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2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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

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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.

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Final

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

5th–8th semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

7th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

5th place playoff

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Final standings

  • 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)
  • References

    2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup Wikipedia