Host country China Champions Hungary Fourth place Montenegro Teams 12 | Dates 9 August – 24 August Runner-up United States Start date 2008 Venues 1 | |
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Champion Hungary men's national water polo team Third place Serbia men's national water polo team |
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, People's Republic of China, began on 10 August and lasted until 24 August 2008. All games were held at the Ying Tung Natatorium.
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Teams from twelve nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 44 games were played, 30 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group). Seven classification games and seven games in the medal round were also played.
Format
The format of water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics:
Group A
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).
Classification round
Medal round
References
Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA