# Montenegro at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Montenegro competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

## Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Water polo | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 16 | 1 | 17 |

## Swimming

Montenegro entered 2 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Miloš Milenković | 50 metre butterfly | 24.17 NR | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miloš Milenković | 100 metre butterfly | Did not start | Did not start | | 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 |
| Jovana Kuljaca | 50 metre freestyle | 27.71 | 64 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jovana Kuljaca | 100 metre freestyle | 1:01.36 | 52 | 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 |
| Montenegro | Men's tournament | United States W 16–15 | Serbia L 4–16 | Japan W 13–11 | 2 PO | Romania W 12–9 | Spain L 12–15 | Greece L 13–14 | Hungary L 16–18 | 8 |

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

The following is the Montenegrin roster.
Head coach: Vladimir Gojković
* 1 Lazar Andrić GK
* 2 Draško Brguljan FP
* 3 Miroslav Perković FP
* 4 Kanstantsin Averka FP
* 5 Aljoša Macic FP
* 6 Vlado Popadić FP
* 7 Stefan Vidović FP
* 8 Đuro Radović FP
* 9 Aleksa Ukropina FP
* 10 Vladan Spaić FP
* 11 Dušan Matković FP
* 12 Vasilije Radović FP
* 13 Petar Tešanović GK
* 14 Marko Mršić FP
* 15 Jovan Vujović FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 0 | 13–16th place semifinals |
| 5 February 2024 17:30 | Report | Montenegro | 16–15 | United States | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 5 February 2024 17:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Bowen 5 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 7 February 2024 17:30 | Report | Serbia | 14–6 | Montenegro | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |||
| 7 February 2024 17:30 | Report | Mandić 4 | Goals | six players 1 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |
| 9 February 2024 09:00 | Report | Montenegro | 13–11 | Japan | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 9 February 2024 09:00 | Report | Matković 4 | Goals | Watanabe 5 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |

#### Playoffs

| 11 February 2024 17:30 | Report | Montenegro | 12–9 | Romania | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 11 February 2024 17:30 | Report | Averka, Perković 3 | Goals | Fulea 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 13 February 2024 16:00 | Report | Spain | 15–12 | Montenegro | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |||
| 13 February 2024 16:00 | Report | Perrone 5 | Goals | Mršić 4 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 15 February 2024 12:00 | Report | Montenegro | 13–14 | Greece | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Xavi Buch (ESP) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Xavi Buch (ESP) |||
| 15 February 2024 12:00 | Report | Đ. Radović 3 | Goals | Kakaris 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Xavi Buch (ESP) |

#### Seventh place game

| 17 February 2024 10:00 | Report | Montenegro | 16–18 | Hungary | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Andreia Stanojević (SRB) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Andreia Stanojević (SRB) |||
| 17 February 2024 10:00 | Report | Vujović 4 | Goals | Zalánki 4 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Andreia Stanojević (SRB) |