2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 19 to August 24, 2014.

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2014 FINA World Cup. 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.

Groups

Group A Group B

 South Africa
 Montenegro
 Serbia
 United States

 Croatia
 Kazakhstan
 Australia
 Hungary

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Serbia 3 3 0 0 37 13 +24 6
2.  United States 3 2 0 1 39 19 +20 4
3.  Montenegro 3 1 0 2 22 24 -2 2
4.  South Africa 3 0 0 3 6 48 -42 0

19 August 2014
13:00
Montenegro  39  Serbia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Gabor Vogel (HUN), Mark Maretzki (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 1–2, 1–2
three players 1 Goals Nikola Eskert 3

19 August 2014
15:40
South Africa  119  United States Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Liang Zhang (CHN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–6, 0–4, 1–5
Goals Bret Bonnani 4

20 August 2014
15:00
Montenegro  711  United States Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 4–3, 0–3, 3-2
three players 2 Goals three players 2

20 August 2014
16:20
South Africa  117  Serbia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Liang Zhang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 0–5, 0–6
Devon Card 1 Goals Gavril Subotic 4

21 August 2014
13:40
Montenegro  124  South Africa Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Nenad Peris (CRO).
Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–2, 3–1, 1–1
two players 4 Goals Etienne Le Roux 2

21 August 2014
16:20
Serbia  119  United States Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Gabor Vogel (HUN), Daniel Flahive (AUS).
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–4, 3–1, 5–4
two players 3 Goals Bret Bonnani 5

Group B

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Hungary 3 2 1 0 32 22 +10 5
2.  Croatia 3 2 0 1 25 19 +6 4
3.  Australia 3 1 1 1 22 22 0 3
4.  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 24 40 -16 0

19 August 2014
14:20
Croatia  59  Hungary Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–1, 1–2
Andelo Setka 2 Goals Balazs Harai 2

19 August 2014
17:40
Kazakhstan  811  Australia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Mihajlo Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 4–4, 1–3
Vladimir Ushakov 3 Goals Aaron Younger 4

20 August 2014
13:40
Croatia  63  Australia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ian Melliar (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 0–1, 3–1, 1–0
Andelo Setka 2 Goals Aidan Roach 2

20 August 2014
17:40
Kazakhstan  915  Hungary Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Dejan Adzic (MNE), Mark Maretzki (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 2–4, 3–4
Rustam Ukumanov 3 Goals Denes Varga 4

21 August 2014
15:00
Australia  88  Hungary Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Dejan Adzic (MNE), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–1, 0–2
Aaron Younger 3 Goals Norbert Madaras 3

21 August 2014
17:40
Kazakhstan  714  Croatia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Mihailo Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 1–6, 3–3
Vladimir Ushakov 3 Goals two players 3

Knockout round

Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
August 22 – Almaty        
  Serbia  16
August 23 – Almaty
  Kazakhstan  10  
  Serbia  7
August 22 – Almaty
      Croatia  4  
  Montenegro  5
August 24 – Almaty
  Croatia  6  
  Serbia  11 (4)
August 22 – Almaty    
    Hungary  9 (2)
  South Africa  1
August 23 – Almaty
  Hungary  15  
  Hungary  7 Third place
August 22 – Almaty
      United States  5   August 24 – Almaty
  United States  11 (4)
  Croatia  8
  Australia  9 (2)  
  United States  6
 

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


22 August 2014
14:30
United States  119 (pen.)  Australia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Gabor Vogel (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–1, 0–2  OT: 7–7

22 August 2014
15:50
Montenegro  56  Croatia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 0–3, 2–1

22 August 2014
18:30
Serbia  1610  Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Liang Zhang (CN), Ian Melliar (RSA).
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–3, 4–3, 3–2

22 August 2014
17:10
South Africa  115  Hungary Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Mark Maretzki (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 0–4, 1–3

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


23 August 2014
16:20
Hungary  75  United States Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Liang Zhang (CHN).
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 2–2, 0–1

23 August 2014
17:40
Serbia  74  Croatia Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–1, 0–2

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


24 August 2014
13:50
Croatia  86  United States Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Gabor Vogel (HUN), Dejan Adzic (MNE).
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–0, 1–3

Final

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


24 August 2014
15:10
Serbia  119 (pen.)  Hungary Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS).
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 1–1, 2–1  OT: 7-7

5th–8th playoffs

Semi-finals Fifth place
August 23 – Almaty
  Australia  13  
  South Africa  2  
 
August 24 – Almaty
      Australia  12
    Kazakhstan  6
Seventh place
August 23 – Almaty August 24 – Almaty
  Montenegro  8   South Africa  10
  Kazakhstan  9     Montenegro  13

5th–8th semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


23 August 2014
14:30
Australia  132  South Africa Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Mihajlo Ciric (SRB), Masoud Rezvani (IRI).
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–0, 5–0, 2–0

23 August 2014
15:50
Montenegro  89  Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabor Vogel (HUN).
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 1–1, 1–4

7th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


24 August 2014
14:30
South Africa  1013  Montenegro Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Mark Maretzki (USA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–4, 3–3

5th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)


24 August 2014
12:30
Australia  126  Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Referees:
Nenad Peris (CRO), Ian Melliar (RSA).
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 4–2, 2–1

Final standings

RANK TEAM
 Serbia
 Hungary
 Croatia
4.  United States
5.  Australia
6.  Kazakhstan
7.  Montenegro
8.  South Africa

 2014 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup 

Serbia
Fifth title
Team Roster

Stefan Živojinović (GK), Nemanja Ubović, Nikola Eškert, Dušan Mandić, Dušan Vasić, Gavril Subotić, Sava Ranđelović, Dimitrije Obradović, Dušan Marković, Strahinja Rašović, Viktor Rašović, Srđan Vuksanović, and Dimitrije Rističević (GK). Head Coach: Dejan Savić.

Individual awards

External links



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