Water Polo, Men

Competition 2023 World Junior Water Polo Championships
Venue Otopeni and București ROU
Held 10 – 17 June 2023
Status Medal
Competitors 45
Countries 19
Pos Athlete(s) Country Wins Ties Losses
🥇 Hungary HUN 6 0 0
Benedek Danka / Viktor Gyapjas / Zsombor Ekler / Soma Lakatos / Mátyás Mészáros / Erik Molnár / Ákos Nagy / Norbert Nagy / Attila Pető / Péter Szalai / Marcell Szécsi / Dávid Tátrai / Vince Varga / Vince Vigvári / Zsombor Vismeg
🥈 Serbia SRB 4 0 2
Petar Pajković / Radosav Virijević / Mitar Maraš / Marko Dimitrijević / Luka Gladović / Nikola Kojić / Bogdan Gavrilović / Zoran Božović / Viktor Urošević / Vasilije Martinović / Bogdan Brešćanski / Petar Stanić / Aleksandar Kovačević / Srđan Baucalo / Andrija Jauković
🥉 United States USA 4 0 3
Griffen Price / West Temkin / Chase Dodd / Jack Martin / Grant Watson / Ben Liechty / Gray Carson / Ryder Dodd / Will Schneider / Chase McFarland / Noah Rowe / Peter Castillo / Wyatt Mundelius / Jack Merrill / Ryan Ohl
4 Greece GRE 2 0 5
5 Spain ESP 4 0 2
6 Italy ITA 3 0 4
7 Montenegro MNE 3 0 3
8 Croatia CRO 2 0 5
9 Japan JPN 4 0 2
10 Netherlands NED 4 0 2
11 Australia AUS 3 0 3
12 Romania ROU 3 0 3
13 Germany GER 4 0 1
14 Brazil BRA 3 0 3
15 Iran IRI 4 0 2
16 Argentina ARG 1 0 4
17 New Zealand NZL 2 0 3
18 South Africa RSA 1 0 5
19 Peru PER 0 0 5

Preliminary Round

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Spain ESP 2 0 1 6
2 Montenegro MNE 2 0 1 5
3 Croatia CRO 1 0 2 4
4 Italy ITA 1 0 2 3

Matches

Spain ESP 8-10 Montenegro MNE
Italy ITA 8-10 Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 10-9 Italy ITA
Montenegro MNE 14-12
Penalty Shoot Out 		Croatia CRO
Spain ESP 12-7 Croatia CRO
Italy ITA 9-7 Montenegro MNE

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Hungary HUN 3 0 0 8
2 Serbia SRB 2 0 1 7
3 United States USA 1 0 2 3
4 Greece GRE 0 0 3 0

Matches

Hungary HUN 17-15
Penalty Shoot Out 		Serbia SRB
United States USA 13-10 Greece GRE
Hungary HUN 12-6 United States USA
Serbia SRB 14-12 Greece GRE
Hungary HUN 16-9 Greece GRE
Serbia SRB 8-7 United States USA

Group C

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Japan JPN 2 0 0 6
2 Germany GER 1 0 1 3
3 South Africa RSA 0 0 2 0

Matches

Germany GER 19-4 South Africa RSA
Japan JPN 26-12 South Africa RSA
Japan JPN 13-12 Germany GER

Group D

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Netherlands NED 2 0 0 6
2 Brazil BRA 0 0 2 0

Matches

Netherlands NED 13-6 Brazil BRA
Netherlands NED 13-8 Brazil BRA

Group E

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Romania ROU 2 0 0 6
2 New Zealand NZL 1 0 1 3
3 Peru PER 0 0 2 0

Matches

Romania ROU 15-6 New Zealand NZL
Romania ROU 32-5 Peru PER
New Zealand NZL 21-4 Peru PER

Group F

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Australia AUS 2 0 0 6
2 Iran IRI 1 0 1 3
3 Argentina ARG 0 0 2 0

Matches

Iran IRI 15-13 Argentina ARG
Australia AUS 16-4 Argentina ARG
Australia AUS 17-3 Iran IRI

Classification Round

Group G

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Germany GER 2 0 0 6
2 Argentina ARG 1 0 1 3
3 New Zealand NZL 0 0 2 0

Matches

Argentina ARG 11-9 New Zealand NZL
Germany GER 15-6 New Zealand NZL
Germany GER 11-7 Argentina ARG

Group H

Standings

Pos Team Wins Ties Losses Points
1 Brazil BRA 3 0 0 9
2 Iran IRI 2 0 1 5
3 South Africa RSA 1 0 2 4
4 Peru PER 0 0 3 0

Matches

Brazil BRA 20-7 South Africa RSA
Iran IRI 12-6 Peru PER
Brazil BRA 17-9 Iran IRI
South Africa RSA 15-6 Peru PER
Brazil BRA 21-3 Peru PER
Iran IRI 16-15
Penalty Shoot Out 		South Africa RSA

Qualification

Japan JPN 12-18 Netherlands NED
Australia AUS 5-11 Romania ROU

Play-Offs

United States USA 11-8 Australia AUS
Greece GRE 15-8 Romania ROU
Italy ITA 10-9 Netherlands NED
Croatia CRO 21-12 Japan JPN

Quarter-Finals

Hungary HUN 9-5 Italy ITA
Serbia SRB 16-15
Penalty Shoot Out 		Croatia CRO
United States USA 10-9 Montenegro MNE
Greece GRE 11-10
Penalty Shoot Out 		Spain ESP

Semi-Finals

Hungary HUN 13-9 United States USA
Serbia SRB 14-8 Greece GRE
Spain ESP 10-6 Croatia CRO
Italy ITA 13-12
Penalty Shoot Out 		Montenegro MNE
Japan JPN 14-11 Romania ROU
Netherlands NED 7-2 Australia AUS

Finals

Hungary HUN 12-7 Serbia SRB
United States USA 11-6 Greece GRE
Spain ESP 10-8 Italy ITA
Montenegro MNE 12-9 Croatia CRO
Japan JPN 17-16
Penalty Shoot Out 		Netherlands NED
Australia AUS 11-8 Romania ROU
Germany GER 10-8
Penalty Shoot Out 		Brazil BRA
Iran IRI 11-9 Argentina ARG
New Zealand NZL 8-5 South Africa RSA