# 2026 Boys' 16U World Championships **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [July 5, 2026, 5:05am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502 "2026-07-05T05:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![H2Opolo10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@H2Opolo10](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/H2Opolo10)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/42 "2026-08-06T17:45:03Z")
Are they playing 6 minute quarters? I see one goalie didn’t play while the other logged 24 minutes which leads me to wonder. I would think they’d be playing 7 minute quarters ---
**Author:** ![cmbreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@cmbreeze](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/cmbreeze)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/43 "2026-08-06T18:02:17Z")
6 minute quarters. I was surprised to see that as well. Maybe in classification games they’ll get to play 7 minutes? That said, to score 34 goals (as MNE did against ZIM, who scored twice)), you’re looking at pulling the ball out of the cage every 40 seconds on average. ---
**Author:** ![waterpoloenthusiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@waterpoloenthusiast](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/waterpoloenthusiast)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/44 "2026-08-06T19:27:49Z")
Any link to past game? Vs australie ---
**Author:** ![jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/jeff)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/45 "2026-08-06T20:22:42Z")
> **[USA Cadet Men Conclude Group Play At U16 World Championships With 15-6 Win...](https://usawaterpolo.org/news/2026/8/6/mens-cadet-national-team-usa-cadet-men-conclude-group-play-at-u16-world-championships-with-15-6-win-over-australia.aspx)** > > Zagreb, Croatia - August 6 - The USA Cadet Men closed group play today with a 15-6 win over Australia at the World Aquatics U16 World Championships. Team captain ---
**Author:** ![waterpoloenthusiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@waterpoloenthusiast](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/waterpoloenthusiast)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/46 "2026-08-06T21:08:52Z")
Is there a link to the stream though? ---
**Author:** ![rolled1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rolled1](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/rolled1)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/47 "2026-08-06T21:33:23Z")
> **[World Aquatics](https://www.youtube.com/@WorldAquatics)** > > We are World Aquatics, the global home of aquatic sports. > > We are united by water - for health, life and sport. ---
**Author:** ![Polames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Polames](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Polames)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/48 "2026-08-07T18:36:20Z")
[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/waterpoloexchange/original/2X/8/80d09866dc5a4a71e1b8c3f61a882fce0340dff8.jpeg "RUS vs USA | Quarter-Final 4 | Day 5 | World Aquatics Men's U16 Water Polo Championships 2026") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1HZ4QZp-OY) ---
**Author:** ![Polonewb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Polonewb](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Polonewb)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/49 "2026-08-07T19:26:50Z")
Grayson was impressive there in the 4th. 3 scores to put USA on top. ---
**Author:** ![rolled1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ad7895/32.png) [@rolled1](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/rolled1)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/50 "2026-08-07T19:30:04Z")
Yes if he did not get called for an offensive (due to his size mostly) he was unstopable. ---
**Author:** ![wp2024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@wp2024](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/wp2024)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/51 "2026-08-07T19:44:11Z")
“I must break you,” said Ivan Drago. Go USA!!! ---
**Author:** ![Gibson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/waterpoloexchange.com/gibson/32/316_2.png) [@Gibson](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Gibson)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 9:48pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/52 "2026-08-07T21:48:22Z")
Team Stats: | **Teams** | **Goals** | **Shots** | **Shooting%** | **Assists** | **Steals** | **Blocks** | **Majors** | **5M Goals** | **5M Shots** | Adj Shooting % | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CRO | 103 | 172 | 60% | 42 | 49 | 22 | 62 | 18 | 19 | 56% | | ESP | 99 | 172 | 58% | 36 | 66 | 17 | 66 | 7 | 10 | 57% | | MNE | 111 | 202 | 55% | 44 | 70 | 16 | 66 | 6 | 10 | 55% | | SRB | 107 | 199 | 54% | 40 | 52 | 13 | 76 | 19 | 20 | 49% | | USA | 94 | 176 | 53% | 41 | 45 | 20 | 53 | 12 | 19 | 52% | | ITA | 107 | 205 | 52% | 42 | 61 | 11 | 75 | 14 | 16 | 49% | | GER | 94 | 181 | 52% | 17 | 66 | 14 | 66 | 12 | 18 | 50% | | SGP | 72 | 139 | 52% | 20 | 48 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 51% | | HUN | 95 | 202 | 47% | 25 | 52 | 20 | 83 | 11 | 13 | 44% | | NED | 84 | 179 | 47% | 28 | 44 | 18 | 63 | 5 | 8 | 46% | | GRE | 86 | 185 | 46% | 25 | 59 | 24 | 70 | 14 | 22 | 44% | | NZL | 78 | 174 | 45% | 22 | 55 | 15 | 57 | 13 | 16 | 41% | | EGY | 87 | 195 | 45% | 35 | 45 | 11 | 58 | 15 | 19 | 41% | | MEX | 62 | 147 | 42% | 15 | 57 | 14 | 62 | 7 | 9 | 40% | | GEO | 61 | 146 | 42% | 14 | 46 | 10 | 89 | 4 | 7 | 41% | | RUS | 76 | 184 | 41% | 15 | 47 | 19 | 78 | 6 | 10 | 40% | | BRA | 74 | 180 | 41% | 31 | 50 | 23 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 