Hungary men's national water polo team

The Hungary men's national water polo team represents Hungary in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Hungarian Water Polo Association. It is considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 16 Olympic, 12 World Championship,[1] 10 FINA World Cup, eight FINA World League, 26 European Championship and 17 Summer Universiade medals for a total of 91.

Hungary
FINA codeHUN
AssociationHungarian Water Polo Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachZsolt Varga
Asst coachAndrás Gárdonyi
Balázs Nyéki
CaptainSzilárd Jansik
Most capsTibor Benedek (384)
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current4 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest1 (2008, 2013)
Lowest7 (2011)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances23 (first in 1912)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008)
5-time Olympian(s)Dezső Gyarmati (1948–1964)
Tibor Benedek (1992–2008)
Tamás Kásás (1996–2012)
Most medalsDezső Gyarmati (5 medals, 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze)
Top scorer(s)Tibor Benedek (65 goals, 1992–2008)
Flag bearer(s)István Szívós Sr. (1980)
Péter Biros (2012)
World Championship
Appearances20 (first in 1973)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1973, 2003, 2013, 2023)
Most titlesNorbert Madaras (2003, 2013)
World Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1979)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1979, 1995, 1999, 2018)
Most medalsRajmund Fodor (6 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze)
World League
Appearances10 (first in 2002)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2003, 2004)
European Championship
Appearances34 (first in 1926)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1926, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1997, 1999, 2020)
Europa Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2019)
Media
Websitewaterpolo.hu (in Hungarian)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Los Angeles Team
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin Team
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Team
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montréal Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 1928 Amsterdam Team
Silver medal – second place 1948 London Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 Belgrade Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fukuoka Team
Silver medal – second place 1975 Cali Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Berlin Team
Silver medal – second place 1982 Guayaquil Team
Silver medal – second place 1998 Perth Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Montréal Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Perth Team
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1979 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Atlanta
Gold medal – first place 1999 Sydney
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin
Silver medal – second place 1993 Athens
Silver medal – second place 2002 Belgrade
Silver medal – second place 2006 Budapest
Silver medal – second place 2014 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Berlin
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Athens
World League
Gold medal – first place 2003 New York
Gold medal – first place 2004 Long Beach
Silver medal – second place 2005 Belgrade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Berlin
Silver medal – second place 2013 Chelyabinsk
Silver medal – second place 2014 Dubai
Silver medal – second place 2018 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Patras
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1926 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 1927 Bologna
Gold medal – first place 1931 Paris
Gold medal – first place 1934 Magdeburg
Gold medal – first place 1938 London
Gold medal – first place 1954 Turin
Gold medal – first place 1958 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 1962 Leipzig
Gold medal – first place 1974 Vienna
Gold medal – first place 1977 Jönköping
Gold medal – first place 1997 Seville
Gold medal – first place 1999 Florence
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest
Silver medal – second place 1970 Barcelona
Silver medal – second place 1983 Rome
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield
Silver medal – second place 1995 Vienna
Silver medal – second place 2006 Belgrade
Silver medal – second place 2014 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Split
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Kranj
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Málaga
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Eindhoven
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Belgrade
Europa Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb
Last updated: 3 July 2021

Competitive record

Medals

Updated after 2023 World Championships

Competition1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
Olympic Games 93416
Friendship Games 0101
World Championship 47112
World Cup 44210
World League 2518
European Championship 137626
Europa Cup 1001
Mediterranean Games 0000
Summer Universiade 56617
Total38332091

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

Olympic Games
Main article: Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Hungary missed five Olympics, but they have won the title nine times, which is a record. As of today, there are only seven tournaments in which Hungary participated but did not receive a medal.[2]

Games Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
France 1900 Paris did not participate
United States 1904 St. Louis
United Kingdom 1908 London
Sweden 1912 Stockholm First round 5th of 6 2 0 0 2 9 11 −2
Belgium 1920 Antwerp did not participate
France 1924 Paris Quarter-finals 5th of 13 4 2 0 2 17 17 0
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Runners-up 2nd of 14 4 3 0 1 26 8 +18
United States 1932 Los Angeles Champions 1st of 5 3 3 0 0 31 2 +29
Germany 1936 Berlin Champions 1st of 16 7 6 1 0 44 4 +40
United Kingdom 1948 London Runners-up 2nd of 18 7 5 1 1 34 17 +17
Finland 1952 Helsinki Champions 1st of 21 8 6 2 0 53 16 +37
Australia 1956 Melbourne Champions 1st of 10 6 6 0 0 26 4 +22
Italy 1960 Rome Third place 3rd of 16 7 4 2 1 37 18 +19
Japan 1964 Tokyo Champions 1st of 13 6 5 1 0 34 13 +21
Mexico 1968 Mexico City Third place 3rd of 15 8 7 0 1 54 26 +28
West Germany 1972 Munich Runners-up 2nd of 16 8 6 2 0 42 21 +21
Canada 1976 Montreal Champions 1st of 12 8 7 1 0 45 32 +13
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 1 2 52 44 +7
United States 1984 Los Angeles did not participate
South Korea 1988 Seoul 5th–8th placement 5th of 12 7 3 2 2 72 57 +15
Spain 1992 Barcelona 5th–8th placement 6th of 12 7 3 2 2 65 62 +3
United States 1996 Atlanta Fourth place 4th of 12 8 6 0 2 83 73 +10
Australia 2000 Sydney Champions 1st of 12 8 6 0 2 78 57 +21
Greece 2004 Athens Champions 1st of 12 7 7 0 0 59 39 +20
China 2008 Beijing Champions 1st of 12 7 6 1 0 85 55 +30
United Kingdom 2012 London Match for 5th place 5th of 12 8 5 0 3 98 80 +18
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Match for 5th place 5th of 12 8 4 3 1 91 66 +25
Japan 2020 Tokyo Third place 3rd of 12 8 5 1 2 94 60 +34
France 2024 Paris Qualified
Total 24/29 9 Titles 154 110 20 24 1,229 782 +447

