# Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team

The Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team, also widely known as the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team, represented Serbia and Montenegro in international water polo games, from 1993 to 2006. It was governed by the Water Polo Association of FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003), then the Water Polo Association of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). The team won medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, FINA World Cup, FINA World League, Mediterranean Games and Universiade.

## History

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1991–1992, the original Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was dissolved. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina NT), Croatia (Croatia NT), Macedonia (Macedonia NT) (later known as North Macedonia), and Slovenia (Slovenia NT) then formed their own national teams. While the then remaining and smaller Yugoslavia (originally known as FR Yugoslavia, and later as Serbia and Montenegro) formed its own national team.
That national team was originally named either "Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", or "FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team", from 1992 until 2003, after the country's name at the time. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team". After Serbia and Montenegro split up, in 2006, and became the independent countries of Serbia and Montenegro, they each formed their own successor national teams. The first appearance of the Serbia men's national water polo team at a major international competition was at the 2006 European Championship. While the first appearance of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at a major international competition was at the 2007 FINA World League.

### Names

* Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) men's national water polo team: 1992–2003
* Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team: 2003–2006

### Predecessor and successor teams

* Predecessor team
** Yugoslavia
* Successor teams
** Serbia
** Montenegro

## Competitive record
### Medals

| Competition | | | | Total |
| Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| World Championship | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| World Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| World League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| European Championship | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mediterranean Games | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Summer Universiade | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |

### Olympic Games

| Year | Position |
| 1936 to 1988 | Part of SFR Yugoslavia |
| as FR Yugoslavia ||
| 1992 Barcelona | Suspended |
| 1996 Atlanta | 8th |
| 2000 Sydney | |
| as Serbia and Montenegro ||
| 2004 Athens | |

### World Championship

| Year | Position |
| 1973 to 1991 | Part of SFR Yugoslavia |
| as FR Yugoslavia ||
| 1994 Rome | Suspended |
| 1998 Perth | |
| 2001 Fukuoka | |
| as Serbia and Montenegro ||
| 2003 Barcelona | |
| 2005 Montreal | |

### World Cup

| Year | Position |
| 1979 to 1991 | Part of SFR Yugoslavia |
| as FR Yugoslavia ||
| 1993 Athens | Suspended |
| 1995 Atlanta | Did not participate |
| 1997 Athens | 7th |
| 1999 Sydney | 5th |
| 2002 Belgrade | |
| as Serbia and Montenegro ||
| 2006 Budapest | |

### World League

| Year | Position |
| as FR Yugoslavia ||
| 2002 Patras | Did not participate |
| as Serbia and Montenegro ||
| 2003 New York | 4th |
| 2004 Long Beach | |
| 2005 Belgrade | |
| 2006 Athens | |

### European Championship

| Year | Position |
| 1950 to 1991 | Part of SFR Yugoslavia |
| as FR Yugoslavia ||
| 1993 Sheffield | Suspended |
| 1995 Vienna | Did not participate |
| 1997 Seville | |
| 1999 Florence | 7th |
| 2001 Budapest | |
| as Serbia and Montenegro ||
| 2003 Kranj | |

### Mediterranean Games

| Year | Position |
| 1959 to 1991 | Part of SFR Yugoslavia |
| as FR Yugoslavia ||
| 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon | Suspended |
| 1997 Bari | |
| 2001 Tunis | 4th |
| as Serbia and Montenegro ||
| 2005 Almeria | |

## Team
### Coaches

* 1992–1999 Nikola Stamenić
* 1999–2004 Nenad Manojlović
* 2004–2006 Petar Porobić