Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
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The Croatia men's national water polo team has participated in 7 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.[1]
Contents
Abbreviations
Apps | Appearances | Rk | Rank | Ref | Reference | Cap No. | Water polo cap number |
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Pos | Playing position | FP | Field player | GK | Goalkeeper | ISHOF | International Swimming Hall of Fame |
L/R | Handedness | L | Left-handed | R | Right-handed | Oly debut | Olympic debut in water polo |
(C) | Captain | p. | page | pp. | pages |
Team statistics
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Comprehensive results by tournament
Notes:
- Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
- At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904.
- Related team: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team† (statistics).
- Last updated: 5 May 2021.
- Legend
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- 1 – Champions
- 2 – Runners-up
- 3 – Third place
- 4 – Fourth place
- — – The nation did not participate in the Games
- Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
- Team† – Defunct team
Men's team[1] | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | Years |
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— | — | — | — | Part of Yugoslavia | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Q | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
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— | — | — | — | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Defunct | 12 | |||||||||||
Total teams | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Number of appearances
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Men's team[1] | Apps | Record streak |
Active streak |
Debut | Most recent |
Best finish | Confederation |
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7 | 7 | 7 | 1996 | 2020 | Champions | Europe – LEN |
Best finishes
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Men's team[1] | Best finish | Apps | Confederation |
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Champions (2012) | 7 | Europe – LEN |
Finishes in the top four
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Men's team[1] | Total | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | First | Last |
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3 | 1 (2012) | 2 (1996, 2016) | 1996 | 2016 |
Medal table
Last updated: 5 May 2021.
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Player statistics
Multiple appearances
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The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
Multiple medalists
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The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
- Number of four-time Olympic medalists: 0
- Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 1
- Last updated: 1 May 2021.
- Abbreviation
- CRO – Croatia
- YUG – Yugoslavia
Rk | Player | Birth | Height | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) |
Medals | Ref | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||
1 | Perica Bukić | 1966 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
FP | 1984 YUG |
1988 YUG |
1996 CRO |
12 years (18/30) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | [2] |
Top goalscorers
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The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
Goalkeepers
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The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
- Abbreviation
- Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year | Cap No. |
Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member |
Note | Ref |
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1996 ![]() |
1 | Siniša Školneković | 1968 | 28 | 77 | 135 | 57.0% | Starting goalkeeper | [3] | |
12 | Maro Balić | 1971 | 25 | 0 | 0 | — | [4] | |||
2000 | 1 | Siniša Školneković (2) | 1968 | 32 | 33 | 70 | 47.1% | [3] | ||
12 | Frano Vićan | 1976 | 24 | 23 | 42 | 54.8% | [5] | |||
2004 | 1 | Frano Vićan (2) | 1976 | 28 | 41 | 81 | 50.6% | Starting goalkeeper | [5] | |
5 | Goran Volarević | 1977 | 27 | 11 | 32 | 34.4% | [6] | |||
2008 | 1 | Frano Vićan (3) | 1976 | 32 | 49 | 94 | 52.1% | Starting goalkeeper | [5] | |
13 | Josip Pavić | 1982 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 55.6% | [7] | |||
2012 ![]() |
1 | Josip Pavić (2) | 1982 | 30 | 85 | 121 | 70.2% | Starting goalkeeper | [7] | |
13 | Frano Vićan (4) | 1976 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 62.5% | [5] | |||
2016 ![]() |
1 | Josip Pavić (3) | 1982 | 34 | 24 | 45 | 53.3% | Flag bearer for Croatia | [7] | |
13 | Marko Bijač | 1991 | 25 | 57 | 98 | 58.2% | [8] | |||
2020 | 1 | Marko Bijač (2) | 1991 | 30 | [8] | |||||
13 | Ivan Marcelić | 1994 | 27 | [9] | ||||||
Year | Cap No. |
Goalkeeper | Birth | Age | Saves | Shots | Eff % | ISHOF member |
Note | Ref |
Sources:
- Official Reports (PDF): 1996 (pp. 62–66, 70, 72–73);
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).
Top sprinters
The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.
- Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0
- Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 1
- Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 2
- Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 4
- Last updated: 15 May 2021.
