The 16th edition of the Men's
FINA Water Polo World Cup
The FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo tournament, organized by FINA and featuring eight men's national teams. It was established in 1979, initially taking place on odd years. Since 2002 it is held every four years, in ...
were held in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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from September 11 to September 16, 2018.
Like the final tournament of the
2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
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all matches were contested in the
Europasportpark swimming pool.
Format
8 teams qualified for the 2018 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
Squads
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Joel Dennerley
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Richard Campbell
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George Ford
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Joe Kayes
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He is of Samoan descent through his mother, as both his maternal grandparents were born in Samoa.
Kayes played for the NZ Senior Men's Water P ...
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Nathan Power
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Lachlan Edwards
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Lachlan Hollis
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Aaron Younger
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Andrew Ford
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Timothy Putt
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Rhys Howden
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Blake Edwards
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Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio s ...
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Anthony Hrysanthos
Head coach:
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Elvis Fatović
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Moritz Schenkel
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Ben Reibel
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Timo van der Bosch
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Julian Real
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The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international mult ...
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Tobias Preuss
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Maurice Jüngling
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Denis Strelezkij
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Hannes Schuls
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Marko Stamm
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Mateo Ćuk
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Marin Restović
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Dennis Eidner
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Kevin Götz
Head coach:
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Hagen Stamm
Hagen Stamm (born 12 June 1960 in Berlin) is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and two Eur ...
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Gergely Kardos
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Szilárd Jansik
Szilárd Jansik (born 6 April 1994) is a Hungarian professional water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Krisztián Manhercz
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Gergő Zalánki
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Toni Német
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Tamás Mezei
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Dávid Jansik
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Gergő Kovács
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Ádám Nagy
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Bence Bátori
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Mátyás Pásztor
Mátyás Pásztor (born 20 February 1987) is a Hungarian water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics
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Zoltán Pohl
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Soma Vogel
Head coach:
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Tamás Märcz
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Katsuyuki Tanamura
is a water polo player from Japan. He was part of the Japanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage. He also participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See also
* Japan men's Olympic water polo team ...
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Seiya Adachi
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Harukiirario Koppu
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Toi Suzuki
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Takuma Yoshida
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Atsuto Ilda
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Mitsuru Takata
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Atsushi Arai
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Kohei Inaba
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Keigo Okawa
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Kenta Araki
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Tomoyoshi Fukushima
Head coach:
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Yoji Omoto
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Marko Bijač
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Marko Macan
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Loren Fatović
Loren Fatović (born 16 November 1996) is a Croatian water polo player for VK Jug and the Croatian national team.
He participated at the 2017 World Championships and 2019 World Championships.
Honours
Vk Jug:
Croatian championship(6): 2015- ...
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Luka Lončar
Luka Lončar (born 26 June 1987) is a Croatian professional water polo player. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal.
Honours Club
;AN Brescia
*Coppa Italia: 2011–12
;Jug Dubrovnik
* ...
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Andrija Bašić
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Hrvoje Benić
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Ante Vukičević
Ante Vukičević (born 24 February 1993) is a Croatian water polo player for CN Marseille and the Croatian national team.
He participated at the 2019 World Championships.
See also
* List of world champions in men's water polo
* List of World A ...
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Andro Bušlje
Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He ...
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Lovre Miloš
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Josip Vrlić
Josip Vrlić (born 25 April 1986) is a Croatian professional water polo player. He was part of the Brazilian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games.
His younge ...
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Anđelo Šetka
Anđelo Šetka (born 14 September 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal.
See also
* Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
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Xavier García
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Ivan Marcelić
Head coach:
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Ivica Tucak
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Strajo Dimitrije Rističević
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Dušan Mandić
Dušan Mandić ( sr-cyr, Душан Мандић; born 16 June 1994) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for VK Novi Beograd. He was a part of the Montenegrin junior water polo team before opting to play for Serbia. With Serbian junior na ...
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Viktor Rašović
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Sava Ranđelović
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Đorđe Lazić
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Nemanja Vico
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Radomir Drašović
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Nikola Jakšić
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Mateja Asanović
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Ognjen Stojanović
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Strahinja Rašović
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Lazar Dobožanov
Head coach:
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Dejan Savić
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During his playing ...
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Lwazi Madi
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Miguel Morais
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Chris Brown
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Ethan James Jagger Coryndon-Baker
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Garreth Prout
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Nic Downes
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Lood Rabie
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Nicholas Rodda
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Cameron Laurenson
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Mark Spencer
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Jason Evezard
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Donn Stewart
Head coach:
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Paul Martin
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The son o ...
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McQuin Baron
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Johnathan Masashi Hooper
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Dylan Woodhead
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Alex Obert
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Ben Hallock
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Luca Cupido
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Nick Carniglia
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Alex Roelse
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Alex Bowen
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Benjamin Dutch Stevenson
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Jesse Smith
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Maxwell Bruce Irving
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Jack William Turner
Head coach:
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Dejan Udovičić
Preliminary round
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As standard time (year-round)
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
5–8th place
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standings
Top goalscorers
Source
FINA - Leading Scorers
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Individual awards
*Best Player
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*Best Goalscorer
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*Best Goalkeeper
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External links
FINA Official siteFINA - Leading ScorersFINA - Goalkeeper StatisticsFINA - Overall Team Statistics
References
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International water polo competitions hosted by Germany
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