2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup


The 16th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Berlin, Germany from September 11 to September 16, 2018. Like the final tournament of the 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League all matches were contested in the Europasportpark swimming pool.

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2018 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.

Teams

The top eight teams from the previous world championship are no longer qualified. Now only the top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent.
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1st 2017 World Championship
2nd 2017 World Championship
3rd 2017 World Championship
1st European team at 2017 World Championship
1st American team at 2017 World Championship
1st Oceanian team at 2017 World Championship
1st Asian team at 2017 World Championship
1st African team at 2017 World Championship

Preliminary round

All times are local.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final standings

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Top goalscorers

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Individual awards

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  • Best Goalscorer
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  • Best Goalkeeper
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Squads

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