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The 2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 17th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2017 and June 2018 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18–23 June 2018.[1] The top two teams also automatically qualify for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2019.
2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League | |
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League | FINA Water Polo World League |
Sport | Water Polo |
Duration | 14 November 2017 to 23 June 2018 |
Super Final | |
Finals champions | Montenegro (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Hungary |
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:
- Match won in normal time – 3 points
- Match won in shootout – 2 points
- Match lost in shootout – 1 point
- Match lost in normal time – 0 points
Preliminary rounds edit
European Preliminaries edit
- November 14, 2017 – April 10, 2018
Group A edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Montenegro | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 9 | Super Final | — | 11–8 | 13–2 | |
2 | Serbia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 9 | 7–4 | — | 12–3 | ||
3 | Romania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 51 | −35 | 0 | 4–12 | 7–14 | — |
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group B edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Croatia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 12 | Super Final | — | 14–4 | 14–8 | |
2 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 5 | 9–17 | — | 16–12 | ||
3 | Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 1 | 4–13 | 8–8 (3–4) | — |
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group C edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
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1 | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 25 | +20 | 10 | Host Super Final | — | 9–8 | 13–1 | |
2 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 8 | Super Final | 10–10 (5–3) | — | 9–5 | |
3 | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 0 | 6–13 | 4–12 | — |
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Inter-Continental Cup edit
- April 3–8, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand
- All times are New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12:00)
Group A edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 9 | Super Final | — | 15–8 | ||||
2 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 38 | −14 | 5 | 6–21 | — | 10–9 | 8–8 (4–1) | |||
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 3 | — | ||||||
4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 1 | 7–16 | 3–10 | — | ||||
5 | New Zealand 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[b] | 0–20 | 7–15 | 9–20 | 3–18 | — |
Group B edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 18 | +44 | 12 | Super Final | — | 18–3 | ||||
2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 31 | +31 | 9 | 10–12 | — | 18–5 | ||||
3 | New Zealand (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 6 | 3–18 | 10–18 | — | 15–9 | |||
4 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 3 | 2–14 | 4–16 | 7–10 | — | 13–5 | ||
5 | Saudi Arabia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 64 | −42 | 0 | — |
Final round edit
- 9th Place
8 April 2018 11:20 |
New Zealand 2[a] | 10–11[b] | Saudi Arabia | Auckland, New Zealand |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 3–3 |
- 7th Place
8 April 2018 12:40 |
Argentina | 6–5 | China | Auckland, New Zealand |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 0–1, 5–1 |
- 5th Place
8 April 2018 14:00 |
Canada | 12–6 | New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–0, 2–2, 5–3 |
- 3rd Place
8 April 2018 15:20 |
Kazakhstan | 7–12 | Japan | Auckland, New Zealand |
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–3, 3–2 |
- 1st Place
8 April 2018 19:40 |
Australia | 6–9 | United States | Auckland, New Zealand |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–1, 2–3, 1–2 |
Final ranking edit
Qualified to Super Final |
Rank | Team |
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United States | |
Australia | |
Japan | |
4 | Kazakhstan |
5 | Canada |
6 | New Zealand |
7 | Argentina |
8 | China |
9 | Saudi Arabia |
Super Final edit
- June 18–23, 2018, Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Qualified teams edit
Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
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— | United States | Japan Kazakhstan |
Croatia Hungary (re-Host) Montenegro Spain |
Australia |
Seeding edit
Group A | Group B |
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Australia (2nd ICC) Montenegro (1st Europe Group A) Japan (3rd ICC) Hungary (1st Europe Group C) (re-Host) |
United States (1st ICC) Croatia (1st Europe Group B) Kazakhstan (4th ICC) Spain (Replaced Russia) |
