In the 1996 Olympic Games American US metropolis Atlanta a competition in place water polo
The venue was the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
competition The five best teams at the World Cup in Atlanta from September 12 to 17, 1995 (Hungary, Italy, Russia, Spain, Croatia) were directly qualified for the Olympic tournament, with the USA as hosts. A qualification tournament in Berlin from February 10th to 18th, 1996 decided on the six other starting places. Yugoslavia, Greece, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Germany and Romania prevailed.
The four best teams from both preliminary round groups advanced to the quarter-finals. The fifth and sixth ranked teams fought a round for places 9 to 12.
Medalist
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country
player
1
Spain ESP
José María Abarca , Ángel Luis Andreo , Daniel Ballart , Pedro Francisco García , Salvador Gómez , Manuel Estiarte , Iván Moro , Miguel Ángel Oca , Jorge Payá , Sergi Pedrerol , Jesús Miguel Rollán , Carles Sans , Jordi Sans
2
Croatia CRO
Maro Balić , Perica Bukić , Damir Glavan , Igor Hinić , Vjekoslav Kobeščak , Joško Kreković , Ognjen Kržić , Dubravko Šimenc , Siniša Školneković , Ratko Štritof , Renato Vrbičić , Tino Vegar , Zdeslav Vrdoljak
3
Italy ITA
Alberto Angelini , Francesco Attolico , Fabio Bencivenga , Alessandro Bovo , Alessandro Calcaterra , Roberto Calcaterra , Marco Gerini , Alberto Ghibellini , Luca Giustolisi , Amedeo Pomilio , Francesco Postiglione , Carlo Silipo , Leonardo Sottani
Preliminary round Group A
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Hungary Hungary
5
0
0
47:38
+ 9
10
2.
Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992 Yugoslavia
3
1
1
46:44
+ 2
7th
3.
Spain Spain
3
0
2
39:33
+ 6
6th
4th
Russia Russia
2
1
2
42:38
+ 4
5
5.
Germany Germany
1
0
4th
36:45
- 9
2
6th
Netherlands Netherlands
0
0
5
36:48
- 12
0
20th of July
11:00
Netherlands
Yugoslavia 8:11 (2: 3, 2: 4, 2: 3, 2: 1)
12:40
Hungary Russia
8: 7 (1: 2, 1: 3, 4: 1, 2: 1)
16:40
Spain Germany
9: 3 (3: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1, 3: 0)
21 July
11:00
Yugoslavia
Russia
9: 9 (3: 3, 1: 1, 4: 2, 1: 3)
12:40
Germany
Hungary 8: 9 (1: 3, 3: 3, 3: 1, 1: 2)
16:40
Netherlands
Spain 7: 8 (1: 2, 0: 2, 3: 2, 3: 2)
22nd of July
11:00
Russia Germany
10: 8 (3: 2, 3: 3, 2: 1, 2: 2)
12:40
Spain
Yugoslavia 7: 9 (1: 2, 1: 3, 2: 2, 3: 2)
16:40
Hungary Netherlands
10: 8 (2: 2, 3: 2, 3: 2, 2: 2)
July 23
11:00
Yugoslavia Germany
9: 8 (2: 1, 1: 3, 5: 2, 1: 2)
12:40
Netherlands
Russia 5:10 (2: 2, 0: 3, 1: 2, 2: 3)
16:40
Spain
Hungary 7: 8 (2: 2, 2: 3, 1: 1, 2: 2)
24th July
11:00
Hungary Yugoslavia
12: 8 (4: 2, 3: 1, 4: 3, 1: 2)
12:40
Russia
Spain 6: 8 (3: 2, 0: 2, 3: 3, 0: 1)
16:40
Netherlands
Germany 8: 9 (2: 2, 0: 4, 5: 2, 1: 1)
Group B
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team
Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
1.
Italy Italy
5
0
0
48:38
+ 10
10
2.
United States United States
4th
0
1
45:37
+ 8
8th
3.
Croatia Croatia
3
0
2
51:39
+ 12
6th
4th
Greece Greece
2
0
3
37:38
- 1
4th
5.
