazil
2015 FINA World League	23–28 June 2015	Bergamo	1	Serbia
2015 Pan American Games	7–15 July 2015	Toronto	1	United States
2015 FINA World Championships	27 July – 8 August 2015	Kazan	2	Croatia
2015 FINA World Championships	27 July – 8 August 2015	Kazan	2	Greece
Oceanian Continental Selection^[3]	19 October 2015	Perth	1	Australia
2015 Asian Championship	16–20 December 2015	Foshan	1	Japan
2016 European Championships	10–23 January 2016	Belgrade	1	Montenegro
World Qualification Tournament	3–10 April 2016	Trieste	4	Hungary
				Italy
				Spain
				France
Total			12

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.^[4]

Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.^[5]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Serbia Croatia	Greece Montenegro	United States Australia	France Japan	Hungary Italy	Spain Brazil

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[6]

German Moller
Daniel Flahive
Mark Koganov
Fabio Toffoli
Marie-Claude Deslières
Ni Shi Wei
Nenad Peris
Hatem Gaber
Benjamin Mercier
Georgios Stavridis
Péter Molnár
Masoud Rezvani
Filippo Gomez
Tadao Tahara
Stanko Ivanovski
Diana Dutilh-Dumas
Radosław Koryzna
Adrian Alexandrescu
Sergey Naumov
Vojin Putniković
Boris Margeta
Dion Willis
Francesc Buch
Joseph Peila

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	2	3	0	57	43	+14	7	Quarter-finals
2	Greece	5	2	2	1	41	40	+1	6
3	Brazil (H)	5	3	0	2	40	39	+1	6
4	Serbia	5	2	2	1	49	44	+5	6
5	Australia	5	2	1	2	44	40	+4	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	36	61	−25	0

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016 09:00	Report	Serbia	13–13	Hungary	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 3–4, 3–2, 4–2
		Filipović 3	Goals	Hosnyánszky 3

6 August 2016 13:00	Report	Greece	8–7	Japan	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 0–4, 4–0
		Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	three players 2

6 August 2016 20:50	Report	Brazil	8–7	Australia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
		Delgado 3	Goals	Campbell, Cotterill 2

8 August 2016 09:00	Report	Serbia	9–9	Greece	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 4–3, 4–2
		Filipović 2	Goals	Fountoulis 4

8 August 2016 13:00	Report	Hungary	9–9	Australia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Filippo Gomez (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 1–3, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Campbell 4

8 August 2016 19:30	Report	Japan	8–16	Brazil	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 4–4, 1–4
		three players 2	Goals	Vrlić 5

10 August 2016 09:00	Report	Australia	8–6	Japan	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–2, 2–1
		Kayes 4	Goals	Okawa, Takei 2

10 August 2016 10:20	Report	Greece	8–8	Hungary	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Mark Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 4–2, 2–3
		Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	Hárai 3

10 August 2016 19:30	Report	Brazil	6–5	Serbia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–1, 2–0, 1–2
		Vrlić 2	Goals	five players 1

12 August 2016 09:00	Report	Hungary	17–7	Japan	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–2, 2–2, 4–2
		Kis 5	Goals	Takei 3

12 August 2016 19:30	Report	Greece	9–4	Brazil	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 3–2, 2–0
		three players 2	Goals	Silva 2

12 August 2016 22:10	Report	Serbia	10–8	Australia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 2–1, 4–2
		three players 2	Goals	Cotterill 2

14 August 2016 14:10	Report	Australia	12–7	Greece	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–1, 0–1, 2–2
		Cotterill, Howden 3	Goals	Fountoulis 3

14 August 2016 19:30	Report	Serbia	12–8	Japan	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–0, 4–2, 3–1
		Filipović 6	Goals	Takei 5

14 August 2016 20:50	Report	Brazil	6–10	Hungary	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–2, 3–3, 2–2
		Gomes, Perrone 2	Goals	three players 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	1	1	46	35	+11	7	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	37	37	0	6
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	40	41	−1	6
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	36	32	+4	5
5	United States	5	2	0	3	35	35	0	4
6	France	5	1	0	4	28	42	−14	2

