Canada men's national water polo team
Appearance
FINA code | CAN |
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Association | Water Polo Canada |
Confederation | UANA (Americas) |
Head coach | Patrick Oaten |
Asst coach | Gyula Tóth |
Captain | Jérémie Blanchard |
FINA ranking (since 2008) | |
Current | 19 (as of August 9, 2021) |
Highest | 7 (2015) |
Olympic Games (team statistics) | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 1972) |
Best result | 9th place (1976) |
World Championship | |
Appearances | 18 (first in 1975) |
Best result | 8th place (2009) |
World League | |
Appearances | 12 (first in 2005) |
Best result | 6th place (2008, 2014) |
Pan American Games | |
Appearances | 15 (first in 1963) |
Best result | (2011, 2019) |
ASUA Cup (UANA Cup) | |
Best result | (2011, 2013, 2015) |
Commonwealth Championship | |
Appearances | 2 (first in 2002) |
Best result | (2002) |
Media | |
Website | waterpolo.ca |
The Canada men's national water polo team represents Canada in international men's water polo competitions and friendly matches. The team is overseen by Water Polo Canada, a member of the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). The team qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China by finishing fourth at 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Romania.
Results
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]World Championship
[edit]- 1975 – 14th place[1]
- 1978 – 14th place
- 1982 – 14th place
- 1986 – 13th place
- 1991 – 13th place
- 1994 – 14th place
- 1998 – 13th place
- 2001 – 15th place
- 2003 – 14th place
- 2005 – 13th place
- 2007 – 12th place
- 2009 – 8th place
- 2011 – 10th place
- 2013 – 11th place
- 2015 – 9th place
- 2017 – 15th place
- 2022 – Withdrew[2]
- 2023 – 12th place
FINA World League
[edit]- 2005 – Semifinal round[1]
- 2006 – 9th place
- 2007 – 7th place
- 2008 – 6th place
- 2011 – 7th place
- 2012 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
- 2013 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
- 2014 – 6th place
- 2015 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
- 2018 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
- 2019 – 8th place
- 2022 – 8th place
Pan American Games
[edit]ASUA Cup (UANA Cup)
[edit]- 2011 – Gold medal
- 2013a – Gold medal
- 2013b – Silver medal
- 2015 – Gold medal
- 2017 – Silver medal
- 2019 – Bronze medal
- 2023 – Gold medal
Commonwealth Championship
[edit]- 2002 – Gold medal
- 2006 – Silver medal
Team
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Squad for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.[3]
Head coach: Patrick Oaten
- 1 Milan Radenovic GK
- 2 Gaelan Patterson FP
- 3 Bogdan Djerkovic FP
- 4 Nicolas Constantin-Bicari FP
- 5 Matt Halajian FP
- 6 Jérémie Blanchard FP
- 7 Nikos Gerakoudis FP
- 8 Jeremie Cote FP
- 9 Aleksa Gardijan FP
- 10 Aria Soleimanipak FP
- 11 David Lapins FP
- 12 Léo Hachem FP
- 13 Brody McKnight GK
Past squads
[edit]- 1972 Olympic Games
- 1976 Olympic Games
- 1984 Olympic Games
- John Anderson, Rene Bol, Geoff Brown, Brian Collyer, Simon Deschamps, Dominique Dion, George Gross, Sylvain Huet, Alexander Juhasz, Bill Meyer, Paul Pottier, Gordon Vantol, and Rick Zayonc. Coaching Staff: Head Coach Gabor Csepregi; Assistant Coaches Robert Thompson and David Hart; Manager John MacMaster.
- 1999 Pan American Games
- 2003 World Championship
- 2003 Pan American Games
- 2005 World Championship
- 2007 FINA World League
- 2007 Pan American Games
- Robin Randall, Con Kudaba, Andrew Robinson, Kevin Mitchell, Kevin Graham, Thomas Marks (captain), Brandon Jung, Daniel Stein, Aaron Feltham, Noah Miller, Jean Sayegh, Nathaniel Miller, and Nic Youngblud. Head Coach: Dragan Jovanović.
- 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
- 2008 Olympic Games
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Canada Men's Team withdraws from 19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022". Water Polo Canada. June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster CAN" (PDF). Omega Timing. July 15, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 16, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.