2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	18 December 2024 – 13 April 2025
Super Final
Finals champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up	Greece
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The 2025 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was the 18th edition of the tournament. It ran from 18 December 2024 to 13 April 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Spain won the final against Greece to capture their second title. ^[3]

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. ^{[4] [5]} 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. ^[6]

Division 1

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	1
Dates	6–12 January
Teams	11 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	717 (27.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bernat Sanahuja (19 goals)

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament will be played in Bucharest, Romania between 6 and 12 January 2025. ^[7] The top two of each group advance to the quarterfinals, with the top six finishers advancing to the super final. ^[8] It was originally going to be held in Novi Sad, Serbia but for unknown reasons, it was changed to Romania's capital. ^[9]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	2	0	0	0	27	21	+6	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	2	1	0	0	1	24	23	+1	3	Crossovers
3	France	2	0	0	0	2	21	28	−7	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]

6 January 2025 20:00	Report	Spain	11–12	Hungary	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 1–4, 5–2
		Sanahuja 5	Goals	Manhercz 6

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7 January 2025 15:00	Report	Hungary	15–10	France	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 6–0, 3–3, 5–4
		Vigvári 5	Goals	three players 2

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8 January 2025 17:00	Report	France	11–13	Spain	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Mihai Bălănescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 2–2, 2–5
		Vernoux 3	Goals	Sanahuja 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	0	0	35	23	+12	6	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	2	1	0	0	1	26	33	−7	3	Crossovers
3	Serbia	2	0	0	0	2	28	33	−5	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]

7 January 2025 16:30	Report	Montenegro	10–18	Greece	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–7, 3–2, 1–7
		three players 2	Goals	Argyropoulos 4

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8 January 2025 09:00	Report	Greece	17–13	Serbia	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 3–4, 3–2, 6–4
		Kakaris 4	Goals	Martinović 5

8 January 2025 18:30	Report	Serbia	15–16	Montenegro	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 7–5, 4–2
		Gladović, Lukić 4	Goals	Moskov, Radović 3

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	0	29	24	+5	6	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	2	1	0	0	1	33	31	+2	3
3	Romania (H)	2	0	0	0	2	19	26	−7	0	Crossovers

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]
(H) Host

6 January 2025 18:30	Report	Japan	17–19	United States	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 5–3, 6–4, 4–6
		five players 3	Goals	Irving 5

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7 January 2025 18:00	Report	United States	10–7	Romania	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Vuk Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 4–2
		Ohl 3	Goals	Vancsik 2

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8 January 2025 20:00	Report	Romania	12–16	Japan	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vuk Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–6, 4–4, 2–4
		Colodrovschi 5	Goals	Adachi 5

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	1	1	0	0	0	13	11	+2	3	Quarterfinals
2	Georgia	1	0	0	0	1	11	13	−2	0	Crossovers

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]

7 January 2025 19:30	Report	Croatia	13–11	Georgia	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 5–2, 4–2, 2–2
		Kharkov 5	Goals	three players 2

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Serbia	2	2	0	0	0	39	18	+21	6
10	Romania (H)	2	1	0	0	1	21	35	−14	3
11	France	2	0	0	0	2	26	33	−7	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]
(H) Host

10 January 2025 13:00	Report	Serbia	21–6	Romania	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Ante Bura (CRO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 2–2, 4–1, 9–2
		Radulović 6	Goals	Belényesi 2

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11 January 2025 13:00	Report	Serbia	18–12	France	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Ante Bura (CRO)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 5–4, 3–4, 4–1
		Martinović, Radulović 3	Goals	Bouet 4

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12 January 2025 13:00	Report	Romania	15–14	France	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Levan Berishvili (GEO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–5, 3–4, 4–3
		Iudean 5	Goals	three players 3

Knockout stage

Bracket

Crossovers

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

10 January

Hungary

21

9 January

Georgia

10

Georgia

24

11 January

Romania

12

Hungary

20

Greece

10

10 January

Greece

20

Japan

16

12 January

Hungary

9

Spain

15

10 January

United States

7

9 January

Montenegro

15

Montenegro

18

11 January

France

13

Montenegro

8

Spain

15

Third place

10 January

12 January

Croatia

14

Greece

17

9 January

Spain

15

Montenegro

10

Spain

14

Serbia

9

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	11 January
	Georgia	18
					12 January
	Japan	19
					Japan	8
	11 January
					Croatia	20
	United States	6
	Croatia	15
					Seventh place
					12 January
					Georgia	17
					United States	12

