2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
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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 swimming pool.
Format[]
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]
Groups[]
Group A | Group B |
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Squads[]
Australia[]
- Joel Dennerley
- George Ford
- Joe Kayes
- Nathan Power
- Lachlan Edwards
- Aaron Younger
- Andrew Ford
- Timothy Putt
- Rhys Howden
- Blake Edwards
- Anthony Hrysanthos
Head Coach:
Germany[]
Hungary[]
Head Coach:
Japan[]
- Katsuyuki Tanamura
- Seiya Adachi
- Harukiirario Koppu
- Toi Suzuki
- Takuma Yoshida
- Mitsuru Takata
- Atsushi Arai
- Keigo Okawa
- Kenta Araki
- Tomoyoshi Fukushima
Head Coach:
Croatia[]
- Marko Bijač
- Marko Macan
- Loren Fatović
- Luka Lončar
- Andrija Bašić
- Hrvoje Benić
- Ante Vukičević
- Andro Bušlje
- Lovre Miloš
- Josip Vrlić
- Anđelo Šetka
- Xavier García
- Ivan Marcelić
Head Coach:
Serbia[]
Head Coach:
South Africa[]
United States[]
Head Coach:
Preliminary round[]
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 29 | +6 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 0 |
(H) Host
11 September 2018 19:00 |
Report | Australia ![]() |
14–6 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–4, 4–2, 4–2 | |||||
Real, 3 | Goals | 3 |
12 September 2018 16:00 |
Report | Australia ![]() |
8–9 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dion Willis (RSA) |
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 3–3, 5–1 | |||||
4 | Goals | Arai 3 |
13 September 2018 19:00 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
19–14 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
Score by quarters: 8–3, 3–3, 3–4, 5–4 | |||||
Zalánki 5 | Goals | Adachi, 3 |
13 September 2018 20:30 |
Report | Germany ![]() |
9–10 | ![]() |
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[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 22 | +28 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 61 | −50 | 0 |
11 September 2018 15:45 |
Report | Serbia ![]() |
21–3 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Victor Salnichenko (KAZ), Axel Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 7–0, 5–2 | |||||
6 | Goals | 2 |
11 September 2018 17:15 |
Report | Croatia ![]() |
15–10 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Tadao Tahara (JPN), Axel Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–1, 5–0, 7–0 | |||||
Bašić 9 | Goals | , Rodda 1 |
13 September 2018 16:00 |
Report | Serbia ![]() |
10–10 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Axel Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 3–3, 2–1 | |||||
4 | Goals | Vukičević 3 |
13 September 2018 17:30 |
Report | South Africa ![]() |
6–15 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: György Kun (HUN), Tadao Tahara (JPN) |
Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–3, 1–5, 3–2 | |||||
Evezard 2 | Goals | 4 |
Knockout stage[]
Bracket[]
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
14 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||
15 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||
14 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||
![]() | 7 | |||||||||
16 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 12 | |||||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||||||
14 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||||||
15 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||||||
14 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 10 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 24 | |||||||||
16 September | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 15 | |||||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||||||
5–8th place[]
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
15 September | ||||||
![]() | 11 | |||||
16 September | ||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||
![]() | 7 | |||||
15 September | ||||||
![]() | 10 | |||||
![]() | 16 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
16 September | ||||||
![]() | 21 | |||||
![]() | 9 |
Quarterfinals[]
14 September 2018 16:00 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
10–8 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–1, 3–3, 1–2 | |||||
3 | Goals | three players 2 |
14 September 2018 17:30 |
Report | Australia ![]() |
9–8 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Victor Salnichenko (KAZ), György Kun (HUN) |
Score by quarters: 7–3, 5–1, 7–0, 5–1 | |||||
5 | Goals | Evezard 2 |
5–8th place semifinals[]
15 September 2018 14:00 |
Report | United States ![]() |
11–10 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Axel Bender (GER), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–0, 2–1, 5–0 | |||||
Bašić 4 | Goals | 2 |
Semifinals[]
15 September 2018 17:00 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
12–11 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Dragan Štampalija (CRO) |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–3, 3–3, 3–2 | |||||
3 | Goals | 3 |
15 September 2018 18:30 |
Report | Australia ![]() |
11–10 | ![]() |
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 | 3 |
Seventh place game[]
16 September 2018 10:00 |
Report | Japan ![]() |
21–9 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Axel Bender (GER) |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 9–2, 4–3, 4–3 | |||||
5 | Goals | 4 |
Fifth place game[]
16 September 2018 11:30 |
Report | United States ![]() |
7–10 | ![]() |
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[]
16 September 2018 13:00 |
Report | Serbia ![]() |
15–9 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–2, 3–2, 3–3 | |||||
4 | Goals | Real 3 |
Gold medal game[]
16 September 2018 14:30 |
Report | Hungary ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
Berlin, Germany Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 4–0, 2–2 | |||||
Manhercz 4 | Goals | fourth players 1 |
Final standings[]
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Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Name | Goals | Shots | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
17 | 27 | 63.0% |
2 | ![]() |
16 | 19 | 84.2% |
3 | ![]() |
15 | 32 | 46.9% |
![]() |
44 | 34.1% | ||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 28 | 50.0% |
![]() |
29 | 48.3% | ||
![]() |
37 | 37.8% | ||
8 | ![]() |
13 | 25 | 52.0% |
![]() |
34 | 38.2% |
Source: FINA - Leading Scorers
Individual awards[]
- Best Player
Aaron Younger (AUS)
- Best Goalscorer
(SRB)
- Best Goalkeeper
Joel Dennerley (AUS)
External links[]
- FINA Official site
- FINA - Leading Scorers
- FINA - Goalkeeper Statistics
- FINA - Overall Team Statistics
References[]
- ^ 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.
- FINA Water Polo World Cup
- 2018 in German sport
- 2018 in water polo
- International water polo competitions hosted by Germany
- Sports competitions in Berlin
- September 2018 sports events in Germany