Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | 6–20 August 2016 |
Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Serbia (1st title) |
Runner-up | Croatia |
Third place | Italy |
Fourth place | Montenegro |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches | 42 |
Goals scored | 704 (16.76 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Filip Filipović Guillermo Molina (19 goals) |
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The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro.
The draw was held on 10 April 2016.
Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.
The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.
The following referees were selected for the tournament.
Source: waterpolo.hu
Source: Rio2016
Source: Rio2016