Water Polo, Men
| Competition | 1961 Summer Universiade |
|---|---|
| Venue |
Sofia
 BUL
|
| Held | 25 August – 3 September 1961 |
| Status | Medal |
| Competitors | 33 |
| Countries | 8 |
| Pos | Athlete(s) | Country | Wins | Ties | Losses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Yugoslavia |  YUG |
4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Đuro Radan / Boris Čukvas / Frane Nonković / Davor Poković / Zoran Janković / Mirko Sandić / Fedor Šebenik / Josip Kaliterna / Ante Nardeli / Ivo Trumbić / Zlatko Šimenc | |||||||
| 🥈 | Soviet Union |  URS |
3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| B. Smirnov / Y. Yegorov / V. Khot / N. Kalashnikov / Zh. Kolesnikov / Iosif Zemtsov / P. Voznyuk / Vyacheslav Kurennoy / Vladimir Rashmadzhan / Viktor Pireyko / Vladimir Kuznetsov | |||||||
| 🥉 | Hungary |  HUN |
3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Miklós Ambrus / András Bodnár / László Felkai / András Katona / György Kádár / György Kárpáti / János Konrád / Sándor Konrád / György Lepies / Marcell Lukács / György Ringelhahn | |||||||
| 4 | Romania |  ROU |
2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 5 | Netherlands |  NED |
3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Bulgaria | BUL |
2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Japan |  JPN |
0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Indonesia |  INA |
0 | 1 | 4 | ||
Preliminary Round
Group A
Standings
| Pos | Team | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | URS |
2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Netherlands | NED |
1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | INA |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Matches
| Netherlands | NED |
12-2 | Indonesia | INA |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
2-2 | Soviet Union | URS |
| Netherlands | NED |
3-8 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
| Indonesia | INA |
2-13 | Soviet Union | URS |
| Netherlands | NED |
1-4 | Soviet Union | URS |
| Indonesia | INA |
0-13 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
Group B
Standings
| Pos | Team | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | HUN |
3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Romania | ROU |
2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | BUL |
1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | JPN |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Matches
| Romania | ROU |
4-5 | Hungary | HUN |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
9-3 | Japan | JPN |
| Romania | ROU |
8-4 | Japan | JPN |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
2-6 | Hungary | HUN |
| Romania | ROU |
10-1 | Bulgaria | BUL |
| Japan | JPN |
3-10 | Hungary | HUN |
Final
Group FA
Standings
| Pos | Team | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | URS |
1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary | HUN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania | ROU |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Matches
| Romania | ROU |
3-9 | Soviet Union | URS |
| Yugoslavia | YUG |
4-2 | Hungary | HUN |
| Romania | ROU |
3-6 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
| Soviet Union | URS |
4-4 | Hungary | HUN |
Group FB
Standings
| Pos | Team | Wins | Ties | Losses | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Netherlands | NED |
3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | BUL |
2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan | JPN |
0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | Indonesia | INA |
0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Matches
| Netherlands | NED |
7-4 | Bulgaria | BUL |
| Japan | JPN |
4-4 | Indonesia | INA |
| Netherlands | NED |
5-2 | Japan | JPN |
| Bulgaria | BUL |
9-1 | Indonesia | INA |