- Abbreviation
- Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
- CRO – Croatia
- ESP – Spain
Rk | Sprinter | Birth | Total sprints won |
Total sprints contested |
Eff % | Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested) |
Age of first/last |
ISHOF member |
Note | Ref | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
1 | Maro Joković | 1987 | 25 | 36 | 69.4% | 2008 (16/21) |
2012 (7/13) |
2016 (2/2) |
20/28 | [10] | ||||
2 | Xavier García | 1984 | 14 | 28 | 50.0% | 2004 ESP (5/12) |
2008 ESP (7/11) |
2012 ESP (1/4) |
2016 CRO (1/1) |
20/32 | [11] | |||
Sandro Sukno | 1990 | 14 | 19 | 73.7% | 2012 (11/16) |
2016 (3/3) |
22/26 | [12] | ||||||
4 | Tihomil Vranješ | 1977 | 9 | 24 | 37.5% | 2004 (9/24) |
26/26 | [13] | ||||||
5 | Anđelo Šetka | 1985 | 8 | 14 | 57.1% | 2016 (8/14) |
30/30 | [14] | ||||||
6 | Samir Barać | 1973 | 6 | 21 | 28.6% | 2000 (5/19) |
2004 (1/2) |
2008 (0/0) |
2012 (0/0) |
26/38 | [15] | |||
Luka Bukić | 1994 | 6 | 12 | 50.0% | 2016 (6/12) |
22/22 | [16] |
Source:
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (pp. 48, 51, 54, 79, 82, 86–87, 92), 2004 (pp. 191–192), 2008 (pp. 190–191), 2012 (pp. 471–472), 2016 (pp. 109–110).
Coach statistics
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Medals as coach and player
The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of winning the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of winning the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the person (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Ratko Rudić won a silver medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a head coach, he led Croatia men's national water polo team to win an Olympic gold medal in 2012.[17][18][19]
Rk | Person | Birth | Height | Player | Head coach | Total medals | Ref | ||||||||
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Age | Men's team | Pos | Medal | Age | Men's team | Medal | G | S | B | T | |||||
1 | Ratko Rudić | 1948 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
32 | ![]() |
FP | 1980 ![]() |
64 | ![]() |
2012 ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [17][18] [19] |
Olympic champions
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2012 Summer Olympics
- Edition of men's tournament: 26th
- Host city:
London, United Kingdom
- Number of participating teams: 12
- Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
- Champion:
Croatia (1st title; 1st place in preliminary A group)
Match | Round | Date | Cap color |
Opponent | Result | Goals for |
Goals against |
Goal diff. |
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Match 1/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 29 July 2012 | Blue | ![]() |
Won | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Match 2/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 31 July 2012 | White | ![]() |
Won | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Match 3/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 2 August 2012 | Blue | ![]() |
Won | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Match 4/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 4 August 2012 | White | ![]() |
Won | 11 | 6 | 5 |
Match 5/8 | Preliminary round – Group A | 6 August 2012 | Blue | ![]() |
Won | 12 | 4 | 8 |
Match 6/8 | Quarter-finals | 8 August 2012 | White | ![]() |
Won | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Match 7/8 | Semi-finals | 10 August 2012 | White | ![]() |
Won | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Match 8/8 | Gold medal match | 12 August 2012 | White | ![]() |
Won | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Total | Matches played: 8 • Wins: 8 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 0 • Win %: 100% | 73 | 42 | 31 |
Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (pp. 373, 391, 399, 415, 421, 433, 445, 455).
- Head coach:
Ratko Rudić (4th title as head coach)
- Assistant coaches:
Elvis Fatović,
Vjekoslav Kobešćak
Cap No. |
Player | Pos | L/R | Height | Weight | Date of birth | Age of winning gold |
Oly debut |
ISHOF member |
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1 | Josip Pavić | GK | R | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | 15 January 1982 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
2 | Damir Burić | FP | R | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 115 kg (254 lb) | 2 December 1980 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
3 | Miho Bošković | FP | R | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 11 January 1983 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
4 | Nikša Dobud | FP | R | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | 118 kg (260 lb) | 5 August 1985 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yes | |
5 | Maro Joković | FP | L | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 1 October 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
6 | Ivan Buljubašić | FP | R | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 108 kg (238 lb) | 31 October 1987 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yes | |
7 | Petar Muslim | FP | R | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 26 March 1988 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yes | |
8 | Andro Bušlje | FP | R | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 115 kg (254 lb) | 4 January 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
9 | Sandro Sukno | FP | R | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 93 kg (205 lb) | 30 June 1990 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yes | |
10 | Samir Barać (C) | FP | R | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 2 November 1973 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
11 | Igor Hinić | FP | R | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 110 kg (243 lb) | 4 December 1975 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
12 | Paulo Obradović | FP | R | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 9 March 1986 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | Yes | |
13 | Frano Vićan | GK | R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 24 January 1976 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | No | |
Average | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | 19 May 1983 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | |||||
Coach | Ratko Rudić | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 7 June 1948 | Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. | 2007 |
Sources:
- Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (p. 472);
- ISHOF.
