| 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | |
|---|---|
| League | FINA Water Polo World Cup |
| Sport | Water polo |
| Duration | 19 – 24 August |
| Super Final | |
| Finals champions |  Serbia |
| Runners-up |  Hungary |
The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 19 to August 24, 2014. [1]
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.
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
| Teams | Qualified as |
|---|---|
| Host (12th 2013 World Championship) |
| Group A | Group B |
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| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Serbia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2. |  United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3. |  Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 2 | Quarter-finals |
| 4. |  South Africa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 48 | -42 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| 19 August 2014 13:00 | Montenegro | 3–9 | Serbia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Gábor Vogel (HUN), Mark Maretzki (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 1–2, 1–2 | ||||
| three players 1 | Goals | Nikola Eškert 3 | ||
| 19 August 2014 15:40 | South Africa | 1–19 | United States | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Liang Zhang (CHN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–6, 0–4, 1–5 | ||||
| Goals | Bret Bonnani 4 | |||
| 20 August 2014 15:00 | Montenegro | 7–11 | United States | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 4–3, 0–3, 3-2 | ||||
| three players 2 | Goals | three players 2 | ||
| 20 August 2014 16:20 | South Africa | 1–17 | Serbia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Liang Zhang (CHN) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 0–5, 0–6 | ||||
| Devon Card 1 | Goals | Gavril Subotić 4 | ||
| 21 August 2014 13:40 | Montenegro | 12–4 | South Africa | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters:3–0, 5–2, 3–1, 1–1 | ||||
| two players 4 | Goals | Etienne Le Roux 2 | ||
| 21 August 2014 16:20 | Serbia | 11–9 | United States | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Gábor Vogel (HUN), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
| Score by quarters:2–0, 1–4, 3–1, 5–4 | ||||
| two players 3 | Goals | Bret Bonanni 5 | ||
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2. |  Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3. |  Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-finals |
| 4. |  Kazakhstan (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| 19 August 2014 14:20 | Croatia | 5–9 | Hungary | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–1, 1–2 | ||||
| Anđelo Šetka 2 | Goals | Balázs Hárai 2 | ||
| 19 August 2014 17:40 | Kazakhstan | 8–11 | Australia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 4–4, 1–3 | ||||
| Vladimir Ushakov 3 | Goals | Aaron Younger 4 | ||
| 20 August 2014 13:40 | Croatia | 6–3 | Australia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ian Melliar (RSA) |
| Score by quarters:1–0, 0–1, 3–1, 1–0 | ||||
| Anđelo Šetka 2 | Goals | Aidan Roach 2 | ||
| 20 August 2014 17:40 | Kazakhstan | 9–15 | Hungary | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Dejan Adžić (MNE), Mark Maretzki (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 2–4, 3–4 | ||||
| Rustam Ukumanov 3 | Goals | Dénes Varga 4 | ||
| 21 August 2014 15:00 | Australia | 8–8 | Hungary | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Dejan Adžić (MNE), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 3–1, 0–2 | ||||
| Aaron Younger 3 | Goals | Norbert Madaras 3 | ||
| 21 August 2014 17:40 | Kazakhstan | 7–14 | Croatia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Mihailo Ćirić (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 1–6, 3–3 | ||||
| Vladimir Ushakov 3 | Goals | two players 3 | ||
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 22 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 16 | |||||||||
| August 23 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||||||
| Serbia | 7 | |||||||||
| August 22 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 4 | |||||||||
| Montenegro | 5 | |||||||||
| August 24 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 6 | |||||||||
| Serbia | 11 (4) | |||||||||
| August 22 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 9 (2) | |||||||||
| South Africa | 1 | |||||||||
| August 23 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 15 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 7 | |||||||||
| August 22 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| United States | 5 | Third place | ||||||||
| United States | 11 (4) | |||||||||
| August 24 – Almaty | ||||||||||
| Australia | 9 (2) | |||||||||
| Croatia | 8 | |||||||||
| United States | 6 | |||||||||
| 22 August 2014 14:30 | United States | 11–9 (pen.) | Australia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Gábor Vogel (HUN) |
| Score by quarters:3–2, 1–2, 3–1, 0–2 OT: 4–2 | ||||
| 22 August 2014 15:50 | Montenegro | 5–6 | Croatia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters:2–1, 1–1, 0–3, 2–1 | ||||
| 22 August 2014 18:30 | Serbia | 16–10 | Kazakhstan | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Liang Zhang (CN), Ian Melliar (RSA). |
| Score by quarters:6–2, 3–3, 4–3, 3–2 | ||||
| 22 August 2014 17:10 | South Africa | 1–15 | Hungary | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Mark Maretzki (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 0–4, 1–3 | ||||
| 23 August 2014 16:20 | Hungary | 7–5 | United States | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Liang Zhang (CHN). |
| Score by quarters:3–1, 2–1, 2–2, 0–1 | ||||
| 23 August 2014 17:40 | Serbia | 7–4 | Croatia | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA) |
| Score by quarters:2–1, 2–0, 3–1, 0–2 | ||||
| 24 August 2014 13:50 | Croatia | 8–6 | United States | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Gábor Vogel (HUN), Dejan Adžić (MNE). |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–0, 1–3 | ||||
| 24 August 2014 15:10 | Serbia | 11–9 (pen.) | Hungary | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS). |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 1–1, 2–1 OT:4-2 | ||||
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| August 23 – Almaty | ||||||
| Australia | 13 | |||||
| August 24 – Almaty | ||||||
| South Africa | 2 | |||||
| Australia | 12 | |||||
| August 23 – Almaty | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 6 | |||||
| Montenegro | 8 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 9 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| August 24 – Almaty | ||||||
| South Africa | 10 | |||||
| Montenegro | 13 | |||||
| 23 August 2014 14:30 | Australia | 13–2 | South Africa | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Mihajlo Ćirić (SRB), Masoud Rezvani (IRI). |
| Score by quarters:3–2, 3–0, 5–0, 2–0 | ||||
| 23 August 2014 15:50 | Montenegro | 8–9 | Kazakhstan | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gábor Vogel (HUN). |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 1–1, 1–4 | ||||
| 24 August 2014 14:30 | South Africa | 10–13 | Montenegro | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Mark Maretzki (USA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–4, 3–3 | ||||
| 24 August 2014 12:30 | Australia | 12–6 | Kazakhstan | Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Ian Melliar (RSA). |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 4–2, 2–1 | ||||
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