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2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 2023 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the tournament. It ran from 8 March to 2 July 2023.[1] The Super final took place between 30 June and 2 July 2023 in Los Angeles, United States.[2]

2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
LeagueFINA Water Polo World Cup
SportWater polo
Duration8 March – 2 July
Super Final
Finals champions Spain
  Runners-up Italy
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
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From this year on, the tournament was replacing the FINA Water Polo World League.[3]

Spain won their first title after defeating Italy in the final.[4]

Format edit

There were two divisions. In Division 1, the top twelve teams from the World Championships played. They played all matches in March in Zagreb and Podgorica. All other teams could have signed up in Division 2, in which each continent hosted a qualification tournament. The top two teams from each of those tournaments played in an intercontinental tournament. The top-six teams of Division 1 and the top-two teams from Division 2 competed in the super final, held from 30 June to 2 July 2023.[5][6] At the end of the tournament, the last-ranked team was relegated to Division 2 and the winner of Division 2 moved to Division 1 for the following year. A win gave a team three points, a win after penalties two, a loss after penalites one and a loss after regular time zero points.[7]

Division 1 edit

The draw was held on 1 December 2022.[8] Group A played their tournament in Zagreb, Croatia and Group B in Podgorica, Montenegro between 8 and 14 March 2023.[6][9]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Italy 5 5 0 0 0 63 46 +17 15 Super final
2   United States 5 3 0 0 2 64 61 +3 9
3   Hungary 5 3 0 0 2 57 47 +10 9
4   Croatia (H) 5 3 0 0 2 65 56 +9 9
5   Japan 5 1 0 0 4 51 72 −21 3
6   France 5 0 0 0 5 45 63 −18 0 Division 2
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head result.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 March 2023
17:30 		Report Italy   13–7   Japan Zagreb
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 4–3, 2–2
three players 3 Goals Inaba 3
8 March 2023
19:00 		Report Croatia   16–14   United States Zagreb
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Andreja Stanojević (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 5–2, 4–3, 2–4
Kharkov 6 Goals Bowen 4
8 March 2023
20:30 		Report France   6–10   Hungary Zagreb
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 1–1, 1–3
Crousillat 2 Goals Vámos 3
9 March 2023
18:30 		Report Croatia   12–7   France Zagreb
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Daniel Bartels (AUS)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2
Burić 3 Goals seven players 1
9 March 2023
20:30 		Report United States   13–11   Japan Zagreb
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Andreja Stanojević (SRB)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–2, 2–3, 2–3
Bowen 4 Goals Inaba 3
10 March 2023
18:30 		Report Hungary   8–9   Italy Zagreb
Referees:
Marta Cabañas (ESP), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 2–5, 2–0
Burián, Vigvári 2 Goals Bruni 3
10 March 2023
20:30 		Report France   9–12   United States Zagreb
Referees:
Maro Savinović (CRO), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–3, 2–2, 2–6
Crousillat 3 Goals Daube 4
11 March 2023
18:30 		Report Italy   14–13   Croatia Zagreb
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 4–4, 1–4, 7–1
Marziali 3 Goals Marinić 4
11 March 2023
20:30 		Report Japan   7–17   Hungary Zagreb
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 2–5, 1–4
Inaba 2 Goals three players 3
12 March 2023
18:30 		Report Croatia   14–8   Japan Zagreb
Referees:
Daniel Bartels (AUS), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–3, 4–1, 0–2
Fatović 5 Goals Adachi, Inaba 2
12 March 2023
20:30 		Report France   8–11   Italy Zagreb
Referees:
Levan Berishvili (GEO), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–6, 0–2, 2–1
Vernoux 3 Goals Di Somma 5
13 March 2023
18:30 		Report United States   15–9   Hungary Zagreb
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Bartels (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 4–2, 2–4
Irving 5 Goals Zalánki 4
13 March 2023
20:30 		Report Japan   18–15   France Zagreb
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 10–5, 0–2, 8–4, 0–4
Watanabe 5 Goals Crousillat 6
14 March 2023
18:30 		Report Hungary   13–10   Croatia Zagreb
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 5–4, 3–2, 3–3
Zalánki 7 Goals three players 2
14 March 2023
20:30 		Report Italy   16–10   United States Zagreb
Referees:
Veselin Mišković (MNE), David Gómez (ESP)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–2, 4–1, 7–6
Di Somma 5 Goals Hallock 3

