The Russia men's national water polo team is the representative for Russia in international men's water polo. The team is a successor of the Soviet water polo team.
History In the Russian Empire Water polo in Russia dates back to 1910, when the sport was included into the national water sports programme. The Shuvalov school was opened back then, featuring rules that differed from the international rules. In 1913, the first water polo tournament was played between the Shuvalov school and Moscow, with the first winning 3–2. The new sport progressed in Russia, as all swimming organizations included this sport into their programme. P. Erofeev and A. Shemansky further populized water polo by publishing brochures with rules and hints.РАЗВИТИЕ ВОДНОГО ПОЛО В РОССИЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРИИ
In the Soviet Union As previously, water polo was predominant in Moscow and Leningrad (formerly known as St. Petersburg). However, this changed when the water polo teams of the Black Sea Fleet, Baltic Fleet and Caspian Flotilla further spread water polo in Russia. In the early history, water polo was popular especially among sailors. The strongest teams were Delfin of Leningrad and the Moscow Life Saving Society and the Yacht-Club. Following the resolution by the organizing bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1925, physical culture has been greatly propagated in Russia, stimulating water polo as well.РАЗВИТИЕ ВОДНОГО ПОЛО В СССР
The first championship took place in 1925. Apart from the teams of Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev, the tournament featured teams from the Caucasus, Crimea, Ural, as well as the aforementioned fleet teams. Three years later, water polo was included in the All-Union Spartakiade (sports festival). The team of Leningrad dominated in Russian water polo until 1933, as the city had winter water pools and so had more training opportunities. In 1946, the USSR Water Polo Cup was introduced. One year later, the Soviet Union was selected into the FINA. The national water polo then debuted at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Helsinki.
Results Olympic Games
1996 – 5th place 2000 – Silver medal 2004 – Bronze medal
World Championship
1994 – Bronze medal 1998 – 6th place 2001 – Bronze medal 2003 – 10th place 2005 – 7th place 2007 – 7th place 2015 – 14th place 2017 – 8th place 2022 – Disqualified
World Cup
1993 – 5th place 1995 – Bronze medal 1997 – 4th place 1999 – 4th place 2002 – Gold medal 2006 – 8th place 2023 – 7th place
World League
2002 – Gold medal 2005 – 6th place 2006 – 14th place 2007 – 13th place 2008 – 13th place 2009 – 15th place 2010 – 13th place 2011 – 14th place 2012 – Preliminary round 2013 – 5th place 2014 – Preliminary round 2015 – Preliminary round 2016 – Preliminary round 2017 – 5th place 2018 – Preliminary round 2019 – Preliminary round 2020 – Preliminary round
European Championship
1993 – 6th place 1995 – 6th place 1997 – Bronze medal 1999 – 5th place 2001 – 5th place 2003 – 4th place 2006 – 9th place 2008 – 10th place 2010 – 11th place 2014 – 11th place 2016 – 8th place 2018 – 7th place 2020 – 8th place 2022 – Disqualified
Current squad Roster for the 2020 Men's European Water Polo Championship.
Head coach: Sergey Yevstigneyev
NoNamePos.L/RDate of birthHeightWeightCapsClub1Pyotr FedotovGKR 40 Spartak Volgograd2Ivan SuchkovDFR 56 Dynamo Moscow3Ivan VasilevWR 23 Baltika Saint-Petersburg4Nikita DereviankinCFL 60 Sintez Kazan5Artyom AshayevFPR 45 Spartak Volgograd6Konstantin KharkovWL 36 HAVK Mladost7Daniil MerkulovFPR 73 VK Jug8Ivan NagayevWL 74 Waspo Hannover9Igor BychkovCFR 45 Dynamo Moscow10Konstantin KiselyovDFR 10 Spartak Volgograd11Sergey Lisunov (C)CFR 253 Dynamo Moscow12Roman ShepelevFPR 71 Dynamo Moscow13Vitaly StatsenkoGKR 38 TSOP Moscow
See also Russia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics Soviet Union men's national water polo team Russia women's national water polo team
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