Hungary men's national water polo team

Hungary

Association	Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Tibor Benedek
Asst coach	Norbert Dabrowski
Captain	Dániel Varga
FINA code	HUN
Olympic Games
Appearances	20 (first in 1912)
Best result	01 ! 1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008
World Championships
Appearances	15 (first in 1973)
Best result	01 ! 1973, 2003, 2013
World League
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	01 ! 2003, 2004
World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1979)
Best result	01 ! 1979, 1995, 1999
European Championship
Appearances	30 (first in 1926)
Best result	01 ! 1926, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1997, 1999

The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Hungarian Water Polo Association. They are considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 15 Olympic, 10 World Championship,^[1] 5 FINA World League, 8 FINA World Cup and 21 European Championship medals.

Competitive record

     Champions       Runners-up       Third Place       Fourth Place  

Olympic Games

Hungary missed five Olympics, but they have won the title nine times, which is a record. As of today, there are only six tournaments in which Hungary participated but did not receive a medal.

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1900 Paris	Did not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm	First round	5th of 6	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1
1920 Antwerp	Did not participate
1924 Paris	Quarter-finals	5th of 13	4	2	0	2	17	13	+4
1928 Amsterdam	Runners-up	2nd of 14	4	3	0	1	26	5	+21
1932 Los Angeles	Champions	1st of 5	3	3	0	0	30	2	+28
1936 Berlin	Champions	1st of 16	7	6	1	0	42	4	+38
1948 London	Runners-up	2nd of 18	7	5	1	1	39	19	+20
1952 Helsinki	Champions	1st of 21	8	6	2	0	53	16	+37
1956 Melbourne	Champions	1st of 10	6	6	0	0	26	4	+22
1960 Rome	Third Place	3rd of 16	7	4	2	1	37	18	+19
1964 Tokyo	Champions	1st of 13	6	5	1	0	34	14	+20
1968 Mexico City	Third Place	3rd of 15	8	7	0	1	54	26	+28
1972 Munich	Runners-up	2nd of 16	8	6	2	0	42	21	+21
1976 Montreal	Champions	1st of 12	8	7	1	0	45	32	+13
1980 Moscow	Third Place	3rd of 12	8	5	1	2	52	44	+7
1984 Los Angeles	Did not participate
1988 Seoul	5th–8th placement	5th of 12	7	3	2	2	72	57	+15
1992 Barcelona	5th–8th placement	6th of 12	7	3	2	2	65	62	+3
1996 Atlanta	Fourth Place	4th of 12	8	6	0	2	83	73	+10
2000 Sydney	Champions	1st of 12	8	6	0	2	78	57	+21
2004 Athens	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	59	39	+20
2008 Beijing	Champions	1st of 12	7	6	1	0	85	55	+30
2012 London	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	8	5	0	3	98	80	+18
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Not yet qualified
Total	21/26	9 Titles	147	101	14	20	1,061	646	+415

World Championships

Hungary has taken part in every World Championships. They have won this championship three times: in 1973, 2003 and 2013.

Year	Position
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986	9th
1991
1994	5th
1998
2001	5th
2003
2005
2007
2009	5th
2011	4th
2013
Total	15/15

World League

Hungary has taken part in the first edition of the FINA Water Polo World League in 2002. They have won the gold medal one and two years later. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2012, Hungary did not participate in the World League.

Year	Position
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006	Did not participate
2007
2008	Did not participate
2009	Did not participate
2010	Did not participate
2011	Did not participate
2012	Did not participate
2013
2014
Total	7/13

World Cup

The Hungarian national team missed three editions of the World Cup, but they won it tree times: 1979, 1995 and 1999.

Year	Position
1979
1981	6th
1983	7th
1985	Did not participate
1987	Did not participate
1989
1991	4th
1993
1995
1997
1999
2002
2006
2010	Did not participate
2014
Total	12/15

European Championship

Hungary missed only one European Championship, in 1950, and they have won the tournament 12 times, which is (as in the World Championships) a record. No team has a better result than Hungary in history of the European Championship.

Year	Position
1926
1927
1931
1934
1938
1947	4th
1950	Did not participate
1954
1958
1962
1966	5th
1970
1974
1977
1981
1983
1985	5th
1987	5th
1989	9th
1991	5th
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2006
2008
2010	4th
2012
2014
Total	30/31

Awards

• Hungarian Sporteam Of The Year: 1958, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013

See also

• Blood in the Water match

References

External links

• Hungarian Water Polo official website
• Official website

Summer Olympics Men's Water polo tournament winners 1900: Great Britain 1904: United States 1908: Great Britain 1912: Great Britain 1920: Great Britain 1924: France 1928: Germany 1932: Hungary 1936: Hungary 1948: Italy 1952: Hungary 1956: Hungary 1960: Italy 1964: Hungary 1968: Yugoslavia 1972: Soviet Union 1976: Hungary 1980: Soviet Union 1984: Yugoslavia 1988: Yugoslavia 1992: Italy 1996: Spain 2000: Hungary 2004: Hungary 2008: Hungary 2012: Croatia

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