2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1, 2010.

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2010 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.

Groups

Group A Group B

 Australia
 Iran
 Romania
 Spain

 Croatia
 United States
 China
 Serbia

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Spain 3 3 0 0 49 16 +33 6
2.  Romania 3 2 0 1 45 24 +21 4
3.  Australia 3 1 0 2 42 24 +18 2
4.  Iran 3 0 0 3 6 78 −72 0
27 July 2010
17:00		 Report Iran  1–26  Romania
Referees:
Jianguo (CHN), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–8, 0–6, 1–4
Jafari 1 Goals Georgescu 5
27 July 2010
20:00		 Report Australia  7–9  Spain
Referees:
Stampalija (CRO), Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 0–1, 2–3
McGregor 3 Goals Molina, Perrone 3
28 July 2010
17:00		 Report Australia  9–11  Romania
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 2–4
Miller 3 Goals Redu, Kadar 3
28 July 2010
20:00		 Report Iran  1–26  Spain
Referees:
Cabral (BRA), Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–7, 1–5, 0–8
Jafari 1 Goals Garcia 5
29 July 2010
17:00		 Report Romania  8–14  Spain
Referees:
Ciric (SRB), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 3–6, 2–3
Iosep, Georgescu 2 Goals Minguell, Garcia 3
29 July 2010
20:00		 Report Iran  4–26  Australia
Score by quarters: 0-6, 1-3, 3-8, 0-9
Kouhi 2 Goals Campbell, Younger, Miller 4

Group B

Team G W D L GF GA Diff Points
1.  Croatia 3 3 0 0 33 19 +14 6
2.  Serbia 3 2 0 1 40 27 +13 4
3.  United States 3 1 0 2 26 32 −6 2
4.  China 3 0 0 3 18 39 −21 0
27 July 2010
15:00		 Report United States  10–6  China
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Hafezi (IRN)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2
Sharf, Hopkins, Hutten 2 Goals Tan Feihu 2
27 July 2010
18:30		 Report Croatia  10–8  Serbia
Referees:
Shaydakov (RUS), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 3–2, 4–3
Sukno 4 Goals Udovicic, Filipovic 2
28 July 2010
15:00		 Report Croatia  14–4  China
Referees:
Hart (AUS), Hafezi (IRN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 2–0, 5–2
Dabud 4 Goals Liang 3
28 July 2010
18:30		 Report United States  9–17  Serbia
Referees:
Moliner (ESP), Shaydakov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–4, 6–7
Sharf, Azevedo 2 Goals Udovicic 5
29 July 2010
15:00		 Report China  8–15  Serbia
Referees:
Moliner (ESP), Hart (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–4, 2–6, 4–4
Liang 2 Goals Udovicic, Vapenski, Nikic, Aleksic, Filipovic, Mitrovic 2
29 July 2010
18:30		 Report United States  7–9  Croatia
Referees:
Shaydakov (RUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 1-3, 4-2
Hopkins, Bailey 2 Goals Jokovic, Sukno 3

Knockout round

Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
July 30 – Oradea        
  Spain  11
July 31 – Oradea
  China  5  
  Spain  10
July 30 – Oradea
    Serbia  12  
  Australia  9
August 1 – Oradea
  Serbia  12  
  Serbia  13
July 30 – Oradea
    Croatia  7
  Iran  2
July 31 – Oradea
  Croatia  23  
  Croatia  11 Third place
July 30 – Oradea
    United States  9  
  Romania  12   Spain  12
  United States  14     United States  8
August 1 – Oradea

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

30 July 2010
15:30		 Report Australia  9–12  Serbia
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 2–3, 3–2
Younger, Howden 2 Goals Aleksic 3
30 July 2010
17:00		 Report Romania  12–14  United States
Referees:
Moliner (ESP), Shaydakov (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–4, 3–5
Negrean 4 Goals Azevedo, Bailey, Hutten 3
30 July 2010
18:30		 Report Spain  11–5  China
Referees:
Hafezi (IRI), Hart (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–1, 2–0, 3–2
Molina, Espanol, Valles, Garcia 2 Goals Tan, Liang, Pan, Wang, Han 1
30 July 2010
20:00		 Report Iran  2–23  Croatia
Referees:
Jianguo (CHN), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–8, 0–5, 1–4
Mirmehdi, Soltani 1 Goals Boskovic, Sukno 4

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

31 July 2010
18:30		 Report United States  9–11  Croatia
Referees:
Alexandrescu (ROU), Hart (AUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 4–2, 2–3
Azevedo, Balley 3 Goals Boskovic 4
31 July 2010
20:00		 Report Serbia  12–10  Spain
Referees:
Koganov (AZE), Cabral (BRA)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 4–3, 1–0
Prlainovic 4 Goals Garcia 3

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010
16:00		 Report United States  8–12  Spain
Referees:
Hart (AUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 1–2, 3–4
Powers 2 Goals Garcia 4

Final

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010
17:30		 Report Croatia  7–13  Serbia
Referees:
Goldenberg (USA), Koganov (AZE)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–2, 3–5, 1–2
Sukno 3 Goals Gocic, Udovicic, Filipovic 3

5th–8th playoffs

Semi-finals Fifth place
July 31 – Oradea
  China  6  
  Australia  10  
 
August 1 – Oradea
      Australia  5
    Romania  9
Seventh place
July 31 – Oradea August 1 – Oradea
  Iran  6   China  20
  Romania  24     Iran  5

5th–8th semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

31 July 2010
15:30		 Report Australia  10–6  China
Referees:
Goldenberg (USA), Hafezi (IRI)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 1–2, 3–1
Campbell, Younger, McGregor 2 Goals Pan 2
31 July 2010
17:00		 Report Romania  24–6  Iran
Referees:
Stampalija (CRO), Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 8–3, 9–1, 3–1
Negrean 6 Goals Mardani, Mirmehdi, Jafari 2

7th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010
10:00		 Report China  20–5  Iran
Referees:
Cabral (BRA), Ciric (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–2, 4–1, 5–2
Junliang 4 Goals Karami, Pirouzkhah 2

5th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010
11:30		 Report Australia  5–9  Romania
Referees:
Moliner (ESP), Stampalija (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 1–3
McGregor 3 Goals Iosep 3

Final standings

RANK TEAM
 Serbia
 Croatia
 Spain
4.  United States
5.  Romania
6.  Australia
7.  China
8.  Iran
 2010 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup 

Serbia
Second title
Team Roster

1. Slobodan Soro (GK), 2. Marko Avramović, 3. Živko Gocić, 4. Vanja Udovičić, 5. Boris Vapenski, 6. Duško Pijetlović, 7. Slobodan Nikić, 8. Milan Aleksić, 9. Miloš Miličić, 10. Filip Filipović, 11. Andrija Prlainović, 12. Stefan Mitrović, and 13. Gojko Pijetlović (GK). Head Coach: Dejan Udovičić.

Individual awards

External links