Israel men's national water polo team

The Israel men's national water polo team is the representative for Israel in international men's water polo.

Israel
FINA codeISR
AssociationIsrael Swimming Association
ConfederationLEN (Europe)
Head coachTal Grodman
Asst coachRotem Zukerman
CaptainIdo Goldschmidt
Home venueWingate Institute
World Championship
Appearances3 (first in 1973)
Best result15th (1986)
European Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2022)
Best result12th (2022)

Results

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World Championship

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European Championship

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Current squad

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Squad for the 2026 Men's European Water Polo Championship.[2]

Head coach: Tal Grodman

Name Date of birth Pos. Club
Yahav Fire 14 July 1997 (age 28) GK Israel Hapoel Palram Zvulun
Or Schlein 21 May 2002 (age 24) W Australia Drummoyne
Ronen Gros 8 December 1991 (age 34) W Israel Hapoel Palram Zvulun
Gil Natan Gvishi 28 July 2003 (age 22) W Italy Chiavari Nuoto
Tomer Arazi 13 November 2006 (age 19) CF Israel Givat Haim
Amir Shafrir 2 February 2006 (age 20) DF Israel Hapoel Palram Zvulun
Vlad Begin 6 May 1998 (age 28) DF Israel Gush Zvulun
Ido Goldschmidt (C) 28 December 1993 (age 32) W Israel Hapoel Palram Zvulun
Itai Roth 11 April 2001 (age 25) W United States Long Beach State University
Yoav Rendler 5 February 2002 (age 24) W United States University Of The Pacific
Ori Buzaglo 4 February 2003 (age 23) CF United States University Of The Pacific
Yuval Klarfeld 12 September 1999 (age 26) W Israel Hapoel Palram Zvulun
Maxim Smirnov 23 March 2003 (age 23) GK United States Pepperdine University
Nadav Carnon 5 July 2003 (age 22) DF United States Wagner College
Raz Segere Sharir 17 April 2006 (age 20) W Israel Hapoel Givat Haim

References

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  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. "Team Roster: Israel" (PDF). ea.microplustimingservices.com. 9 January 2026. p. 7.
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