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
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	11 – 18 September
Super Final
Finals champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Australia

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]

Teams

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

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Bracket

	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

	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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Best Player
  •  Aaron Younger (AUS)

• Best Goalscorer
  •  Gavril Subotić (SRB)

• Best Goalkeeper
  •  Joel Dennerley (AUS)

Squads

 Australia

• Joel Dennerley
• Richard Campbell
• George Ford
• Joe Kayes
• Nathan Power
• Lachlan Edwards
• Lachlan Hollis
• Aaron Younger
• Andrew Ford
• Timothy Putt
• Rhys Howden
• Blake Edwards
• Anthony Hrysanthos

Head coach:

• Elvis Fatović

 Germany

• 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

• 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

• Katsuyuki Tanamura
• Seiya Adachi
• Harukiirario Koppu
• Toi Suzuki
• Takuma Yoshida
• Atsuto Ilda
• Mitsuru Takata
• Atsushi Arai
• Kohei Inaba
• Keigo Okawa
• Kenta Araki
• Tomoyoshi Fukushima

Head coach:

• Yoji Omoto

 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:

• Ivica Tucak

 Serbia

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

References

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.