Serbia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships

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

Serbia at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Serbia
FINA code	SRB
National federation	Plivački Savez Srbije
Website	www.serbia-swim.org.rs
in Budapest, Hungary
Competitors	28 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1973–1991)  Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2005)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Serbia men's national water polo team Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić Viktor Rašović Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Duško Pijetlović Nemanja Ubović Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović	Water polo	Men's tournament	29 July

Diving

Serbia has entered 1 diver (one female).[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jelena Baković	Women's 1 m springboard	188.50	40	Did not advance

Open water swimming

Serbia has entered three open water swimmers (two male and one female).[2][3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bence Balzam	Men's 5 km	1:00:11.2	53
	Men's 10 km	2:00:01.4	51
Tamás Farkas	Men's 5 km	55:14.4	28
	Men's 10 km	1:54:34.0	36
Jelena Ječanski	Women's 5 km	1:04:31.3	44
	Women's 10 km	2:16:10.6	51

Swimming

Serbian 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):[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrej Barna	50 m freestyle	22.61	33	Did not advance
Vuk Čelić	200 m backstroke	2:00.27	25	Did not advance
Sebastian Sabo	50 m butterfly	23.51	12 Q	23.54	13	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	52.16	19	Did not advance
Čaba Silađi	50 m breaststroke	27.27	=13 Q	27.18	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:00.28	23	Did not advance
Stefan Šorak	200 m individual medley	2:03.45	29	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	100 m freestyle	48.80	16 Q	48.66	12	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.05	12 Q	1:46.82	12	Did not advance
Andrej Barna Ivan Lenđer Uroš Nikolić Velimir Stjepanović	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:15.64	9	N/A		Did not advance
Vuk Čelić Uroš Nikolić Stefan Šorak Velimir Stjepanović	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:18.68	15	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Crevar	400 m individual medley	4:48.53	22	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Serbia's synchronized swimming team consisted of 2 athletes (2 female).[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nevena Dimitrijević	Solo technical routine	69.8904	27	Did not advance
	Solo free routine	72.7333	24	Did not advance
Nevena Dimitrijević Jelena Kontić	Duet free routine	73.0667	33	Did not advance

Water polo

Serbia qualified a men's team.[6]

Summary

Key:

• PSO – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Playoffs	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia	Men's tournament	South Africa W 21–5	Spain W 11–5	Greece W 11–6	1	Bye	Australia W 15–5	Croatia L 11–12	Greece W 11–8

Men's tournament

Team roster

• Gojko Pijetlović
• Dušan Mandić
• Viktor Rašović
• Sava Ranđelović
• Miloš Ćuk
• Duško Pijetlović
• Nemanja Ubović
• Milan Aleksić
• Nikola Jakšić
• Filip Filipović (c)
• Andrija Prlainović
• Stefan Mitrović
• Branislav Mitrović

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	43	16	+27	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	32	20	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	28	23	+5	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	11	55	−44	0

Source: Sportresult
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) better result against higher placed team.

17 July 2017 17:30	Report	Serbia	21–5	South Africa	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Brooks (NZL), Nader Ghafouri (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 7–1, 5–1, 3–2
		three players 3	Goals	Le Roux 2

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19 July 2017 12:10	Report	Spain	5–11	Serbia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–2, 2–3, 2–3
		Bustos 2	Goals	three players 2

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21 July 2017 10:50	Report	Serbia	11–6	Greece	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 3–0, 3–2
		Filipović 3	Goals	Delakas, Fountoulis 2

Quarterfinals

25 July 2017 16:10	Report	Serbia	15–5	Australia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 4–2, 3–0
		Filipović 3	Goals	five players 1

Semifinals

27 July 2017 22:00	Report	Serbia	11–12	Croatia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Steven Rotsart (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–4, 2–3
		Prlainović 6	Goals	Joković, Sukno 3

Third place game

29 July 2017 15:00	Report	Greece	8–11	Serbia	Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–2, 3–3, 1–1
		Fountoulis 3	Goals	D. Pijetlović, Ranđelović 2

References

1. "Entry List by NAT (Diving)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
2. "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Men". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
3. "Open Water Entry List by NAT - Women". www.omegatiming.com/. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
4. "Entry List by Nation (Swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
5. "Entry List by Nation (Synchronized swimming)". www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
6. "Entry List by Nation (Water Polo Men)" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.