Montenegro men's national water polo team
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| Nickname(s) | Crvene ajkule (The Red Sharks) |
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| Association | Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro |
| Confederation | LEN (Europe) |
| Head coach | Vladimir Gojković |
| Asst coach | Simone Rigalza |
| Captain | Nikola Janović |
| FINA code | MNE |
| First international | |
 Italy 10–11  Montenegro(Trieste, Italy; December, 2006) |
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| Biggest win | |
Montenegro 30–3  Switzerland(Kotor, Montenegro; March, 2007) |
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| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2008) |
| Best result | 4th place (2008) |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2009) |
| Best result |  (2013) |
| World League | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2007) |
| Best result |  (2009) |
| European Championship | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2008) |
| Best result | (2010) |
| Mediterranean Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2009) |
| Best result | 5th place (2009) |
| Medal record | ||
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| World Championship | ||
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2013 Barcelona | Team |
| World League | ||
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2009 Podgorica | |
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2010 Niš | |
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2013 Chelyabinsk | |
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2014 Dubai | |
| European Championship | ||
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2008 Málaga | |
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2012 Eindhoven | |
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2016 Belgrade | |
The Montenegro men's national water polo team represents Montenegro in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro.
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Prior history
Between 1918 and 1991, Montenegro was part of Yugoslavia, and its players participated in the Yugoslavia national water polo team. Between 1992 and 2006, it was part of FR Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro, so Montenegrin players played for those teams; Serbia is the sole successor to these countries so those results are recorded at Serbia national water polo team.
Results
Olympic Games
World Championship
FINA World League
- 2007 — Preliminary round
- 2008 — 4th place
- 2009 —
1st place - 2010 —
2nd place - 2011 — 5th place
- 2013 —
3rd place - 2014 — 3rd place
European Championship
Team
Current squad
Squad for the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | L/R | Height | Weight | Club |
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| 1 | Dejan Lazović | 8 February 1990 | Goalkeeper | R | 199 cm (6 ft 6 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | Sport Management |
| 2 | Draško Brguljan | 27 December 1984 | Wing | R | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) |  OSC |
| 3 | Vjekoslav Pasković | 23 March 1985 | Wing | R | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) |  Galatasaray |
| 4 | Antonio Petrović | 24 September 1982 | Point | R | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) |  Primorje |
| 5 | Darko Brguljan | 5 November 1990 | Wing | R | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 99 kg (218 lb) | Canottieri Napoli |
| 6 | Aleksandar Radović | 24 February 1987 | Driver | R | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) |  Waspo Hannover |
| 7 | Mlađan Janović | 11 June 1984 | Driver | R | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | Galatasaray |
| 8 | Nikola Janović (c) | 22 March 1980 | Driver | R | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | Jadran Herceg Novi |
| 9 | Aleksandar Ivović | 24 February 1986 | Driver | R | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | 107 kg (236 lb) | Pro Recco |
| 10 | Sasa Misić | 27 March 1987 | Centre Forward | R | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | 107 kg (236 lb) |  Kinef Kirishi |
| 11 | Nikola Vukčević | 14 November 1985 | Centre Forward | R | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | 105 kg (231 lb) | Galatasaray |
| 12 | Predrag Jokić | 3 February 1983 | Point | R | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 102 kg (225 lb) | Waspo Hannover |
| 13 | Miloš Šćepanović | 9 October 1982 | Goalkeeper | R | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | Galatasaray |
| Head coach: Vladimir Gojković | |||||||
Coaches
- 2006–2011 Petar Porobić
- 2011–2015 Ranko Perović
- 2015-present Vladimir Gojković
Notable players
- Andrija Popović [N 1]
- Veljko Uskoković
- Dejan Dabović
- Igor Gočanin
- Đorđe Perišić
- Mirko Vičević [N 2]
- Boris Zloković
- Nikola Janović
- Vladimir Gojković
Notes
References
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