2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 16th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Berlin, Germany from September 11 to September 16, 2018.[1] Like the final tournament of the 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League all matches were contested in the Europasportpark swimming pool.

2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Duration11 – 18 September
Super Final
Finals champions Hungary
  Runners-up Australia
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons

Format

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8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup.[2] They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.[3]

Teams

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The top eight teams from the previous world championship are no longer qualified. Now only the top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship).

TeamsQualified as

 Germany
 Croatia
 Hungary
 Serbia
(European Host)
 United States
 Australia
 Japan
 South Africa

Host
1st 2017 World Championship
2nd 2017 World Championship
3rd 2017 World Championship
1st European team at 2017 World Championship
1st American team at 2017 World Championship
1st Oceanian team at 2017 World Championship
1st Asian team at 2017 World Championship
1st African team at 2017 World Championship

Groups

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Group AGroup B

 Hungary
 Germany (H)
 Australia
 Japan

 Croatia
 Serbia
 United States
 South Africa

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Germany (H)32013529+64Quarterfinals
2  Hungary32013834+44
3  Australia32013224+84
4  Japan30032947−180
Source: FINA
(H) Hosts
11 September 2018
19:00
ReportAustralia  14–6  JapanBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 5–5, 3–1
Younger 4GoalsArai 3

11 September 2018
20:30
ReportGermany  12–10  HungaryBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 4–2, 4–2
Real, Reibel 3GoalsBátori 3

12 September 2018
16:00
ReportAustralia  8–9  HungaryBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 3–4, 2–0
three players 2GoalsManhercz 4

12 September 2018
20:30
ReportGermany  14–9  JapanBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 3–3, 5–1
Eidner 4GoalsArai 3

13 September 2018
19:00
ReportHungary  19–14  JapanBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 8–3, 3–3, 3–4, 5–4
Zalánki 5GoalsAdachi, Inaba 3

13 September 2018
20:30
ReportGermany  9–10  AustraliaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 3–3, 1–2
three players 2GoalsKayes 5

Group B

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Serbia32104521+245Quarterfinals
2  Croatia32105022+285
3  United States31023335−22
4  South Africa30031161−500
Source: FINA
11 September 2018
15:45
ReportSerbia  21–3  South AfricaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Victor Salnichenko (KAZ), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 5–2
Subotić 6GoalsSpencer 2

11 September 2018
17:15
ReportCroatia  15–10  United StatesBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–3, 5–3
Vukičević 4GoalsBowen 3

12 September 2018
17:30
ReportSerbia  14–8  United StatesBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–1, 3–0, 2–4
Mandić 5Goalsthree players 2

12 September 2018
19:00
ReportCroatia  25–2  South AfricaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Tadao Tahara (JPN), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 5–0, 7–0
Bašić 9GoalsProut, Rodda 1

13 September 2018
16:00
ReportSerbia  10–10  CroatiaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 3–3, 2–1
Stojanović 4GoalsVukičević 3

13 September 2018
17:30
ReportSouth Africa  6–15  United StatesBerlin, Germany
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–3, 1–5, 3–2
Evezard 2GoalsIrwing 4

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
14 September
 
 
 Hungary 10
 
15 September
 
 United States 8
 
 Hungary 12
 
14 September
 
 Serbia 11
 
 Japan 7
 
16 September
 
 Serbia 12
 
 Hungary 10
 
14 September
 
 Australia 4
 
 Australia 9
 
15 September
 
 Croatia 8
 
 Australia (PSO) 11
 
14 September
 
 Germany 10Third place
 
 Germany 24
 
16 September
 
 South Africa 5
 
 Serbia 15
 
 
 Germany 9
 

5–8th place

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5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
15 September
 
 
 United States11
 
16 September
 
 Japan10
 
 United States7
 
15 September
 
 Croatia10
 
 Croatia16
 
 
 South Africa3
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 September
 
 
 Japan21
 
 
 South Africa9

Quarterfinals

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14 September 2018
16:00
ReportHungary  10–8  United StatesBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–1, 3–3, 1–2
Bátori 3Goalsthree players 2

14 September 2018
17:30
ReportAustralia  9–8  CroatiaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–2, 2–1
Kayes 3GoalsVrlić 3

14 September 2018
19:00
ReportJapan  7–12  SerbiaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–6, 1–3, 1–1
Okawa 4GoalsMandić 4

14 September 2018
20:30
ReportGermany  24–5  South AfricaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Victor Salnichenko (KAZ), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 7–3, 5–1, 7–0, 5–1
Jüngling 5GoalsEvezard 2

5–8th place semifinals

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15 September 2018
14:00
ReportUnited States  11–10  JapanBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 4–3, 2–2
Bowen 5GoalsAdachi 4

15 September 2018
15:30
ReportCroatia  16–3  South AfricaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Axel Bender (GER), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–0, 2–1, 5–0
Bašić 4GoalsSpencer 2

Semifinals

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15 September 2018
17:00
ReportHungary  12–11  SerbiaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 3–3, 3–2
Bátori 3GoalsSubotić 3

15 September 2018
18:30
ReportAustralia  11–10  GermanyBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–3, 1–1  PSO: 3–2
Younger 3GoalsJüngling 3

Seventh place game

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16 September 2018
10:00
ReportJapan  21–9  South AfricaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 9–2, 4–3, 4–3
Inaba 5GoalsRabie 4

Fifth place game

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16 September 2018
11:30
ReportUnited States  7–10  CroatiaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–4, 2–3, 4–2
three players 2GoalsFatović 3

Bronze medal game

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16 September 2018
13:00
ReportSerbia  15–9  GermanyBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–2, 3–2, 3–3
Vico 4GoalsReal 3

Gold medal game

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16 September 2018
14:30
ReportHungary  10–4  AustraliaBerlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 4–0, 2–2
Manhercz 4Goalsfour players 1

Final standings

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Top goalscorers

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RankNameGoalsShots%
1 Gavril Subotić172763.0%
2 Andrija Bašić161984.2%
3 Dušan Mandić153246.9%
Keigo Okawa4434.1%
5 Julian Real142850.0%
Bence Bátori2948.3%
Gergő Zalánki3737.8%
8 Joe Kayes132552.0%
Seiya Adachi3438.2%

Source: FINA - Leading Scorers

Individual awards

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Squads

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References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ "FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 2018 | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  3. ^ "FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 2018 results Berlin (GER) | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  4. ^ Swimming to success: Q&A with the Australian men’s water polo goalie Anthony Hrysanthos Marianna Alepidis (Neos Kosmos), 16 August 2021. Accessed 13 September 2021.