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

6 August 2016 10:20	Report	United States	5–7	Croatia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 1–2, 1–2
		Azevedo 2	Goals	Joković, Šetka 2

6 August 2016 11:40	Report	Spain	8–9	Italy	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–1, 1–2, 2–4
		Molina 4	Goals	Figlioli, Presciutti 3

6 August 2016 19:30	Report	France	4–7	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 1–0, 3–2
		four players 1	Goals	Radović 3

8 August 2016 10:20	Report	Italy	11–8	France	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 1–2, 2–2
		Aicardi 4	Goals	three players 2

8 August 2016 11:40	Report	United States	9–10	Spain	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–1, 2–3, 2–2
		Bonanni 4	Goals	Echenique 3

8 August 2016 20:50	Report	Croatia	8–7	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 3–2
		three players 2	Goals	Brguljan, Janović 2

10 August 2016 11:40	Report	France	3–6	United States	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: German Moller (ARG), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–4, 0–0, 2–1
		three players 1	Goals	Samuels 3

10 August 2016 13:00	Report	Montenegro	5–6	Italy	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 0–1, 3–2
		Brguljan 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 3

10 August 2016 20:50	Report	Spain	9–4	Croatia	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–1, 1–2, 4–1
		Echenique 4	Goals	four players 1

12 August 2016 10:20	Report	Croatia	10–7	Italy	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–3, 3–2, 2–1
		Sukno 5	Goals	Gallo 2

12 August 2016 11:40	Report	United States	5–8	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–0, 2–2, 2–4
		Samuels 2	Goals	Da. Brguljan 2

12 August 2016 20:50	Report	Spain	10–4	France	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 1–1, 3-2
		Echenique 3	Goals	Crousillat 2

14 August 2016 12:50	Report	Montenegro	9–9	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–4, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Molina 2

14 August 2016 15:30	Report	United States	10–7	Italy	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 3–1, 2–0
		four players 2	Goals	Di Fulvio, Figlioli 2

14 August 2016 16:50	Report	France	9–8	Croatia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Ni Shi Wei (CHN), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 2–1, 1–2
		Marzouki 3	Goals	Sukno 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Gold medal

16 August

Hungary	9 (2)
		18 August
Montenegro (pen.)	9 (4)
		Montenegro	8
16 August
		Croatia	12
Brazil	6
				20 August
Croatia	10
				Croatia	7
16 August
				Serbia	11
Greece	5
		18 August
Italy	9
		Italy	8
16 August
		Serbia	10	Bronze medal
Serbia	10
				20 August
Spain	7
				Montenegro	10

				Italy	12

5th place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

18 August

Hungary	13
		20 August
Brazil	4
		Hungary	12
18 August
		Greece	10
Greece	9

Spain	7
		Seventh place

		20 August

		Brazil	8

		Spain	9

Quarter-finals

16 August 2016 11:00	Report	Hungary	9–9	Montenegro	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 3–3, 3–1 PSO: 2–4
		Erdélyi, Vámos 3	Goals	Ivović 3

16 August 2016 12:20	Report	Serbia	10–7	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 0–2, 3–2
		Mandić 4	Goals	Molina 3

16 August 2016 15:10	Report	Brazil	6–10	Croatia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–4, 3–1, 0–2
		Gomes 3	Goals	García, Joković 3

16 August 2016 16:30	Report	Greece	5–9	Italy	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–2, 1–2, 2–3
		Fountoulis, Mourikis 2	Goals	Figlioli 3

5–8th place semifinals

18 August 2016 11:00	Report	Hungary	13–4	Brazil	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Filippo Gomez (ITA), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–0, 4–3, 2–0
		Erdélyi 4	Goals	Delgado 2

18 August 2016 15:10	Report	Greece	9–7	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 4–3, 2–3
		Afroudakis, Mourikis 2	Goals	Molina 4

Semi-finals

18 August 2016 12:20	Report	Montenegro	8–12	Croatia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 1–1, 2–4
		Brguljan, Ivović 3	Goals	Bušlje 4

