Croatia took gold in the men’s water polo beating Hungary 9-8 in extra-time after it finished all square 7-7 in normal time.

Greece ended in sixth spot after losing the fifth-placed classification match 15-16 to Italy in a penalty shoot-out.

Greece were outplayed for the early part of the match but forced extra time by scoring three late goals to level the match at 9-9. Both sides scored twice in extra-timer to make it 11-11 and send the game into penalties.

Christmas came early for the Italians when goalkeeper Stefano Tempesti blocked Greece’s final shot from Stefanos Santa to give them a 5-4 victory on penalties.

Quarters: 3-3, 2-2, 1-3, 3-1, 1-0, 0-1. Pens: 4-5

Teams: GREECE: Nikolaos DELIGIANNIS, Anastasios SCHIZAS, Dimitros MAZIS (3), Stefanos SANTA (2), Theodoros CHATZITHEODOROU, Konstantinos KOKKINAKIS (2), Christos AFROUDAKIS (1), Georgios NTOSKAS (3), Georgios AFROUDAKIS, Dimitios MITELOUDIS, Antonios VLONTAKIS (2), Emmanouil MYLONAKIS (2), Georgios REPPAS. Head Coach: Alessandro CAMPAGNA.

ITALY: Stefano TEMPESTI, Francesco POSTIGLIONE (1), Alex GIORETTI (1), Fabrizio BUONOCORE (3), Andrea SCOTTI GALLETTA, Maurizio FELUGO (5), Federico MISTRANGELO, Valerio RIZZO (1), Fabio BENCIVENGA, Alessandro CALCATERRA (2), Luigi DI COSTANZO (1), Goran FIORENTINI (2), Fabio VIOLETTI.?Head Coach: Paolo MALARA.

Referees: Boris MARGETA (SLO), Nikola NJEGOUAN (SRB)