Yugoslavia men's national water polo team

This article is about the national team of Yugoslavia until the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. For the team representing FR Yugoslavia, see FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team.

Yugoslavia
FINA codeYUG
AssociationWater Polo Federation of Yugoslavia
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Most capsIgor Milanović (349)
Top scorer(s)Milivoj Bebić (620)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances12 (first in 1936)
Best result (1968, 1984, 1988)
World Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1973)
Best result (1986, 1991)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1979)
Best result (1987, 1989)
European Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1927)
Best result (1991)
Medal record
Men's water polo
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team
1984 Los Angeles Team
1988 Seoul Team
1952 Helsinki Team
1956 Melbourne Team
1964 Tokyo Team
1980 Moscow Team
World Championship
1986 Madrid Team
1991 Perth Team
1973 Belgrade Team
1978 Berlin Team
European Championship
1991 Athens
1954 Turin
1958 Budapest
1962 Leipzig
1977 Jönköping
1985 Sofia
1987 Strasbourg
1989 Bonn
1950 Vienna
1966 Utrecht
1950 Vienna
1970 Barcelona
1974 Vienna
Fina World Cup
1987 Thessaloniki
1989 Berlin
1981 Long Beach
1991 Barcelona
1979 Belgrade/Rijeka
Mediterranean Games
1959 Beirut Team
1967 Tunis Team
1971 Izmir Team
1979 Split Team
1983 Casablanca Team
1963 Naples Team
1975 Algiers Team
1991 Athens Team

Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was the national water polo team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1929), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941) and the Federal Yugoslavia (1946–1992). They were one of strongest waterpolo teams in history of sport, having won 7 Olympic, 4 World Championship, 5 World Cup and 13 European Championship medals.

Olympic Games record

Main article: Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
Year[1] Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1900 did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 11 8 +3
1948 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 17 10 +7
1952 Runners-up 8 6 2 0 43 14 +29
1956 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 36 11 +25
1960 Fourth place 4th 7 5 0 2 27 14 +13
1964 Runners-up 7 6 1 0 41 10 +31
1968 Champions 9 7 1 1 86 35 +51
1972 Final Round 5th 9 5 1 3 52 43 +9
1976 Final Round 5th 8 1 5 2 46 34 +8
1980 Runners-up 8 5 2 1 58 34 +24
1984 Champions 7 6 1 0 72 49 +23
1988 Champions 7 6 0 1 83 55 +28
Total Qualified: 16/24 114 73 17 24 839 538 +301

World Championship record

Year[1] Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1973 Final Round 10 6 1 3 58 44 +14
1975 First round 13th 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3
1978 Final Round 11 7 0 4 64 39 +25
1982 Second round 7th 6 4 0 2 58 52 +6
1986 Champions 7 5 2 0 73 56 +17
1991 Champions 7 6 0 1 81 46 +35
Total Qualified: 6/6 44 30 3 11 349 249 +100

World Cup record

Year[1] Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1979 Final Round 7 5 0 2 38 32 +6
1981 Final Round 7 5 1 1 66 50 +16
1983 did not participate
1985 Final Round 4th 7 3 2 2 54 49 +5
1987 Champions 7 5 2 0 75 54 +21
1989 Champions 5 4 1 0 50 45 +15
1991 Final Round 5 4 0 1 35 28 +7
Total Qualified: 6/7 38 26 6 6 318 258 +60

European Championship record

Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
1926 did not participate
1927 9th
1931 did not participate
1934 5th
1938 did not participate
1947 8th
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1977
1981 4th
1983 4th
1985
1987
1989
1991
Total Qualified: 28/31

Player statistics

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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