18 August 2016 16:30	Report	Italy	8–10	Serbia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–3, 0–1, 6–3
		three players 2	Goals	three players 2

Seventh place game

20 August 2016 11:40	Report	Brazil	8–9	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 1–2, 4–3
		three players 2	Goals	three players 2

Fifth place game

20 August 2016 16:30	Report	Hungary	12–10	Greece	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–4, 3–3, 3–2
		Kis, Zalánki 3	Goals	four players 2

Bronze medal game

20 August 2016 13:00	Report	Montenegro	10–12	Italy	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 2–4, 4–3
		Janović 3	Goals	C. Presciutti 4

Gold medal game

20 August 2016 17:50	Report	Croatia	7–11	Serbia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 2–3, 2–2
		Sukno 3	Goals	Mandić 4

Final ranking

Rank^[1]	Team
	Serbia
	Croatia
	Italy
4	Montenegro
5	Hungary
6	Greece
7	Spain
8	Brazil
9	Australia
10	United States
11	France
12	Japan

2016 Men's Olympic champions
Serbia First title

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Serbia (SRB)^[1] Gojko Pijetlović (GK) Dušan Mandić (LH) Živko Gocić (C) Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović (LH) Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović (GK) Head coach: Dejan Savić	Croatia (CRO) Josip Pavić (C, GK) Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković (LH) Luka Bukić Marko Macan Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Xavier García (LH) Marko Bijač (GK) Head coach: Ivica Tucak	Italy (ITA) Stefano Tempesti (C, GK) Francesco Di Fulvio Niccolò Gitto Pietro Figlioli Andrea Fondelli Alessandro Velotto Alessandro Nora (LH) Valentino Gallo (LH) Christian Presciutti Michaël Bodegas Matteo Aicardi Nicholas Presciutti Marco Del Lungo (GK) Head coach: Alessandro Campagna

Statistics

Multi-time Olympians

Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players

Italy: Stefano Tempesti (GK)^[7]
United States: Tony Azevedo^[8]

Four-time Olympian(s): 7 players

Croatia: Damir Burić,^[9] Xavier García^[10]
Greece: Christos Afroudakis^[11]
Italy: Pietro Figlioli^[12]
Montenegro: Predrag Jokić^[13]
Spain: Guillermo Molina^[14]
United States: Jesse Smith^[15]

Multiple medalists

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players

Serbia: Filip Filipović,^[16] Živko Gocić,^[17] Slobodan Nikić,^[18] Duško Pijetlović,^[19] Andrija Prlainović^[20]

Leading goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	Matches played	Goals per match	Shots	%
1	Filip Filipović	Serbia	19	8	2.375	44	43.2%
1	Guillermo Molina	Spain	19	8	2.375	50	38.0%
3	Sandro Sukno	Croatia	17	8	2.125	45	37.8%
4	Draško Brguljan	Montenegro	15	8	1.875	32	46.9%
5	Pietro Figlioli	Italy	14	8	1.750	38	36.8%
	Ioannis Fountoulis	Greece		8	1.750	40	35.0%
	Christian Presciutti	Italy		8	1.750	31	45.2%
	Koji Takei	Japan		5	2.800	42	33.3%
	Márton Vámos	Hungary		8	1.750	30	46.7%
	Dénes Varga	Hungary		8	1.750	35	40.0%

Source: Official Results Book (page 100)^[21]

Leading goalkeepers

Rank	Goalkeeper	Team	Saves	Matches played	Saves per match	Shots	%
1	Slobodan Soro	Brazil	81	8	10.125	152	53.3%
2	Viktor Nagy	Hungary	67	8	8.375	118	56.8%
3	Daniel López	Spain	63	8	7.875	115	54.8%
4	Branislav Mitrović	Serbia	60	8	7.500	119	50.4%
5	Marko Bijač	Croatia	57	8	7.125	98	58.2%
6	Konstantinos Flegkas	Greece	56	8	7.000	120	46.7%
7	Miloš Šćepanović	Montenegro	52	8	6.500	102	51.0%
7	Katsuyuki Tanamura	Japan	52	5	10.400	113	46.0%
9	Stefano Tempesti	Italy	51	8	6.375	101	50.5%
10	Rémi Garsau	France	46	5	9.200	88	52.3%

