The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 19 to August 24, 2014.
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.
Teams The top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship). Despite finishing 7th at 2013 World Championship, Serbia received an invitation from FINA as defending European champion instead of Italia ranked 4th at 2013 World Championship
Teams Qualified as()(Asian Host)Host (12th 2013 World Championship)1st 2013 World Championship2nd 2013 World Championship3rd 2013 World Championship1st European team at 2013 World Championship1st American team at 2013 World Championship1st Oceanian team at 2013 World Championship1st Asian team at 2013 World Championship1st African team at 2013 World Championshipreplace FINA decision
Groups Group A Group B (H)
Preliminary round All times are EEST (UTC+3)
Group A TeamGWDLGFGADiffPointsQualification1. 3 3 0 0 37 13 +24 6 Quarter-finals2. 3 2 0 1 39 19 +20 4 Quarter-finals3. 3 1 0 2 22 24 -2 2 Quarter-finals4. 3 0 0 3 6 48 -42 0 Quarter-finals
Group B TeamGWDLGFGADiffPointsQualification1. 3 2 1 0 32 22 +10 5 Quarter-finals2. 3 2 0 1 25 19 +6 4 Quarter-finals3. 3 1 1 1 22 22 0 3 Quarter-finals4. (H) 3 0 0 3 24 40 -16 0 Quarter-finals
Knockout round
Championship
Quarterfinals All times are EEST (UTC+3)
Semifinals All times are EEST (UTC+3)
Bronze medal game All times are EEST (UTC+3)
Gold medal game All times are EEST (UTC+3)
5th–8th playoffs
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
RANKTEAM 4.5.6.7.8.
Team roster Stefan Živojinović (GK), Nemanja Ubović, Nikola Eškert, Dušan Mandić, Dušan Vasić, Gavril Subotić, Sava Ranđelović, Dimitrije Obradović, Dušan Marković, Strahinja Rašović, Viktor Rašović, Srđan Vuksanović, and Dimitrije Rističević (GK). Head coach: Dejan Savić.
Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, United States and Australia qualified for the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.
Individual awards Best Player
Best Goalkeeper
Defender
Best Scorer
References
External links Official site