Crossovers

9 January 2025 16:00	Report	Spain	14–9	Serbia	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–1, 5–2, 3–4
		Sanahuja 5	Goals	Lukić 5

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9 January 2025 17:30	Report	Montenegro	18–13	France	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 6–3, 4–5, 5–1
		Ćetković, Gardašević 5	Goals	Bouet 3

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9 January 2025 19:00	Report	Georgia	24–12	Romania	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 6–7, 3–2, 9–1
		Akhvlediani 8	Goals	Georgescu 5

Quarterfinals

10 January 2025 14:30	Report	Hungary	21–10	Georgia	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Vuk Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 4–1, 5–1, 6–6
		Ekler 5	Goals	Pjesivac, Shushiashvili 3

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10 January 2025 16:00	Report	Greece	20–16	Japan	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–5, 7–1, 4–5
		three players 4	Goals	Inaba 6

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10 January 2025 17:30	Report	United States	7–15	Montenegro	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Mihai Bălănescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 1–3, 3–4
		Ohl 3	Goals	Moskov 4

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10 January 2025 19:00	Report	Croatia	14–15	Spain	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 5–4, 2–3, 4–3
		Kharkov 3	Goals	Biel, Valls 4

5–8th place semifinals

11 January 2025 14:30	Report	Georgia	18–19	Japan	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–5
		Akhvlediani, Pjesivac 4	Goals	Inaba 4

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11 January 2025 16:00	Report	United States	6–15	Croatia	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–3, 1–2, 2–3
		six players 1	Goals	Marinić Kragić 4

Semifinals

11 January 2025 17:30	Report	Hungary	20–10	Greece	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 5–3, 4–2, 6–2
		four players 3	Goals	ten players 1

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11 January 2025 19:00	Report	Montenegro	8–15	Spain	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–2, 1–5, 5–4
		Ćetković, Perković 2	Goals	Daura 5

Seventh place game

12 January 2025 14:30	Report	Georgia	17–12	United States	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Ante Bura (CRO), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 4–3, 3–2, 5–3
		three players 3	Goals	Ohl 4

Fifth place game

12 January 2025 16:00	Report	Japan	8–20	Croatia	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Mihai Bălănescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 1–5, 3–7
		Watanabe 3	Goals	Kharkov, Marinić Kragić 4

Third place game

12 January 2025 17:30	Report	Greece	17–10	Montenegro	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 7–1, 4–3, 3–4
		Argyropoulos, Kalogeropoulos 4	Goals	Matković 4

Final

12 January 2025 19:00	Report	Hungary	9–15	Spain	Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees: Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Vuk Milović (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 2–3, 5–4
		three players 2	Goals	Granados 8

Division 2

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1
Dates	18–21 December
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	772 (27.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Selçuk Caner (25 goals)

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey between 18 and 21 December 2024. ^[7] The top two of each group advanced to the quarterfinals and the top-two finishers of the tournament will play in the super final. ^[11]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	0	37	18	+19	6	Quarterfinals
2	Ukraine [a]	2	1	0	0	1	33	24	+9	3
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	12	40	−28	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]
Notes:

1. Ukraine replaced Kazakhstan.

18 December 2024 09:00	Report	South Africa	4–21	Iran	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 2–5, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	Yazdankhah 6

18 December 2024 16:00	Report	Iran	16–14	Ukraine	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Peter Radič (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 4–4, 4–2, 4–2
		Mehri 4	Goals	Veklyuk 8

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19 December 2024 10:00	Report	Ukraine	19–8	South Africa	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 7–1, 3–2, 4–3
		Rakitin 6	Goals	D. Sneddon 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	0	0	32	21	+11	6	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	2	1	0	0	1	29	23	+6	3
3	Great Britain	2	0	0	0	2	20	37	−17	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]

18 December 2024 10:30	Report	Portugal	18–10	Great Britain	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 3–0, 4–5, 6–1
		Martins 7	Goals	K. Powell 5

18 December 2024 17:00	Report	Great Britain	10–19	China	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–5, 2–4, 2–4
		R. Powell 4	Goals	Chen Z. 5

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19 December 2024 11:30	Report	China	13–11	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters:6–3, 3–2, 2–5, 2–1
		Chen Z. 6	Goals	four players 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	0	39	17	+22	6	Quarterfinals
2	Malta	2	1	0	0	1	35	22	+13	3
3	Singapore	2	0	0	0	2	10	45	−35	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]

