2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 17th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2017 and June 2018 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18–23 June 2018.[1] The top two teams also automatically qualify for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2019.

2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration14 November 2017 to
23 June 2018
Super Final
Finals champions Montenegro (2nd title)
  Runners-up Hungary

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

  • Match won in normal time – 3 points
  • Match won in shootout – 2 points
  • Match lost in shootout – 1 point
  • Match lost in normal time – 0 points

Preliminary rounds

European Preliminaries

  • November 14, 2017 – April 10, 2018

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 4 3 0 0 1 40 21 +19 9 Super Final 11–8 13–2
2  Serbia 4 3 0 0 1 41 25 +16 9 7–4 12–3
3  Romania 4 0 0 0 4 16 51 35 0 4–12 7–14
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 4 4 0 0 0 58 25 +33 12 Super Final 14–4 14–8
2  Russia 4 1 1 0 2 37 51 14 5 9–17 16–12
3  Germany 4 0 0 1 3 32 51 19 1 4–13 8–8 (3–4)
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 4 3 0 1 0 45 25 +20 10 Host Super Final 9–8 13–1
2  Spain 4 2 1 0 1 39 28 +11 8 Super Final 10–10 (5–3) 9–5
3  Netherlands 4 0 0 0 4 16 47 31 0 6–13 4–12
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Inter-Continental Cup

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 52 21 +31 9 Super Final 15–8
2  Kazakhstan 3 1 1 0 1 24 38 14 5 6–21 10–9 8–8 (4–1)
3  Canada 3 1 0 0 2 27 28 1 3
4  Argentina 3 0 0 1 2 18 34 16 1 7–16 3–10
5  New Zealand 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] 0–20 7–15 9–20 3–18
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Notes:
  1. New Zealand was represented by 2nd team
  2. Matches of New Zealand 2 are not counted in the competition

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 4 4 0 0 0 62 18 +44 12 Super Final 18–3
2  Japan 4 3 0 0 1 62 31 +31 9 10–12 18–5
3  New Zealand (H) 4 2 0 0 2 38 52 14 6 3–18 10–18 15–9
4  China 4 1 0 0 3 26 45 19 3 2–14 4–16 7–10 13–5
5  Saudi Arabia 4 0 0 0 4 22 64 42 0
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host.

Final round

9th Place
8 April 2018
11:20
New Zealand  2[lower-alpha 1] 1011[lower-alpha 2]  Saudi Arabia Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–2, 2–2, 3–3
  1. New Zealand was represented by 2nd team
  2. Match is not counted in the competition
7th Place
8 April 2018
12:40
Argentina  65  China Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 0–1, 5–1
5th Place
8 April 2018
14:00
Canada  126  New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–0, 2–2, 5–3
3rd Place
8 April 2018
15:20
Kazakhstan  712  Japan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 2–3, 3–2
1st Place
8 April 2018
19:40
Australia  69  United States Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–1, 2–3, 1–2

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final
RankTeam
 United States
 Australia
 Japan
4 Kazakhstan
5 Canada
6 New Zealand
7 Argentina
8 China
9 Saudi Arabia

Super Final

Qualified teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 United States  Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Croatia
 Hungary (re-Host)
 Montenegro
 Russia (Host)
 Spain
 Australia

Seeding

Group A Group B
 Australia (2nd ICC)
 Montenegro (1st Europe Group A)
 Japan (3rd ICC)
 Hungary (1st Europe Group C) (re-Host)
 United States (1st ICC)
 Croatia (1st Europe Group B)
 Kazakhstan (4th ICC)
 Russia (Host)
 Spain (Replaced Russia)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 3 3 0 0 0 36 25 +11 9 Quarterfinals
2  Hungary (H) 3 2 0 0 1 35 24 +11 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 0 2 24 29 5 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 22 39 17 0
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host.
18 June 2018
16:45
Montenegro  148  Japan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–4, 5–2, 2–1
18 June 2018
20:00
Australia  512  Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 2–5, 1–3

19 June 2018
15:15
Australia  117  Japan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 2–1, 3–3
19 June 2018
18:15
Montenegro  129  Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–5, 3–2, 3–0

20 June 2018
16:45
Montenegro  108  Australia Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–2, 3–2, 1–2
20 June 2018
20:00
Japan  714  Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 2–3, 2–3

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 30 20 +10 9 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 3 1 1 0 1 26 20 +6 5
3  Croatia 3 1 0 1 1 34 25 +9 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 12 37 25 0
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
18 June 2018
15:15
Croatia  155  Kazakhstan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 4–3, 5–0
18 June 2018
18:15
United States  86  Spain Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 1–1, 2–1

19 June 2018
16:45
Croatia  1013  Spain Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 3–2, 1–0  PSO: 1–4
19 June 2018
19:45
United States  114  Kazakhstan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 3–0, 3–2

20 June 2018
15:15
Croatia  1011  United States Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 5–4, 2–0
20 June 2018
18:15
Kazakhstan  311  Spain Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 0–4, 2–3

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
21 June 2018
 
 
 Hungary (pen.) 6 (4)
 
22 June 2018
 
 Croatia 6 (2)
 
 Hungary 11
 
21 June 2018
 
 Japan 9
 
 Japan 11
 
23 June 2018
 
 United States 10
 
 Hungary 9 (2)
 
21 June 2018
 
 Montenegro (pen.) 9 (4)
 
 Australia 4
 
22 June 2018
 
 Spain 9
 
 Spain 8
 
21 June 2018
 
 Montenegro 10 Third place
 
 Montenegro 14
 
23 June 2018
 
 Kazakhstan 6
 
 Japan 7
 
 
 Spain 12
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
22 June 2018
 
 
 Croatia 10
 
23 June 2018
 
 United States 7
 
 Croatia 10
 
22 June 2018
 
 Australia 8
 
 Australia 15
 
 
 Kazakhstan 11
 
Seventh place
 
 
23 June 2018
 
 
 United States 9
 
 
 Kazakhstan 3
Quarterfinals
21 June 2018
15:15
Montenegro  146  Kazakhstan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–2, 5–1, 2–1
21 June 2018
16:45
Australia  49  Spain Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–1, 0–2, 2–5
21 June 2018
18:15
Hungary  108  Croatia Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 3–2, 1–2  PSO: 4–2
21 June 2018
19:45
Japan  1110  United States Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–1, 3–3

5th–8th Semifinals
22 June 2018
15:15
Croatia  107  United States Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–1, 3–1, 4–3
22 June 2018
16:45
Australia  1511  Kazakhstan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–4, 4–2, 2–4
Semifinals
22 June 2018
18:15
Hungary  119  Japan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–4, 7–3, 2–1
22 June 2018
19:45
Spain  810  Montenegro Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–3, 3–2

Seventh place
23 June 2018
15:15
United States  93  Kazakhstan Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–0, 0–1, 3–1, 2–1
Fifth place
23 June 2018
16:45
Croatia  108  Australia Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 4–3, 1–1
Third place
23 June 2018
18:15
Japan  712  Spain Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 2–1, 0–4
Final
23 June 2018
19:45
Hungary  1113  Montenegro Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–3, 1–2  PSO: 2–4

Final ranking

Awards

MVP Highest Scorer Best Goalkeeper Best Young Player
Márton Vámos Aleksandar Ivović
Mlađan Janović
Inada Yosuke
(14 goals)
Viktor Nagy Inada Yosuke

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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