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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BUDAPEST, Hungary. Seven thousand spectators—the vast majority sporting Magyar red, white and green—had jammed into temporary stands at the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Complex in Budapest, their excitement demonstrably on display as they roared in unison for...

If Hungary—finishing at the top of both its men’s and women’s groups—has been the most successful country thus far in 2017 FINA World Championships water polo play, Russia must be considered the most resilient. In back-to-back days, a Russian team has knocked out a favored squad to advance. On Sunda...

Bea Ortiz, Dusan Mandic Named World Aquatics Water Polo Athletes of the Year Spain’s Bea Ortiz and Dusan Mandic of Serbia were named Water Polo Athlete of the Year this week by World Aquatics. Mandic led Serbia to a third straight Olympic title. Mandic was the top scorer of the tournament with 26 go...

By Dan D’Addona After winning the European and world championships, Serbia’s men’s water polo team finally etched itself into Olympic history, winning the country’s first gold medal on Saturday at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Serbia defeated the defending Olympic champion Croatia team 11-7 to cap a s...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BUDAPEST, Hungary. On a positively brilliant night in Budapest, an almost indescribable program of water polo took place at the Alfred Hajos Pool. In front of an adoring crowd of over 7,000 fans, the Hungarian men’s team suffocated a frustrated Greek t...

By Dan D'Addona The U.S. men's water polo team's chance of advancing to the quarterfinals at the 2016 Rio Olympics was all but excluded when an exclusion penalty decided its match against Montenegro. Early in the fourth quarter, Alex Roelse was ejected for a match exclusion and Montenegro took full ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor As I wend my way across the Atlantic by air returning to Brooklyn, it seemed appropriate to wrap up my experience of Budapest and the 2017 FINA World Water Polo Championships. First, my congratulations to the winners—Croatia for the men and USA for the...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BROOKLYN, NY. After a respite to take in all that I experienced in Berlin at the FINA Men’s World Water Polo Cup 2018—and to finish transcribing an interview with Andrey Kryukov, Bureau Liaison for FINA’s Technical Water Polo Committee—here’s a stab at...

BUDAPEST, Hungary. After a positively unbelievable, uplifting and frankly exhausting evening of water polo at the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Complex, it seemed ideal to start piecing together some of the pieces of what is both an intricate puzzle as well as a concrete reality: Croatia has beaten its arch...

By Dan D’Addona The Croatia men’s water polo team got an offensive boost and is one win away from claiming two consecutive gold medals. Meanwhile, Serbia overcame a horrendous start to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, especially shocking as the pre-tournament favorite — and is stunningly headed to the fi...

Commentary by Dan D'Addona The oldest team sport in the Olympics could be headed for its most competitive tournament yet. Men's water polo has been dominated by a handful of teams since its inception in the 1900 Olympics with Hungary claiming nine golds, three silvers and three bronze medals in the ...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BUDAPEST, Hungary. It was a tough World Cup in Budapest for the world’s greatest water polo player. Filip Filipovic, Swimming World’s 2016 men’s water polo player of the year, was very frustrated by the officiating at the 2017 FINA World Championships....

The team of Hungary won the gold medal of the 2018 FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup, after beating Australia by 10-4 in the final match of the tournament, held in Berlin (GER), from September 11-16. The bronze medal of the competition went to Serbia, who comfortably defeated the host squad by 15-9. I...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Correspondent There’s no question that the FINA World Championship final between Croatia and Hungary, won 8-6 by the Croatians Saturday night at the Alfréd Hajós Swimming Complex, will be remembered for the Hungarians dramatic run to the title match, the Croatian’...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor BERLIN, Germany. At Europasportpark a burgeoning dream of German polo success took a major hit Saturday with a shootout loss to Australia. The 11-10 defeat—decided by 3-2 in penalty shots—ended Germany's thrilling run towards the title match of the FIN...

The European water polo teams met last night on Tuesday March 20 for their fifth round game of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2018. Playing at home in Podgorica, Montenegro beat Serbia 11-8, leading right from the start of the game but letting the Serbians come back in the last two quarters ...

By Dan D’Addona The Australian men’s water polo team needed a win and needed some help to reach the quarterfinals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The Aussies got the first in the final round of group play and are moving on. Australia defeated Greece 12-7 to reach the first part of the equation. The n...

By Dan D’Addona The Croatia men’s water polo team took a huge step toward repeating as Olympic gold medalists on Tuesday. The 2012 Olympic champions defeated host Brazil 10-6 in the quarterfinals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and their former coach. The Croatia defense shut down Brazil and goalie M...

FINA Men's Water Polo World League powerhouse Serbia won their second game of the European preliminaries last night (December 12) in Nis (SRB), beating Montenegro 7-4 (2-2, 2-2, 2-1, 1-1). In Group B, Russia and Germany scored 8 goals a piece (3-1, 2-2, 2-3, 1-2) in Dresden (GER) but Russia ended wi...

The European preliminary rounds of the FINA Men’s Water Polo World League 2018 kick off on Tuesday, Nov. 14, across various European cities. There are three groups to the tournament. Group A will consist of Romania, Montenegro and Serbia. Group B is Croatia, Germany and Russia. Group C is Spain, Hun...