Croatia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
# Croatia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia is scheduled to compete at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Croatia men's national water polo team Marko BijačMarko MacanLoren FatovićLuka LončarMaro JokovićIvan BuljubašićAnte VukičevićAndro BušljeSandro SuknoIvan KrapićAnđelo ŠetkaXavier GarcíaIvan Marcelić | Water polo | Men's tournament | 29 July |

## Diving

Croatia has entered 2 divers (one male and one female).

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Juraj Melša | Men's 1 m springboard | 289.30 | 38 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marcela Marić | Women's 1 m springboard | 219.70 | 29 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marcela Marić | Women's 3 m springboard | 245.35 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Open water swimming

Croatia has entered one open water swimmer

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Doris Beroš | Women's 10 km | 2:11:54.4 | 45 |

## Swimming

Croatian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anton Loncar | Men's 100 m backstroke | 55.88 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anton Loncar | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:00.46 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nikola Obrovac | Men's 50 m breaststroke | 27.61 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nikola Obrovac | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.90 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mislav Sever | Men's 50 m freestyle | 22.71 | =38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mislav Sever | Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.61 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

Croatia's synchronized swimming team consisted of 10 athletes (10 female).

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mia Bubanko Lara Čibenecki Sara Jurić Antonia Milković Tea Mustač Antica Nekic Tina Panić (R) Paula Popović Magdalena Radovčić Iva Štrukan (R) | Team technical routine | 70.7239 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |

Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete

## Water polo

Croatia qualified a men's team.

### Men's tournament

**Team roster**

* Marko Bijač
* Marko Macan
* Loren Fatović
* Luka Lončar
* Maro Joković
* Ivan Buljubašić
* Ante Vukičević
* Andro Bušlje
* Sandro Sukno (C)
* Ivan Krapić
* Anđelo Šetka
* Xavier García
* Ivan Marcelić

**Group play**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 2 | |

* 1 2 3 Russia 2 Pts, +4 GD; Japan 2 Pts, +1 GD; United States 2 Pts, −5 GD

| 17 July 2017 18:50 | Report | United States | 7–12 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 17 July 2017 18:50 | Report | Bowen, Cupido 2 | Goals | García, Lončar 4 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| 19 July 2017 13:30 | Report | Russia | 8–10 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 19 July 2017 13:30 | Report | Lisunov 2 | Goals | Joković 4 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 21 July 2017 13:30 | Report | Japan | 6–16 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |||
| 21 July 2017 13:30 | Report | Arai 2 | Goals | four players 3 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA) |

**Quarterfinals**

| 25 July 2017 22:00 | Report | Croatia | 12–9 | Italy | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 25 July 2017 22:00 | Report | García, Sukno 4 | Goals | Renzuto 3 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |

**Semifinals**

| 27 July 2017 22:00 | Report | Serbia | 11–12 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |||
| 27 July 2017 22:00 | Report | Prlainović 6 | Goals | Joković, Sukno 3 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |

**Final**

| 29 July 2017 20:30 | Report | Hungary | 6–8 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 29 July 2017 20:30 | Report | Vámos 3 | Goals | Sukno 3 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
