Spain men's national water polo team

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Spain
Flag of Spain.svg
FINA codeESP
Nickname(s)La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
AssociationRoyal Spanish Swimming Federation
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachDavid Martín
Asst coachAntónio Aparício
Svilen Piralkov
CaptainFelipe Perrone
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current6 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest4 (2010, 2011)
Lowest13 (2015)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances17 (first in 1920)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1996)
World Championship
Appearances17 (first in 1973)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1998, 2001)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1981)
Best result3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (1985, 1991, 1999, 2006, 2010)
World League
Appearances15 (first in 2002)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2002, 2006, 2012)
European Championship
Appearances28 (first in )
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (, 2018, 2020)
Europa Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best result2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2018)
Mediterranean Games
Appearances15 (first in 1951)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1951, 2001, 2005)
Media
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Medal record
Men's water polo
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Fukuoka Team
Silver medal – second place 1991 Perth Team
Silver medal – second place 1994 Rome Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Gwangju Team
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne Team
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Duisburg
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Barcelona
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Perth
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Oradea
World League
Silver medal – second place 2002 Patras
Silver medal – second place 2006 Athens
Silver medal – second place 2012 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Budapest
European Championship
Silver medal – second place
Silver medal – second place 2018 Barcelona
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest
Bronze medal – third place
Bronze medal – third place
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Belgrade
Europa Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rijeka
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Zagreb
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almeria Team
Silver medal – second place 1983 Casablanca Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 Latakia Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1955 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Tunis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Izmir Team
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Algiers Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Split Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari Team

The Spain men's national water polo team (Spanish: Selección de polo acuático España) represents Spain in men's international water polo competitions and it is controlled by Real Federación Española de Natación.

Spain has won one gold Olympic medal and two World Championships, making them one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world. They also have won 2 Olympic, 6 World Championships, 5 World Cup, 3 World League, 5 European Championships and 2 Europa Cup medals.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

Main article: Spain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
Year[1] Position
Belgium 1920 7th
France 1924 10th
Netherlands 1928 9th
United Kingdom 1948 8th
Finland 1952 8th
Mexico 1968 9th
West Germany 1972 10th
Soviet Union 1980 4th
United States 1984 4th
South Korea 1988 6th
Spain 1992 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States 1996 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Australia 2000 4th
Greece 2004 6th
China 2008 5th
United Kingdom 2012 6th
Brazil 2016 7th
Japan 2020 4th
Total 18/27

World Championship[]

Year[1] Position
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1973 10th
Colombia 1975 10th
West Germany 1978 11th
Ecuador 1982 8th
Spain 1986 5th
Australia 1991 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italy 1994 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Australia 1998 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Japan 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Spain 2003 5th
Canada 2005 5th
Australia 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Italy 2009 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
China 2011 5th
Spain 2013 5th
Russia 2015 Did not qualify
Hungary 2017 9th
South Korea 2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Total 17/18

World Cup[]

Year[1] Position
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 Did not participate
United States 1981 5th
United States 1983 5th
West Germany 1985 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece 1987 6th
West Germany 1989 4th
Spain 1991 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece 1993 Did not participate
United States 1995 5th
Greece 1997 6th
Australia 1999 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Serbia and Montenegro 2002 6th
Hungary 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Romania 2010 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kazakhstan 2014 Did not participate
Germany 2018
Total 12/15

World League[]

Year[1] Position
Greece 2002 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United States 2003 Did not participate
United States 2004 5th
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 8th
Greece 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Germany 2007 Preliminary round
Italy 2008 5th
Montenegro 2009 10th
Serbia 2010 6th
Italy 2011 11th
Kazakhstan 2012 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Russia 2013 Preliminary round
United Arab Emirates 2014 Did not participate
Italy 2015 Preliminary round
China 2016 Preliminary round
Russia 2017 Did not participate
Hungary 2018 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Serbia 2019 4th
Total 15/18

European Championship[]

