Croatia at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	CRO
in Doha, Qatar
Competitors	23 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Croatia competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 18 February.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Croatia men's national water polo team Marko Bijač (gk) Rino Burić Loren Fatović Luka Lončar Franko Lazić Matias Biljaka Ante Vukičević Marko Žuvela Jerko Marinić Kragić Josip Vrlić Zvonimir Butić Konstantin Kharkov Mate Anić (gk) Ivan Krapić Filip Kržić	Waterpolo	Men's tournament	17 February 2024

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	0	1	1
Diving	2	0	2
Open water swimming	0	1	1
Swimming	2	2	4
Water polo	15	0	15
Total	19	4	23

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia's artistic swimming team consisted of one athletes (women).

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matea Butorac	Solo free routine	170.9208	18	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia's diving team consisted of 2 athletes (both men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
David Ledinski	1 m springboard	290.50	24	—		Did not advance
Matej Nevešćanin	3 m springboard	351.75	24	Did not advance
David Ledinski Matej Nevešćanin	3 m synchronized springboard	—				333.48	15

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia's open water swimming team consisted of one athletes (women).

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Klara Bošnjak	Women's 10 km	2:06:25.3	44

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia's swimming team consisted of 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikola Miljenić	50 m freestyle	22.20	=20	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.41	12 Q	23.37	12	Did not advance
Niko Janković	200 m freestyle	1:48.39	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Blažević	100 m breaststroke	1:08.88	22	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:27.51	13 Q	2:28.48	14	Did not advance
Amina Kajtaz	100 m butterfly	59.14	14 Q	59.22	16	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:11.78	11 Q	2:13.14	15	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia	Men's tournament	Australia W 13–9	Spain L 6–10	South Africa W 29–6	2 QP	China W 22–4	United States W 15–13	France W 11–11 (6–5 PSO)	Italy W 11–11 (4–2 PSO)

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

Croatia

The following is the Croatian roster.

Head coach: Ivica Tucak

• 1 Marko Bijač GK
• 2 Rino Burić FP
• 3 Loren Fatović FP
• 4 Luka Lončar FP
• 5 Franko Lazić FP
• 6 Matias Biljaka FP
• 7 Ante Vukičević FP
• 8 Marko Žuvela FP
• 9 Jerko Marinić Kragić FP
• 10 Josip Vrlić FP
• 11 Zvonimir Butić FP
• 12 Konstantin Kharkov FP
• 13 Mate Anić GK
• 14 Ivan Krapić FP
• 15 Filip Kržić FP

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	46	20	+26	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	3	2	0	0	1	48	24	+24	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	46	35	+11	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	18	79	−61	0	13–16th place semifinals

Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

5 February 2024 13:30	Report	Croatia	13–8	Australia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–2, 2–2, 2–3
		six players 2	Goals	Berehulak, Pavillard 2

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7 February 2024 19:00	Report	Spain	10–6	Croatia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 1–0, 4–3
		Granados 3	Goals	Fatović 3

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9 February 2024 16:00	Report	South Africa	6–29	Croatia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Ashleigh Kaeshler (AUS), Yuri Maciel (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–7, 1–7, 3–7, 0–8
		Tucker 2	Goals	Marinić Kragić 5

Playoffs

11 February 2024 12:00	Report	Croatia	22–4	China	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 6–1, 6–0
		Kharkov 4	Goals	four players 1

Quarterfinals

13 February 2024 19:00	Report	Serbia	13–15	Croatia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–5, 1–2, 3–4
		S. Rašović 3	Goals	Fatović 4

Semifinals

15 February 2024 17:30	Report	Croatia	17–16	France	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 3–1, 2–5  PSO: 6–5
		Fatović 3	Goals	Bouet 3

Final

17 February 2024 17:30	Report	Italy	13–15	Croatia	Aspire Dome, Doha Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 2–3, 4–3  PSO: 2–4
		Fondelli 5	Goals	Kharkov 4