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2026 World Aquatics Men's Water Polo World Cup
2026 World Aquatics Men's Water Polo World Cup; Super Final in Sydney 22-26 July 2026; Greece won its first title, beating Hungary 15-14; Italy took bronze; Spain, defending champion, finished fifth.
Alajos Keserű
Alajos Keserű (Keserű II, nicknamed Laló), Hungarian water polo player (1905–1965): Olympic gold 1932, silver 1928, fifth 1924, four-time European champion, 73 caps, brother of Ferenc Keserű.
Anna Espar
Anna Espar Llaquet (Anni Espar, born 1993, Barcelona) is a Spanish water polo player, four-time Olympian: silver at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, gold at Paris 2024, 2013 NCAA champion at USC, and captain of Spain from 2025.
Blood in the Water match
Blood in the Water match (melbourne-i vérfürdő): violent 1956 Melbourne Olympic water polo semi-final, Hungary beat USSR 4-0; ended early after Valentin Prokopov punched Ervin Zádor, drawing blood.
Courtney Mathewson
Courtney Mathewson, American water polo attacker, two-time Olympic gold medalist (London 2012, Rio 2016), four-time NCAA champion at UCLA, 2008 Cutino Award winner, retired 2017.
Endre Molnar
Endre Molnar (Molnár Endre, "Bandi"), born 1945 in Gyergyószentmiklós, is a Hungarian water polo goalkeeper with 189 caps, four Olympic medals (gold 1976), 1973 world title, and two European titles.
European water polo championships
European Water Polo Championships: biennial continental titles for national men's and women's teams run by European Aquatics (LEN). Men's event since 1926 (Budapest), women's since 1985; Hungary leads men's titles with 13, Netherlands women's with 6; 2026 editions in Belgrade and Funchal.
Ferdinando Gandolfi
Ferdinando Gandolfi, Italian water polo player born 1967 in Genoa; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist who scored the winning goal in the final against Spain, later 1993 European and FINA Cup and 1994 World Championship winner.
Gyorgy Horkai
György Horkai (Horkai György), born 1954 in Budapest, is a Hungarian water polo left-hander who won Olympic gold in 1976 and bronze in 1980 with BVSC, earned 282 caps, and coached Hungary to the 1995 World Cup title.
Gyorgy Kenez
Gyorgy Kenez (György Kenéz, born 1956, Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo wing who won Olympic gold at Montreal 1976, two world silvers, and later coached Vasas and Kuwait.
Gyorgy Kutasi
György Kutasi (Kutasi György, born Kusinszky, 1910-1977), Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 1936 Olympic and 1934 European champion; later a coach in Melbourne, Australia. Distinct from same-named boxer and MMA fighter.
Janos Konrad
János Konrád (Konrád II), Hungarian water polo player (1941-2014), Olympic gold 1964 Tokyo and bronzes 1960, 1968; 123 caps; later coached Hungary's women's and men's national teams and OSC's 1978 European Champions Cup side.
Maro Jokovic
Maro Joković, born 1987 in Dubrovnik, is a Croatian water polo player, the most decorated in the country's history with 58 medals, including Olympic gold at London 2012.
Miklos Sarkany
Miklós Sárkány (Sárkány Miklós), Hungarian water polo defender (1908–1998), won Olympic gold at Los Angeles 1932 and Berlin 1936, three European titles, then coached Hungary and West Germany.
Renco Posinkovic
Renco Posinković (Ренцо Посинковић), born 1964 in Split, Croatian water polo goalkeeper; 1988 Olympic gold with Yugoslavia, 1991 world champion, European Cup winner with Jadran 1992–93, later goalkeeper coach and journalist.
Rules of water polo
Rules of water polo: World Aquatics (formerly FINA) Competition Regulations, Part Six, governing field (25.60x20 m), seven-a-side teams, shot clock, fouls, VAR, and 4x4 variant; NCAA and NFHS adapt them in the US.
Water polo
Water polo is a seven-a-side aquatic team sport governed by World Aquatics and the oldest Olympic team sport (since 1900; women since 2000), played over four 8-minute quarters with a 28-second shot clock, 18-second exclusions, and a new 4x4 format debuting in 2026.
Water polo at the Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo: men's tournament since Paris 1900, women's since Sydney 2000; 12 men's and 10 women's teams at Paris 2024, expanding to 12 and 12 with full gender parity at LA28, held at the Long Beach Aquatics Center.
Zoltan Domotor
Zoltan Domotor (Dömötör Zoltán, 1935-2019), Hungarian water polo player: Olympic gold Tokyo 1964, bronze Rome 1960 and Mexico 1968; scored the deciding goal against the USSR; later coached Bulgaria, Algeria, South Korea.
Zoltán Kósz
Zoltán Kósz (born 1967, Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, captain of the Sydney 2000 Olympic gold-medal team; three-time Olympian (1988, 1996, 2000), two-time European champion, later a goalkeeper coach.
Zoltan Szecsi
Zoltán Szécsi (Szécsi Zoltán), born 1977 Budapest, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, three-time Olympic champion 2000–2008, 2003 world champion; later Egri Vízilabda Klub president who declined a 2026 Fidesz parliamentary seat.