Men's Olympic Tournament Schedule

Team Groupings

Day One - July 20
Day Two - July 21
Day Three - July 22
Day Four - July 23
Day Five - July 24

Day Off - July 25
Groups for Final Round

Day Six - July 26
Day Seven - July 27
Day Eight - July 28

The top four teams from each pool advance into quarterfinals. The four winners in the quarterfinals advance to the medal rounds. Each team will play each of the five other teams in its pool prior to the medal and qualification rounds. The games consist of four 7-minute quarters.

Team Groupings

Group A

1. Netherlands
2. Spain
3. Hungary
4. Russia
5. Germany
6. Yugoslavia

1. Italy
2. Ukraine
3. Croatia
4. Greece
5. Romania
6. United States

Day One - July 20

A1 - A6 Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia
A3 - A4 Hungary vs. Russia
A2 - A5 Spain vs. Germany
B1 - B6 Italy vs. USA
B3 - B4 Croatia vs. Greece
B2 - B5 Ukraine vs. Romania

Day Two - July 21

A6 - A4 Yugoslavia vs Russia
A5 - A3 Germany vs. Hungary
A1 - A2 Netherlands vs. Spain
B6 - B4 USA vs. Greece
B5 - B3 Romania vs. Croatia
B1 - B2 Italy vs. Ukraine

Day Three - July 22

A4 - A5 Russia vs. Germany
A2 - A6 Spain vs. Yugoslavia
A3 - A1 Hungary vs. Netherlands
B4 - B5 Greece vs. Romania
B2 - B6 Ukraine vs. USA
B3 - B1 Croatia vs. Italy

Day Four - July 23

A6 - A5 Yugoslavia vs. Germany
A1 - A4 Netherlands vs. Russia
A2 - A3 Spain vs. Hungary
B6 - B4 USA vs. Romania
B1 - B4 Italy vs. Greece
B2 - B3 Ukraine vs. Croatia

Day Five - July 24

A3 - A6 Hungary vs. Yugoslavia
A4 - A2 Russia vs. Spain
A1 - A5 Netherlands vs. Germany
B3 - B6 Croatia vs. USA
B4 - B2 Greece vs. Ukraine
B1 - B5 Italy vs. Romania

Day Off - July 25

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Groups for Final Round

The 5th and 6th placed teams in Group A and Group B form Group C of four teams. Group C plays a round robin format.

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams in Group A and Group B form a Group D of eight teams. Group D plays a modified single elimination format.

Games played in the Preliminary Round may be repeated in the Final Round. All games played in Group D must be played so that a definite winner is declared accordingly. It may be necessary to apply the Water Polo rules regarding extra time.

Classification of teams ranked 9-12 shall be made on points within Group C, namely 2 points for each match one, 1 point for each match drawn, and O points for each match lost. No results shall be carried forward from the preliminary round.

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Day 6 - July 26

31. 5A vs. 6B
32. 6A vs. 5B
33. 1A vs. 4B Quarterfinal
34. 2A vs. 3B Quarterfinal
35. 3A vs. 2B Quarterfinal
36. 4A vs. 1B Quarterfinal

Day 7 - July 27

Group C

37. 5A vs. 6A
38. 5B vs. 6B

39. Loser 33 vs. Loser 35
40. Loser 34 vs. Loser 36
41. Winner 33 vs. Winner 35 Semi-Final
42. Winner 34 vs. Winner 36 Semi-Final

Day 8 - July 28

Group C

43. 6A vs. 6B
44. 5A vs. 5B

45. Loser 39 vs. Loser 40 Places 7 & 8
46. Winner 39 vs. Winner 40 Places 5 & 6
47. Loser 41 vs. Loser 42 Bronze Medal and 4 Place
48. Winner 41 vs. Winner 42 Winner receives Gold Medal and Loser receives Silver Medal

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