# Yugoslavia men's national water polo team

Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was the national water polo team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1929), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941) and the Federal Yugoslavia (1946–1992). They were one of strongest waterpolo teams in history of sport, having won 7 Olympic, 4 World Championship, 5 World Cup and 13 European Championship medals.

## Olympic Games record

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1900 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1904 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1908 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1912 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1920 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1924 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1928 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1932 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1936 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 |
| 1948 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 |
| 1952 | Runners-up | | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 14 | +29 |
| 1956 | Runners-up | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 11 | +25 |
| 1960 | Fourth place | 4th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 14 | +13 |
| 1964 | Runners-up | | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 10 | +31 |
| 1968 | Champions | | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 35 | +51 |
| 1972 | Final Round | 5th | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 43 | +9 |
| 1976 | Final Round | 5th | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 34 | +8 |
| 1980 | Runners-up | | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 34 | +24 |
| 1984 | Champions | | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 49 | +23 |
| 1988 | Champions | | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 55 | +28 |
| Total | Qualified: 16/24 | Qualified: 16/24 | 114 | 73 | 17 | 24 | 839 | 538 | +301 |

## World Championship record

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1973 | Final Round | | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 58 | 44 | +14 |
| 1975 | First round | 13th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
| 1978 | Final Round | | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 39 | +25 |
| 1982 | Second round | 7th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 52 | +6 |
| 1986 | Champions | | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 56 | +17 |
| 1991 | Champions | | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 46 | +35 |
| Total | Qualified: 6/6 | Qualified: 6/6 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 349 | 249 | +100 |

## World Cup record

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1979 | Final Round | | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 32 | +6 |
| 1981 | Final Round | | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 50 | +16 |
| 1983 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1985 | Final Round | 4th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 49 | +5 |
| 1987 | Champions | | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 54 | +21 |
| 1989 | Champions | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 45 | +15 |
| 1991 | Final Round | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 28 | +7 |
| Total | Qualified: 6/7 | Qualified: 6/7 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 318 | 258 | +60 |

## European Championship record

| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1926 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1927 | 9th | | | | | | | | |
| 1931 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1934 | 5th | | | | | | | | |
| 1938 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1947 | 8th | | | | | | | | |
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| 1981 | 4th | | | | | | | | |
| 1983 | 4th | | | | | | | | |
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| 1991 | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | Qualified: 28/31 | Qualified: 28/31 | | | | | | | |