# Croatia at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

## Artistic swimming

Croatia entered 1 artistic swimmer.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Matea Butorac | Solo free routine | 166.7458 | 9 Q | 151.1520 | 11 |

## Diving

Croatia entered 2 divers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| David Ledinski | 1 m springboard | 288.55 | 38 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Ledinski | 3 m springboard | 297.35 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matej Neveščanin | 1 m springboard | 257.55 | 49 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matej Neveščanin | 3 m springboard | 366.50 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Ledinski Matej Neveščanin | Synchronized 3 m springboard | 335.73 | 15 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Open water swimming

Croatia entered 2 open water swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Grgo Mujan | Men's 5 km | 1:01:09.6 | 50 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Klara Bošnjak | Women's 5 km | 1:03:12.3 | 43 |

## Swimming

Croatia entered 3 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nikola Miljenić | 50 metre freestyle | 22.61 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ana Blažević | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:08.70 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ana Blažević | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:26.60 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amina Kajtaz | 100 metre butterfly | 58.50 NR | 14 Q | 58.49 NR | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Amina Kajtaz | 200 metre butterfly | 2:12.57 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Croatia | Men's tournament | Argentina W 24–5 | Hungary L 10–12 | Japan W 17–12 | 2 QP | Montenegro L 12–13 | — | Canada W 13–5 | Australia W 17–10 | 9 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Croatian roster.
Head coach: Ivica Tucak
* 1 Marko Bijač GK
* 2 Rino Burić FP
* 3 Marino Čagalj FP
* 4 Ivan Krapić FP
* 5 Franko Lazić FP
* 6 Luka Bukić FP
* 7 Ante Vukičević FP
* 8 Marko Žuvela FP
* 9 Jerko Marinić Kragić FP
* 10 Josip Vrlić FP
* 11 Andrija Bašić FP
* 12 Konstantin Kharkov FP
* 13 Toni Popadić GK
* Filip Kržić FP
* Zvonimir Butić FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 0 | |
| 17 July 2023 16:00 | Report | Argentina | 5–24 | Croatia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Jennifer McCall (USA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Jennifer McCall (USA) |||
| 17 July 2023 16:00 | Report | five players 1 | Goals | Marinić Kragić 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Jennifer McCall (USA) |
| 19 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Croatia | 10–12 | Hungary | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 19 July 2023 12:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Zalánki 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 21 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Croatia | 17–12 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |||
| 21 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Kharkov 4 | Goals | Adachi 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |

#### Playoffs

| 23 July 2023 17:00 | Report | Croatia | 12–13 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |||
| 23 July 2023 17:00 | Report | Marinić Kragić 4 | Goals | Matković, Radović 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |

#### 9–12th place semifinals

| 25 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Canada | 5–13 | Croatia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Zhang Liang (CHN) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Zhang Liang (CHN) |||
| 25 July 2023 12:00 | Report | five players 1 | Goals | Butić, Lazić 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Zhang Liang (CHN) |

#### Ninth place game

| 27 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Croatia | 17–10 | Australia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 27 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Vukičević 5 | Goals | Poot 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |