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Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Water polo
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenuesClaude-Robillard Sports Complex
Olympic Pool (final)
Date18–27 July 1976
Competitors131 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
← 1972
1980 →

The water polo tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2]

Qualification

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Event[3] Dates Hosts Quotas Qualified Teams
Host Nation 12 May 1970 Netherlands Amsterdam 1  Canada
1974 Asian Games 2-7 September 1974 Iran Tehran 1  Iran
1975 World Championships 19-25 July 1975 Colombia Cali 6  Soviet Union
 Hungary
 Italy
 Cuba
 Romania
 West Germany
1975 Pan American Games 16-20 October 1975 Mexico Mexico City 1  Mexico
European Qualifier 23-25 April 1976 West Germany West Berlin 1  Yugoslavia
Oceania Qualifier 1  Australia
African Qualifier 1  Nigeria
Reallocation 1  Netherlands
Total 12

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary[1]
  Italy
  Netherlands

Participating teams

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Squads

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Italy 532102613+13
2.  Yugoslavia 431202510+15
3.  Cuba 331112215+7
4.  Iran 03003439–35
  • 18 July 1976
Yugoslavia  4 – 4  Cuba
Italy  12 – 1  Iran
  • 19 July 1976
Yugoslavia  15 – 0  Iran
Italy  8 – 6  Cuba
  • 20 July 1976
Yugoslavia  6 – 6  Italy
Cuba  12 – 3  Iran

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Netherlands 633001410+4
2.  Romania 331111814+4
3.  Soviet Union 331111412+2
4.  Mexico 030031020–10
  • 18 July 1976
Netherlands  5 – 3  Mexico
Romania  5 – 5  Soviet Union
  • 19 July 1976
Netherlands  3 – 2  Soviet Union
Romania  8 – 3  Mexico
  • 20 July 1976
Netherlands  6 – 5  Romania
Soviet Union  7 – 4  Mexico

Group C

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 63300158+2
2.  West Germany 4320197+2
3.  Canada 23102814–6
4.  Australia 030031417–3
  • 18 July 1976
Hungary  7 – 6  Australia
Canada  0 – 5  West Germany
  • 19 July 1976
West Germany  4 – 3  Australia
Canada  2 – 4  Hungary
  • 20 July 1976
Hungary  4 – 0  West Germany
Canada  6 – 5  Australia

Classification round

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Group D

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
7.  Cuba 954103416+18
8.  Soviet Union 753113316+17
9.  Canada 652212721+6
10.  Mexico 551312619+5
11.  Australia 351132225–3
12.  Iran 05005853–45
  • 22 July 1976
Cuba  5 – 0 1  Soviet Union
Canada  4 – 3  Australia
Mexico  11 – 3  Iran
  • 23 July 1976
Soviet Union  4 – 3  Mexico
Canada  5 – 7  Cuba
Australia  8 – 2  Iran
  • 24 July 1976
Cuba  4 – 4  Mexico
Soviet Union  7 – 2  Australia
Canada  8 – 1  Iran
  • 26 July 1976
Cuba  10 – 2  Iran
Canada  6 – 6  Soviet Union
Australia  4 – 4  Mexico
  • 27 July 1976
Cuba  8 – 5  Australia
Soviet Union  16 – 0  Iran
Canada  4 – 4  Mexico

1 The Soviet Union forfeited the match due to player illness. The USSR also threatened to quit the tournament after failing to make the medal round, but this never materialized.[4]

Group E

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.  Hungary 954103024+6
2.  Italy 652212120+1
3.  Netherlands 652211817+1
4.  Romania 551312625+1
5.  Yugoslavia 350322124–3
6.  West Germany 150141521–6
  • 22 July 1976
Hungary  6 – 5  Italy
Netherlands  3 – 2  West Germany
Romania  5 – 5  Yugoslavia
  • 23 July 1976
Hungary  5 – 3  West Germany
Italy  5 – 4  Yugoslavia
Netherlands  4 – 4  Romania
  • 24 July 1976
Hungary  5 – 3  Netherlands
Italy  4 – 4  Romania
Yugoslavia  4 – 4  West Germany
  • 26 July 1976
Hungary  9 – 8  Romania
Italy  4 – 3  West Germany
Netherlands  5 – 3  Yugoslavia
  • 27 July 1976
Hungary  5 – 5  Yugoslavia
Italy  3 – 3  Netherlands
Romania  5 – 3  West Germany

Final ranking

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Water Polo at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Men_1976". Todor66.
  4. ↑ Soviet Forfeit Adds to Woes

Sources

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