Hungary men's national water polo team explained

Hungary
Fina Code:	HUN
Association:	Hungarian Water Polo Federation
Confederation:	LEN
Coach:	Zsolt Varga
Captain:	Szilárd Jansik
Most Caps:	Tibor Benedek (384)
Fina Ranking:	4
Fina Ranking Date:	9 August 2021
Fina Highest:	1
Fina Highest Year:	2008, 2013
Fina Lowest:	7
Fina Lowest Year:	2011
Olympics Apps:	24
Olympics First:	1912
Olympics Best:	(1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008)
5-Time Olympian:	Dezső Gyarmati (1948–1964) Tibor Benedek (1992–2008) Tamás Kásás (1996–2012)
Olympics Most Medals:	Dezső Gyarmati (5 medals, 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze)
Olympics Top Scorer:	Tibor Benedek (65 goals, 1992–2008)
Olympics Flag Bearer:	István Szívós Sr. (1980) Péter Biros (2012)
World Champ Apps:	21
World Champ First:	1973
World Champ Best:	(1973, 2003, 2013, 2023)
World Champ Most Titles:	Norbert Madaras (2003, 2013)
World Cup Apps:	14
World Cup First:	1979
World Cup Best:	(1979, 1995, 1999, 2018)
World Cup Most Medals:	Rajmund Fodor (6 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze)
World League Apps:	10
World League First:	2002
World League Best:	(2003, 2004)
Regional Cup Name:	European Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	34
Regional Cup First:	1926
Regional Cup Best:	(1926, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1997, 1999, 2020)
2Ndregional Cup Name:	Europa Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	2
2Ndregional Cup First:	2018
2Ndregional Cup Best:	(2019)
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes
Last Updated:	3 July 2021

The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Hungarian Water Polo Association. It is considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 16 Olympic, 12 World Championship,^[1] 10 FINA World Cup, eight FINA World League, 26 European Championship and 17 Summer Universiade medals for a total of 91.

Competitive record

Medals

Updated after 2023 World Championships

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	9	3	4	16
Friendship Games	0	1	0	1
World Championship	4	7	1	12
World Cup	4	4	2	10
World League	2	5	1	8
European Championship	13	7	6	26
Europa Cup	1	0	0	1
Mediterranean Games	0	0	0	0
Summer Universiade	5	6	6	17
Total	38	33	20	91

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place  

Olympic Games

See main article: Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

Hungary missed five Olympics, but they have won the title nine times, which is a record. As of today, there are only seven tournaments in which Hungary participated but did not receive a medal.^[2]

Games	Round	Position
1900 Paris	did not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm	First round	5th of 6	2	0	0	2	9	11	−2
1920 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Paris	Quarter-finals	5th of 13	4	2	0	2	17	17	0
1928 Amsterdam	Runners-up	2nd of 14	4	3	0	1	26	8	+18
1932 Los Angeles	Champions	1st of 5	3	3	0	0	31	2	+29
1936 Berlin	Champions	1st of 16	7	6	1	0	44	4	+40
1948 London	Runners-up	2nd of 18	7	5	1	1	34	17	+17
1952 Helsinki	Champions	1st of 21	8	6	2	0	53	16	+37
1956 Melbourne	Champions	1st of 10	6	6	0	0	26	4	+22
1960 Rome	Third place	3rd of 16	7	4	2	1	37	18	+19
1964 Tokyo	Champions	1st of 13	6	5	1	0	34	13	+21
1968 Mexico City	Third place	3rd of 15	8	7	0	1	54	26	+28
1972 Munich	Runners-up	2nd of 16	8	6	2	0	42	21	+21
1976 Montreal	Champions	1st of 12	8	7	1	0	45	32	+13
1980 Moscow	Third place	3rd of 12	8	5	1	2	51	44	+7
1984 Los Angeles	did not participate
1988 Seoul	5th–8th placement	5th of 12	7	3	2	2	72	57	+15
1992 Barcelona	5th–8th placement	6th of 12	7	3	2	2	65	62	+3
1996 Atlanta	Fourth place	4th of 12	8	6	0	2	83	73	+10
2000 Sydney	Champions	1st of 12	8	6	0	2	78	57	+21
2004 Athens	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	59	39	+20
2008 Beijing	Champions	1st of 12	7	6	1	0	85	55	+30
2012 London	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	8	5	0	3	98	80	+18
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	8	4	4	0	91	66	+25
2020 Tokyo	Third place	3rd of 12	8	5	1	2	94	60	+34
2024 Paris	Fourth place	4th of 12	8	3	2	3	87	80	+7
Total	24/29	9 Titles	162	113	23	26	1,315	862	+453

World Championships

Hungary has taken part in every World Championships. They have won this championship four times: in 1973, 2003, 2013 and 2023.^[2]

Year	Position
	9th
	5th
	5th
	5th
	4th
		7	5	1	1	76	54	+22
	6th	6	4	0	2	81	40	+41
		6	4	1	1	62	37	+25
	4th	6	4	0	2	87	51	+36
	7th	6	4	0	2	79	56	+23
		6	6	0	0	84	64	+20
	7th	6	3	1	2	86	54	+32
Total	21/21

World Cup

The Hungarian national team missed three editions of the World Cup, but they won it four times: in 1979, 1995, 1999 and 2018.^[2]

