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

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. 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. After the Rio Olympics, Serbia national team held Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, World Cup and World League titles simultaneously.

Draw
The draw was held on 10 April 2016.

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.

Referees
The following referees were selected for the tournament.


 * 🇦🇷 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 A


  

  

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Bracket
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 * 5th place bracket

Quarter-finals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semi-finals
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Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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Multi-time Olympians
Five-time Olympian(s): 2 players
 * : Stefano Tempesti (GK)
 * : Tony Azevedo

Four-time Olympian(s): 7 players
 * : Damir Burić, Xavier García
 * : Christos Afroudakis
 * : Pietro Figlioli
 * : Predrag Jokić
 * : Guillermo Molina
 * : Jesse Smith

Multiple medalists
Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players
 * : Filip Filipović, Živko Gocić, Slobodan Nikić, Duško Pijetlović, Andrija Prlainović

Leading goalscorers
Source: Official Results Book (page 100)

Leading goalkeepers
Source: Official Results Book (page 102)

Leading sprinters
Source: Official Results Book (page 99)

Awards
The men's all-star team was announced on 20 August 2016.


 * Most Valuable Player
 * 🇷🇸 Filip Filipović (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)