Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Venues | Claude-Robillard Sports Complex Olympic Pool (final) | |||||||||
Date | 18–27 July 1976 | |||||||||
Competitors | 131 from 12 nations | |||||||||
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The water polo tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2]
Event | Dates | Hosts | Quotas | Qualified Teams |
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Host Nation | 12 May 1970 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
1974 Asian Games | 2-7 September 1974 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
1975 World Championships | 19-25 July 1975 | ![]() | 6 | ![]() |
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1975 Pan American Games | 16-20 October 1975 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
European Qualifier | 23-25 April 1976 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Oceania Qualifier | 1 | ![]() | ||
African Qualifier | ![]() | |||
Reallocation | 1 | ![]() | ||
Total | 12 |
Medalists
[edit]Participating teams
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Squads
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13 | +13 |
2. | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 10 | +15 |
3. | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 15 | +7 |
4. | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 39 | –35 |
- 18 July 1976
Yugoslavia ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 12 – 1 | ![]() |
- 19 July 1976
Yugoslavia ![]() | 15 – 0 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 8 – 6 | ![]() |
- 20 July 1976
Yugoslavia ![]() | 6 – 6 | ![]() |
Cuba ![]() | 12 – 3 | ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | +4 |
2. | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 |
3. | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 |
4. | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 20 | –10 |
- 18 July 1976
Netherlands ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 5 – 5 | ![]() |
- 19 July 1976
Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 8 – 3 | ![]() |
- 20 July 1976
Netherlands ![]() | 6 – 5 | ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 7 – 4 | ![]() |
Group C
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +2 |
2. | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
3. | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | –6 |
4. | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 17 | –3 |
- 18 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 7 – 6 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 0 – 5 | ![]() |
- 19 July 1976
West Germany ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 2 – 4 | ![]() |
- 20 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 6 – 5 | ![]() |
Classification round
[edit]Group D
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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7. | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 16 | +18 |
8. | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 16 | +17 |
9. | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 21 | +6 |
10. | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 19 | +5 |
11. | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 25 | –3 |
12. | ![]() | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 53 | –45 |
- 22 July 1976
Cuba ![]() | 5 – 0 1 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() |
Mexico ![]() | 11 – 3 | ![]() |
- 23 July 1976
Soviet Union ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 5 – 7 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 8 – 2 | ![]() |
- 24 July 1976
Cuba ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 7 – 2 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 8 – 1 | ![]() |
- 26 July 1976
Cuba ![]() | 10 – 2 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 6 – 6 | ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
- 27 July 1976
Cuba ![]() | 8 – 5 | ![]() |
Soviet Union ![]() | 16 – 0 | ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | |
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1. | ![]() | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 24 | +6 |
2. | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 20 | +1 |
3. | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 17 | +1 |
4. | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 25 | +1 |
5. | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 24 | –3 |
6. | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | –6 |
- 22 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 6 – 5 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 5 – 5 | ![]() |
- 23 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 5 – 4 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
- 24 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
Yugoslavia ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() |
- 26 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 9 – 8 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() |
- 27 July 1976
Hungary ![]() | 5 – 5 | ![]() |
Italy ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() |
Final ranking
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "Water Polo at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Men_1976". Todor66.
- ^ Soviet Forfeit Adds to Woes
Sources
[edit]- PDF documents in the LA84 Foundation Digital Library:
- Official Report of the 1976 Olympic Games, v.3 (download, archive) (pp. 446–447, 484–497)
- Water polo on the Olympedia website
- Water polo on the Sports Reference website
- Water polo at the 1976 Summer Games (men's tournament) (archived)
External links
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