Water polo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Water polo
at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	24–30 June
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia (3rd title)
Runner-up	Montenegro
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	474 (21.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nikola Kojić; Jaša Lah; (17 goals)
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The water polo tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran took place between 24 and 30 June at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center in Bir El Djir, Oran.^[2] The competition was held only for men's teams.^[3]^[4]

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men^[5]	Serbia Vuk Anđelić Bogdan Brešćanski Marko Dimitrijević Bogdan Gavrilović Nikola Kojić Aleksandar Kovačević Mitar Maraš Petar Pajković Zoran Poznanović Nikola Vuk Radulović Petar Stanić Viktor Urošević Radosav Virijević	Montenegro Neđo Baštrica Andrija Bjelica Danilo Dragović Danilo Krivokapić Pavle Krivokapić Milan Nikaljević Draško Samardžić Danilo Stupar Balša Vučković Lazar Vukićević Vladan Vukićević Dušan Vuković Miloš Vukšić	Spain Hugo Castro Marc Frigola Didac García Gerard Gil Biel Gomila Luca de la Cruz Javier Ibáñez Daniel Ivaylov Robert López Javier Otero Jan Pérez Xavier Teclas Joan Villamayor

Participating teams

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	41	27	+14	6	Semifinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	31	22	+9	4	Semifinals
3	Greece	3	1	2	38	29	+9	2	Fifth place game
4	Turkey	3	0	3	17	49	−32	0	Seventh place game

Source: Oran 2022

24 June 2022 16:00	Report	Greece	11–12	Spain	Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 4–2, 3–4
		four players 2	Goals	López 5

24 June 2022 18:00	Report	Turkey	2–13	Italy	Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Eurico da Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–4, 0–2, 0–5
		Caner, Kuloğlu 1	Goals	Cora, Taramasco 4

26 June 2022 16:00	Report	Spain	14–8	Italy	Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Andrija Đurašković (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 5–2, 4–2
		Castro 4	Goals	Nenni 3

26 June 2022 18:00	Report	Greece	21–7	Turkey	Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Matevž Homovec (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 7–1, 6–1
		Spachits 4	Goals	Erçıkdı, Koyuncu 2

28 June 2022 16:00	Report	Spain	15–8	Turkey	Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 1–2, 4–2, 4–1
		Frigola, Gil 3	Goals	Caner 5

28 June 2022 18:00	Report	Italy	10–6	Greece	Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Igor Virijević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 3–2, 2–1
		Bragantini, Nenni 3	Goals	Almyras, Kandanoleon 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	4	4	0	65	24	+41	8	Semifinals
2	Montenegro	4	3	1	58	27	+31	6	Semifinals
3	Slovenia	4	2	2	41	45	−4	4	Fifth place game
4	France	4	1	3	37	55	−18	2	Seventh place game
5	Portugal	4	0	4	22	72	−50	0

Source: Oran 2022

24 June 2022 10:00	Report	Slovenia	18–5	Portugal	Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 4–2, 4–2
		Lah 6	Goals	Moreira 4

24 June 2022 12:00	Report	France	8–16	Montenegro	Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 1–4, 3–4
		Mas, Rodrigues 4	Goals	L. Vukičević 5

25 June 2022 10:00	Report	Portugal	10–15	France	Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–4, 3–4, 4–5
		Moreira 3	Goals	Mas 5

25 June 2022 12:00	Report	Serbia	22–6	Slovenia	Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 7–1, 9–1
		Kovačević 4	Goals	Lah 3

26 June 2022 10:00	Report	France	7–18	Serbia	Oran Referees: Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–8, 3–2, 1–4
		Mathieu 3	Goals	Kojić 6

26 June 2022 12:00	Report	Montenegro	23–4	Portugal	Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 6–1, 7–0
		Vučković 5	Goals	Moreira, Santiago 2

27 June 2022 10:00	Report	Serbia	9–8	Montenegro	Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–1, 4–2
		Kojić 3	Goals	Baštrica 2

27 June 2022 12:00	Report	Slovenia	11–7	France	Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 4–1, 3–3
		Zdravkovič Gligorovski 3	Goals	Roussel 2

28 June 2022 10:00	Report	Montenegro	11–6	Slovenia	Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–4, 1–2, 3–0
		Vučković, L. Vukičević 3	Goals	Čanč 2

28 June 2022 12:00	Report	Portugal	3–16	Serbia	Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–4, 1–5
		Santiago 3	Goals	Dimitrijević, Kovačević 3

Final round

Bracket

Semifinals		Gold medal

29 June

Spain	9
		30 June
Montenegro	10
		Montenegro	8
29 June
		Serbia	9
Serbia	8

Italy	7
		Bronze medal

		30 June

		Spain	16

		Italy	8

Semifinals

29 June 2022 15:00	Report	Spain	9–10	Montenegro	Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Igor Virijević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–3, 2–4
		three players 2	Goals	Baštrica 4

29 June 2022 17:00	Report	Serbia	8–7	Italy	Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 1–4, 2–2
		Dimitrijević, Gavrilović 2	Goals	Taramasco 3

Seventh place game

29 June 2022 10:00	Report	Turkey	10–11	France	Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Matevž Homovec (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 4–3, 4–4
		Caner 5	Goals	Mas 3

Fifth place game

29 June 2022 12:00	Report	Greece	16–12	Slovenia	Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Ghislain Dehon (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–4, 5–4, 4–3
		Bitsakos, Mathiopoulos 3	Goals	Lah 5

Bronze medal game

30 June 2022 10:00	Report	Spain	16–8	Italy	Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Eurico da Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–1, 5–2, 5–1
		Castro 4	Goals	three players 2

Gold medal game

30 June 2022 13:00	Report	Montenegro	8–9	Serbia	Oran Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–4, 3–2, 1–2
		L. Vukičević 3	Goals	Gavrilović, Kojić 2

Final standings

Rank^[6]	Team
	Serbia
	Montenegro
	Spain
4	Italy
5	Greece
6	Slovenia
7	France
8	Turkey
9	Portugal

References

^ "Water Polo – Men – Individual Statistics – Leading Scorers" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
^ "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). Oran 2022. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "الألعاب المتوسطية وهران-2022 : اجراء عملية قرعة الرياضات الجماعية". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "JM Oran-2022: résultats du tirage au sort des sports collectifs". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
^ "Water Polo – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "Final standing" (PDF). results.oran2022.dz. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

External links

[1] "Water Polo – Men – Individual Statistics – Leading Scorers" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.

[2] "Water Polo – Competition Schedule" (PDF). Oran 2022. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

[3] "الألعاب المتوسطية وهران-2022 : اجراء عملية قرعة الرياضات الجماعية". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[4] "JM Oran-2022: résultats du tirage au sort des sports collectifs". aps.dz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

[5] "Water Polo – Men – Medallists" (PDF). Oran 2022. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[6] "Final standing" (PDF). results.oran2022.dz. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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