Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre where women competed for only the second time in the event at the Summer Olympics. Twelve teams competed in the men's event, where Russia was trying to avenge their defeat by Hungary at the Sydney Olympics. There were eight teams in the women's event, where holders Australia were hoping to retain the title. Men's teams Group A: Croatia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro and United States. Group B: Australia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain Women's teams Group A: Australia, Greece, Italy and Kazakhstan. Group B: Canada, Hungary, Russia and United States. Qualification Men`s Women`s Canada took the place of the African team. Medalists Men's Women's Teams Men's rosters Australia Pietro Figlioli, Trent Franklin, Toby Jenkins, Craig Miller, Sam McGegor, Tim Neesham, Aleksandr Osadchuk, Dean Semmens, James Stanton, Rafael Sterk, Nathan Thomas, Thomas Whalan and Gavin Woods. Head Coach: Erkin Shagaev. Croatia Samir Barač, Damir Burić, Elvis Fatović, Nikola Franković, Igor Hinić, Vjekoslav Kobeščak, Danijel Premuš, Dubravko Šimenc, Mile Smodlaka, Ratko Štritof, Frano Vićan, Goran Volarević and Tihomil Vranješ. Head Coach: Zoran Roje. Egypt Ragy Abdel Hady, Karim Abdelmohsen, Ahmed abdo, Ahmed Badr, Ahmed El khouly, Shady El Helw, Omar El Sammany, Mohamed Gamaleldin, Sherif Khalil, Bassel Mashhour, Mohamed Rateb, Mohamed Mekkawi, Amr Mohamed, Walid Rezk, Hassan Sultan, Bassem Hemdan and Ibrahim Zaher Head Coach: Adel Shamala. Germany Steffen Dierolf, Lukasz Kieloch, Tobias Kreuzmann, Soeren Mackeben, Heiko Nossek, Jens Pohlmann, Marc Politze, Thomas Schertwitis, Fabian Schroedter, Alexander Tchigir, Patrick Weissinger, Tim Wollthan and Michael Zellmer. Head Coach: Hagen Stamm. Greece Christos Afroudakis, Georgios Afroudakis, Theodoros Chatzitheodorou, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Theodoros Kalakonas, Konstantinos Loudis, Dimitrios Mazis, Georgios Reppas, Stefanos Santa, Anastasios Schizas, Argyris Theodoropoulos, Ioannis Thomakos and Antonios Vlontakis. Head Coach: Alessandro Campagna. Hungary Tibor Benedek, Péter Biros, Rajmund Fodor, István Gergely, Tamás Kásás, Gergely Kiss, Norbert Madaras, Tamás Molnár, Ádám Steinmetz, Barnabás Steinmetz, Zoltán Szécsi, Tamás Varga and Attila Vári Head Coach: Dénes Kemény. Italy Alberto Angelini, Fabio Bencivenga, Leonardo Binchi, Fabrizio Buonocore, Alessandro Calcaterra, Roberto Calcaterra, Maurizio Felugo, Goran Fiorentini, Marco Gerini, Francesco Postiglione, Bogdan Rath, Carlo Silipo and Stefano Tempesti. Head Coach: Paolo de Crescenzo. Kazakhstan Daniyar Abulgazin, Sergey Drozdov, Alexandr Elke, Alexandr Gaidukov, Sergey Gorovoy, Alexandr Polukhin, Artemiy Sevostyanov, Alexandr Shidlovskiy, Alexandr Shvedov, Yuriy Smolovyy, Igor Zagoruiko, Ivan Zaytsev and Yevgeniy Zhilyayev. Head Coach: Askar Orazalinov. Russia Roman Balashov, Revaz Tchomakhidze, Alexander Yerishev,