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{{Infobox national water polo team<br />
| Name = Australia<br />
| FINA code = AUS<br />
| Nickname = Aussie Sharks<ref name="Alepidis">[https://neoskosmos.com/en/2021/08/16/sport/swimming-to-success-qa-with-the-australian-mens-water-polo-goalie-anthony-hrysanthos/ Swimming to success: Q&A with the Australian men’s water polo goalie Anthony Hrysanthos] Marianna Alepidis ([[Neos Kosmos (newspaper)|Neos Kosmos]]), 16 August 2021. Accessed 13 September 2021.</ref> <br />
| Image = Flag of Australia.svg<br />
| Image_size = 190px<br />
| Image_label = <br />
| Association = [[Water Polo Australia]]<br />
| Confederation = OSA<br />
| Coach = [[Timothy Hamill]]<br />
| Asst coach = Vedran Ćirković<br />Andrew Yanitsas<br />
| Captain = [[Nathan Power]]<br />
| Most caps = <br />
| Top scorer = <br />
| Home venue = <br />
| FINA ranking = 11<br />
| FINA ranking date = 9 August 2021<br />
| FINA highest = 7<br />
| FINA highest year = 2012<br />
| FINA lowest = 11<br />
| FINA lowest year = 2016, 2021<br />
| First game = <br />
| Biggest win = <br />
| Biggest defeat = <br />
| Olympics apps = 18<br />
| Olympics first = 1948<br />
| Olympics best = 5th place ([[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]], [[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]])<br />
| World champ apps = 21<br />
| World champ first = 1973<br />
| World champ best = 4th place ([[Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1998]])<br />
| World cup apps = 9<br />
| World cup first = 1981<br />
| World cup best = {{silver2}} ([[2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2018]])<br />
| World league apps = 17<br />
| World league first = 2003<br />
| World league best = {{bronze3}} ([[2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2007]], [[2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2008]], [[2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2019]])<br />
| Regional cup name = [[Commonwealth Water Polo Championships|Commonwealth Championship]]<br />
| Regional cup apps = 2<br />
| Regional cup first = 2002<br />
| Regional cup best = {{gold1}} (2006)<br />
| Website = {{URL | https://www.waterpoloaustralia.com.au | waterpoloaustralia.com.au }}<br />
}}<br />
'''The Australian national water polo team''' represents [[Australia]] in men's international [[water polo]] competitions and is controlled by [[Water Polo Australia]]. The national men's team has the nickname of "The Sharks". It is organised into the Asia/Oceania regional group.<br />
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==History==<br />
Australia has competed internationally since the [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London Olympic Games]], and has qualified for all subsequent Olympic tournaments except [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]] in 1996, and although not achieving the success of European teams, has remained relatively competitive at international level since.<br />
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In [[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]], the team qualified to compete at the Mexico Olympic Games, but was denied entry by the [[Australian Olympic Federation]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=73lWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XOUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5170%2C2382709|title=Games bid by Aust water polo team|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date= 6 December 1971|page=11}}</ref><br />
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Australia scored their first point in Olympic competition when they drew with [[Bulgaria men's national water polo team|Bulgaria]] in the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]].<br />
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The Australian team placed 5th in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]], and in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]], the highest Olympic placing so far, and finished 4th in the World Championships at home in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] in 1998.<br />
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Australia's best international water polo success came in 1996, when the Sharks won the six-nation [[Control Cup]] in [[Hungary]], and followed it up with a bronze medal at an eight nation tournament in [[Italy]] in the same year. However, they failed to qualify for that year's Olympics for the first time since 1948.<br />
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A reinvigorated youthful team managed to finish second to [[Canada men's national water polo team|Canada]] in an international tournament in [[England]] in 2002, and in 2003, they beat then world champions [[Serbia men's national water polo team|Serbia]] 12–11 in a [[FINA Water Polo World League]] match in Hungary, and followed it up by beating [[Croatia men's national water polo team|Croatia]] 10–6 at the 2003 [[Water polo world championship]] in [[Barcelona, Spain]].<br />
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Australia finished 2nd at the [[2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2018 World Cup]] in [[Berlin]], Germany.<ref name="Alepidis"/><br />
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At the [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020 Summer Olympics]], Australia surprisingly beat former champion [[Croatia men's national water polo team|Croatia]]. Yet, the Australians were not to able progress through to the quarter finals, but still managed to clinch two wins out of their five games.<ref name="Alepidis"/><br />
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==Tournament history==<br />
''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Australia''<br />
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===Olympic Games===<br />
{{Main|Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=10|[[Water Polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games record]]<br />
|-<br />
!Year<ref name="HistoFINA PDF">{{Cite HistoFINA wp |pages=mnt |format=dmy }}</ref><br />
!Round<br />
!Position<br />
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}}<br />
!{{Tooltip|W|Won}}<br />
!{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}<br />
!{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]<br />
|colspan="6" rowspan=9|''did not participate''<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Water polo at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Water polo at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Water polo at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Water polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Water polo at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} [[Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|UK}} [[Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|17th<br />
|2<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|17th<br />
|2<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|9th<br />
|6<br />
|1<br />
|0<br />
|5<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|15th<br />