Group A edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 6 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 3 | |
4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host
18 June 2018 16:45 |
Montenegro | 14–8 | Japan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–4, 5–2, 2–1 |
18 June 2018 20:00 |
Australia | 5–12 | Hungary | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 2–5, 1–3 |
19 June 2018 15:15 |
Australia | 11–7 | Japan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 2–1, 3–3 |
19 June 2018 18:15 |
Montenegro | 12–9 | Hungary | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–5, 3–2, 3–0 |
20 June 2018 16:45 |
Montenegro | 10–8 | Australia | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 3–2, 1–2 |
20 June 2018 20:00 |
Japan | 7–14 | Hungary | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 2–3, 2–3 |
Group B edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 5 | |
3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 4 | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
18 June 2018 15:15 |
Croatia | 15–5 | Kazakhstan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 4–3, 5–0 |
18 June 2018 18:15 |
United States | 8–6 | Spain | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 1–1, 2–1 |
19 June 2018 16:45 |
Croatia | 10–13 | Spain | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 3–2, 1–0 PSO: 1–4 |
19 June 2018 19:45 |
United States | 11–4 | Kazakhstan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 3–0, 3–2 |
20 June 2018 15:15 |
Croatia | 10–11 | United States | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 5–4, 2–0 |
20 June 2018 18:15 |
Kazakhstan | 3–11 | Spain | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 0–4, 2–3 |
Knockout stage edit
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
21 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Hungary (pen.) | 6 (4) | |||||||||
22 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Croatia | 6 (2) | |||||||||
Hungary | 11 | |||||||||
21 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Japan | 9 | |||||||||
Japan | 11 | |||||||||
23 June 2018 | ||||||||||
United States | 10 | |||||||||
Hungary | 9 (2) | |||||||||
21 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Montenegro (pen.) | 9 (4) | |||||||||
Australia | 4 | |||||||||
22 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Spain | 9 | |||||||||
Spain | 8 | |||||||||
21 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Montenegro | 10 | Third place | ||||||||
Montenegro | 14 | |||||||||
23 June 2018 | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 6 | |||||||||
Japan | 7 | |||||||||
Spain | 12 | |||||||||
- 5th–8th Places
Semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
22 June 2018 | ||||||
Croatia | 10 | |||||
23 June 2018 | ||||||
United States | 7 | |||||
Croatia | 10 | |||||
22 June 2018 | ||||||
Australia | 8 | |||||
Australia | 15 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 11 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
23 June 2018 | ||||||
United States | 9 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 3 |
- Quarterfinals
21 June 2018 15:15 |
Montenegro | 14–6 | Kazakhstan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–2, 5–1, 2–1 |
21 June 2018 16:45 |
Australia | 4–9 | Spain | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–1, 0–2, 2–5 |
21 June 2018 18:15 |
Hungary | 10–8 | Croatia | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 3–2, 1–2 PSO: 4–2 |
21 June 2018 19:45 |
Japan | 11–10 | United States | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–1, 3–3 |
- 5th–8th Semifinals
22 June 2018 15:15 |
Croatia | 10–7 | United States | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–1, 3–1, 4–3 |
22 June 2018 16:45 |
Australia | 15–11 | Kazakhstan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–4, 4–2, 2–4 |
- Semifinals
22 June 2018 18:15 |
Hungary | 11–9 | Japan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–4, 7–3, 2–1 |
22 June 2018 19:45 |
Spain | 8–10 | Montenegro | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 3–2 |
- Seventh place
23 June 2018 15:15 |
United States | 9–3 | Kazakhstan | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 3–1, 2–1 |
- Fifth place
23 June 2018 16:45 |
Croatia | 10–8 | Australia | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 4–3, 1–1 |
- Third place
23 June 2018 18:15 |
Japan | 7–12 | Spain | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 2–1, 0–4 |
- Final
23 June 2018 19:45 |
Hungary | 11–13 | Montenegro | Budapest, Hungary |
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–3, 1–2 PSO: 2–4 |
Final ranking edit
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Awards edit
MVP | Highest Scorer | Best Goalkeeper | Best Young Player |
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Márton Vámos | Aleksandar Ivović Mlađan Janović Inada Yosuke (14 goals) |
Viktor Nagy | Đuro Radović |
References edit
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.