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).

Teams Qualified 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 A Group 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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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany (H) 3 2 0 1 35 29 +6 4 Quarterfinals
2   Hungary 3 2 0 1 38 34 +4 4
3   Australia 3 2 0 1 32 24 +8 4
4   Japan 3 0 0 3 29 47 −18 0
Source: FINA
(H) Hosts
11 September 2018
19:00
Report Australia   14–6   Japan Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 5–5, 3–1
Younger 4 Goals Arai 3

11 September 2018
20:30
Report Germany   12–10   Hungary Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 4–2, 4–2
Real, Reibel 3 Goals Bátori 3

12 September 2018
16:00
Report Australia   8–9   Hungary Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 3–4, 2–0
three players 2 Goals Manhercz 4

12 September 2018
20:30
Report Germany   14–9   Japan Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 3–3, 5–1
Eidner 4 Goals Arai 3

13 September 2018
19:00
Report Hungary   19–14   Japan Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 8–3, 3–3, 3–4, 5–4
Zalánki 5 Goals Adachi, Inaba 3

13 September 2018
20:30
Report Germany   9–10   Australia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 3–3, 1–2
three players 2 Goals Kayes 5

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Serbia 3 2 1 0 45 21 +24 5 Quarterfinals
2   Croatia 3 2 1 0 50 22 +28 5
3   United States 3 1 0 2 33 35 −2 2
4   South Africa 3 0 0 3 11 61 −50 0
Source: FINA
11 September 2018
15:45
Report Serbia   21–3   South Africa Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Victor Salnichenko (KAZ), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 5–2
Subotić 6 Goals Spencer 2

11 September 2018
17:15
Report Croatia   15–10   United States Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–3, 5–3
Vukičević 4 Goals Bowen 3

12 September 2018
17:30
Report Serbia   14–8   United States Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–1, 3–0, 2–4
Mandić 5 Goals three players 2

12 September 2018
19:00
Report Croatia   25–2   South Africa Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Tadao Tahara (JPN), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 5–0, 7–0
Bašić 9 Goals Prout, Rodda 1

13 September 2018
16:00
Report Serbia   10–10   Croatia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 3–3, 2–1
Stojanović 4 Goals Vukičević 3

13 September 2018
17:30
Report South Africa   6–15   United States Berlin, Germany
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–3, 1–5, 3–2
Evezard 2 Goals Irwing 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 10 Third 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
Report Hungary   10–8   United States Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–1, 3–3, 1–2
Bátori 3 Goals three players 2

14 September 2018
17:30
Report Australia   9–8   Croatia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–2, 2–1
Kayes 3 Goals Vrlić 3

14 September 2018
19:00
Report Japan   7–12   Serbia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–6, 1–3, 1–1
Okawa 4 Goals Mandić 4

14 September 2018
20:30
Report Germany   24–5   South Africa Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Victor Salnichenko (KAZ), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 7–3, 5–1, 7–0, 5–1
Jüngling 5 Goals Evezard 2

5–8th place semifinals

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15 September 2018
14:00
Report United States   11–10   Japan Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 4–3, 2–2
Bowen 5 Goals Adachi 4

15 September 2018
15:30
Report Croatia   16–3   South Africa Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Axel Bender (GER), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–0, 2–1, 5–0
Bašić 4 Goals Spencer 2

Semifinals

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15 September 2018
17:00
Report Hungary   12–11   Serbia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dragan Štampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 3–3, 3–2
Bátori 3 Goals Subotić 3

15 September 2018
18:30
Report Australia   11–10   Germany Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Dion Willis (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–3, 1–1  PSO: 3–2
Younger 3 Goals Jüngling 3

Seventh place game

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16 September 2018
10:00
Report Japan   21–9   South Africa Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Axel Bender (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 9–2, 4–3, 4–3
Inaba 5 Goals Rabie 4

Fifth place game

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16 September 2018
11:30
Report United States   7–10   Croatia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–4, 2–3, 4–2
three players 2 Goals Fatović 3

Bronze medal game

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16 September 2018
13:00
Report Serbia   15–9   Germany Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–2, 3–2, 3–3
Vico 4 Goals Real 3

Gold medal game

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16 September 2018
14:30
Report Hungary   10–4   Australia Berlin, Germany
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 4–0, 2–2
Manhercz 4 Goals four players 1

Final standings

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Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Goals Shots %
1   Gavril Subotić 17 27 63.0%
2   Andrija Bašić 16 19 84.2%
3   Dušan Mandić 15 32 46.9%
  Keigo Okawa 44 34.1%
5   Julian Real 14 28 50.0%
  Bence Bátori 29 48.3%
  Gergő Zalánki 37 37.8%
8   Joe Kayes 13 25 52.0%
  Seiya Adachi 34 38.2%

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.