18 December 2024 12:00	Report	Malta	21–7	Singapore	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Warren Beuster (RSA)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
		Camilleri 4	Goals	C. Loh 3

18 December 2024 20:30	Report	Singapore	3–24	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Babak Hesamian (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–6, 1–5, 1–8
		three players 1	Goals	Schipper 7

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19 December 2024 13:00	Report	Germany	15–14	Malta	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Babak Hesamian (IRI)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 3–3, 3–5, 4–3
		Bozic, Strelezkij 3	Goals	Camilleri 5

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	0	37	28	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	0	1	32	38	−6	3
3	Turkey (H)	2	0	0	0	2	32	35	−3	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference. ^[10]
(H) Host

18 December 2024 13:30	Report	Netherlands	21–13	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Anna Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 6–2, 5–2, 4–3
		Ten Broek 5	Goals	three players 3

18 December 2024 19:00	Report	Slovakia	19–17	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 5–7, 4–3, 5–2
		Tkáč 7	Goals	Caner 7

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19 December 2024 14:30	Report	Turkey	15–16	Netherlands	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Eurico Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 3–4, 3–2, 4–6
		Caner 4	Goals	S. Hessels, Te Riele 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	20 December
	Iran	15
					21 December
	Portugal	11
					Iran	7
	20 December
					Netherlands	18
	Netherlands	18
									21 December
	Malta	14
									Netherlands	11
	20 December
									Germany	9
	China	17
					21 December
	Ukraine	11
					China	9
	20 December
					Germany	20			Third place
	Germany	17
									21 December
	Slovakia	11
									Iran	11
									China	12

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	21 December
	Portugal	9
					21 December
	Malta	10
					Malta	15
	21 December
					Slovakia	14
	Ukraine	14
	Slovakia	20
					Seventh place
					21 December
					Portugal	17
					Ukraine	11

Ninth place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place
	19 December
	South Africa	9
					20 December
	Great Britain	15
					Great Britain	7
	19 December
					Turkey	14
	Singapore	10
	Turkey	26
					Eleventh place
					20 December
					South Africa	9
					Singapore	13

Quarterfinals

20 December 2024 16:00	Report	Iran	15–11	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 8–3, 2–3
		Behzadsabouri, Mehri 3	Goals	Martins 4

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20 December 2024 17:30	Report	China	17–11	Ukraine	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters:5–4, 4–2, 6–1, 2–4
		Chen Y., Chen Z. 4	Goals	Veklyuk 4

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20 December 2024 19:00	Report	Germany	17–11	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters:4–3, 4–1, 3–3, 6–4
		Hofmann 4	Goals	Ďurík 3

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20 December 2024 20:30	Report	Netherlands	18–14	Malta	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters:7–4, 2–3, 7–3, 2–4
		Van der Weijden 5	Goals	three players 3

9–12th place semifinals

19 December 2024 18:00	Report	South Africa	9–15	Great Britain	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Anna Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters:2–0, 3–5, 2–4, 2–6
		Watt 3	Goals	Gilmour 4

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19 December 2024 19:30	Report	Singapore	10–26	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Peter Radič (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 0–9, 3–6, 1–4, 6–7
		three players 2	Goals	Caner 10

5–8th place semifinals

21 December 2024 09:00	Report	Portugal	9–10	Malta	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 3–2, 2–5, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Camilleri 3

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21 December 2024 10:30	Report	Ukraine	14–20	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 5–3, 5–8, 3–5
		Gusakov 6	Goals	Baláž, Furman 6

Semifinals

21 December 2024 12:00	Report	Iran	7–18	Netherlands	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–4, 1–5, 1–3
		Mehri 3	Goals	Ten Broek 5

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21 December 2024 13:30	Report	China	9–20	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 2–6, 3–4, 0–4
		Chen Z. 4	Goals	Bozic, Gansen 4

Eleventh place game

20 December 2024 14:30	Report	South Africa	9–13	Singapore	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Anna Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 5–4, 2–3
		R. Sneddon 3	Goals	six players 2

Ninth place game

20 December 2024 13:00	Report	Great Britain	7–14	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Warren Beuster (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–1, 2–3, 3–6
		K. Powell 4	Goals	Caner, Destici 4

Seventh place game

21 December 2024 16:00	Report	Portugal	17–11	Ukraine	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Warren Beuster (RSA), Babak Hesamian (IRI)
		Score by quarters:1–0, 6–3, 6–6, 4–2
		Rocha 3	Goals	four players 2