39% | | UKR | 71 | 173 | 41% | 34 | 36 | 15 | 69 | 11 | 15 | 38% | | POR | 68 | 168 | 40% | 14 | 48 | 12 | 61 | 10 | 18 | 39% | | CHN | 56 | 139 | 40% | 16 | 32 | 11 | 51 | 11 | 12 | 35% | | ROU | 64 | 160 | 40% | 18 | 31 | 13 | 67 | 13 | 18 | 36% | | MLT | 62 | 155 | 40% | 28 | 36 | 27 | 70 | 5 | 6 | 38% | | TUR | 68 | 171 | 40% | 16 | 44 | 22 | 54 | 11 | 13 | 36% | | KAZ | 70 | 179 | 39% | 14 | 54 | 13 | 74 | 17 | 22 | 34% | | MAS | 48 | 124 | 39% | 11 | 30 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 13 | 36% | | RSA | 51 | 132 | 39% | 5 | 39 | 13 | 58 | 14 | 17 | 32% | | SLO | 72 | 189 | 38% | 21 | 47 | 14 | 49 | 12 | 14 | 34% | | ISR | 56 | 152 | 37% | 19 | 28 | 26 | 75 | 6 | 11 | 35% | | CAN | 62 | 183 | 34% | 27 | 45 | 9 | 55 | 5 | 7 | 32% | | PUR | 36 | 111 | 32% | 1 | 18 | 11 | 100 | 3 | 5 | 31% | | URU | 34 | 106 | 32% | 4 | 25 | 18 | 62 | 8 | 13 | 28% | | CZE | 32 | 102 | 31% | 11 | 37 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 31% | | POL | 48 | 153 | 31% | 11 | 20 | 17 | 55 | 5 | 7 | 29% | | AUS | 47 | 159 | 30% | 15 | 38 | 12 | 64 | 3 | 8 | 29% | | PER | 38 | 133 | 29% | 17 | 36 | 20 | 63 | 7 | 10 | 25% | | ZIM | 20 | 91 | 22% | 6 | 33 | 7 | 101 | 5 | 7 | 18% | | Grand Total | 2,493 | 5,818 | 43% | 780 | 1,589 | 543 | 2,356 | 331 | 454 | 40% | ---
**Author:** ![Polo14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/858c86/32.png) [@Polo14](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Polo14)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/53 "2026-08-07T23:29:58Z")
Interesting stats for USA today. Took 8 less shots than Russia and limited ourselves to a single action shot, yet put more shots on goal than Russia (USA had 6 field blocks to 1 for Russia). ---
**Author:** ![Gibson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/waterpoloexchange.com/gibson/32/316_2.png) [@Gibson](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Gibson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/54 "2026-08-08T03:50:55Z")
The announcer referring to them as the “Blue team” and “White team” was annoying for what it was and why it’s happening. ---
**Author:** ![Poolpro24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Poolpro24](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Poolpro24)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/55 "2026-08-08T03:54:00Z")
The announcer in general was quite annoying and rude. It was the same one for the girls games ---
**Author:** ![RoundMound34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RoundMound34](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/RoundMound34)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/56 "2026-08-08T05:13:14Z")
The rumor…is that Croatia has an issue with Russia being there at all for geopolitical reasons and doesn’t want the Russian flag or any Russian recognition at all so maybe just using dark and white caps allows for sterile announcing and not saying “Russia” over and over. Source is a Euro WP IG site that I came across one night (and had to translate) while googling why they are using pixels instead of flags for the Countries on the WA website. Who knows…but agree…annoying. Get Wes on a plane! ---
**Author:** ![Gibson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/waterpoloexchange.com/gibson/32/316_2.png) [@Gibson](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Gibson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 5:35am UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/57 "2026-08-08T05:35:13Z")
> **[Why are there no flags and anthems at U16 Worlds? - Total Waterpolo](https://total-waterpolo.com/why-are-there-no-flags-and-anthems-at-u16-worlds/)** > > The largest water polo championship ever staged by World Aquatics has been underway in Zagreb since Monday. A record 36 teams from all continents are competing \[…\] ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/waterpoloexchange.com/marco/32/290_2.png) [@Marco](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/59 "2026-08-08T14:40:44Z")
I thought World Aquatics had decided flags and anthems were to be improved by untested mathematical algorithm this year. ---
**Author:** ![RoundMound34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@RoundMound34](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/RoundMound34)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/60 "2026-08-08T14:58:55Z")
Claude found me a European IG page that required translation as a source…but couldn’t point me to this article… 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![cmbreeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c4cdca/32.png) [@cmbreeze](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/cmbreeze)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/61 "2026-08-08T18:28:35Z")
For those with a VPN that gets you a European IP Address, our boys are warming up for the start: [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/waterpoloexchange/original/2X/5/5683f54da0c697809cf261b1159545909da0b248.jpeg "ESP vs USA | Semi-Final 2 | Day 6 | World Aquatics Men's U16 Water Polo Championships 2026") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLsIZQ8tEgM) ---
**Author:** ![polarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c77e96/32.png) [@polarbear](https://waterpoloexchange.com/u/polarbear)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502/62 "2026-08-08T20:03:48Z")
I can’t believe USA managed to lose that game vs Spain? You know that Spain was down 3 goals vs Italy day before and came back to win. Not great management- I’m sorry! 🤷🏼‍♂️ [Previous page](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502.md?page=2) [Next page](https://waterpoloexchange.com/t/2026-boys-16u-world-championships/2502.md?page=4)