The purpose of this template is to collect source text used in several articles in one place, in order to minimize maintenance and storage space. This is game 3 in Group A in the واترپلو در بازیهای المپیک تابستانی ۲۰۱۶ – مسابقات مردان of the بازیهای المپیک تابستانی ۲۰۱۶. The template is typically used in the articles covering the involved nations' participation in the Games, and in the article covering the tournament as a whole.
The template takes two parameters: bgc (background color, no default value) and df (date format, default dmy).