The 16th edition of the Men's

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were held in

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from September 11 to September 16, 2018. Like the final tournament of the

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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 (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship).

Groups

Preliminary round

All times are local (

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

5–8th place

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

Top goalscorers

Source
FINA - Leading Scorers
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Individual awards

*Best Player ** *Best Goalscorer ** *Best Goalkeeper **

Squads

* Joel Dennerley * Richard Campbell * George Ford *

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* Lachlan Edwards * Lachlan Hollis *

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* Andrew Ford * Timothy Putt * Rhys Howden *

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* Anthony Hrysanthos Head coach: *

Elvis Fatović Elvis Fatović (born 8 May 1971) is a Croatian professional water polo coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Club Natació Atlètic-Barceloneta senior men's team. His son Loren is a professional water polo player. Play ...

* Moritz Schenkel * Ben Reibel * Timo van der Bosch * Julian Real * Tobias Preuss *

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* Denis Strelezkij * Hannes Schuls * Marko Stamm *

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* Dennis Eidner *

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Hagen Stamm Hagen Stamm (born 12 June 1960) is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won two European ...

* Gergely Kardos *

Szilárd Jansik Szilárd Jansik (born 6 April 1994) is a Hungarian professional water polo player for Ferencváros, and the captain of the Hungarian national team. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Achievements * Országos Bajnokság: ** 2018, 2019, ...

Krisztián Manhercz Krisztián Péter Manhercz (born 6 February 1997) is a Hungarian male water polo player, playing at the wing position. He is part of the Hungary men's national water polo team. He competed at the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship and ...

Gergő Zalánki Gergő Zalánki (born 26 February 1995) is a Hungarian professional water polo player. He was part of the Hungary men's national water polo team, national team of Hungary at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Honours Club Eger * Országos Bajnokság I ...

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* Tamás Mezei * Dávid Jansik *

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Mátyás Pásztor Mátyás Pásztor (born 20 February 1987) is a Hungarian water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July ...

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Head coach: *

Tamás Märcz Tamás Märcz (born 17 July 1974) is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach of Hungary men's national water polo team between 1 January 2017 and 18 July 2022. He has p ...

Katsuyuki Tanamura is a water polo player from Japan. He was part of the Japanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage. He also participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics. See also * Japan men's Olympic water polo team ...

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Harukiirario Koppu Harukiirario Koppu (コップ晴紀イラリオ, ''Koppu Harukiirario'', born 28 December 1998) is a Japanese water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an internationa ...

* Toi Suzuki *

Takuma Yoshida Takuma Yoshida (吉田拓馬, ''Yoshida Takuma'', born 11 October 1994) is a Japanese water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that ...

* Atsuto Ilda * Mitsuru Takata *

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* Kohei Inaba * Keigo Okawa * Kenta Araki *

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Head coach: * Yoji Omoto

* Marko Bijač * Marko Macan * Loren Fatović *

Luka Lončar Luka Lončar (born 26 June 1987) is a Croatian professional water polo player. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal. Honours Club ;AN Brescia *Coppa Italia: 2011–12 ;Jug Dubrovnik ...

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Hrvoje Benić Hrvoje Benić (born 26 April 1992) is a Croatian water polo player for Waspo 98 Hannover and the Croatian national team. He participated at the 2019 World Championships. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo ...

Ante Vukičević Ante Vukičević (born 24 February 1993) is a Croatian water polo player for CN Marseille and the Croatian national team. He participated at the 2019 World Championships. See also * List of world champions in men's water polo * List of World ...

Andro Bušlje Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal. He ...

Lovre Miloš Lovre Miloš (born 5 April 1994) is a retired Croatian water polo player for HAVK Mladost and the Croatian national team. He participated at the 2019 World Championships. See also * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo ...

Josip Vrlić Josip Vrlić (born 25 April 1986) is a Croatian professional water polo player. He was part of the Brazilian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. His younge ...

Anđelo Šetka Anđelo Šetka (born 14 September 1985) is a Croatian water polo player. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team won the silver medal. See also * Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics ...

* Xavier García *

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Head coach: * Ivica Tucak

* Strajo Dimitrije Rističević *

Dušan Mandić Dušan Mandić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Мандић; born 16 June 1994) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Ferencváros. He was a part of the Montenegrin junior water polo team before opting to play for Serbia. With Serbian junior natio ...

Viktor Rašović Viktor Rašović ( sr-cyr, Виктор Рашовић; born 13 August 1993) is a Serbian water polo centre back of the Serbia men's national water polo team and Panathinaikos. Honours Club ;VK Crvena zvezda * National Championship of Serbi ...

Sava Ranđelović Sava Ranđelović ( sr-cyr, Сава Ранђеловић; born 17 July 1993) is a Serbian water polo player for VasasPlaket and the Serbia men's national water polo team. Representing Serbia, he won European Championship gold medals in 2014, ...

* Gavril Subotić * Đorđe Lazić *

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Nikola Jakšić Nikola Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is tall ...

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Strahinja Rašović Strahinja Rašović ( sr-cyr, Страхиња Рашовић; born 9 March 1992) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Honours Club ;Crvena Zvezda *LEN Champions League: 2012–13 LEN Champ ...

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Head coach: *

Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. During his playing career, he was part of two Olympic bronze medal squads, one for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympic ...

Lwazi Madi Lwazi Madi (born 12 December 1994) is a South African water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. References

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* Ethan James Jagger Coryndon-Baker * Garreth Prout * Nic Downes * Lood Rabie * Nicholas Rodda * Cameron Laurenson * Mark Spencer * Jason Evezard * Donn Stewart Head coach: *

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* McQuin Baron * Johnathan Masashi Hooper * Dylan Woodhead *

Alex Obert Alexander "Alex" Obert ( ; born December 18, 1991) was born in Loomis, CA and is an American water polo player. He was a part of Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished in tenth place. Obert plays Center and is also curre ...

* Ben Hallock *

Luca Cupido Luca Cupido ( ; born November 9, 1995) is an American water polo player born in Italy who played for the University of California, Berkeley. He was part of the American team at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officia ...

* Nick Carniglia * Alex Roelse * Alex Bowen * Benjamin Dutch Stevenson * Jesse Smith * Maxwell Bruce Irving * Jack William Turner Head coach: *

Dejan Udovičić Dejan Udovičić ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Удовичић; born 26 July 1970) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach who currently coaches the U.S. men's national water polo team. He was named head coach for Serbia in June 2006, after the ...

External links

FINA Official siteFINA - Leading ScorersFINA - Goalkeeper StatisticsFINA - Overall Team Statistics

References

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