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Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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Host country
  
Brazil

Champions
  
Serbia (1st title)

Third place
  
Italy

Match
  
42

Venue(s)
  
2 (in 1 host city)

Runner-up
  
Croatia

Dates
  
8 Aug 2016 – 20 Aug 2016

Goals scored
  
704

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Teams
  
12 (from 5 confederations)

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The men's tournament of Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, began on 6 August and ended on 20 August 2016. Games were held at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center and the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

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Serbia won the gold medal by defeating Croatia in the final. Bronze was won by Italy after beating Montenegro.

Draw

The draw was held on 10 April 2016.

Teams from twelve nations compete in the tournament and were seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. The top four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 10 April 2016.

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.

Bracket

5th place bracket

References

Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament Wikipedia