Romania at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

Romania entered 2 swimmers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Laurean Popescu	50 metre backstroke	25.34	33	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	54.80	33	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	23.66	34	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	51.61	18	Did not advance
David Popovici	50 metre freestyle	Did not start		Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	47.48	1 Q	46.84	2 Q	46.51 CR, ER
	200 metre freestyle	1:45.43	1 Q	1:45.02	4 Q	1:43.54

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	9th–12th Semifinal	9th place match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Romania	Men's tournament	Italy L 5–17	South Africa W 24–5	Serbia L 9–19	3 Q	Hungary L 11–15	Canada W 18–12	Japan L 19–20 PSO 3–4	10

Romania's men's water polo team qualified by finishing in the top two at the 2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup in Bucharest, Romania.

Team roster

The following is the Romanian roster.^[2][3]

Head coach: Bogdan Rath

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	0	58	22	+36	8	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	0	1	0	59	25	+34	7	Playoffs
3	Romania	3	1	0	0	2	38	41	−3	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	12	79	−67	0	13–16th place semifinals

12 July 2025 20:45	Report	Romania	5–17	Italy	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–5, 2–6, 1–5
		Neamtu 3	Goals	Condemi 4

14 July 2025 10:35	Report	South Africa	5–24	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Evan Andrews (CAN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 3–7, 1–6
		D. Sneddon 2	Goals	Georgescu, Iudean 4

16 July 2025 16:00	Report	Serbia	19–9	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MKD), Jennifer McCall (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–1, 5–3, 5–4
		Ranđelović 4	Goals	three players 2

Playoff

18 July 2025 17:35	Report	Romania	11–15	Hungary	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 3–3, 2–4
		Georgescu 4	Goals	Burián 3

9th–12th place semifinals

20 July 2025 13:45	Report	Romania	18–12	Canada	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 5–4
		Iudean 5	Goals	D'Souza 4

9th place match

22 July 2025 10:35	Report	Japan	20–19	Romania	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Scott Voltz (USA)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–3, 2–8, 2–4  PSO: 4–3
		Inaba 5	Goals	Georgescu, Neamțu 3