Romania Romania
0
1
4th
31:45
- 14
1
6th
Ukraine Ukraine
0
1
4th
33:48
- 15
1
20th of July
15:00
Croatia Greece
8: 5 (3: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2)
18:20
Ukraine
Romania
6: 6 (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 2, 4: 2)
22:00
Italy United States
10: 7 (3: 1, 1: 3, 2: 0, 4: 3)
21 July
15:00
Romania
Croatia 6:11 (2: 5, 2: 1, 0: 2, 2: 3)
18:20
Italy Ukraine
8: 6 (2: 2, 4: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)
22:00
United States Greece
9: 7 (4: 2, 3: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2)
22nd of July
15:00
Greece Romania
8: 5 (3: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1)
18:20
Croatia
Italy 8:10 (1: 3, 2: 2, 2: 2, 3: 3)
22:00
Ukraine
United States 7: 9 (1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 5, 1: 2)
July 23
15:00
Italy Greece
10: 8 (1: 2, 2: 1, 4: 3, 3: 2)
18:20
Ukraine
Croatia
8:16 (0: 3, 1: 3, 1: 4, 6: 6)
22:00
United States Romania
10: 5 (2: 0, 4: 1, 3: 1, 1: 3)
24th July
15:00
Greece Ukraine
9: 6 (0: 0, 2: 1, 4: 1, 3: 4)
18:20
Italy Romania
10: 9 (2: 2, 3: 3, 3: 1, 2: 3)
22:00
Croatia
United States 8:10 (2: 2, 2: 2, 1: 4, 3: 2)
Placement round
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Victories
Unent.
Ndlg.
Gates
Diff.
Points
0 9.
Germany Germany
3
0
0
29:16
+ 13
6th
10.
Netherlands Netherlands
1
1
1
25:26
- 1
3
11.
Romania Romania
1
0
2
25:28
- 3
2
12.
Ukraine Ukraine
0
1
2
21:30
- 9
1
July 26th
11:00
Germany Ukraine
10: 4 (3: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1, 3: 2)
12:40
Netherlands Romania
10: 8 (3: 2, 2: 1, 4: 1, 1: 4)
July 27th
11:00
Germany Netherlands
9: 6 (1: 0, 2: 3, 3: 1, 3: 2)
12:40
Romania Ukraine
11: 8 (2: 0, 4: 3, 3: 2, 2: 3)
July 28th
08:00
Netherlands
Ukraine
9: 9 (1: 2, 5: 1, 2: 3, 1: 3)
09:30
Germany Romania
10: 6 (2: 2, 2: 0, 3: 2, 3: 2)
Final round Quarter finals
July 26th
15:00
Hungary Greece
12: 8 (3: 2, 4: 2, 2: 2, 3: 2)
16:40
Yugoslavia
Croatia 6: 8 (1: 3, 1: 2, 2: 1, 2: 2)
18:20
Spain United States
5: 4 (2: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 3)
22:10
Russia
Italy 9:11 (4: 4, 3: 2, 1: 3, 1: 2)
5th to 8th place
July 27th
15:00
Greece United States
7: 6 (1: 1, 3: 0, 1: 4, 2: 1)
20:40
Yugoslavia
Russia 15:16 a.d. (5: 4, 1: 2, 3: 3, 3: 3, 1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1)
Semifinals
July 27th
16:40
Croatia Italy
7: 6 n.V. (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2, 2: 0)
19:00
Hungary
Spain 6: 7 (2: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 3)
Game for 7th place
July 28th
11:30
United States Yugoslavia
12: 8 (2: 1, 5: 2, 2: 2, 3: 3)
Play for 5th place
July 28th
15:00
Greece
Russia 8:10 a.d. (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 2, 3: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)
3rd place match
July 28th
15:00
Hungary
Italy 18:20 a.d. (4: 3, 4: 4, 3: 2, 5: 7, 0: 3, 2: 1)
final
July 28th
16:30
Spain Croatia
7: 5 (0: 1, 1: 2, 4: 2, 2: 0)
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