Dusan Mandic

PARIS - The Serbia men's national water polo team is through to the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics after a 12-11 quarter-final victory over Greece on Wednesday.

A long-range shot by Nikola Jaksic in the dying seconds won the match for Serbia.

Dusan Mandic led the scoring for Serbia with five goals, while Dimitrios Skoumpakis stood out for Greece with three goals.

DOHA - The Serbia men's national water polo team defeated the US 14-12 (2-3, 3-4, 6-1, 3-4) at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Friday to qualify for the quarter-finals and secure a berth at the Paris Olympics, where it will be defending back-to-back gold medals from Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

DOHA - Serbia beat Montenegro 14-6 (4-1, 2-2, 5-3, 3-0) at the water polo world championship in Doha on Wednesday.

Dusan Mandic led the scoring for Serbia with four goals while Djordje Vucinic, Viktor Rasovic and Strahinja Rasovic each scored a brace.

Earlier, US defeated Japan 18-5 in the other Group C match.

Nikola Kuljaca, the former goalie of our national team, was a guest of the TV Prva morning program and he commented on our great victory over Spain in the semifinals.

BUDAPEST - The Serbia men's national water polo team has secured a direct quarter-final berth at the World Championships in Budapest by beating Greece 11-6 (2-1, 3-3, 3-0, 3-2) in a Group C, Round 3 match on Friday to claim the group table top spot.

BUDAPEST - The Serbia men's national water polo team has won a second consecutive victory at the World Championships in Budapest after beating Spain 11-5 (3-1, 2-0, 3-2, 3-2) in a Group C, Round 2 encounter on Wednesday.

LUXEMBOURG - Filip Filipovic, a member of Serbia's water polo team, was declared Europe's best player in 2014, according to LEN, the European governing body for aquatic sports.

BELGRADE - Serbian water polo player Filip Filipovic was declared the world's best water polo player for the year of 2014, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) released.

Filipovic and the Serbian water polo team won the European Championship and the World League this year. This is the second time for Filipovic to win the award, as he won the same title back in 2011.

ALMATY - Serbia is through to the final of the 2014 men's Fina Water Polo World Cup, after beating Croatia by 7-4 (2-1, 2-0, 3-1, 0-2) in the semifinal match on Saturday.

The top scorer in the Serbian team was Dusan Mandic with two goals, while Strahinja and Viktor Rasovic, Dusan Markovic, Gavril Subotic and Srdjan Vuksanovic scored a goal each.

ALMATY - The Serbian water polo team qualified for the FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup semi-final as it defeated Kazakhstan in the quarterfinal match on Friday, 16-10 (6-2, 3-3, 4-3, 3-2).