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The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the
International Swimming Federation FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
(FINA). The event took place in the Tašmajdan Swimming Pool in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
from August 20 to August 25, 2002. Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last
World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
in Fukuoka, Japan (2001). The FINA Cup in Belgrade decided which teams qualified directly to the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain from July 13 to July 27, 2003. Russia and Hungary, as well as the host Spain, already qualified based on the results from the
2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the first edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After two preliminary rounds the ''Super Final'' was held in Patras, Greece from August 1 to A ...
(June 28 – August 4, 2002).


Teams

;Group A * * * * ;Group B * * * *


Squads


* Teo Đogaš * Nikola Franković * Hrvoje Herceg *
Igor Hinić Igor Hinić (born 4 December 1975) is a Croatian former professional water polo player, who was a member of the Croatia national team, that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olymp ...
* Hrvoje Koljanin * Aljoša Kunač * Ivan Milaković * Dalibor Perčinić * Danijel Premuš * Tomislav Primorac * Ratko Štritof * Goran Volarević * Tihomil Vranješ Head coach: * Veselin Đuho


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Christos Afroudakis Christos Afroudakis (born 23 May 1984) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the captain of the team that competed for Greece at the 2016 Summe ...
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Theodoros Chatzitheodorou Theodoros "Thodoris" Chatzitheodorou ( el, Θεόδωρος Χατζηθεοδώρου , born 1 October 1976) is a retired Greek water polo player and current coach. Chatzitheodorou started his career at Ilisiakos and then moved to Olympiacos wh ...
* Nikolaos Deligiannis *
Theodoros Kalakonas Theodoros "Thodoris" Kalakonas (born 28 October 1974) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (6th place), and in the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) with the Greece men's national water polo team. He was part of t ...
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Konstantinos Loudis Konstantinos Loudis (born 24 March 1969) was a Greek water polo player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics. See also * Greece men's Olympic water polo team re ...
* Dimitrios Mazis * Georgios Reppas *
Stefanos Santa Stefanos-Petros Santa (born 21 May 1975 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Greece, Greek water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the 1996 Olympics, he was a member of Romania national water polo team as Ștefan Sanda. Currently, ...
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Anastasios Schizas Anastasios Schizas (born 18 February 1977) is a Greek retired water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place). Schizas was part of the Greece men's national water polo team that won ...
* Argyris Theodoropoulos *
Ioannis Thomakos Ioannis Thomakos (born 14 March 1977) is a Greek water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th place) and the 2008 Summer Olympics (7th place) with the Greece men's national water polo te ...
* Dimitrios Tsiklos *
Antonios Vlontakis Antonios "Antonis" Vlontakis (born 10 October 1975) is a retired Greek water polo player. A long-standing member of the Greece national water polo team, Vlontakis competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics (10th place), the 2004 Summer Olympics (4th ...
Head coach: * Takis Michalos


* Alberto Angelini *
Fabio Bencivenga Fabio Bencivenga (born 20 January 1976 in Curti, Campania, Curti) is a retired water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia, Mars, Sol). He was ...
* Leonardo Binchi * Fabrizio Buonocore * Alessandro Calcaterra * Roberto Calcaterra *
Maurizio Felugo Maurizio Felugo (born 4 March 1981) is an Italian male water polo player. He was a member of the Italy men's national water polo team, playing as a driver. Biography Born at Rapallo, he currently plays for Pro Recco and the Italia ...
* Francesco Ferrari * Goran Fiorentini * Federico Mistrangelo *
Francesco Postiglione Francesco Postiglione (born 29 April 1972 in Naples) is a former swimmer and water polo player from Italy, who represented his native country at four Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. At his Olympic debut he competed as a breas ...
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Bogdan Rath Bogdan Rath (born 28 June 1972) is a Romanian and later Italian water polo player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics (for Romania) and in the 2004 Summer Olympics (for Italy). See also * List of sportspeople who competed for more th ...
* Stefano Tempesti Head coach: * Alessandro Campagna


* Attila Bárány *
Tibor Benedek Tibor Benedek (12 July 1972 – 18 June 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player and coach, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. He played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 ...
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Péter Biros Péter Biros (born 5 April 1976) is a Hungarian former water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of six male athletes who won three ...
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Rajmund Fodor Rajmund Fodor (born 21 February 1976 in Szeged) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed ''Rajmi'', and made his debut for the national team in 1 ...
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Tamás Kásás Tamás Kásás (; born 20 July 1976) is a retired Hungarian water polo player. Kásás is often described as the best defensive player of his era, if not the best overall. He is known for his ability to spring out of the water and block shots, ...
* Gergely Katonás *
Gergely Kiss Dr. Gergely "Gergő" Kiss (born 21 September 1977) is a Hungarian former water polo player. He was considered to be one of the best left-handed water polo players of his time. Kiss is one of ten male athletes who won three Olympic gold meda ...
* Zoltán Kovács *
Csaba Kiss Csaba () is a Hungarian given name for males. Csaba is the native Hungarian name for Ernak, the youngest son of Attila the Hun.''Gesta Hungarorum'', Simon Keza, Edited and translated by Laszlo Veszpremy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jeno Szu ...
* Tamás Molnár * Barnabás Steinmetz * Zoltán Szécsi * Attila Vári Head coach: * Dénes Kemény


