2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
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The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty,
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
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.


Teams

The top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship). Despite finishing 7th at 2013 World Championship, Serbia received an invitation from FINA as defending European champion instead of Italia ranked 4th at 2013 World Championship


Groups


Preliminary round

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Knockout round


Championship


Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

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Gold medal game

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5th–8th playoffs


5th–8th semifinals

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7th place playoff

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5th place playoff

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Final standings

* Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, United States and Australia qualified for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.


Individual awards

*Best Player ** *Best Goalkeeper ** *Defender ** *Best Scorer **


References


External links


Official site
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