2018_FINA_Men's_Water_Polo_World_Cup Knowpia

2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	11 – 18 September
Super Final
Finals champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Australia
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
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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.

Format edit

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 edit

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 edit

Group A	Group B
Hungary Germany (H) Australia Japan	Croatia Serbia United States South Africa

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	35	29	+6	4	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	1	38	34	+4	4
3	Australia	3	2	1	32	24	+8	4
4	Japan	3	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 edit

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 edit

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

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 edit

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

15 September

United States	11
		16 September
Japan	10
		United States	7
15 September
		Croatia	10
Croatia	16

South Africa	3
		Seventh place

		16 September

		Japan	21

		South Africa	9

Quarterfinals edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Rank^[1]	Team
	Hungary
	Australia^[4]
	Serbia
4	Germany
5	Croatia
6	United States
7	Japan
8	South Africa

2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
Hungary Fourth title

Top goalscorers edit


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%
3	Keigo Okawa	15	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%
8	Seiya Adachi	13	34	38.2%

Source: FINA - Leading Scorers

Individual awards edit

Best Player
- Aaron Younger (AUS)

Best Goalscorer
- Gavril Subotić (SRB)

Best Goalkeeper
- Joel Dennerley (AUS)

Squads edit

Australia edit

Head coach:

Elvis Fatović

Germany edit

Moritz Schenkel
Ben Reibel
Timo van der Bosch
Julian Real
Tobias Preuss
Maurice Jüngling
Denis Strelezkij
Hannes Schuls
Marko Stamm
Mateo Ćuk
Marin Restović
Dennis Eidner
Kevin Götz

Head coach:

Hagen Stamm

Hungary edit

Gergely Kardos
Szilárd Jansik
Krisztián Manhercz
Gergő Zalánki
Toni Német
Tamás Mezei
Dávid Jansik
Gergő Kovács
Ádám Nagy
Bence Bátori
Mátyás Pásztor
Zoltán Pohl
Soma Vogel

Head coach:

Tamás Märcz

Japan edit

Head coach:

Yoji Omoto

Croatia edit

Head coach:

Ivica Tucak

Serbia edit

Strajo Dimitrije Rističević
Dušan Mandić
Viktor Rašović
Sava Ranđelović
Gavril Subotić
Đorđe Lazić
Nemanja Vico
Radomir Drašović
Nikola Jakšić
Mateja Asanović
Ognjen Stojanović
Strahinja Rašović
Lazar Dobožanov

Head coach:

Dejan Savić

South Africa edit

Lwazi Madi
Miguel Morais
Chris Brown
Ethan James Jagger Coryndon-Baker
Garreth Prout
Nic Downes
Lood Rabie
Nicholas Rodda
Cameron Laurenson
Mark Spencer
Jason Evezard
Donn Stewart

Head coach:

Paul Martin

United States edit

McQuin Baron
Johnathan Masashi Hooper
Dylan Woodhead
Alex Obert
Ben Hallock
Luca Cupido
Nick Carniglia
Alex Roelse
Alex Bowen
Benjamin Dutch Stevenson
Jesse Smith
Maxwell Bruce Irving
Jack William Turner

Head coach:

Dejan Udovičić

External links edit

FINA Official site
FINA - Leading Scorers
FINA - Goalkeeper Statistics
FINA - Overall Team Statistics

References edit

^ ^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.
^ "FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 2018 | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
^ "FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup 2018 results Berlin (GER) | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
^ 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.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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.

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Summary

Format edit

Teams edit

Groups edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Group B edit

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

5–8th place edit

Quarterfinals edit

5–8th place semifinals edit

Semifinals edit

Seventh place game edit

Fifth place game edit

Bronze medal game edit

Gold medal game edit

Final standings edit

Top goalscorers edit

Individual awards edit

Squads edit

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External links edit

References edit

Australia edit

Germany edit

Hungary edit

Japan edit

Croatia edit

Serbia edit

South Africa edit

United States edit