Year	Position
		7	5	1	1	37	28	+9
	6th	7	3	0	4	64	56	+8
	7th	7	0	4	3	57	64	−7
	did not participate
1987
		5	3	0	2	40	36	+4
	4th	5	2	1	2	48	42	+6
		5	4	0	1	39	30	+9
		5	4	1	0	51	34	+17
		5	3	1	1	38	29	+9
		5	4	0	1	44	24	+20
		6	3	0	3	48	43	+5
		5	4	0	1	57	35	+22
	did not participate
		6	4	2	0	61	35	+26
		6	5	0	1	70	57	+13
	4th	3	1	0	2	27	28	−1
Total	14/17	77	45	10	22	681	541	+140

World League

Hungary has taken part in the first edition of the FINA Water Polo World League in 2002. They have won the gold medal one and two years later. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2012, Hungary did not participate in the World League.^[2]

Year	Position
		16	13	0	3	188	119	+69
		5	5	0	0	56	35	+21
		14	11	0	3	150	114	+36
		14	11	0	3	178	113	+65
	did not participate
		14	13	0	1	187	100	+87
	did not participate
2009
2010
2011
2012
		6	4	0	2	66	59	+7
		10	8	0	2	103	73	+30
	6th	12	9	0	3	156	105	+51
	did not qualify
	did not participate
		10	6	2	2	106	73	+33
2019	5th	6	3	2	1	78	67	+11
2020	did not qualify
2022
Total	10/20	107	83	4	20	1,268	858	+410

European Championships

Hungary missed only one European Championship, in 1950, and they have won the tournament 13 times, which is (as in the World Championships) a record. No team has a better result than Hungary in history of the European Championship.

Year	Position
		3	3	0	0	16	3	+13
		3	3	0	0	14	6	+8
	4th
	did not participate
	5th
	5th
	5th
	9th
	5th
	4th
	8th	7	2	1	4	52	54	−2
		6	4	2	0	89	43	+46
		6	5	0	1	92	44	+48
	4th	6	3	0	3	58	59	−1
Total	35/36

Friendship Games

Year	Position
		5	3	1	1	68	43	+25
Total	2/6	5	3	1	1	68	43	+25

Europa Cup

• 2018 – 6th place
• 2019 – Gold medal

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Individual all-time records

Most appearances and goals

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

	Player	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Tibor Benedek	1990–2008	384
2	ifj. István Szívós	1966–1980	308
3	Dániel Varga	2005–present	278
4	Norbert Hosnyánszky	2005–present	258
4	Tamás Faragó	1970–1985	258
6	Dénes Varga	2004–present	246
7	György Gerendás	1975–1986	230
8	Zoltán Kósz	1986–2001, 2006	228
9	Endre Molnár	1966–1980	189
10	László Sárosi	1966–1978	634

Statistics accurate as of matches played 18 January 2016

Olympic statistics

See main article: Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics.

Five-time Olympians

• Dezső Gyarmati: 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964;
• Tibor Benedek: 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008;
• Tamás Kásás: 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012.

Olympians with four or more medals

• Dezső Gyarmati: 5 medals, 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964);
• György Kárpáti: 4 medals, 3 gold and 1 bronze (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964).
• András Bodnár: 4 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972).
• ifj. István Szívós: 4 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980).

Olympians with three gold medals

• Dezső Gyarmati: 1952, 1956, 1964 ;
• György Kárpáti: 1952, 1956, 1964 ;
• Tibor Benedek: 2000, 2004, 2008 ;
• Péter Biros: 2000, 2004, 2008 ;
• Tamás Kásás: 2000, 2004, 2008 ;
• Gergely Kiss: 2000, 2004, 2008 ;
• Tamás Molnár: 2000, 2004, 2008 ;
• Zoltán Szécsi: 2000, 2004, 2008 .

World Championship statistics

Players with four or more medals

• Norbert Madaras: 4 medals, 2 gold and 2 silver (2003, 2005, 2007, 2013);
• Rajmund Fodor: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998, 2003, 2005, 2007);
• Tamás Kásás: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998, 2003, 2005, 2007);
• Gergely Kiss: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998, 2003, 2005, 2007);
• Tamás Molnár: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998, 2003, 2005, 2007);
• Tibor Benedek: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1991, 1998, 2003, 2007).

Players with two gold medals

• Norbert Madaras: 2003, 2013 .
• Dénes Varga: 2013, 2023
• Márton Vámos: 2013, 2023

World Cup statistics

Players with four or more medals

• Rajmund Fodor: 6 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2006);
• Tamás Kásás: 5 medals, 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2006);
• Tibor Benedek: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1993, 1995, 1997, 2002);
• Gergely Kiss: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1997, 1999, 2002, 2006);
• Tamás Molnár: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1997, 1999, 2002, 2006).

Players with two gold medals

• Rajmund Fodor: 1995, 1999 ;
• Tamás Kásás: 1995, 1999 ;
• Zoltán Kósz: 1995, 1999 ;
• Frank Tóth: 1995, 1999 ;
• Balázs Vincze: 1995, 1999 .

Awards

• Hungarian Sport Team of the Year

1958, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013

See also

• Blood in the Water match
• Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Hungary women's national water polo team
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

External links

• • Hungarian Water Polo official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hungary makes it title #3 with a heart-stopper over Montenegro . 3 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141229/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4080 . 14 July 2014 .
2. mnt . dmy .