Water polo at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venues	Claude-Robillard Sports Complex Olympic Pool (final)
Date	18–27 July 1976
Competitors	131 from 12 nations
Medalists
Hungary  Italy  Netherlands
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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]

Qualification

Event	Dates	Hosts	Quotas	Qualified Teams
Host Nation	12 May 1970	Amsterdam	1	Canada
1974 Asian Games	2-7 September 1974	Tehran	1	Iran
1975 World Championships	19-25 July 1975	Cali	6	Soviet Union
				Hungary
				Italy
				Cuba
				Romania
				West Germany
1975 Pan American Games	16-20 October 1975	Mexico City	1	Mexico
European Qualifier	23-25 April 1976	West Berlin	1	Yugoslavia
Oceania Qualifier			1	Australia
African Qualifier			1	Nigeria
Reallocation			1	Netherlands
Total			12

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Hungary[1] Gábor Csapó Tibor Cservenyák Tamás Faragó György Gerendás György Horkai György Kenéz Ferenc Konrád Endre Molnár László Sárosi Attila Sudár István Szívós, Jr.	Italy Umberto Panerai Roldano Simeoni Riccardo De Magistris Alessandro Ghibellini Sante Marsili Vincenzo D'Angelo Marcello Del Duca Gianni De Magistris Alberto Alberani Silvio Baracchini Luigi Castagnola	Netherlands Alex Boegschoten Ton Buunk Piet de Zwarte Andy Hoepelman Evert Kroon Nico Landeweerd Hans Smits Gijze Stroboer Rik Toonen Hans van Zeeland Jan Evert Veer

Participating teams

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	26	13	+13
2.	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	2	0	25	10	+15
3.	Cuba	3	3	1	1	1	22	15	+7
4.	Iran	0	3	0	0	3	4	39	–35

• 18 July 1976

Yugoslavia	4 – 4	Cuba
Italy	12 – 1	Iran

• 19 July 1976

Yugoslavia	15 – 0	Iran
Italy	8 – 6	Cuba

• 20 July 1976

Yugoslavia	6 – 6	Italy
Cuba	12 – 3	Iran

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Netherlands	6	3	3	0	0	14	10	+4
2.	Romania	3	3	1	1	1	18	14	+4
3.	Soviet Union	3	3	1	1	1	14	12	+2
4.	Mexico	0	3	0	0	3	10	20	–10

• 18 July 1976

Netherlands	5 – 3	Mexico
Romania	5 – 5	Soviet Union

• 19 July 1976

Netherlands	3 – 2	Soviet Union
Romania	8 – 3	Mexico

• 20 July 1976

Netherlands	6 – 5	Romania
Soviet Union	7 – 4	Mexico

Group C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	15	8	+2
2.	West Germany	4	3	2	0	1	9	7	+2
3.	Canada	2	3	1	0	2	8	14	–6
4.	Australia	0	3	0	0	3	14	17	–3

• 18 July 1976

Hungary	7 – 6	Australia
Canada	0 – 5	West Germany

• 19 July 1976

West Germany	4 – 3	Australia
Canada	2 – 4	Hungary

• 20 July 1976

Hungary	4 – 0	West Germany
Canada	6 – 5	Australia

Classification round

Group D

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7.	Cuba	9	5	4	1	0	34	16	+18
8.	Soviet Union	7	5	3	1	1	33	16	+17
9.	Canada	6	5	2	2	1	27	21	+6
10.	Mexico	5	5	1	3	1	26	19	+5
11.	Australia	3	5	1	1	3	22	25	–3
12.	Iran	0	5	0	0	5	8	53	–45

• 22 July 1976

Cuba	5 – 0 1	Soviet Union
Canada	4 – 3	Australia
Mexico	11 – 3	Iran

• 23 July 1976

Soviet Union	4 – 3	Mexico
Canada	5 – 7	Cuba
Australia	8 – 2	Iran

• 24 July 1976

Cuba	4 – 4	Mexico
Soviet Union	7 – 2	Australia
Canada	8 – 1	Iran

• 26 July 1976

Cuba	10 – 2	Iran
Canada	6 – 6	Soviet Union
Australia	4 – 4	Mexico

• 27 July 1976

Cuba	8 – 5	Australia
Soviet Union	16 – 0	Iran
Canada	4 – 4	Mexico

¹ The Soviet Union forfeited the match due to player illness.

Group E

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	9	5	4	1	0	30	24	+6
2.	Italy	6	5	2	2	1	21	20	+1
3.	Netherlands	6	5	2	2	1	18	17	+1
4.	Romania	5	5	1	3	1	26	25	+1
5.	Yugoslavia	3	5	0	3	2	21	24	–3
6.	West Germany	1	5	0	1	4	15	21	–6

• 22 July 1976

Hungary	6 – 5	Italy
Netherlands	3 – 2	West Germany
Romania	5 – 5	Yugoslavia

• 23 July 1976

Hungary	5 – 3	West Germany
Italy	5 – 4	Yugoslavia
Netherlands	4 – 4	Romania

• 24 July 1976

Hungary	5 – 3	Netherlands
Italy	4 – 4	Romania
Yugoslavia	4 – 4	West Germany

• 26 July 1976

Hungary	9 – 8	Romania
Italy	4 – 3	West Germany
Netherlands	5 – 3	Yugoslavia

• 27 July 1976

Hungary	5 – 5	Yugoslavia
Italy	3 – 3	Netherlands
Romania	5 – 3	West Germany

Final ranking

Hungary [1]  Italy  Netherlands  Romania  Yugoslavia  West Germany  Cuba  Soviet Union  Canada  Mexico  Australia  Iran

1976 Men's Olympic Games winners  Hungary Sixth title