Source: Official Results Book (page 102)^[21]

Leading sprinters

Rank	Sprinter	Team	Sprints won	Matches played	Sprints won per match	Sprints contested	%
1	Rhys Howden	Australia	18	5	3.600	19	94.7%
2	Francesco Di Fulvio	Italy	16	8	2.000	17	94.1%
3	Pietro Figlioli	Italy	14	8	1.750	15	93.3%
4	Balázs Erdélyi	Hungary	12	8	1.500	17	70.6%
5	Vjekoslav Pasković	Montenegro	10	8	1.250	18	55.6%
6	Gonzalo Echenique	Spain	8	8	1.000	14	57.1%
	Konstantinos Genidounias	Greece		8	1.000	18	44.4%
	Anđelo Šetka	Croatia		8	1.000	14	57.1%
9	Krisztián Manhercz	Hungary	7	8	0.875	10	70.0%
9	Josh Samuels	United States	7	5	1.400	12	58.3%

Source: Official Results Book (page 99)^[21]

Awards

The men's all-star team was announced on 20 August 2016.^[22]

Most Valuable Player

Filip Filipović^[23] (left-handed, 19 goals)

Media All-Star Team

Goalkeeper
- Marko Bijač (57 saves)
Field players
- Darko Brguljan (15 goals)
- Filip Filipović (left-handed, 19 goals)
- Guillermo Molina (19 goals, 1 sprints won)
- Slobodan Nikić (centre forward, 10 goals)
- Christian Presciutti (14 goals)
- Sandro Sukno (17 goals, 3 sprints won)

References

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^ "Stefano Tempesti". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Tony Azevedo". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Damir Burić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Xavier García". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Christos Afroudakis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Pietro Figlioli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Predrag Jokić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Guillermo Molina". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Jesse Smith". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Filip Filipović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "Živko Gocić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "Slobodan Nikić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "Duško Pijetlović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ "Andrija Prlainović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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PDF documents in the Olympic World Library:
- Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo (archive)
Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics (men's tournament)
Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 2016 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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.

[FINA1-2] "Water Polo, Men's Final - And finally: it's Serbia!". fina.org. 20 August 2016.

[Ausnoc-3] "Breakdown of anticipated athletes by sport". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[4] "WP Olympic Games Qualification Tournament is ready". federnuoto.it. 1 April 2016.

[5] "RIO 2016 - Water polo - Teams & Groups". fina.org. 10 April 2016.

[6] Referees

[Stefano_Tempesti_OP-7] "Stefano Tempesti". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Tony_Azevedo_OP-8] "Tony Azevedo". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Damir_Burić_OP-9] "Damir Burić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Xavier_García_OP-10] "Xavier García". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Christos_Afroudakis_OP-11] "Christos Afroudakis". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Pietro_Figlioli_OP-12] "Pietro Figlioli". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Predrag_Jokić_OP-13] "Predrag Jokić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Guillermo_Molina_OP-14] "Guillermo Molina". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Jesse_Smith_OP-15] "Jesse Smith". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[Filip_Filipović_OP-16] "Filip Filipović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[Živko_Gocić_OP-17] "Živko Gocić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[Slobodan_Nikić_OP-18] "Slobodan Nikić". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[Duško_Pijetlović_OP-19] "Duško Pijetlović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[Andrija_Prlainović_OP-20] "Andrija Prlainović". olympedia.org. Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2021.

[2016OG_ORBook_PDF-21] "Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo" (PDF). olympic.org. IOC. 2016. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[Men's_all-star_team_2016_MVLSZ-22] "Az OSC új játékosa is a riói olimpia álomcsapatában". waterpolo.hu (in Hungarian). Hungarian Water Polo Federation. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[Filip_Filipović_FINA-23] "Filip FILIPOVIC". fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

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