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Spain 5 4 0 1 0 68 41 +27 13 Super final
2   Greece 5 3 0 0 2 68 45 +23 9
3   Serbia 5 2 1 1 1 55 51 +4 9
4   Montenegro (H) 5 3 0 0 2 48 51 −3 9
5   Georgia 5 1 1 0 3 53 73 −20 5
6   Australia 5 0 0 0 5 42 73 −31 0 Division 2
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head result.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 March 2023
15:30 		Report Australia   6–10   Serbia Podgorica
Referees:
Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 0–3, 3–3
Edwards, Pavillard 2 Goals Stanojević 3
8 March 2023
17:30 		Report Greece   8–11   Spain Podgorica
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–3, 1–2, 1–4
Fountoulis 2 Goals Munárriz 5
8 March 2023
19:30 		Report Montenegro   13–12   Georgia Podgorica
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–5, 3–0, 4–4
Đu. Radović 4 Goals Shushiashvili, Vasić 3
9 March 2023
17:30 		Report Montenegro   6–10   Spain Podgorica
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–5, 3–2, 1–2
Averka 2 Goals Tahull 3
9 March 2023
19:30 		Report Georgia   13–12   Australia Podgorica
Referees:
Julien Bourges (FRA), Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 7–4, 3–4
Jelača 3 Goals Pavillard 5
10 March 2023
17:30 		Report Spain   20–10   Georgia Podgorica
Referees:
Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Andrej Franulović (CRO)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 6–1, 6–2, 2–5
four players 3 Goals Magrakvelidze, Shushiashvili 3
10 March 2023
19:30 		Report Serbia   14–16   Greece Podgorica
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 6–5, 5–3
Rašović 5 Goals four players 3
11 March 2023
17:30 		Report Montenegro   9–11   Serbia Podgorica
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–5, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Radulović 3
11 March 2023
19:30 		Report Greece   20–5   Australia Podgorica
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 7–0, 3–1, 3–2, 7–2
Papanastasiou 5 Goals five players 1
12 March 2023
17:30 		Report Montenegro   12–11   Australia Podgorica
Referees:
Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–4, 4–5, 2–0
Perković 3 Goals Power 3
12 March 2023
19:30 		Report Spain   13–14   Serbia Podgorica
Referees:
Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–5, 2–2, 2–2  PSO: 4–5
Sanahuja 5 Goals Mandić 4
13 March 2023
17:30 		Report Greece   17–7   Georgia Podgorica
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Raffaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–1, 3–2, 5–2
Skoumpakis 3 Goals Dzikhtsiarenka, Magrakvelidze 2
13 March 2023
19:30 		Report Australia   8–18   Spain Podgorica
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Kazuzo Moribayashi (JPN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–4, 3–5, 2–6
Power 2 Goals Munárriz 5
14 March 2023
17:30 		Report Georgia   23–22   Serbia Podgorica
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–3, 2–3, 3–3  PSO: 12–11
Shushiashvili, Vasić 5 Goals Mandić, Vučinić 5
14 March 2023
19:30 		Report Montenegro   8–7   Greece Podgorica
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–1, 1–1
V. Radović 2 Goals Fountoulis 3

