Twenty teams are gathering for action in Belgrade, Serbia, this week.

The 19th edition of the FINA World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championships is taking place in Belgrade from August 5-20, 2017, with 20 teams from the five continents taking part, an increase of two teams since the previous edition two years ago in Almaty (KAZ), where 18 teams battled it out for the crown.

Contested by athletes of 20 years old and younger, the four group’s composition unfolds as follows:

GROUP A: USA, Russia, Greece, Puerto Rico, Iran
GROUP B: Netherlands, Montenegro, Spain, Japan, Croatia
GROUP C: New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Serbia, China
GROUP D: Italy, Hungary, Egypt, Canada, South Africa

The competition schedule is presented as follows:

FINA World Junior Men’s Water Polo Championships schedule

Serbia’s Junior team is the title holder, after clinching gold in Almaty (KAZ) two years ago, while Italy took silver and Hungary bronze.

Before that, in 2013, the three squads on the podium were: USA (gold), Spain (silver) and Greece (bronze).

Daily game reports will be available on FINA website here.