International/National Team Water Polo

2022 World Champs: USA, Hungary Set to Battle for Women’s Water Polo Title

Goalkeeper Amanda Longan had 16 saves to help the United States hold off Italy for a 14-6 victory in Thursday’s semifinals.

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2022 World Champs Water Polo: Greece Bests United States to Move on to Semi-Finals

Greece bested a strong American team by a score of 16-11 to move on to the men’s water polo semi-finals along with Italy, Croatia, and Spain.

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2022 World Champs Water Polo: Italy Routs France to Advance to Women’s Semifinals

Winning their quarterfinals matches and advancing to semifinals are Italy, USA, Netherlands, and Hungary. 

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2022 World Champs: Women’s Water Polo Group Play Concludes – US, AUS, ITA Dominant

Italy, USA, Australia, and Greece automatically advanced to the quarterfinals by virtue of winning their groups. 

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Canadian Men’s Water Polo Withdraws from Worlds due to COVID-19 Cases

Canada had two games forfeited already, one against Italy and one against South Africa. With the withdrawal, South Africa will move onto the playoff round.

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Serbia Tops U.S., Italy & Spain Earn Blowout Wins To Open Men’s WP In Budapest

There were a number of exciting matches on the opening day of men’s water polo in Budapest, while there were also a few blowout victories for the favorites.

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U.S. Women’s Water Polo Begins Title Defense with Blowout of South Africa

An Oceanic showdown is brewing Wednesday in Group C after an action-packed opening day of women’s water polo at the FINA World Championships.

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USA Men’s Water Polo National Team To Host Italy In Three-Game Series This July

All the action will be broadcast live on ESPNU and will stream on the ESPN app beginning on July 12.

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2022 USA Water Polo Hall Of Fame Class Announced; Induction Set For August 26

USA Water Polo is proud to announce the 38th induction class for the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.

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Ethan Damato Named Head Women’s Coach of USA Water Polo’s ODP Academy

Damato will help connect the technical, tactical and team administration vision of the Senior National Team to the rest of the Olympic Development Program.

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USA Water Polo’s Senior National Teams Announce Training Camp/Practice Invites

The training camps will ultimately lead to USA Water Polo naming its teams for the 2022 World Championships in June.

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Tel Aviv, Belgrade To Host Next Two European Water Polo Championships

LEN announced that Tel Aviv, Israel will host the 2024 edition, while two years later the event visits Belgrade, Serbia.

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12-Year Old Daughter of Killed Ukraine Water Polo Player Meets President

The Ukrainian National Olympic Committee has pledged financial support to the 12-year old Kira Obedinskaya, who was orphaned when her father was killed by Russian forces.

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Serbia Wins World League European Finals; Spain Qualifies for Super Final

Serbia took home the gold medal from Podgorica, Montenegro, handing Italy a 12-9 defeat in a rematch of last summer’s Olympic quarterfinals. 

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Italy, Serbia Punch Tickets To Super Final With Semifinal Wins

Italy and Serbia punched tickets to July’s Super Final on Day 2 of the Water Polo World League European finals in Montenegro. 

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