Serbia at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Sporting event delegation

Serbia at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships

Flag of Serbia

FINA code| SRB
National federation| Serbian Swimming Federation
Website| serbia-swim.org.rs (in Serbian)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors| 23 in 4 sports
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

World Aquatics Championships appearances

* 2007
* 2009
* 2011
* 2013
* 2015
* 2017
* 2019
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)
Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)

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

## Artistic swimming

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Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia entered 2 artistic swimmers.

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Jelena Kontić
Ivan Martinović | Duet technical routine | 169.6216  | 11 Q | 191.1167  | 9
Duet free routine | 143.0189  | 8 Q | 146.5708  | 6

## Open water swimming

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Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia entered 1 open water swimmer.[1]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Tamás Farkas | Men's 5 km | 56:53.5  | 25

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia entered 5 swimmers.[2][3][4][5][6]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Andrej Barna | 50 metre freestyle | 22.52  | 40  | Did not advance
100 metre freestyle | 48.20  | 12 Q | 48.43  | 15  | Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović | 200 metre freestyle | 1:47.93  | 27  | Did not advance
400 metre freestyle | 3:54.25  | 30  | —  | Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović
Andrej Barna
Nikola Aćin
Uroš Nikolić | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:14.36  | 10  | —  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Anja Crevar | 200 metre butterfly | 2:10.98  | 16 Q | 2:11.65  | 16  | Did not advance
400 metre individual medley | 4:46.26  | 22  | —  | Did not advance

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Playoff  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Serbia | Men's tournament |  Spain
L 14–16  |  South Africa
W 30–5  |  Montenegro
W 17–15  | 2 QP |  Japan
W 16–10  |  Italy
W 15–14  |  Greece
L 7–13  |  Spain
L 6–9  | 4

### Men's tournament

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

Team roster

The following is the Serbian roster.[7]

Head coach: Uroš Stevanović

* 1 Vladimir Mišović GK
* 2 Marko Radulović FP
* 3 Strahinja Rašović FP
* 4 Sava Ranđelović FP
* 5 Đorđe Lazić FP
* 6 Vuk Milojević FP
* 7 Radomir Drašović FP
* 8 Nikola Jakšić FP
* 9 Filip Janković FP
* 10 Nemanja Ubović FP
* 11 Đorđe Vučinić FP
* 12 Vasilije Martinović FP
* 13 Branislav Mitrović GK
* Bogdan Gavrilović FP
* Marko Dimitrijević FP

Group play
Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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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
20:30  | Report | Serbia | 14-16 |  Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

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Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 5–5, 4–3
Rašović 6  | Goals | Granados 5

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19 July 2023
16:00  | Report | South Africa | 5-30 |  Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
David Couper (NZL), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)

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Score by quarters: 1–8, 1–9, 1–7, 2–6
Laurenson 2  | Goals | Jakšić, Rašović 6

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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)

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Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–2, 2–3, 4–2  PSO: 4–2
Vučinić 5  | Goals | Matković 3

Playoffs
23 July 2023
18:30  | Report | Japan | 10-16 |  Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE)

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Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–7, 3–3
Inaba 4  | Goals | Radulović, Rašović 3

Quarterfinals
25 July 2023
16:30  | Report | Italy | 14-15 |  Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Michiel Zwartt (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)

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Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 4–4, 2–2  PSO: 3–4
Di Fulvio 3  | Goals | Rašović 4

Semifinals
27 July 2023
17:00  | Report | Greece | 13-7  |  Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

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Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 3–3, 4–2
Argyropoulos, Kakaris 3  | Goals | Jakšić, Rašović 2

Third place game
29 July 2023
13:00  | Report | Serbia | 6-9 |  Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)

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Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 0–2, 1–1
Rašović 3  | Goals | Granados 3

## References

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1. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
2. ^ "Andrej BARNA｜Results｜AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
3. ^ "Velimir STJEPANOVIĆ｜Results｜AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
4. ^ "Nikola AĆIN｜Results｜AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
5. ^ "Uroš NIKOLIĆ｜Results｜AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
6. ^ "Anja CREVAR｜Results｜AQUA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
7. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster SRB" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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Nations at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

Americas|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Curaçao
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Sint Maarten
* Suriname
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

Oceania|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam
* Marshall Islands
* Micronesia
* New Zealand
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Others|

* World Aquatics Refugee Team
* Suspended Member Federation

*[BM]: Bronze medal match
*[Pos]: Position
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[PSW]: Won after penalties
*[PSL]: Lost after penalties
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GD]: Goal difference
*[Pts]: Points