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 |
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Preliminary round
Group A
Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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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 | 3–9 | 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 | 1–19 | 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 | 7–11 | 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 | 1–17 | 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 | 12–4 | 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 | 11–9 | 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 | |
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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 | 5–9 | 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 | 8–11 | 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 | 6–3 | 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 | 9–15 | 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 | 8–8 | 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 | 7–14 | 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
22 August 2014 14:30 |
United States | 11–9 (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 | 5–6 | 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 | 16–10 | 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 | 1–15 | Hungary | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Mark Maretzki (USA) |
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 0–4, 1–3 |
Semifinals
23 August 2014 16:20 |
Hungary | 7–5 | 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 | 7–4 | Croatia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–1, 0–2 |
Bronze medal match
24 August 2014 13:50 |
Croatia | 8–6 | United States | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Gabor Vogel (HUN), Dejan Adzic (MNE). |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–0, 1–3 |
Final
24 August 2014 15:10 |
Serbia | 11–9 (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
23 August 2014 14:30 |
Australia | 13–2 | 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 | 8–9 | Kazakhstan | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabor Vogel (HUN). |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 1–1, 1–4 |
7th place playoff
24 August 2014 14:30 |
South Africa | 10–13 | Montenegro | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–4, 3–3 |
5th place playoff
24 August 2014 12:30 |
Australia | 12–6 | Kazakhstan | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Ian Melliar (RSA). |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 4–2, 2–1 |
Final standings
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- Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, United States and Australia qualified for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
Individual awards
- Best Player
- Dénes Varga (HUN)
- Best Goalkeeper
- Stefan Živojinović (SRB)
- Defender
- Jesse Smith (USA)
- Best Scorer
- Bret Bonanni (USA)