Water polo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Water polo competition

International handball competition

Water polo
at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Tournament details
Host country|  Algeria
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates| 24–30 June
Teams| 9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions|  Serbia (3rd title)
Runner-up|  Montenegro
Third place|  Spain
Fourth place|  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 22
Goals scored| 474 (21.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Nikola Kojić
Jaša Lah
(17 goals)[1]

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The water polo tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran took place between 24 and 30 June at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center in Bir El Djir, Oran.[2] The competition was held only for men's teams.[3][4]

## Medal summary

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### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men[5] |  Serbia
Vuk Anđelić
Bogdan Brešćanski
Marko Dimitrijević
Bogdan Gavrilović
Nikola Kojić
Aleksandar Kovačević
Mitar Maraš
Petar Pajković
Zoran Poznanović
Nikola Vuk Radulović
Petar Stanić
Viktor Urošević
Radosav Virijević |  Montenegro
Neđo Baštrica
Andrija Bjelica
Danilo Dragović
Danilo Krivokapić
Pavle Krivokapić
Milan Nikaljević
Draško Samardžić
Danilo Stupar
Balša Vučković
Lazar Vukićević
Vladan Vukićević
Dušan Vuković
Miloš Vukšić |  Spain
Hugo Castro
Marc Frigola
Didac García
Gerard Gil
Biel Gomila
Luca de la Cruz
Javier Ibáñez
Daniel Ivaylov
Robert López
Javier Otero
Jan Pérez
Xavier Teclas
Joan Villamayor

## Participating teams

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* France
* Greece
* Italy
* Montenegro
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey

## Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Spain | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 41  | 27  | +14  | 6  | Semifinals
2  |  Italy | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 31  | 22  | +9  | 4
3  |  Greece | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 38  | 29  | +9  | 2  | Fifth place game
4  |  Turkey | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 17  | 49  | −32  | 0  | Seventh place game

Source: Oran 2022

24 June 2022
16:00  | Report | Greece | 11-12 |  Spain | Oran
Referees:
Igor Virijević (SRB), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 4–2, 3–4
four players 2  | Goals | López 5
24 June 2022
18:00  | Report | Turkey | 2-13 |  Italy | Oran
Referees:
Matevž Homovec (SLO), Eurico da Silva (POR)

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Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 0–2, 0–5
Caner, Kuloğlu 1  | Goals | Cora, Taramasco 4

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26 June 2022
16:00  | Report | Spain | 14-8  |  Italy | Oran
Referees:
Igor Virijević (SRB), Andrija Đurašković (MNE)

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Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 5–2, 4–2
Castro 4  | Goals | Nenni 3
26 June 2022
18:00  | Report | Greece | 21-7  |  Turkey | Oran
Referees:
Eurico da Silva (POR), Matevž Homovec (SLO)

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Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 7–1, 6–1
Spachits 4  | Goals | Erçıkdı, Koyuncu 2

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28 June 2022
16:00  | Report | Spain | 15-8  |  Turkey | Oran
Referees:
Matevž Homovec (SLO), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)

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Score by quarters: 6–3, 1–2, 4–2, 4–1
Frigola, Gil 3  | Goals | Caner 5
28 June 2022
18:00  | Report | Italy | 10-6  |  Greece | Oran
Referees:
Eurico da Silva (POR), Igor Virijević (SRB)

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Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 3–2, 2–1
Bragantini, Nenni 3  | Goals | Almyras, Kandanoleon 2

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Serbia | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 65  | 24  | +41  | 8  | Semifinals
2  |  Montenegro | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 58  | 27  | +31  | 6
3  |  Slovenia | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 41  | 45  | −4  | 4  | Fifth place game
4  |  France | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 37  | 55  | −18  | 2  | Seventh place game
5  |  Portugal | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 22  | 72  | −50  | 0  |

Source: Oran 2022

24 June 2022
10:00  | Report | Slovenia | 18-5  |  Portugal | Oran
Referees:
Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)

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Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 4–2, 4–2
Lah 6  | Goals | Moreira 4
24 June 2022
12:00  | Report | France | 8-16 |  Montenegro | Oran
Referees:
Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)