* Revaz Chomakhidze *
Denis Denisov Denis Valeryevich Denisov (russian: Денис Валерьевич Денисов; born December 31, 1981) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by Buffalo Sabre ...
* Aleksandr Fyodorov * Serguei Garbouzov * Dmitry Gorshkov *
Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Nikolaevich Kozlov (russian: Николай Николаевич Козлов; born 21 July 1972) is a retired Russian water polo player. He competed at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics and won one silver and two bronze medals. Se ...
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Nikolay Maximov Nikolay Mikhaylovich Maksimov (russian: Николай Михайлович Максимов; born 15 November 1972) is a Russian water polo goalkeeper, who played at the 1996 Summer Olympics, on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympic ...
* Andrei Reketchinski * Dmitri Stratan * Yuri Yatsev *
Alexander Yerishev Aleksandr Anatolyevich Yeryshov (russian: Александр Анатольевич Ерышов; born January 17, 1973) is a Russian water polo player who played on the silver medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal squad at ...
* Marat Zakirov * Irek Zinnourov Head coach: *
Aleksandr Kabanov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Kabanov (russian: Александр Серге́евич Кабанов, 14 June 1948 – 30 June 2020) was a Soviet and Russian water polo player and head coach of the Russian water polo team. He is one of a few sportspeo ...


* Tony Azevedo * Ryan Bailey *
Layne Beaubien Ronald Layne Beaubien (born July 4, 1976) is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, after defe ...
* Larry Felix * Peter Hudnut * Dan Klatt *
Genai Kerr Genai Kerr is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics.Merrill Moses Merrill M. Moses (born August 13, 1977) is a United States Olympic silver medalist, three-time Olympian, and three-time Pan American Games gold medalist water polo goalkeeper. He played college water polo for Pepperdine University, where he ...
* Jeff Powers * Chris Segesman * Jesse Smith * Wolf Wigo * Adam Wright Head coach: *
Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in ...


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Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Ćirić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Ћирић, born 30 December 1977 in Belgrade) is a Serbian retired water polo player and current head coach of European powerhouse Olympiacos Women's Water Polo Team, who played for two Olymp ...
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Danilo Ikodinović Danilo “Dača” Ikodinović ( sr-cyrl, Данило Дача Икодиновић, born 4 October 1976) is a Serbian former professional water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics (with Yugoslavia) and t ...
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Nikola Janović Nikola Janović ( sr-cyrl, Никола Јановић; born 22 March 1980, in Kotor) is a Montenegrin water polo player and the former Minister of Sports and Youth of Montenegro. He was one of the best water polo player in the wo ...
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Viktor Jelenić Viktor Jelenić ( sr-cyr, Виктор Јеленић; born 31 October 1970 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian water polo player. He was part of the gold medal winning team of Yugoslavia at the 1991 World Cha ...
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Nikola Kuljača Nikola Kuljača (born 16 August 1974 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played for the team of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summ ...
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Aleksandar Šapić Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician, and former professional water polo player serving as mayor of Belgrade since 20 June 2022. A member and current vice-president of the Serb ...
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Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of the Serbia men's national water polo team and Crvena zvezda. During his playing ...
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Denis Šefik Denis Šefik ( sr-cyr, Денис Шефик; born 20 September 1976) is Serbian water polo player who plays for VK Radnički. He represented the Serbia and Montenegro national team until 2006, Serbian national team until 2008 and since 2010, r ...
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Petar Trbojević Petar Trbojević (born 9 September 1973 in Niš, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegr ...
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Vanja Udovičić Vanja Udovičić ( sr-Cyrl, Вања Удовичић, ; born 12 September 1982) is a Serbian politician and former professional water polo player who served as minister of youth and sports from 2013 to 2022. An independent politician, he is a ...
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Vladimir Vujasinović Vladimir Vujasinović ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вујасиновић; ; born 14 August 1973) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of VK Novi Beograd. During his playing career ...
* Nenad Vukanić *
Boris Zloković Boris Zloković (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Злоковић; born 16 March 1983) is a Montenegrin retired water polo player. He was a member of the Montenegro national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team reached the semifinals, where ...
Head coach: * Nenad Manojlović


Preliminary round


Group A

*August 20, 2002 *August 21, 2002 *August 22, 2002


Group B

*August 20, 2002 *August 21, 2002 *August 22, 2002


Quarterfinals

*August 23, 2002


Semifinals

*August 24, 2002


Finals

*August 23, 2002 — Seventh place *August 24, 2002 — Fifth place *August 25, 2002 — Third place *August 25, 2002 — First place
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Final ranking

*''Yugoslavia, Italy, Greece and the United States qualified for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. Russia and Hungary, as well as the host Spain, already qualified.''


Individual awards

*Most Valuable Player ** *Best Goalkeeper ** *Topscorer ** — 13 goals


References

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