2023_FINA_Men's_Water_Polo_World_Cup

2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Sports season


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]

Quick Facts League, Sport ...

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

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

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

More information Pos, Team ...
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  137  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  1614  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  610  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  127  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  1311  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  89  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  912  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  1413  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  717  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  148  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  811  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  159  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  1815  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  1310  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  1610  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

More information Pos, Team ...
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  610  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  811  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  1312  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  610  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  1312  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  2010  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  1416  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  911  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  205  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  1211  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  1314  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  177  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  818  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  2322  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  87  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

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

More information Pos, Team ...
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  166  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  155  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  186  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  257  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  158  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  1611  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

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: World Aquatics
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) head-to-head result.
5 May 2023
08:30
Report Romania  154  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  910  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  195  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  1417  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  716  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  76  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

7 May 2023
15:45
Report New Zealand  79  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  159  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

The winners qualified for the super final.

7 May 2023
17:30
Report Romania  189  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  121  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

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

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

 
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

30 June 2023
13:00
Report Germany  918  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  202  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  64  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  910  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

1 July 2023
13:00
Report Germany  619  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  1714  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

1 July 2023
17:00
Report Spain  108  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  1512  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

2 July 2023
13:00
Report Germany  815  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

2 July 2023
15:00
Report Greece  118  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

2 July 2023
17:00
Report Hungary  1314  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

2 July 2023
19:00
Report Spain  104  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

More information Rank, Team ...

See also


References

  1. "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. "FINA Announces Dates for New 2023 Water Polo World Cup". fina.org. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. "Spain bounces Italy for first World Cup gold medal". fina.org. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. "New FINA competition: World Cup replaces World League". total-waterpolo.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. "Water polo calendar shake-up breathes life into World Aquatics World Cup season". fina.org. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. "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)
  7. "Draw for World Cup Division 2: Sixteen teams in chase for four tickets". total-waterpolo.com. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. "Fields for the Men's and Women's Water Polo World Cup Finals set". worldaquatics.com. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  9. "Men's Water Polo World Cup 2023 Final" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2023_FINA_Men's_Water_Polo_World_Cup, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.