Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The format of water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics: • Twelve teams were divided into two preliminary groups, composed of six teams each, and played a single round robin in each group. • The top 4 teams from each group played against each other in a cross-group format in the Quarterfinals. • Winners from the Quarterfinal progressed to the Semifinals and played against another winner from the Quarterfinal round. Losers went on to play classification games. • Winners of the Semifinals contested the gold medal game and the losers the bronze medal game. ==Preliminary round==

Group A All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Medal round==

;Bracket Quarter-finals ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Bronze medal match Gold medal match ==Classification==

;Bracket 5th–8th place semi-finals ---- 7th–8th place match 5th–6th place match ==Final ranking==

Multi-time Olympians Five-time Olympian(s): 3 players • : Igor Hinić • : Georgios Afroudakis • : Tamás Kásás Four-time Olympian(s): 14 players • : Thomas Whalan, Gavin Woods • : Samir Barać, Frano Vićan (GK) • : Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis (GK) • : Péter Biros, Gergely Kiss, Zoltán Szécsi (GK) • : Stefano Tempesti (GK) • : Nikolay Maksimov (GK) • : Iván Pérez • : Tony Azevedo, Ryan Bailey Multiple medalists Three-time Olympic medalist(s): 5 players • : Péter Biros, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Zoltán Szécsi (GK) • : Vanja Udovičić Leading goalscorers Source: Official Results Book (page 466) Leading goalkeepers Source: Official Results Book (page 462) Leading sprinters Source: Official Results Book (page 465) ==Awards==

The men's all-star team was announced on 12 August 2012. ;Most Valuable Player • Josip Pavić (85 saves) ;Media All-Star Team • Goalkeeper • Josip Pavić (85 saves) • Field players • Nikša Dobud (centre forward, 12 goals) • Maurizio Felugo (12 goals) • Filip Filipović (left-handed, 18 goals, 2 sprints won) • Aleksandar Ivović (centre back, 19 goals) • Felipe Perrone (16 goals) • Andrija Prlainović (22 goals) ==See also==