World Championships

Hungary has taken part in every World Championships. They have won this championship four times: in 1973, 2003, 2013 and 2023.[2]

Year Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973
Colombia 1975
West Germany 1978
Ecuador 1982
Spain 19869th
Australia 1991
Italy 19945th
Australia 1998
Japan 20015th
Spain 2003
Canada 2005
Australia 2007
Italy 20095th
China 20114th
Spain 2013
Russia 20156th
Hungary 2017
South Korea 20194th
Hungary 20227th
Japan 2023
Total20/20

World Cup

The Hungarian national team missed three editions of the World Cup, but they won it four times: in 1979, 1995, 1999 and 2018.[2]

Year Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 197975113728+9
United States 19816th73046456+8
United States 19837th70435764−7
West Germany 1985did not participate
Greece 1987
West Germany 198953024036+4
Spain 19914th52124842+6
Greece 199354013930+9
United States 199554105134+17
Greece 199753113829+9
Australia 199954014424+20
Serbia and Montenegro 200263034843+5
Hungary 200654015735+22
Romania 2010did not participate
Kazakhstan 201464206135+26
Germany 201865017057+13
United States 20234th31022728−1
Total14/1777451022681541+140

World League

Hungary has taken part in the first edition of the FINA Water Polo World League in 2002. They have won the gold medal one and two years later. In 2006 and from 2008 to 2012, Hungary did not participate in the World League.[2]

Year Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Greece 2002161303188119+69
United States 200355005635+21
United States 2004141103150114+36
Serbia and Montenegro 2005141103178113+65
Greece 2006did not participate
Germany 2007141301187100+87
Italy 2008did not participate
Montenegro 2009
Serbia 2010
Italy 2011
Kazakhstan 2012
Russia 201364026659+7
United Arab Emirates 20141080210373+30
Italy 20156th12903156105+51
China 2016did not participate
Russia 2017
Hungary 20181062210673+33
Serbia 20195th63217867+11
Georgia (country) 2020did not qualify
France 2022
Total10/20107834201,268858+410

European Championships
semi-final against Italy in 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship
supporters celebrate the Hungarian team

Hungary missed only one European Championship, in 1950, and they have won the tournament 13 times, which is (as in the World Championships) a record. No team has a better result than Hungary in history of the European Championship.

Year Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Hungary 19263300163+13
Italy 19273300146+8
France 1931
Germany 1934
United Kingdom 1938
Monaco 19474th
Austria 1950did not participate
Italy 1954
Hungary 1958
East Germany 1962
Netherlands 19665th
Spain 1970
Austria 1974
Sweden 1977
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1981
Italy 1983
Bulgaria 19855th
France 19875th
West Germany 19899th
Greece 19915th
United Kingdom 1993
Austria 1995
Spain 1997
Italy 1999
Hungary 2001
Slovenia 2003
Serbia 2006
Spain 2008
Croatia 20104th
Netherlands 2012
Hungary 2014
Serbia 2016
Spain 20188th72145254−2
Hungary 202064208943+46
Croatia 202265019244+48
Israel 2024Qualified
Total35/36

Friendship Games
Year Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Cuba 198453116843+25
Total2/653116843+25

Europa Cup

Team

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.[3]

Head coach: Zsolt Varga

Individual all-time records
  Still active players are highlighted.

Most appearances and goals

Total number of matches played in official competitions only.

# Player Years Matches Goals
1 Tibor Benedek 1990–2008 384
2 ifj. István Szívós 1966–1980 308
3 Dániel Varga 2005–present 278
4 Norbert Hosnyánszky 2005–present 258
4 Tamás Faragó 1970–1985 258
6 Dénes Varga 2004–present 246
7 György Gerendás 1975–1986 230
8 Zoltán Kósz 1986–2001, 2006 228
9 Endre Molnár 1966–1980 189
10 László Sárosi 1966–1978 634

Statistics accurate as of matches played 18 January 2016

Olympic statistics
Main article: Hungary men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

Five-time Olympians

Olympians with four or more medals
  • Dezső Gyarmati: 5 medals, 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze (1948 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 1952 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1956 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1960 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1964 1st place, gold medalist(s));
  • György Kárpáti: 4 medals, 3 gold and 1 bronze (1952 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1956 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1960 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1964 1st place, gold medalist(s)).
  • András Bodnár: 4 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze (1960 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1964 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1968 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1972 2nd place, silver medalist(s)).
  • ifj. István Szívós: 4 medals, 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze (1968 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1972 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 1976 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1980 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)).

Olympians with three gold medals

Players with four or more medals
  • Norbert Madaras: 4 medals, 2 gold and 2 silver (2003 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s));
  • Rajmund Fodor: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Tamás Kásás: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Gergely Kiss: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Tamás Molnár: 4 medals, 1 gold and 3 silver (1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Tibor Benedek: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1991 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1998 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2003 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s)).

Players with two gold medals

Players with four or more medals
  • Rajmund Fodor: 6 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze (1993 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 1995 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Tamás Kásás: 5 medals, 2 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1995 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Tibor Benedek: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1993 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 1995 1st place, gold medalist(s), 1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Gergely Kiss: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s));
  • Tamás Molnár: 4 medals, 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze (1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s), 1999 1st place, gold medalist(s), 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s), 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s)).

Players with two gold medals

Awards

See also

References
  1. "Hungary makes it title #3 with a heart-stopper over Montenegro". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster HUN" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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