Yugoslavia_men's_national_water_polo_team Knowpia

Yugoslavia
FINA code	YUG
Association	Water Polo Federation of Yugoslavia
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Most caps	Igor Milanović (349)
Top scorer(s)	Milivoj Bebić (620)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances	12 (first in 1936)
Best result	(1968, 1984, 1988)
World Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1973)
Best result	(1986, 1991)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1979)
Best result	(1987, 1989)
European Championship
Appearances	17 (first in 1927)
Best result	(1991)
Medal record
Men's water polo
Olympic Games
World Championship
European Championship
Fina World Cup
Mediterranean Games

Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was the national water polo team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1929), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941) and the Federal Yugoslavia (1946–1992). They were one of strongest waterpolo teams in history of sport, having won 7 Olympic, 4 World Championship, 5 World Cup and 13 European Championship medals.^{[citation needed]}

Olympic Games record edit

Year^[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1900	did not participate
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	11	8	+3
1948	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	17	10	+7
1952	Runners-up		8	6	2	0	43	14	+29
1956	Runners-up		6	4	1	1	36	11	+25
1960	Fourth place	4th	7	5	0	2	27	14	+13
1964	Runners-up		7	6	1	0	41	10	+31
1968	Champions		9	7	1	1	86	35	+51
1972	Final Round	5th	9	5	1	3	52	43	+9
1976	Final Round	5th	8	1	5	2	46	34	+8
1980	Runners-up		8	5	2	1	58	34	+24
1984	Champions		7	6	1	0	72	49	+23
1988	Champions		7	6	0	1	83	55	+28
Total	Qualified: 16/24		114	73	17	24	839	538	+301

World Championship record edit

Year^[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1973	Final Round		10	6	1	3	58	44	+14
1975	First round	13th	3	2	0	1	15	12	+3
1978	Final Round		11	7	0	4	64	39	+25
1982	Second round	7th	6	4	0	2	58	52	+6
1986	Champions		7	5	2	0	73	56	+17
1991	Champions		7	6	0	1	81	46	+35
Total	Qualified: 6/6		44	30	3	11	349	249	+100

World Cup record edit

Year^[1]	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1979	Final Round		7	5	0	2	38	32	+6
1981	Final Round		7	5	1	1	66	50	+16
1983	did not participate
1985	Final Round	4th	7	3	2	2	54	49	+5
1987	Champions		7	5	2	0	75	54	+21
1989	Champions		5	4	1	0	50	45	+15
1991	Final Round		5	4	0	1	35	28	+7
Total	Qualified: 6/7		38	26	6	6	318	258	+60

European Championship record edit

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1926	did not participate
1927	9th
1931	did not participate
1934	5th
1938	did not participate
1947	8th
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1977
1981	4th
1983	4th
1985
1987
1989
1991
Total	Qualified: 28/31

Player statistics edit

Most appearances edit

100+

#	Player	Matches	Position	Nationality
1	Igor Milanović	349	?	SRB
2	Ratko Rudić	297	?	CRO
3	Zoran Roje	241	?	CRO
4	Mirko Sandić	235+	?	SRB
5	Milivoj Bebić	222	?	CRO
6	Goran Rađenović	200+	?	SRB
7	Dubravko Šimenc	200	?	CRO
8	Goran Sukno	121	?	CRO
9	Veselin Đuho	113	?	CRO
10	Andrija Popović	100+	?	MNE
11	Ozren Bonačić	96+	?	CRO

Top scorers edit

200+

#	Name	Goals	Average	Position	Nationality
1	Milivoj Bebić	620	2.79	?	CRO
2	Igor Milanović	540	1.55	?	SRB
3	Mirko Sandić	250+		?	SRB

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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