Year Position
Italy 10th
Germany 7th
Italy 7th
Hungary 12th
Netherlands 12th
Spain 8th
Austria 7th
Sweden 8th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5th
Italy 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bulgaria 6th
France 6th
West Germany 6th
Greece 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
United Kingdom 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Austria 1995 5th
Spain 1997 5th
Italy 1999 6th
Hungary 2001 6th
Slovenia 2003 5th
Serbia 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Spain 2008 7th
Croatia 2010 8th
Netherlands 2012 7th
Hungary 2014 7th
Serbia 2016 5th
Spain 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hungary 2020 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Croatia 2022 Qualified
Total 29/35

Europa Cup[]

Year Position
Croatia 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Croatia 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Total 2/2

Mediterranean Games[]

Year Position
Egypt 1951 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Spain 1955 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Lebanon 1967 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Turkey 1971 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Algeria 1975 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Morocco 1983 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Syria 1987 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Greece 1991 5th
France 1993 4th
Italy 1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tunisia 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Spain 2005 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Italy 2009 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Turkey 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Spain 2018 4th
Total 16/18

Current squad[]

Roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: David Martín[2]

No. Player Pos. L/R Height Weight Date of birth (age) Apps OG/
Goals 		Club Ref
1 Daniel López 10GK 2R 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) (1980-07-16)16 July 1980 (aged 41) 348 2/0 Spain Barceloneta [3]
2 Alberto Munárriz 50D 2R 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 106 kg (234 lb) (1994-05-19)19 May 1994 (aged 27) 128 1/9 Spain Barceloneta [4]
3 Álvaro Granados 50D 2R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1998-10-08)8 October 1998 (aged 22) 68 1/0 Spain Barceloneta [5]
4 Bernat Sanahuja 50D 2R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (2000-10-21)21 October 2000 (aged 20) 23 0/0 Spain Sabadell [6]
5 Miguel de Toro 40CF 2R 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (aged 27) 73 0/0 Spain Barceloneta [7]
6 Marc Larumbe 50D 2R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1994-05-30)30 May 1994 (aged 27) 84 0/0 Spain Barceloneta [8]
7 Martin Famera 20CB 2R 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 109 kg (240 lb) (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 (aged 32) 5 0/0 Spain Barceloneta [9]
8 Francisco Fernández 50D 2R 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1986-06-21)21 June 1986 (aged 35) 153 1/2 Spain Barceloneta [10]
9 Roger Tahull 40CF 2R 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 104 kg (229 lb) (1997-05-11)11 May 1997 (aged 24) 65 1/3 Spain Barcelona [11]
10 Felipe Perrone (C) 50D 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 96 kg (212 lb) (1986-02-27)27 February 1986 (aged 35) 172 3/42 Spain Barceloneta [12]
11 Blai Mallarach 50D 1L 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1987-08-21)21 August 1987 (aged 33) 285 2/13 Spain Barceloneta [13]
12 Alejandro Bustos 20CB 2R 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 106 kg (234 lb) (1997-03-17)17 March 1997 (aged 24) 10 0/0 Spain Barceloneta [14]
13 Unai Aguirre 10GK 2R 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (2002-07-14)14 July 2002 (aged 19) 3 0/0 Spain Barcelona [15]
Average 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 years, 211 days 109

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Spain Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Youth teams[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Water Polo - MARTIN LOZANO David". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ "LOPEZ PINEDO Daniel". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ "MUNARRIZ EGANA Alberto". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "GRANADOS ORTEGA Alvaro". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "SANAHUJA Bernat". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "de TORO DOMINGUEZ Miguel". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "LARUMBE GONFAUS Marc". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ "FAMERA Martin". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ "FERNANDEZ MIRANDA Francisco". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. ^ "TAHULL COMPTE Roger". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. ^ "PERRONE ROCHA Felipe". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. ^ "MALLARACH GUELL Blai". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. ^ "BUSTOS SANCHEZ Alejandro". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  15. ^ "AGUIRRE Unai". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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