{"id":594946,"date":"2024-08-06T03:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=594946"},"modified":"2024-08-06T03:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:53:57","slug":"olympic-mens-water-polo-greece-spain-win-groups-u-s-tops-croatia-for-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-mens-water-polo-greece-spain-win-groups-u-s-tops-croatia-for-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Men\u2019s Water Polo: Greece, Spain Win Groups; U.S. Tops Croatia for Third"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic Men\u2019s Water Polo: Greece, Spain Win Groups; U.S. Tops Croatia for Third<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greece and Spain wrapped up their groups in the final round-robin day of Olympic men’s water polo play Monday, while the U.S. scored a 14-11 win over Croatia to finish third in its group.<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals are set for Wednesday, with Croatia taking on Spain and Greece taking on Serbia. The U.S. will battle with Australia \u2013 which lost a shocker, 14-13, to Japan to wrap up the group \u2013 and Ital will take on Hungary in the nightcap.<\/p>\n

The U.S. roared out to a 10-5 lead at half to get the better of Croatia. It shot 14-for-24 (58 percent) from the field. Hannes Daube<\/strong> scored three goals to go with three assists. Max Irving<\/strong> had three goals and two helpers, and Ryder Dodd<\/strong> and Alex Bowen<\/strong> had two goals and one assist each. Adrian Weinberg<\/strong> had nine saves.<\/p>\n

Croatia got as close as two goals in the final 90 seconds, but Bowen scored with 1:10 left to restore a three-goal lead and put the game away.<\/p>\n

Konstantin Kharkov<\/strong> led Croatia with five goals. Loren Fatovic<\/strong> had three goals and one assist.<\/p>\n