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Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 1–4, 3–4
Mas, Rodrigues 4  | Goals | L. Vukičević 5

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25 June 2022
10:00  | Report | Portugal | 10-15 |  France | Oran
Referees:
Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–5
Moreira 3  | Goals | Mas 5
25 June 2022
12:00  | Report | Serbia | 22-6  |  Slovenia | Oran
Referees:
Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)

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Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 7–1, 9–1
Kovačević 4  | Goals | Lah 3

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26 June 2022
10:00  | Report | France | 7-18 |  Serbia | Oran
Referees:
Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE)

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Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–8, 3–2, 1–4
Mathieu 3  | Goals | Kojić 6
26 June 2022
12:00  | Report | Montenegro | 23-4  |  Portugal | Oran
Referees:
Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)

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Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 6–1, 7–0
Vučković 5  | Goals | Moreira, Santiago 2

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27 June 2022
10:00  | Report | Serbia | 9-8  |  Montenegro | Oran
Referees:
Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE)

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Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–1, 4–2
Kojić 3  | Goals | Baštrica 2
27 June 2022
12:00  | Report | Slovenia | 11-7  |  France | Oran
Referees:
Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)

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Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 4–1, 3–3
Zdravkovič Gligorovski 3  | Goals | Roussel 2

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28 June 2022
10:00  | Report | Montenegro | 11-6  |  Slovenia | Oran
Referees:
Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE)

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Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–4, 1–2, 3–0
Vučković, L. Vukičević 3  | Goals | Čanč 2
28 June 2022
12:00  | Report | Portugal | 3-16 |  Serbia | Oran
Referees:
Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)

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Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–4, 1–5
Santiago 3  | Goals | Dimitrijević, Kovačević 3

## Final round

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### Bracket

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| Semifinals| | Gold medal

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|  Spain| 9

| 30 June

|  Montenegro| 10 |

|  Montenegro| 8

| 29 June

| |  Serbia| 9

|  Serbia| 8

|  Italy| 7 |

| Bronze medal

| 30 June

|  Spain| 16

|  Italy| 8

### Semifinals

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29 June 2022
15:00  | Report | Spain | 9-10 |  Montenegro | Oran
Referees:
Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Igor Virijević (SRB)

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Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–3, 2–4
three players 2  | Goals | Baštrica 4
29 June 2022
17:00  | Report | Serbia | 8-7  |  Italy | Oran
Referees:
Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)

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Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 1–4, 2–2
Dimitrijević, Gavrilović 2  | Goals | Taramasco 3

### Seventh place game

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29 June 2022
10:00  | Report | Turkey | 10-11 |  France | Oran
Referees:
Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Matevž Homovec (SLO)

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Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 4–3, 4–4
Caner 5  | Goals | Mas 3

### Fifth place game

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29 June 2022
12:00  | Report | Greece | 16-12  |  Slovenia | Oran
Referees:
Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)

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Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–4, 5–4, 4–3
Bitsakos, Mathiopoulos 3  | Goals | Lah 5

### Bronze medal game

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30 June 2022
10:00  | Report | Spain | 16-8  |  Italy | Oran
Referees:
Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Eurico da Silva (POR)

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Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–1, 5–2, 5–1
Castro 4  | Goals | three players 2

### Gold medal game

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30 June 2022
13:00  | Report | Montenegro | 8-9 |  Serbia | Oran
Referees:
Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)

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Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–4, 3–2, 1–2
L. Vukičević 3  | Goals | Gavrilović, Kojić 2

## Final standings

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Rank[6] | Team

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|  Serbia
|  Montenegro
|  Spain
4 |  Italy
5 |  Greece
6 |  Slovenia
7 |  France
8 |  Turkey
9 |  Portugal

## References

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1. ^ "Water Polo – Men – Individual Statistics – Leading Scorers" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. ^ "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). Oran 2022. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
3. ^ "الألعاب المتوسطية وهران-2022 : اجراء عملية قرعة الرياضات الجماعية". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
4. ^ "JM Oran-2022: résultats du tirage au sort des sports collectifs". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
5. ^ "Water Polo – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
6. ^ "Final standing" (PDF). results.oran2022.dz. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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