2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 19 to August 24, 2014.

Format

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.

Groups

Group A	Group B
South Africa Montenegro Serbia United States	Croatia Kazakhstan Australia Hungary

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Serbia	3	3	0	37	13	+24	6
2.	United States	3	2	1	39	19	+20	4
3.	Montenegro	3	1	2	22	24	-2	2
4.	South Africa	3	0	3	6	48	-42	0

19 August 2014 13:00	Montenegro	3–9	Serbia	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Gabor Vogel (HUN), Mark Maretzki (USA)
	Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 1–2, 1–2
	three players 1	Goals	Nikola Eskert 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 Peris (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 Subotic 4

21 August 2014 13:40	Montenegro	12–4	South Africa	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Nenad Peris (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: Gabor Vogel (HUN), Daniel Flahive (AUS).
	Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–4, 3–1, 5–4
	two players 3	Goals	Bret Bonnani 5

Group B

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Hungary	3	2	1	0	32	22	+10	5
2.	Croatia	3	2	0	1	25	19	+6	4
3.	Australia	3	1	1	1	22	22	0	3
4.	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	24	40	-16	0

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
	Andelo Setka 2	Goals	Balazs Harai 2

19 August 2014 17:40	Kazakhstan	8–11	Australia	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Mihajlo Ciric (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
	Andelo Setka 2	Goals	Aidan Roach 2

20 August 2014 17:40	Kazakhstan	9–15	Hungary	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Dejan Adzic (MNE), Mark Maretzki (USA)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 2–4, 3–4
	Rustam Ukumanov 3	Goals	Denes Varga 4

21 August 2014 15:00	Australia	8–8	Hungary	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Dejan Adzic (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 Ciric (SRB)
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–2, 1–6, 3–3
	Vladimir Ushakov 3	Goals	two players 3

Knockout round

Championship

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	Third place
August 22 – Almaty
		United States	5	August 24 – Almaty
United States	11 (4)
				Croatia	8
Australia	9 (2)
				United States	6

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

22 August 2014 14:30	United States	11–9 (pen.)	Australia	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Gabor Vogel (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 3–1, 0–2 OT: 7–7

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

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+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

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

24 August 2014 13:50	Croatia	8–6	United States	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Gabor Vogel (HUN), Dejan Adzic (MNE).
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–1, 2–0, 1–3

Final

All times are EEST (UTC+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: 7-7

5th–8th playoffs

Semi-finals			Fifth place

August 23 – Almaty
Australia	13
South Africa	2

			August 24 – Almaty
			Australia	12
			Kazakhstan	6


			Seventh place
August 23 – Almaty		August 24 – Almaty
Montenegro	8	South Africa	10
Kazakhstan	9		Montenegro	13

5th–8th semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

23 August 2014 14:30	Australia	13–2	South Africa	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Mihajlo Ciric (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), Gabor Vogel (HUN).
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 1–1, 1–4

7th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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

5th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

24 August 2014 12:30	Australia	12–6	Kazakhstan	Almaty, Kazakhstan Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Ian Melliar (RSA).
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 4–2, 2–1

Final standings

RANK	TEAM
	Serbia
	Hungary
	Croatia
4.	United States
5.	Australia
6.	Kazakhstan
7.	Montenegro
8.	South Africa

2014 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup
Serbia Fifth title

Team Roster

Stefan Živojinović (GK), Nemanja Ubović, Nikola Eškert, Dušan Mandić, Dušan Vasić, Gavril Subotić, Sava Ranđelović, Dimitrije Obradović, Dušan Marković, Strahinja Rašović, Viktor Rašović, Srđan Vuksanović, and Dimitrije Rističević (GK). Head Coach: Dejan Savić.

Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, United States and Australia qualified for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.

Individual awards

Best Player
- Dénes Varga (HUN)
Best Goalkeeper
- Stefan Živojinović (SRB)
Defender
- Jesse Smith (USA)
Best Scorer
- Bret Bonanni (USA)

External links

Official site

FINA Water Polo World Cup

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