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.
The top two teams also automatically qualify for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2019.
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
Group B
Group C
Inter-Continental Cup
*April 3–8, 2018,
Auckland
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New Zealand
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*All times are
New Zealand Standard Time
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UTC+12:00)
Group A
Group B
Final round
;9th Place
;7th Place
;5th Place
;3rd Place
;1st Place
Final ranking
Super Final
* June 18–23, 2018,
Danube Arena
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Design and construction
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Budapest
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Hungary
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* All times are
Central European Summer Time
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UTC+02:00)
Qualified teams
Seeding
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
;5th–8th Places
;Quarterfinals
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;5th–8th Semifinals
;Semifinals
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;Seventh place
;Fifth place
;Third place
;Final
Final ranking
Awards
References
Rules & Regulations
{{FINA Water Polo World League
World League, men
FINA Water Polo World League
International water polo competitions hosted by Hungary