2014_FINA_Men's_Water_Polo_World_Cup

2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Sports season

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]

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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.

Teams

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

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Groups

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Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

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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

Group B

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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

Knockout round

Championship

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 22 – Almaty
 
 
 Serbia16
 
August 23 – Almaty
 
 Kazakhstan10
 
 Serbia7
 
August 22 – Almaty
 
 Croatia4
 
 Montenegro5
 
August 24 – Almaty
 
 Croatia6
 
 Serbia11 (4)
 
August 22 – Almaty
 
 Hungary9 (2)
 
 South Africa1
 
August 23 – Almaty
 
 Hungary15
 
 Hungary7
 
August 22 – Almaty
 
 United States5 Third place
 
 United States11 (4)
 
August 24 – Almaty
 
 Australia9 (2)
 
 Croatia8
 
 
 United States6
 

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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

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 game

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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

Gold medal game

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: 4-2

5th–8th playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
August 23 – Almaty
 
 
 Australia13
 
August 24 – Almaty
 
 South Africa2
 
 Australia12
 
August 23 – Almaty
 
 Kazakhstan6
 
 Montenegro8
 
 
 Kazakhstan9
 
Seventh place
 
 
August 24 – Almaty
 
 
 South Africa10
 
 
 Montenegro13

5th–8th semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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

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 Periš (CRO), Ian Melliar (RSA).
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–2, 4–2, 2–1

Final standings

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Individual awards

References

  1. [1]
    "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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