Romania at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
| Romania at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships | |
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| World Aquatics code | ROU |
| National federation | Romanian Federation of Swimming and Modern Pentathlon |
| in Singapore | |
| Competitors | 21 in 4 sports |
| Medals Ranked 10th |
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| World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
Romania competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from 11 July to 3 August 2025.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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David Popovici | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle | 29 July 2025 |
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David Popovici | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | 31 July 2025 |
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Constantin Popovici | High diving | Men | 27 July 2025 |
Competitors
The following is the list of competitors in the Championships.[1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| High diving | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Water polo | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 20 | 1 | 21 |
Diving
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Alexandru Avasiloae | 1 m springboard | 310.25 | 31 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 3 m springboard | 321.75 | 48 | Did not advance | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Nicoleta Muscalu | 10 m platform | 175.15 | 34 | did not advance | |||
High diving
Two athletes were named to the World Championships roster.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constantin Popovici | Men's high diving | 408.70 |
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| Cătălin Preda | 405.25 | 5 |
Swimming
Romania entered 2 swimmers.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Denis Laurean Popescu | 50 metre backstroke | 25.34 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 metre backstroke | 54.80 | 33 | Did not advance | ||||
| 50 m butterfly | 23.66 | 34 | Did not advance | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 51.61 | 18 | Did not advance | ||||
| David Popovici | 50 metre freestyle | Did not start | Did not advance | ||||
| 100 metre freestyle | 47.48 | 1 Q | 46.84 | 2 Q | 46.51 CR, ER |
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| 200 metre freestyle | 1:45.43 | 1 Q | 1:45.02 | 4 Q | 1:43.54 |
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Water polo
- Summary
| Team | Event | Group stage | Playoff | 9th–12th Semifinal | 9th place match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Romania
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Men's tournament |  ItalyL 5–17 |
 South AfricaW 24–5 |
 SerbiaL 9–19 |
3 Q |  HungaryL 11–15 |
.svg.png){kind=small} CanadaW 18–12 |
 JapanL 19–20 PSO 3–4 |
10 |
Men's tournament
Romania's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Bucharest, Romania.
- Team roster
The following is the Romanian roster.[2][3]
Head coach: Bogdan Rath
- 1 Marius-Florin Tic GK
- 2 Francesco Iudean FP
- 3 Matei-Ioan Lutescu FP
- 4 Tudor-Andrei Fulea FP
- 5 Andrei Neamtu FP
- 6 Andrei Prioteasa FP
- 7 Andrei Tepelus FP
- 8 Nicolae Olanta FP
- 9 Alexandru Gheorghe FP
- 10 Vlad-Luca Georgescu FP
- 11 Sebastian Oltean FP
- 12 Levente Vancsik FP
- 13 Eduard-Mihai Dragusin GK
- 14 David Belenyesi FP
- 15 David-Joan Bota FP
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Serbia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 25 | +34 | 7 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Romania
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Africa
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 79 | −67 | 0 | 13–16th place semifinals |
Source: Omegatiming
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.
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.
| 12 July 2025 20:45 |
Report | Romania
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5–17 | Italy
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OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–5, 2–6, 1–5 | |||||
| Neamtu 3 | Goals | Condemi 4 | |||
| 14 July 2025 10:35 |
Report | South Africa
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5–24 | Romania
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OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Evan Andrews (CAN), Andrej Franulović (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 3–7, 1–6 | |||||
| D. Sneddon 2 | Goals | Georgescu, Iudean 4 | |||
| 16 July 2025 16:00 |
Report | Serbia
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19–9 | Romania
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OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MKD), Jennifer McCall (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 5–3, 5–4 | |||||
| Ranđelović 4 | Goals | three players 2 | |||
- Playoff
| 18 July 2025 17:35 |
Report | Romania
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11–15 | Hungary
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OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4 | |||||
| Georgescu 4 | Goals | Burián 3 | |||
- 9th–12th place semifinals
| 20 July 2025 13:45 |
Report | Romania
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18–12 | Canada
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OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 5–4 | |||||
| Iudean 5 | Goals | D'Souza 4 | |||
- 9th place match
| 22 July 2025 10:35 |
Report | Japan
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20–19 (PSO) | Romania
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OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Scott Voltz (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–3, 2–8, 2–4 PSO: 4–3 | |||||
| Inaba 5 | Goals | Georgescu, Neamțu 3 | |||
References
- ^ "Competition athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster ROU" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ "Men's Water Polo Team Roster ROU (2)" (PDF). Omega Timing. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.