Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Year:2012
Country:United Kingdom
City:London
Venue:Water Polo Arena
Dates:29 July – 12 August 2012
Num Teams:12
Confederations:4
Competitors:155
Champion:CRO
Count:1
Second:ITA
Third:SRB
Fourth:MNE
Matches:42
Goals:763
Multiple Appearances:5-time Olympian(s): 3 players
4-time Olympian(s): 14 players
Multiple Medalists:3-time medalist(s): 5 players
Top Scorer: Andrija Prlainović
(22 goals in 8 matches)
Most Saves: Stefano Tempesti
(87 saves in 8 matches)
Top Sprinter: Pietro Figlioli
Rhys Howden
(19 sprints won in 8 matches)
Mvp: Josip Pavić
Previous:2008
Next:2016

The men's tournament of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at London, Great Britain, began on 29 July and lasted until 12 August 2012.[1] All games were held at the Water Polo Arena.

Teams from twelve nations competed in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. A total of 42 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round.

Format

The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics:[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Medal round

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Classification

Bracket

5th–8th place semi-finals

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7th–8th place match

5th–6th place match

Final ranking

See main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics.

See also: National team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament.

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Statistics

See main article: List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics.

Multi-time Olympians

See main article: List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments.

Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players

Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players

Multiple medalists

See main article: List of Olympic medalists in water polo.

Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players

Leading goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals Matches
played
Goals
per match
Shots %
1 22 8 2.750 40 55.0%
2 19 8 2.375 43 44.2%
3 18 8 2.250 42 42.9%
8 2.250 37 48.6%
5 16 8 2.000 38 42.1%
8 2.000 33 48.5%
7 15 8 1.875 33 45.5%
8 1.875 41 36.6%
9 14 8 1.750 30 46.7%
8 1.750 23 60.9%
8 1.750 31 45.2%
8 1.750 30 46.7%
8 1.750 30 46.7%
Source: Official Results Book (page 466)

Leading goalkeepers

Rank Goalkeeper Team Saves Matches
played
Saves
per match
Shots %
1 87 8 10.875 147 59.2%
2 85 8 10.625 121 70.2%
3 75 8 9.375 135 55.6%
4 72 8 9.000 135 53.3%
5 59 8 7.375 122 48.4%
6 52 8 6.500 98 53.1%
7 51 8 6.375 104 49.0%
8 50 5 10.000 103 48.5%
9 48 5 9.600 97 49.5%
10 45 5 9.000 83 54.2%
Source: Official Results Book (page 462)

Leading sprinters

Rank Sprinter Team Sprints
won
Matches
played
Sprints won
per match
Sprints
contested
%
1 19 8 2.375 21 90.5%
8 2.375 24 79.2%
3 15 8 1.875 25 60.0%
4 11 8 1.375 16 68.8%
5 10 8 1.250 10 100%
8 1.250 15 66.7%
7 8 8 1.000 17 47.1%
8 7 8 0.875 13 53.8%
8 0.875 9 77.8%
8 0.875 11 63.6%
Source: Official Results Book (page 465)

Awards

The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012.

Most Valuable Player
Media All-Star Team

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. mog . dmy .
  2. Web site: London 2012 – Water Polo Competition Schedule. FINA. 2012-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20120627110337/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2730&Itemid=1257#. 2012-06-27. dead.
  3. Web site: Draw announced for Olympic Water Polo competition . 2012-06-12 . 2012-12-08 . https://archive.today/20121208213712/www.london2012.com/news/articles/draw-announced-for-olympic-water-polo-competition.html . dead .