Fifth place game

21 December 2024 17:30	Report	Malta	15–14	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Anna Goncharenko (UKR), Eurico Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 7–7, 3–5, 2–2
		Cutajar 5	Goals	Bielik 5

Third place game

21 December 2024 19:00	Report	Iran	11–12	China	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 4–1, 3–4
		Ghavidel 4	Goals	Chen Y. 4

Final

21 December 2024 20:30	Report	Netherlands	11–9	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Âkif Uz (TUR), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 3–4, 4–4, 1–1
		Van der Weijden 5	Goals	Hofmann 4

Super final

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Montenegro
Venue(s)	1
Dates	11–13 April
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	364 (30.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Álvaro Granados (17 goals)

The tournament took place between 11 and 13 April 2025 in Podgorica, Montenegro. ^{[2] [12] [13] [14]}

Venue

Originally, venues in Budva and Kotor were earmarked to organise the event, ^[15] however, this was changed and the event was held at the Morača Sports Center in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica.

Podgorica		Podgorica
		Morača Sports Center
		Capacity: 664

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 April
	Hungary	21
					12 April
	Netherlands	11
					Hungary	14
	11 April
					Greece	18
	Greece	20
									13 April
	Japan	10
									Greece	14
	11 April
									Spain	16
	Spain	22
					12 April
	Germany	9
					Spain	19
	11 April
					Croatia	14			Third place
	Montenegro	11
									13 April
	Croatia	12
									Hungary (PSO)	14 (4)
									Croatia	14 (3)

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	12 April
	Netherlands	20
					13 April
	Japan	15
					Netherlands	14
	12 April
					Montenegro	15
	Germany	15
	Montenegro	19
					Seventh place
					13 April
					Japan	11
					Germany	16

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+2).

11 April 2025 14:00	Report	Spain	22–9	Germany	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: György Kun (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 7–3, 4–2, 7–2
		Granados 6	Goals	Bozic 3

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11 April 2025 16:10	Report	Hungary	21–11	Netherlands	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Božo Đurašković (MNE), Tomislav Copić (CRO)
		Score by quarters:6–4, 5–2, 6–2, 4–3
		four players 3	Goals	Ten Broek 3

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11 April 2025 18:20	Report	Greece	20–10	Japan	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters:7–4, 3–3, 4–2, 6–1
		Argyropoulos, Kalogeropoulos 4	Goals	Watanabe 5

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11 April 2025 20:30	Report	Montenegro	11–12	Croatia	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Andreja Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–2, 3–4, 2–4
		Matković 3	Goals	Fatović 6

5–8th place semifinals

12 April 2025 14:00	Report	Netherlands	20–15	Japan	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: György Kun (HUN), Xevi Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters:6–2, 3–5, 7–4, 4–4
		S. Hessels 4	Goals	Inaba 5

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12 April 2025 16:10	Report	Germany	15–19	Montenegro	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Tomislav Copić (CRO), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 4–8, 4–3, 4–3
		Strelezkij 5	Goals	Gardašević, Moskov 3

Semifinals

12 April 2025 18:20	Report	Hungary	14–18	Greece	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Andreja Stanojević (SRB), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 4–3, 2–5, 4–6
		Manhercz 4	Goals	Argyropoulos 5

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12 April 2025 20:30	Report	Spain	19–14	Croatia	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Gernot Häntschel (GER)
		Score by quarters:8–6, 6–3, 3–2, 2–3
		Granados 7	Goals	Bašić, Žuvela 3

Seventh place game

13 April 2025 14:00	Report	Japan	11–16	Germany	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Božo Đurašković (MNE), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 4–3, 3–4
		Inaba 3	Goals	Bozic 5

Fifth place game

13 April 2025 16:10	Report	Netherlands	14–15	Montenegro	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Konstantinos Vasileiou (GRE)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–4, 4–5, 4–5
		Van der Weijden 5	Goals	Radović 3

Third place game

13 April 2025 18:20	Report	Hungary	18–15	Croatia	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Andreja Stanojević (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 4–4, 4–2, 3–4  PSO:4–1
		Manhercz 3	Goals	Fatović 4

Final

13 April 2025 20:30	Report	Greece	14–16	Spain	Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: György Kun (HUN), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 4–6, 2–4, 4–4
		Argyropoulos 5	Goals	Granados 4

Final standings

Rank [1]	Team
	Spain
	Greece
	Hungary
4	Croatia
5	Montenegro
6	Netherlands
7	Germany
8	Japan

See also

• 2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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External links

• FINA Official site