|3<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|3<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|12th<br />
|2<br />
|0<br />
|0<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]<br />
|colspan="6"|''qualified but did not compete''<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|12th<br />
|9<br />
|0<br />
|2<br />
|7<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|11th<br />
|8<br />
|1<br />
|1<br />
|6<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|USSR}} [[Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|7th<br />
|8<br />
|5<br />
|1<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]<br />
|Final Group stages<br />
|5th<br />
|8<br />
|2<br />
|2<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|8th<br />
|8<br />
|3<br />
|0<br />
|5<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|5th<br />
|8<br />
|4<br />
|2<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]<br />
|colspan="6"|''did not qualify''<br />
|-<br />
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|8th<br />
|8<br />
|1<br />
|2<br />
|5<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|9th<br />
|8<br />
|3<br />
|1<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008]]<br />
|Group stages<br />
|8th<br />
|7<br />
|3<br />
|1<br />
|3<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012]]<br />
|Quarter-finals<br />
|7th<br />
|8<br />
|3<br />
|0<br />
|5<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2016]]<br />
|Group stage<br />
|9th<br />
|5<br />
|2<br />
|1<br />
|2<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2020]]<br />
|Group stage<br />
|9th<br />
|5<br />
|2<br />
|0<br />
|3<br />
|-<br />
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2024]]<br />
|Quarterfinals<br />
|8th<br />
|8<br />
|3<br />
|1<br />
|4<br />
|-<br />
!Total||0 Titles||18/28||113||33||14||66<br />
|}<br />
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===World Championship===<br />
{{div col}}<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1973]] – 14th place<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/><br />
*[[Water polo at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1975]] – 11th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1978]] – 9th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1982]] – 11th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1986 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1986]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1991]] – 8th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1994 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1994]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|1998]] – 4th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2001]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2003]] – 7th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2005]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2007]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2009]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2011]] – 9th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2013]] – 8th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2015]] – 8th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2017]] – 7th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2019]] – 6th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2022]] – 11th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2023]] – 10th place<br />
*[[Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament|2024]] – 11th place<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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===World Cup===<br />
{{div col}}<br />
* [[1981 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|1981]] – 7th place<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/><br />
* [[1985 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|1985]] – 7th place<br />
* [[1989 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|1989]] – 7th place<br />
* [[1991 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|1991]] – 7th place<br />
* [[1993 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|1993]] – '''{{bronze3}} Bronze medal'''<br />
* [[1999 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|1999]] – 8th place<br />
* [[2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2010]] – 6th place<br />
* [[2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2014]] – 5th place<br />
* [[2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2018]] – '''{{silver2}} Silver medal'''<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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===World League===<br />
{{div col}}<br />
* [[2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2003]] – 7th place<ref name="HistoFINA PDF"/><br />
* [[2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2004]] – 7th place<br />
* [[2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2005]] – 11th place<br />
* [[2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2006]] – 4th place<br />
* [[2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2007]] – '''{{bronze3}} Bronze medal'''<br />
* [[2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2008]] – '''{{bronze3}} Bronze medal'''<br />
* [[2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2009]] – 6th place<br />
* [[2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2010]] – 4th place<br />
* [[2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2011]] – 6th place<br />
* [[2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2012]] – 7th place<br />
* [[2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2014]] – 4th place<br />
* [[2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2015]] – 5th place<br />
* [[2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2016]] – 5th place<br />
* [[2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2017]] – 7th place<br />
* [[2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2018]] – 6th place<br />
* [[2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2019]] – '''{{bronze3}} Bronze medal'''<br />
* [[2022 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2022]] – 7th place<br />
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===Commonwealth Championship===<br />
{{div col}}<br />
* 2002 – '''{{silver2}} Silver medal'''<br />
* 2006 – '''{{gold1}} Gold medal'''<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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==Team==<br />
===Current squad===<br />
Roster for the [[Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2024 Summer Olympics]].<br />
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{{#section:Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|AUS}}<br />
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===Notable players===<br />
* [[Pietro Figlioli]], 7x LEN Champions League winner<br />
* [[Tom Hoad]] [[Order of Australia|AM]]<br />
* [[Thomas Whalan]]<br />
* [[Nathan Thomas (water polo)|Nathan Thomas]]<br />
* [[Aaron Younger]], 4x LEN Champions League winner<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]<br />
* [[Australia women's national water polo team]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website}}<br />
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