The Hungarian men's national water polo team

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The Hungarian men's national water polo team
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• The Hungarian men's national water polo team
  represents Hungary in international men's water
  polo competitions and friendly matches.
• They are considered the best varsity water polo
  national team in history of the sport, having won
  15 Olympic, 9 World Championship, 5 FINA World
  League, 8 FINA World Cup and 21 European
  Championship medals.

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• The "Blood in the Water" match (in Hungarian
  Melbourne-i vérfürdo, "Blood Bath" of Melbourne)
  was a water polo match between Hungary and the
  USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
• The match, which took place on December 6, 1956,
  was against the background of the 1956 Hungarian
  Revolution and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 40.
• The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin
  Zádor emerged during the last two minutes with
  blood pouring from under his eye after being
  punched by a Soviet player.

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• In 2006, for the 50th anniversary of the 1956
  Hungarian Revolution, a documentary Freedom's
  Fury told the story of the match. The film was
  produced by Lucy Liu and Quentin Tarantino, who
  described it as "the best untold story ever". The
  documentary was narrated by Mark Spitz, who as a
  teenager had been coached by Ervin Zádor.
• Also in 2006, a feature film about the match was
  released, entitled Children of Glory (Szabadság,
  szerelem in Hungarian, which means Freedom, love,
  after the lines of Sándor Petofi, the martyred
  poet of the 184849 revolution). The movie shows
  the Hungarian Revolution through the eyes of a
  player on the water polo team and a girl who is
  one of the student leaders. It was directed by ,
  and produced by Andrew G. Vajna.
• The movie appeared in Hungarian cinemas on 23
  October 2006, the 50th anniversary of the
  revolution. On 29 October 2006, it was shown at
  the White House for President George W. Bush and
  guests (including Hungarian figures such as
  George Pataki, Governor of New York and George A.
  Olah, Nobel Prize winner).

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Water polo Water polo
Olympic Games Olympic Games
Position Year
2 Amszterdam, 1928
1 Los Angeles, 1932
1 Berlin, 1936
2 London, 1948
1 Helsinki, 1952
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1 Melbourne, 1956
3 Róma, 1960
1 Tokió, 1964
3 Mexikóváros, 1968
2 München, 1972
1 Montréal, 1976
3 Moszkva, 1980
1 Sydney, 2000
1 Athén, 2004
1 Peking, 2008
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The water polo team of Hungary pose with their
gold medals after
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Hungary-USSR Water Polo - 1956 - Unsportsmanlike
Conduct at Olympics
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Water Polo Men 2008 Olympics.
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Hungary in the Men's Gold Medal Water Polo Match
at the Yingdong
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olympics day 16 water polo team hungary
celebrates on the podium after
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Hungarian Men's Water Polo Team Lives Up to
Expectations
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push their head coach Denes Kemeny into water
after men's water polo ...
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Hungary retains men's water polo supremacy - ABC
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