- Abbreviation
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- MP – Matches played
- Min – Minutes
- G – Goals
- Sh – Shots
- AS – Assists
- TF – Turnover fouls
- ST – Steals
- BL – Blocked shots
- SP – Sprints
- 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
- DE – Double exclusion
- Pen – Penalty
- EX – Exclusion
Cap No. |
Player | Pos | MP | Minutes played | Goals/Shots | AS | TF | ST | BL | Sprints | Personal fouls | ||||||||
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Min | % | G | Sh | % | Won | SP | % | 20S | DE | Pen | EX | ||||||||
1 | Josip Pavić | GK | 8 | 222 | 86.7% | 4 | |||||||||||||
2 | Damir Burić | FP | 8 | 131 | 51.2% | 5 | 14 | 35.7% | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 | |||||
3 | Miho Bošković | FP | 8 | 155 | 60.5% | 15 | 33 | 45.5% | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 7 | 1 | |||
4 | Nikša Dobud | FP | 8 | 149 | 58.2% | 12 | 20 | 60.0% | 29 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
5 | Maro Joković | FP | 8 | 206 | 80.5% | 8 | 25 | 32.0% | 15 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 53.8% | 4 | 1 | ||
6 | Ivan Buljubašić | FP | 8 | 88 | 34.4% | 3 | 16 | 18.8% | 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | |||||||
7 | Petar Muslim | FP | 8 | 118 | 46.1% | 2 | 18 | 11.1% | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
8 | Andro Bušlje | FP | 8 | 115 | 44.9% | 3 | 13 | 23.1% | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ||||
9 | Sandro Sukno | FP | 8 | 210 | 82.0% | 14 | 30 | 46.7% | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 68.8% | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
10 | Samir Barać (C) | FP | 8 | 135 | 52.7% | 4 | 15 | 26.7% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
11 | Igor Hinić | FP | 8 | 105 | 41.0% | 2 | 8 | 25.0% | 2 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
12 | Paulo Obradović | FP | 8 | 124 | 48.4% | 5 | 12 | 41.7% | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
13 | Frano Vićan | GK | 8 | 34 | 13.3% | 1 | |||||||||||||
Team | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 8 | 256 | 100% | 73 | 204 | 35.8% | 55 | 107 | 35 | 37 | 19 | 32 | 59.4% | 85 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||
Against | 42 | 230 | 18.3% | 31 | 86 | 55 | 19 | 13 | 32 | 40.6% | 82 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
Cap No. |
Player | Pos | Saves/Shots | ||
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Saves | Shots | % | |||
1 | Josip Pavić | GK | 85 | 121 | 70.2% |
13 | Frano Vićan | GK | 10 | 16 | 62.5% |
Total | 95 | 137 | 69.3% |
Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2012 (p. 471).
Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies
Flag bearers
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Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, three male water polo players were given the honour to carry the flag for Croatia.
- Legend
- 2008 O – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2012 C – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with his team
# | Year | Country | Flag bearer | Birth | Age | Height | Team | Pos | Water polo tournaments | Period (age of first/last) |
Medals | Ref | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | G | S | B | T | |||||||||||
1 | 1996 O | ![]() |
Perica Bukić | 1966 | 30 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
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FP | 1984 | 1988 | 12 years (18/30) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | [2] | |||
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FP | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 2004 O | ![]() |
Dubravko Šimenc | 1966 | 37 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) |
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FP | 1988 | 16 years (21/37) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [20] | ||||
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FP | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||
3 | 2016 O | ![]() |
Josip Pavić | 1982 | 34 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
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GK | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 8 years (26/34) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | [7] |
See also
- Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
- Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
- Croatia at the Olympics
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
ISHOF
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External links
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