# Romania at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| | Cătălin Preda | High diving | Men | 15 February 2024 |

## Competitors

The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Diving | 1* | 1 | 2* |
| High diving | 2* | 0 | 2* |
| Swimming | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Water polo | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 22* | 1 | 23* |
* Constantin Popovici competed in both diving and high diving.

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Constantin Popovici | 10 m platform | 257.10 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nicoleta Muscalu | 10 m platform | 209.40 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## High diving

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Constantin Popovici | Men's high diving | 340.50 | 8 |
| Cătălin Preda | Men's high diving | 410.20 | |

## Swimming

Romania entered 5 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andrei-Mircea Anghel | 50 metre backstroke | 26.36 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robert-Andrei Badea | 200 metre individual medley | 2:01.78 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robert-Andrei Badea | 400 metre individual medley | 4:18.43 NR | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Patrick Dinu | 100 metre freestyle | 49.53 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denis-Laurean Popescu | 100 metre backstroke | 55.33 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Denis-Laurean Popescu | 200 metre backstroke | 2:02.05 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vlad Stancu | 400 metre freestyle | 3:52.97 | 31 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vlad Stancu | 800 metre freestyle | 8:06.50 | 31 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vlad Stancu | 1500 metre freestyle | 15:20.50 | 20 | — | — | 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 |
| Romania | Men's tournament | Hungary L 8–15 | Kazakhstan W 25–3 | Italy L 10-16 | 3 QP | Montenegro L 9–12 | — | China W 9–7 | United States L 9–12 | 10 |

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

The following is the Romanian roster.
Head coach: Bogdan Rath
* 1 Marius-Florin Tic GK
* 2 David Belenyesi FP
* 3 Matei-Ioan Lutescu FP
* 4 Tudor-Andrei Fulea FP
* 5 Ionut-Valentin Vranceanu FP
* 6 Andrei Prioteasa FP
* 7 Andrei Tepelus FP
* 8 Nicolae Olanta FP
* 9 Silvian Colodrovschi FP
* 10 Vlad-Luca Georgescu FP
* 11 Francesco Iudean FP
* 12 Levente Vancsik FP
* 13 Eduard-Mihai Dragusin GK
* 14 Andrei Neamtu FP
* 15 David-Joan Bota FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 7 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 86 | −79 | 0 | 13–16th place semifinals |
| 5 February 2024 20:30 | Report | Romania | 8–15 | Hungary | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |||
| 5 February 2024 20:30 | Report | Fulea, Georgescu 2 | Goals | Vámos, Zalánki 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Xavi Buch (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA) |
| 7 February 2024 16:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 3–25 | Romania | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 7 February 2024 16:00 | Report | three players 1 | Goals | Fulea, Prioteasa 5 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| 9 February 2024 12:00 | Report | Romania | 10–16 | Italy | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA) |||
| 9 February 2024 12:00 | Report | Georgescu 3 | Goals | Di Fulvio 5 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Lucas Letshabo (RSA) |

#### 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) |

#### 9–12th place semifinals

| 13 February 2024 12:00 | Report | China | 7–9 | Romania | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Andreia Stanojević (SRB) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Andreia Stanojević (SRB) |||
| 13 February 2024 12:00 | Report | Chen Z., Zhang C. 3 | Goals | Georgescu 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: György Kun (HUN), Andreia Stanojević (SRB) |

#### Eleventh place game

| 15 February 2024 10:30 | Report | Romania | 9–13 | United States | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), David Couper (NZL) |
| Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), David Couper (NZL) |||
| 15 February 2024 10:30 | Report | Georgescu 4 | Goals | Bowen, Irving 3 | Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), David Couper (NZL) |