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Water Polo, Men

Date	4 – 11 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Zwemstadion, Amsterdam
Participants	112 from 14 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. Bergvall system for third-place.

European Aquatics Championships were instituted in 1926, the first ones held in Budapest, Hungary, so it made it a bit easier to know who were the strongest teams in international sport. Hungary won the water polo title at the 1926 meet, followed by Sweden and Germany. Germany and Hungary were in Amsterdam for the 1928 Olympics but for some reason, Sweden did not participate. Germany and Hungary advanced to the final of the single-elimination tournament, with Germany upsetting the Magyars, 5-2 in overtime, for the gold medal, Hungary taking silver. This was the first of 12 consecutive Olympics at which Hungary would earn a water polo medal.

The defending Olympic champions France advanced to the third-place tournament, after losing in the semi-finals to Hungary. France won three matches to take the bronze medal, shutting out Argentina 8-0 in the final match of the consolation event. The details of how the third-place tournament was contested are confusing. It was apparently to be held by the Bergvall System, in which all those losing to the winner and runner-up contested a tournament for 3rd-place. But that system was not followed precisely and even Dutch and French newspapers mention that the organizers did not know how to follow the Bergvall System. Some of the matches played may have been friendlies or exhibitions.

Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Goals
1	–	Germany	GER	18	Gold
	–	Max Amann		3
	–	Karl Bähre		7
	–	Emil Benecke		3
	–	Johann Blank		–
	–	Otto Cordes		1
	–	Itze Gunst		2
	–	Erich Rademacher		–
	–	Joachim Rademacher		2
	–	Heini Atmer DNS		–
	–	Otto Kühne DNS		–
	–	Karl-Heinz Protze DNS		–
Coach		Moritz Nußbaum
2	–	Hungary	HUN	26	Silver
	–	István Barta		–
	–	Olivér Halassy		2
	–	Márton Homonnai		2
	–	Sándor Ivády		–
	–	Alajos Keserű		3
	–	Ferenc Keserű		10
	–	József Vértesy		9
	–	György Bródy DNS		–
	–	Oszkár Csorba DNS		–
	–	László Czele DNS		–
	–	János Wenk DNS		–
Coach		Béla Komjadi
3	–	France	FRA	41	Bronze
	–	Émile Bulteel		–
	–	Henri Cuvelier		4		1
	–	Paul Dujardin		–
	–	Jules Keignaert		–
	–	Henri Padou, Sr.		4		2
	–	Ernest Rogez		–
	–	Albert Thévenon		1		3
	–	Achille Tribouillet		3		4
	–	Albert Vandeplancke		1		5
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	15
	–	Les Ablett		–
	–	Vic Beaman		1		6
	–	Jack Budd		5		7
	–	Jack Hatfield		1		8
	–	Dick Hodgson		–
	–	Percy Peter		3		9
	–	Billy Quick		–
	–	Paul Radmilovic		3		10
	–	Ted Temme		1		11
	–	William Freeguard DNS		–
Coach		Paul Radmilovic
=5	–	Belgium	BEL	16
	–	René Bauwens		2
	–	Gérard Blitz		–
	–	Jean Brandeleer		–
	–	Pierre Coppieters		7
	–	Henri De Pauw		3
	–	Jean Malisart		2
	–	Antoine Mélardy		1
	–	Léon Van Gheem		1
	–	Frank Visser		–
	–	Fernand Bettens		–
	–	Jean-Jacques Tensen DNS		–
=5	–	Netherlands	NED	17
	–	Koos Köhler		7
	–	Sjaak Köhler		2
	–	Cees Leenheer		4
	–	Jan Scholte		2
	–	Appie van Olst		–
	–	Han van Senus		1
	–	Jean van Silfhout		1
	–	Pieter van Senus		–
	–	Frans Kuijper		–
	–	H. Minnes DNS		–
	–	Gé Rijke DNS		–
Coach		Martin Meigen
=5	–	United States	USA	1
	–	Harry Daniels		–
	–	Richard Greenberg		–
	–	Sam Greller		–
	–	George Mitchell		–
	–	Wally O'Connor		1
	–	Paul Samson		–
	–	George Schroth		–
	–	Herbert Topp		–
	–	Johnny Weissmuller		–
	–	John Cattus DNS		–
	–	Joseph Farley DNS		–
Coach		Perry McGillivray
=5	–	Malta	MLT	3
	–	Harry Bonavia		1
	–	Meme Busietta		–
	–	Victor Busietta		–
	–	Louis Darmanin		–
	–	Edoardo Magri		1
	–	Francisco Nappa		–
	–	Victor Pace		–
	–	Turu Rizzo		–
	–	Roger Vella		1
=9	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	2
	–	Josef Bušek		–
	–	Kurt Epstein		–
	–	František Getreuer		–
	–	Michal Schmuck		–
	–	František Schulz		1
	–	Pavol Steiner		1
	–	Ladislav Švehla		–
	–	Hugo Klempfner DNS		–
	–	J. Kroc DNS		–
	–	Antonín Novotný DNS		–
	–	Josef Tomášek DNS		–
=9	–	Switzerland	SUI	1
	–	Eric Brochon		–
	–	Robert Hürlimann		–
	–	Ernest Hüttenmoser		–
	–	Robert Mermoud		1
	–	Fernand Moret		–
	–	Othmar Schmalz		–
	–	Robert Wyss		–
	–	Armand Boppart DNS		–
	–	E. Ruchti DNS		–
	–	E. Tschümperly DNS		–
=9	–	Ireland	IRL	1
	–	Hayes Dockrell		–
	–	Cecil Fagan		–
	–	Norman Judd		–
	–	Paddy McClure		1
	–	Sammy Moore		–
	–	Joseph O'Connor		–
	–	Michael O'Connor		–
	–	Jimmy Brady DNS		–
	–	Henry Ellerker DNS		–
=9	–	Argentina	ARG	0
	–	Mario Bistoletti		–
	–	Ricardo Bustamente		–
	–	Carlos Castro		–
	–	Jorge Moreau		–
	–	Luciano Rovere		–
	–	Francisco Uranga		–
	–	César Vásquez		–
	–	Santiago Stipanicic DNS		–
=9	–	Luxembourg	LUX	1
	–	Georges Bauer		–
	–	Victor Klees		–
	–	Eugène Kuborn		–
	–	Charles Mersch		–
	–	Jules Staudt		–
	–	Boyty Staudt		1
	–	Félix Unden		–
	–	G. Arnoldy DNS		–
	–	Léon Hengen DNS		–
	–	J. P. Konsbrück DNS		–
	–	V. Thorn DNS		–
=9	–	Spain	ESP	0
	–	Jaime Cruells		–
	–	Gonzalo Jiménez		–
	–	Rafael Jiménez		–
	–	Manuel Majo		–
	–	José María Puig		–
	–	Ángel Sabata		–
	–	Mariano Trigo		–
	–	Luis Gibernau DNS		–
Coach		No coach