Division 2 edit

The draw was held on 13 April 2023.[10] The tournament took place in Berlin, Germany between 5 and 7 May 2023.[2]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 0 56 23 +33 9 Crossover
2   China 3 2 0 0 1 45 28 +17 6
3   Malta 3 1 0 0 2 26 41 −15 3
4   South Africa 3 0 0 0 3 21 56 −35 0
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head result.
(H) Host
5 May 2023
11:30 		Report China   16–6   South Africa Berlin
Referees:
John Waldow (NZL), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 4–0, 3–4
Zhang C. 5 Goals Stone, Swanepoel 2
5 May 2023
13:00 		Report Germany   15–5   Malta Berlin
Referees:
Mihail Bălănescu (ROU), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 2–1, 5–0
Bozic 4 Goals N. Zammit 3
5 May 2023
19:00 		Report China   18–6   Malta Berlin
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), John Waldow (NZL)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–0, 4–3, 4–1
Zhang C. 5 Goals Plumpton, D. Zammit 2
5 May 2023
20:30 		Report Germany   25–7   South Africa Berlin
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Mihail Bălănescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–3, 5–2, 8–1
Chiru 6 Goals Bungane, Swanepoel 2
6 May 2023
14:00 		Report Malta   15–8   South Africa Berlin
Referees:
Mihail Bălănescu (ROU), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–3, 5–1, 2–0
A. Galea, Gialanze 3 Goals Swanepoel 2
6 May 2023
19:15 		Report Germany   16–11   China Berlin
Referees:
Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), John Waldow (NZL)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–5, 5–2, 2–2
Bozic, Strelezkij 4 Goals Chen 5

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania 3 3 0 0 0 50 16 +34 9 Crossover
2   Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 22 34 −12 6
3   Iran 3 1 0 0 2 27 36 −9 3
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 30 43 −13 0
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head result.
5 May 2023
08:30 		Report Romania   15–4   Iran Berlin
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Sander Gransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–2, 4–1, 2–1
three players 3 Goals Mehri 2
5 May 2023
10:00 		Report New Zealand   9–10   Kazakhstan Berlin
Referees:
Massimo Angileri (MLT), Dasch Barber (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–1, 2–4
Ogilvie-Lee, Wicken 3 Goals Shakenov 4
5 May 2023
16:00 		Report Romania   19–5   Kazakhstan Berlin
Referees:
Sander Gransjean (NED), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 6–1, 2–2, 5–0
Fulea 4 Goals Akhmetov 3
5 May 2023
17:30 		Report New Zealand   14–17   Iran Berlin
Referees:
Massimo Angileri (MLT), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–4, 6–3, 4–5
Wicken 4 Goals Rostamian 5
6 May 2023
15:45 		Report New Zealand   7–16   Romania Berlin
Referees:
Hendrik Schopp (GER), Zhang Liang (CHN)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 4–5, 2–3, 1–4
three players 2 Goals Vancsik 4
6 May 2023
17:30 		Report Kazakhstan   7–6   Iran Berlin
Referees:
Sander Gransjean (NED), Dasch Barber (RSA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 3–0, 1–1
Tsoy 3 Goals Almasi 3

Classification games edit

7 May 2023
15:45 		Report New Zealand   7–9   South Africa Berlin
Referees:
Hendrik Schopp (GER), Mihail Bălănescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–1, 2–3, 3–2
Wicken 4 Goals Faber 3
7 May 2023
14:00 		Report Iran   15–9   Malta Berlin
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Dasch Barber (RSA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–0, 6–4
Yazdankhah 5 Goals A. Galea 4

Crossover edit

The winners qualified for the super final.

7 May 2023
17:30 		Report Romania   18–9   China Berlin
Referees:
Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Sander Gransjean (NED)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–1, 3–3, 5–4
three players 3 Goals Zhang C. 4
7 May 2023
19:15 		Report Germany   12–1   Kazakhstan Berlin
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–0, 7–1, 2–0
Chiru, Gansen 3 Goals Shakenov 1

Super final edit

2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  United States
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates30 June – 2 July
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored262 (21.83 per match)
Best player  Edoardo Di Somma
Best goalkeeper  Unai Aguirre

The tournament took place at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, United States between 30 June and 2 July 2023.[2] The quarterfinal matchups were announced on 7 May 2023.[11]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 June
 
