1948 Summer Olympics / Water polo

A water polo tournament was held at the XIV Olympic Games in London in 1948 . The venue was the Wembley Empire Pool (now known as Wembley Arena ).

Medalist

space	country	player
1	ITA	Gildo Arena , Pasquale Buonocore , Emilio Bulgarelli , Aldo Ghira , Mario Majoni , Geminio Ognio , Gianfranco Pandolfini , Tullio Pandolfini , Cesare Rubini
2	HUN	Jenő Brandi , Oszkár Csuvik , Dezső Fábián , Dezső Gyarmati , Endre Györfi , Miklós Holop , László Jeney , Dezső Lemhényi , Pál Pók , Károly Szittya , István Szívós
3	NED	Cor Braasem , Ruud van Feggelen , Hennie Keetelaar , Nijs Korevaar , Joop Rohner , Frits Ruimschotel , Piet Salomons , Frits Smol , Hans Stam

competition

First round

Group A

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Belgium	1	1	0	14: 5	+ 9	3
2.	United States	1	1	0	11: 4	+ 7	3
3.	Uruguay	0	0	2	1:17	- 16	0

30th July	Belgium	Uruguay	10: 1
July 31	Uruguay	United States	0: 7
	Belgium	United States	4: 4

Group B

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	2	0	0	10: 2	+ 8	4th
2.	Spain	1	0	1	6: 5	+ 1	2
3.	Switzerland	0	0	2	2:11	- 9	0

29th of July	Sweden	Switzerland	6: 1
30th July	Sweden	Spain	4: 1
July 31	Switzerland	Spain	1: 5

Group C

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	2	0	0	26: 1	+ 25	4th
2.	India	1	0	1	8:16	- 8	2
3.	Chile	0	0	2	4:21	- 17th	0

30th July	Netherlands	India	12: 1
	Chile	India	4: 7
July 31	Netherlands	Chile	14: 0

Group D

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	1	1	0	13: 4	+ 9	3
2.	Yugoslavia	1	1	0	16: 7	+ 9	3
3.	Australia	0	0	2	3:21	- 18th	0

30th July	Italy	Australia	9-0
	Yugoslavia	Australia	12: 3
August 1st	Italy	Yugoslavia	4: 4

Group E

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hungary	2	0	0	16: 4	+ 12	4th
2.	Egypt	0	1	1	5: 8	- 3	1
3.	United Kingdom	0	1	1	5:14	- 9	1

July 31	Hungary	Great Britain	11: 2
	Egypt	Great Britain	3: 3
August 1st	Hungary	Egypt	5: 2

Group F.

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	2	0	0	11: 2	+ 9	4th
2.	Argentina	1	0	1	7: 6	+ 1	2
3.	Greece	0	0	2	3:13	- 10	0

30th July	France	Argentina	4: 1
	Argentina	Greece	6: 2
July 31	France	Greece	7: 1

Second round

Group G

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	1	1	0	8: 1	+ 7	3
2.	Belgium	0	2	0	5: 5	0	2
3.	United States	0	1	1	4:11	- 7th	1

August 2nd	Belgium	Sweden	1: 1
3rd August	United States	Sweden	0: 7

Group H.

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	2	0	0	17: 3	+ 14	4th
2.	Spain	1	0	1	13: 6	+ 7	2
3.	India	0	0	2	2:23	- 21	0

August 2nd	Spain	Netherlands	2: 5
3rd August	Spain	India	11: 1

Group I.

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	1	1	0	8: 7	+ 1	3
2.	Hungary	1	0	1	6: 5	+ 1	2
3.	Yugoslavia	0	1	1	5: 7	- 2nd	1

August 2nd	Italy	Hungary	4: 3
	Yugoslavia	Hungary	1: 3

Group J

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	France	1	1	0	7: 4	+ 3	3
2.	Egypt	0	2	0	7: 7	0	2
3.	Argentina	0	1	1	5: 8	- 3	1

August 2nd	Egypt	France	3: 3
	Egypt	Argentina	4: 4

Third round

Group K

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	2	1	0	13: 8	+ 5	5
2.	Belgium	1	2	0	8: 5	+ 3	4th
3.	Sweden	1	1	1	8: 7	+ 1	3
4th	Spain	0	0	3	4:13	- 9	0

4th of August	Belgium	Netherlands	3: 3
5th of August	Sweden	Netherlands	3: 5
	Belgium	Spain	4: 1

Group L

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	0	0	14: 6	+ 8	6th
2.	Hungary	2	0	1	13:10	+ 3	4th
3.	France	0	1	2	9:13	- 4th	1
4th	Egypt	0	1	2	6:13	- 7th	1

4th of August	Italy	Egypt	5: 1
	Hungary	France	5: 4
5th of August	Italy	France	5: 2

Final round

1st to 4th place

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	0	0	12: 7	+ 5	6th
2.	Hungary	1	1	1	10: 8	+ 2	3
3.	Netherlands	0	2	1	9:11	- 2nd	2
4th	Belgium	0	1	2	5:10	- 5th	1

6th of August	Hungary	Netherlands	4: 4
	Belgium	Italy	2: 4
August 7th	Belgium	Hungary	0: 3
	Netherlands	Italy	2: 4

5th to 8th place

space	team	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Gates	Diff.	Points
5.	Sweden	2	1	0	8: 4	+ 4	5
6th	France	1	2	0	6: 5	+ 1	4th
7th	Egypt	1	1	1	8: 7	+ 1	3
8th.	Spain	0	0	3	3: 9	- 6	0

6th of August	Sweden	Egypt	3: 2
	Spain	France	1: 2
August 7th	Spain	Egypt	1: 3
	Sweden	France	1: 1

source

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , pp. 101-102.