Hungary men's national water polo team

Hungary
Olympic Games

Association	Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség
Confederation	LEN (Europe)
Head coach	Tibor Benedek
Asst coach	Norbert Dabrowski
Captain	Dénes Varga
FINA code	HUN
Appearances	22 (first in 1912)
Best result	01 ! (1932, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2008)
World Championships
Appearances	16 (first in 1973)
Best result	01 ! (1973, 2003, 2013)
World League
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	01 ! (2003, 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1979)
Best result	01 ! (1979, 1995, 1999)
European Championship
Appearances	31 (first in 1926)
Best result	01 ! (1926, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1997, 1999)

Hungary men's national water polo team
Medal record

Olympic Games
	1932 Los Angeles	Team
	1936 Berlin	Team
	1952 Helsinki	Team
	1956 Melbourne	Team
	1964 Tokyo	Team
	1976 Montréal	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2004 Athens	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
	1928 Amsterdam	Team
	1948 London	Team
	1972 Munich	Team
	1960 Rome	Team
	1968 Mexico City	Team
	1980 Moscow	Team
World Championships
	1973 Belgrade	Team
	2003 Barcelona	Team
	2013 Barcelona	Team
	1975 Cali	Team
	1978 Berlin	Team
	1982 Guayaquil	Team
	1998 Perth	Team
	2005 Montréal	Team
	2007 Melbourne	Team
	1991 Perth	Team
World Cup
	1979 Belgrade
	1995 Atlanta
	1999 Sydney
	1993 Athens
	2002 Belgrade
	2006 Budapest
	2014 Almaty
	1989 Berlin
	1997 Athens
World League
	2003 New York
	2004 Long Beach
	2005 Belgrade
	2007 Berlin
	2013 Chelyabinsk
	2014 Dubai
	2002 Patras
European Championship
	1926 Budapest
	1927 Bologna
	1931 Paris
	1934 Magdeburg
	1938 London
	1954 Turin
	1958 Budapest
	1962 Leipzig
	1974 Vienna
	1977 Jönköping
	1997 Seville
	1999 Florence
	1970 Barcelona
	1983 Rome
	1993 Sheffield
	1995 Vienna
	2006 Belgrade
	2014 Budapest
	1981 Split
	2001 Budapest
	2003 Kranj
	2008 Málaga
	2012 Eindhoven
	2016 Belgrade

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. They are considered the world's top power in the history of water polo, having won 15 Olympic, 10 World Championship,^[1] 5 FINA World League, 8 FINA World Cup and 21 European Championship medals.

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place

Olympic Games

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

Games	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1900 Paris	Did not participate
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm	First round	5th of 6	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1
1920 Antwerp	Did not participate
1924 Paris	Quarter-finals	5th of 13	4	2	0	2	17	13	+4
1928 Amsterdam	Runners-up	2nd of 14	4	3	0	1	26	5	+21
1932 Los Angeles	Champions	1st of 5	3	3	0	0	30	2	+28
1936 Berlin	Champions	1st of 16	7	6	1	0	42	4	+38
1948 London	Runners-up	2nd of 18	7	5	1	1	39	19	+20
1952 Helsinki	Champions	1st of 21	8	6	2	0	53	16	+37
1956 Melbourne	Champions	1st of 10	6	6	0	0	26	4	+22
1960 Rome	Third Place	3rd of 16	7	4	2	1	37	18	+19
1964 Tokyo	Champions	1st of 13	6	5	1	0	34	14	+20
1968 Mexico City	Third Place	3rd of 15	8	7	0	1	54	26	+28
1972 Munich	Runners-up	2nd of 16	8	6	2	0	42	21	+21
1976 Montreal	Champions	1st of 12	8	7	1	0	45	32	+13
1980 Moscow	Third Place	3rd of 12	8	5	1	2	52	44	+7
1984 Los Angeles	Did not participate
1988 Seoul	5th–8th placement	5th of 12	7	3	2	2	72	57	+15
1992 Barcelona	5th–8th placement	6th of 12	7	3	2	2	65	62	+3
1996 Atlanta	Fourth Place	4th of 12	8	6	0	2	83	73	+10
2000 Sydney	Champions	1st of 12	8	6	0	2	78	57	+21
2004 Athens	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	59	39	+20
2008 Beijing	Champions	1st of 12	7	6	1	0	85	55	+30
2012 London	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	8	5	0	3	98	80	+18
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	8	4	3	1	91	66	+25
Total	22/27	9 Titles	155	105	17	21	1,152	712	+440

World Championships

Hungary has taken part in every World Championships. They have won this championship three times: in 1973, 2003 and 2013.

Year	Position
1973
1975
1978
1982
1986	9th
1991
1994	5th
1998
2001	5th
2003
2005
2007
2009	5th
2011	4th
2013
2015	6th
Total	16/16

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.

Year	Position
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006	Did not participate
2007
2008	Did not participate
2009	Did not participate
2010	Did not participate
2011	Did not participate
2012	Did not participate
2013
2014
2015	6th place
Total	8/14

World Cup

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

Year	Position
1979
1981	6th
1983	7th
1985	Did not participate
1987	Did not participate
1989
1991	4th
1993
1995
1997
1999
2002
2006
2010	Did not participate
2014
Total	12/15

European Championships

semifinal 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 12 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
1926
1927
1931
1934
1938
1947	4th
1950	Did not participate
1954
1958
1962
1966	5th
1970
1974
1977
1981
1983
1985	5th
1987	5th
1989	9th
1991	5th
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2006
2008
2010	4th
2012
2014
2016
Total	31/32

Team

Current squad

The following is the Hungarian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coach: Tibor Benedek

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
01 !1	Nagy, ViktorViktor Nagy	GK	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	000000001984-07-24-000024 July 1984	Szolnoki Dózsa
02 !2	Zalánki, GergőGergő Zalánki	CB	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	000000001995-02-26-000026 February 1995	Orvosegyetem
03 !3	Manhercz, KrisztiánKrisztián Manhercz	D	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	000000001997-02-06-00006 February 1997	Szeged
04 !4	Erdélyi, BalázsBalázs Erdélyi	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	000000001990-02-16-000016 February 1990	Eger
05 !5	Vámos, MártonMárton Vámos	D	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	000000001992-06-24-000024 June 1992	Szolnoki Dózsa
06 !6	Hosnyánszky, NorbertNorbert Hosnyánszky	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	000000001984-03-04-00004 March 1984	Eger
07 !7	Decker, ÁdámÁdám Decker	D	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	000000001984-02-29-000029 February 1984	Eger
08 !8	Szívós, MártonMárton Szívós	CB	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	000000001981-08-19-000019 August 1981	Bp. Honvéd
09 !9	Varga, DánielDániel Varga	D	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	000000001983-09-24-000024 September 1983	Ferencváros
10	Varga, DénesDénes Varga (c)	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	000000001987-03-29-000029 March 1987	Szolnoki Dózsa
11	Kis, GáborGábor Kis	CF	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	000000001982-09-27-000027 September 1982	Szolnoki Dózsa
12	Hárai, BalázsBalázs Hárai	CF	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	000000001987-04-05-00005 April 1987	Eger
13	Decker, AttilaAttila Decker	GK	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	000000001987-08-25-000025 August 1987	Bp. Honvéd

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
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	181

Statistics accurate as of matches played 18 January 2016

Awards

Hungarian Sport Team Of The Year: 1958, 1961, 1962, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013

References

↑ http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4080
↑ "Irány, Rio!" [Off to Rio!] (in Hungarian). Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.

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