| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | France |
| City: | Paris |
| Venue: | Paris Aquatic Centre Paris La Défense Arena |
| Dates: | 28 July – 11 August |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Competitors: | 144 |
| Champion: | SRB |
| Count: | 3 |
| Second: | CRO |
| Third: | USA |
| Fourth: | HUN |
| Matches: | 42 |
| Goals: | 895 |
| Top Scorer: | Dušan Mandić (26 goals) |
| Mvp: | Dušan Mandić |
| Most Saves: | Adrian Weinberg (94 saves in 8 matches) |
| Previous: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2028 |
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was held from 28 July to 11 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatic Centre and Paris La Défense Arena.[1] It was the 28th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise has been held at every Olympics. Serbia captured their third title with a win over Croatia, while the United States won bronze (first medal since 2008) by defeating Hungary.[2]
See main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.
The twelve teams were seeded into two groups for a preliminary round. The teams in each group plaedy a round-robin. The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout round while the fifth- and sixth- placed teams were eliminated. The fifth placed teams was ranked ninth and tenth based on win–loss record, then goal average; the sixth-placed teams was ranked eleventh and twelfth in the same way. The knockout round began with quarterfinals and the winners advanced to the semifinals, while the quarterfinal losers played in the fifth- to eighth- place classification. The two semifinal winners played in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers played in the bronze medal match.[3]
The competition began on 28 July, and matches were held every other day.[4]
| Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | Sun 4 | Mon 5 | Tue 6 | Wed 7 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Sat 10 | Sun 11 | ||
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| G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||
The draw took place on 17 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar.[5]
The twelve teams in the men's tournament were drawn into two groups of six teams. The teams were seeded into six pots.[6]
| width=15% | Pot 1 | width=15% | Pot 2 | width=15% | Pot 3 | width=15% | Pot 4 | width=15% | Pot 5 | width=15% | Pot 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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See main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.
The following 24 referees were selected for the tournament.[7]
Nicholas Hodgers
Hélène Painchaud
Zhang Liang
Yasser Mehalhel
Aurélie Blanchard Sébastien Dervieux
Nóra Debreceni Tamás Kovács
Rafaele Colombo Alessia Ferrari
Chisato Kurosaki
Veselin Mišković
Adrian Alexandrescu
Vojin Putniković
Marta Cabañas David Gómez
Jennifer McCall Darren SpiritosantoAll times are local (UTC+2).
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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.
| Rank | Team[8] | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 |
| 1 | Dušan Mandić | 26 | 49 | 53 |
| 2 | Loren Fatović | 22 | 44 | 50 |
| 3 | Yusuke Inaba | 21 | 45 | 47 |
| 4 | Álvaro Granados | 20 | 51 | 39 |
| 5 | Stylianos Argyropoulos | 18 | 41 | 44 |
| Hannes Daube | 31 | 58 | ||
| 7 | Konstantin Kharkov | 17 | 35 | 49 |
| 8 | Milos Maksimovic | 16 | 39 | 41 |
| Alberto Munárriz | 43 | 37 | ||
| Bernat Sanahuja | 38 | 42 |
The all-star team was announced on 11 August 2024.[10]
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Adrian Weinberg | |
| Field players | Alvaro Granados | |
| Hannes Daube | ||
| Dusan Mandic | ||
| Yusuke Inaba | ||
| Loren Fatović | ||
| Krisztián Manhercz | ||
| Dusan Mandic |