 
  Germany9
 
1 July
 
  Spain18
 
  Spain10
 
30 June
 
  Hungary8
 
  Hungary6
 
2 July
 
  Greece4
 
  Spain10
 
30 June
 
  Italy4
 
  Italy20
 
1 July
 
  Romania2
 
  Italy15
 
30 June
 
  United States12 Third place
 
  Serbia9
 
2 July
 
  United States10
 
  Hungary13
 
 
  United States14
 

Fifth place bracket

 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
1 July
 
 
  Germany6
 
2 July
 
  Greece19
 
  Greece11
 
1 July
 
  Romania8
 
  Romania17
 
 
  Serbia14
 
Seventh place
 
 
2 July
 
 
  Germany8
 
 
  Serbia15

All times are local (UTC−7).

Quarterfinals edit

30 June 2023
13:00 		Report Germany   9–18   Spain Los Angeles
Referees:
Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Levon Dermendjian (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–3, 2–5, 3–4
Cuk 3 Goals Munárriz 5
30 June 2023
15:00 		Report Italy   20–2   Romania Los Angeles
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 5–0, 5–1
five players 3 Goals Fulea, Neamtu 1
30 June 2023
17:00 		Report Hungary   6–4   Greece Los Angeles
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–0, 1–2, 2–0
Jansik, Varga 2 Goals four players 1
30 June 2023
19:00 		Report Serbia   9–10   United States Los Angeles
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramsi (GRE), Xevi Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–0, 3–3, 0–4
Rašović 4 Goals Irving 3

5th–8th place semifinals edit

1 July 2023
13:00 		Report Germany   6–19   Greece Los Angeles
Referees:
Mihai Balanescu (ROU), Levon Dermendjian (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 2–6, 2–6
Sekulic, Strelezkij 2 Goals three players 3
1 July 2023
15:00 		Report Romania   17–14   Serbia Los Angeles
Referees:
Gernot Häntschel (GER), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 7–4, 3–3, 3–4, 4–3
Fulea 5 Goals Radulović 7

Semifinals edit

1 July 2023
17:00 		Report Spain   10–8   Hungary Los Angeles
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramsi (GRE), Ivan Raković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–3, 4–1, 1–4
Munárriz 3 Goals Angyal, Vámos 2
1 July 2023
19:00 		Report Italy   15–12   United States Los Angeles
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 6–3, 3–3
Di Somma 5 Goals Bowen, Daube 4

Seventh place game edit

2 July 2023
13:00 		Report Germany   8–15   Serbia Los Angeles
Referees:
Levon Dermendjian (USA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 2–7, 2–3
Schütze 2 Goals three players 3

Fifth place game edit

2 July 2023
15:00 		Report Greece   11–8   Romania Los Angeles
Referees:
Ivan Raković (SRB), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 4–1, 5–2
Genidounias 4 Goals Colodrovschi, Fulea 2

Bronze medal game edit

2 July 2023
17:00 		Report Hungary   13–14   United States Los Angeles
Referees:
Xevi Buch (ESP), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 5–6, 3–3, 4–1, 1–4
Varga 3 Goals Irving 4

Gold medal game edit

2 July 2023
19:00 		Report Spain   10–4   Italy Los Angeles
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramsi (GRE), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–2, 3–1, 0–0
Granados 4 Goals four players 1

Final standings edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b c "Host cities set for the World Aquatics Men's and Women's Water Polo World Cup 2023 seasons". total-fina.org. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ "FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup". fina.org. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Spain bounces Italy for first World Cup gold medal". fina.org. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ^ "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Water polo calendar shake-up breathes life into World Aquatics World Cup season". fina.org. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ "RULES & REGULATIONS 2023" (PDF). Archived from the original on 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Results are in – Team Draw for the FINA Water Polo World Cup 2023". fina.org. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Revolucija u vaterpolu započinje u Zagrebu: Evo koja su nova pravila". 7 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Draw for World Cup Division 2: Sixteen teams in chase for four tickets". total-waterpolo.com. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Fields for the Men's and Women's Water Polo World Cup Finals set". worldaquatics.com. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Men's Water Polo World Cup 2023 Final" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

External links edit

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