# Water polo at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

The water polo tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran took place between 24 and 30 June at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center in Bir El Djir, Oran. The competition was held only for men's teams.

## Medal summary
### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Serbia Vuk Anđelić Bogdan Brešćanski Marko Dimitrijević Bogdan Gavrilović Nikola Kojić Aleksandar Kovačević Mitar Maraš Petar Pajković Zoran Poznanović Nikola Vuk Radulović Petar Stanić Viktor Urošević Radosav Virijević | Montenegro Neđo Baštrica Andrija Bjelica Danilo Dragović Danilo Krivokapić Pavle Krivokapić Milan Nikaljević Draško Samardžić Danilo Stupar Balša Vučković Lazar Vukićević Vladan Vukićević Dušan Vuković Miloš Vukšić | Spain Hugo Castro Marc Frigola Didac García Gerard Gil Biel Gomila Luca de la Cruz Javier Ibáñez Daniel Ivaylov Robert López Javier Otero Jan Pérez Xavier Teclas Joan Villamayor |

## Participating teams

* France
* Greece
* Italy
* Montenegro
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 49 | −32 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 24 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Greece | 11–12 | Spain | Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |
| Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |||
| 24 June 2022 16:00 | Report | four players 2 | Goals | López 5 | Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |
| 24 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Turkey | 2–13 | Italy | Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Eurico da Silva (POR) |
| Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Eurico da Silva (POR) |||
| 24 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Caner, Kuloğlu 1 | Goals | Cora, Taramasco 4 | Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Eurico da Silva (POR) |
| 26 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Spain | 14–8 | Italy | Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Andrija Đurašković (MNE) |
| Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Andrija Đurašković (MNE) |||
| 26 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Castro 4 | Goals | Nenni 3 | Oran Referees: Igor Virijević (SRB), Andrija Đurašković (MNE) |
| 26 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Greece | 21–7 | Turkey | Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Matevž Homovec (SLO) |
| Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Matevž Homovec (SLO) |||
| 26 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Spachits 4 | Goals | Erçıkdı, Koyuncu 2 | Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Matevž Homovec (SLO) |
| 28 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Spain | 15–8 | Turkey | Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |
| Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |||
| 28 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Frigola, Gil 3 | Goals | Caner 5 | Oran Referees: Matevž Homovec (SLO), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |
| 28 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Italy | 10–6 | Greece | Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Igor Virijević (SRB) |
| Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Igor Virijević (SRB) |||
| 28 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Bragantini, Nenni 3 | Goals | Almyras, Kandanoleon 2 | Oran Referees: Eurico da Silva (POR), Igor Virijević (SRB) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Montenegro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 27 | +31 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | France | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 2 | Seventh place game |
| 5 | Portugal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 72 | −50 | 0 | |
| 24 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Slovenia | 18–5 | Portugal | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |
| Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |||
| 24 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Lah 6 | Goals | Moreira 4 | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |
| 24 June 2022 12:00 | Report | France | 8–16 | Montenegro | Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |||
| 24 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Mas, Rodrigues 4 | Goals | L. Vukičević 5 | Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| 25 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Portugal | 10–15 | France | Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |
| Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |||
| 25 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Moreira 3 | Goals | Mas 5 | Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |
| 25 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Serbia | 22–6 | Slovenia | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |||
| 25 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Kovačević 4 | Goals | Lah 3 | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| 26 June 2022 10:00 | Report | France | 7–18 | Serbia | Oran Referees: Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |
| Oran Referees: Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |||
| 26 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Mathieu 3 | Goals | Kojić 6 | Oran Referees: Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |
| 26 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Montenegro | 23–4 | Portugal | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |||
| 26 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Vučković 5 | Goals | Moreira, Santiago 2 | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| 27 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Serbia | 9–8 | Montenegro | Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |
| Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |||
| 27 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Kojić 3 | Goals | Baštrica 2 | Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |
| 27 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Slovenia | 11–7 | France | Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA) |
| Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA) |||
| 27 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Zdravkovič Gligorovski 3 | Goals | Roussel 2 | Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA) |
| 28 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Montenegro | 11–6 | Slovenia | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |
| Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |||
| 28 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Vučković, L. Vukičević 3 | Goals | Čanč 2 | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE) |
| 28 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Portugal | 3–16 | Serbia | Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |
| Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |||
| 28 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Santiago 3 | Goals | Dimitrijević, Kovačević 3 | Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 29 June | 29 June |
| Spain | 9 |
| Spain | 9 | 30 June | 30 June |
| Montenegro | 10 | 30 June | 30 June |
| Montenegro | 10 | Montenegro | 8 |
| 29 June | 29 June | | Montenegro | 8 |
| 29 June | 29 June | Serbia | 9 |
| Serbia | 8 | Serbia | 9 |
| Italy | 7 | | |
| Italy | 7 | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | 30 June | 30 June |
| | | Spain | 16 |
| | | Italy | 8 |

### Semifinals

| 29 June 2022 15:00 | Report | Spain | 9–10 | Montenegro | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Igor Virijević (SRB) |
| Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Igor Virijević (SRB) |||
| 29 June 2022 15:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Baštrica 4 | Oran Referees: Arnaldo Petronilli (ITA), Igor Virijević (SRB) |
| 29 June 2022 17:00 | Report | Serbia | 8–7 | Italy | Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |
| Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |||
| 29 June 2022 17:00 | Report | Dimitrijević, Gavrilović 2 | Goals | Taramasco 3 | Oran Referees: Grigorios Spanoudis (GRE), Emanuel Manol Taylan (TUR) |

### Seventh place game

| 29 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Turkey | 10–11 | France | Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Matevž Homovec (SLO) |
| Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Matevž Homovec (SLO) |||
| 29 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Caner 5 | Goals | Mas 3 | Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Matevž Homovec (SLO) |

### Fifth place game

| 29 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Greece | 16–12 | Slovenia | Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |
| Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |||
| 29 June 2022 12:00 | Report | Bitsakos, Mathiopoulos 3 | Goals | Lah 5 | Oran Referees: Sergio Jiménez (ESP), Ghislain Dehon (FRA) |

### Bronze medal game

| 30 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Spain | 16–8 | Italy | Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Eurico da Silva (POR) |
| Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Eurico da Silva (POR) |||
| 30 June 2022 10:00 | Report | Castro 4 | Goals | three players 2 | Oran Referees: Andrija Đurašković (MNE), Eurico da Silva (POR) |

### Gold medal game

| 30 June 2022 13:00 | Report | Montenegro | 8–9 | Serbia | Oran Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |
| Oran Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |||
| 30 June 2022 13:00 | Report | L. Vukičević 3 | Goals | Gavrilović, Kojić 2 | Oran Referees: Ghislain Dehon (FRA), Sergio Jiménez (ESP) |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Serbia |
| | Montenegro |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Greece |
| 6 | Slovenia |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Turkey |
| 9 | Portugal |