# Serbia at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Serbia is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

## Artistic swimming

Serbia entered 2 artistic swimmers.

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jelena Kontić Ivan Martinović | Duet technical routine | 169.6216 | 11 Q | 191.1167 | 9 |
| Jelena Kontić Ivan Martinović | Duet free routine | 143.0189 | 8 Q | 146.5708 | 6 |

## Open water swimming

Serbia entered 1 open water swimmer.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tamás Farkas | Men's 5 km | 56:53.5 | 25 |

## Swimming

Serbia entered 5 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andrej Barna | 50 metre freestyle | 22.52 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrej Barna | 100 metre freestyle | 48.20 | 12 Q | 48.43 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Velimir Stjepanović | 200 metre freestyle | 1:47.93 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Velimir Stjepanović | 400 metre freestyle | 3:54.25 | 30 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Velimir Stjepanović Andrej Barna Nikola Aćin Uroš Nikolić | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 3:14.36 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anja Crevar | 200 metre butterfly | 2:10.98 | 16 Q | 2:11.65 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Crevar | 400 metre individual medley | 4:46.26 | 22 | — | — | 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 |
| Serbia | Men's tournament | Spain L 14–16 | South Africa W 30–5 | Montenegro W 17–15 | 2 QP | Japan W 16–10 | Italy W 15–14 | Greece L 7–13 | Spain L 6–9 | 4 |

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

The following is the Serbian roster.
Head coach: Uroš Stevanović
* 1 Vladimir Mišović GK
* 2 Marko Radulović FP
* 3 Strahinja Rašović FP
* 4 Sava Ranđelović FP
* 5 Đorđe Lazić FP
* 6 Vuk Milojević FP
* 7 Radomir Drašović FP
* 8 Nikola Jakšić FP
* 9 Filip Janković FP
* 10 Nemanja Ubović FP
* 11 Đorđe Vučinić FP
* 12 Vasilije Martinović FP
* 13 Branislav Mitrović GK
* Bogdan Gavrilović FP
* Marko Dimitrijević FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 4 | Playoffs |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 92 | −71 | 0 | |
| 17 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Serbia | 14–16 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 17 July 2023 20:30 | Report | Rašović 6 | Goals | Granados 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| 19 July 2023 16:00 | Report | South Africa | 5–30 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |||
| 19 July 2023 16:00 | Report | Laurenson 2 | Goals | Jakšić, Rašović 6 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Couper (NZL), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN) |
| 21 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Serbia | 17–15 | Montenegro | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |||
| 21 July 2023 12:00 | Report | Vučinić 5 | Goals | Matković 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adrian-Tiberiu Alexandrescu (ROU), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |

#### Playoffs

| 23 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Japan | 10–16 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 23 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Inaba 4 | Goals | Radulović, Rašović 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |

#### Quarterfinals

| 25 July 2023 16:30 | Report | Italy | 14–15 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 25 July 2023 16:30 | Report | Di Fulvio 3 | Goals | Rašović 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Michiel Zwartt (NED), Frank Ohme (GER) |

#### Semifinals

| 27 July 2023 17:00 | Report | Greece | 13–7 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 27 July 2023 17:00 | Report | Argyropoulos, Kakaris 3 | Goals | Jakšić, Rašović 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |

#### Third place game

| 29 July 2023 13:00 | Report | Serbia | 6–9 | Spain | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |||
| 29 July 2023 13:00 | Report | Rašović 3 | Goals | Granados 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Raffaele Colombo (ITA) |