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The 2025 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, ...
was the 18th edition of the tournament. It ran from 18 December 2024 to 13 April 2025. Spain won the final against Greece to capture their second title.


Format

There were two divisions. In Division 1 eleven teams and in Division 2 twelve teams played. The top-six teams of Division 1 and the top-two teams from Division 2 competed in the super final. A win gave a team three points, a win after penalties two, a loss after penalties one and a loss after regular time zero points.


Division 1

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament will be played in
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, Romania between 6 and 12 January 2025. The top two of each group advance to the quarterfinals, with the top six finishers advancing to the super final. It was originally going to be held in
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, Serbia but for unknown reasons, it was changed to Romania's capital. ''All times are local (
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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D


Classification round

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Knockout stage


Bracket

Fifth place bracket


Crossovers

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game


Fifth place game


Third place game


Final


Division 2

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament was played in
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, Turkey between 18 and 21 December 2024. The top two of each group advanced to the quarterfinals and the top-two finishers of the tournament will play in the super final. ''All times are local (
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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage


Bracket

Fifth place bracket Ninth place bracket


Quarterfinals

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9–12th place semifinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Eleventh place game


Ninth place game


Seventh place game


Fifth place game


Third place game


Final


Super final

The tournament took place between 11 and 13 April 2025 in
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, Montenegro.


Venue

Originally, venues in
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and
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were earmarked to organise the event, however, this was changed and the event was held at the
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in Montenegro's capital,
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.


Bracket

Fifth place bracket


Quarterfinals

''All times are local (
UTC+2 UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Por ...
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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game


Fifth place game


Third place game


Final


Final standings


See also

* 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup


References


External links


FINA Official site
{{FINA Water Polo World Cup
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