Australia men's national water polo team

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History

Australia has competed internationally since the 1948 London Olympic Games, and has qualified for all subsequent Olympic tournaments except Atlanta in 1996, and although not achieving the success of European teams, has remained relatively competitive at international level since.

In 1968, the team qualified to compete at the Mexico Olympic Games, but was denied entry by the Australian Olympic Federation.[1]

Australia scored their first point in Olympic competition when they drew with Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

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 in 1998.

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.

A reinvigorated youthful team managed to finish second to Canada in an international tournament in England in 2002, and in 2003, they beat then world champions Serbia 12–11 in a FINA Water Polo World League match in Hungary, and followed it up by beating Croatia 10–6 at the 2003 Water polo world championship in Barcelona, Spain.

Australia finished 2nd at the 2018 World Cup in Berlin, Germany.[2]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Australia surprisingly beat former champion 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.[2]

Tournament history

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Olympic Games

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Olympic Games record
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Template:Flagicon 1948 Group stages 17th 2 0 0 2
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Template:Flagicon 1972 Group stages 12th 9 0 2 7
Template:Flagicon 1976 Group stages 11th 8 1 1 6
Template:Flagicon 1980 Group stages 7th 8 5 1 2
Template:Flagicon 1984 Final Group stages 5th 8 2 2 4
Template:Flagicon 1988 Group stages 8th 8 3 0 5
Template:Flagicon 1992 Group stages 5th 8 4 2 2
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World Championship

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World Cup

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  • 1985 – 7th place
  • 1989 – 7th place
  • 1991 – 7th place
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  • 1999 – 8th place
  • 2010 – 6th place
  • 2014 – 5th place
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World League

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  • 2003 – 7th place[3]
  • 2004 – 7th place
  • 2005 – 11th place
  • 2006 – 4th place
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  • 2009 – 6th place
  • 2010 – 4th place
  • 2011 – 6th place
  • 2012 – 7th place
  • 2014 – 4th place
  • 2015 – 5th place
  • 2016 – 5th place
  • 2017 – 7th place
  • 2018 – 6th place
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  • 2022 – 7th place

Commonwealth Championship

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Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Notable players

See also

References

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External links

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