Round One

Date	4 – 5 August 1928
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug 11:55	Hungary	HUN	14 – 0	Argentina	ARG
Match #2	04 Aug 17:00	Great Britain	GBR	4 – 2	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #3	04 Aug 17:45	France	FRA	4 – 0	Spain	ESP
Match #4	05 Aug 15:50	Netherlands	NED	11 – 1	Switzerland	SUI
Match #5	05 Aug 16:35	Belgium	BEL	11 – 1	Ireland	IRL
Match #6	05 Aug 17:20	Malta	MLT	3 – 1	Luxembourg	LUX

Quarter-Finals

Date	6 August 1928
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug 16:00	France	FRA	16 – 0	Malta	MLT
Match #2	06 Aug 16:15	Great Britain	GBR	5 – 3	Netherlands	NED	AET
Match #3	06 Aug 17:30	Hungary	HUN	5 – 0	United States	USA
Match #4	06 Aug	Germany	GER	5 – 3	Belgium	BEL

Semi-Finals

Date	7 August 1928
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug	Germany	GER	8 – 5	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	07 Aug	Hungary	HUN	5 – 3	France	FRA

Final Round

Date	10 August 1928
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	10 Aug	Germany	GER	5 – 2	Hungary	HUN	AET

Third-Place Tournament

Date	8 – 11 August 1928
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug 11:00	Netherlands	NED	3 – 2	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	08 Aug 11:45	United States	USA	10 – 0	Malta	MLT
Match #3	11 Aug 10:30	France	FRA	8 – 1	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	11 Aug	France	FRA	2 – 1	United States	USA
Match #5	11 Aug 17:25	France	FRA	8 – 0	Argentina	ARG