2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
| 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | |
|---|---|
| League | FINA Water Polo World Cup | 
| Sport | Water polo | 
| Duration | 1 – 4 August | 
| Super Final | |
The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1, 2010.[1]
Format
8 teams qualified for the 2010 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).
| Teams | Qualified as | 
|---|---|
| 
 
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 Host (7th 2009 World Championship)  | 
Groups
| Group A | Group B | 
|---|---|
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 6 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 4 | Quarter-finals | |
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 2 | Quarter-finals | |
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 78 | −72 | 0 | Quarter-finals | 
| 27 July 2010  17:00  | 
Report | Iran  | 
1–26 | Referees: Jianguo (CHN), Cabral (BRA)  | |
| Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–8, 0–6, 1–4 | |||||
| Jafari 1 | Goals | Georgescu 5 | |||
| 27 July 2010  20:00  | 
Report | Australia  | 
7–9 | Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Goldenberg (USA)  | |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 0–1, 2–3 | |||||
| McGregor 3 | Goals | Molina, Perrone 3 | |||
| 28 July 2010  17:00  | 
Report | Australia  | 
9–11 | Referees: Ćirić (SRB), Koganov (AZE)  | |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 1–2, 2–4 | |||||
| Miller 3 | Goals | Redu, Kádár 3 | |||
| 28 July 2010  20:00  | 
Report | Iran  | 
1–26 | Referees: Cabral (BRA), Štampalija (CRO)  | |
| Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–7, 1–5, 0–8 | |||||
| Jafari 1 | Goals | Garcia 5 | |||
| 29 July 2010  17:00  | 
Report | Romania  | 
8–14 | Referees: Ćirić (SRB), Koganov (AZE)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–4, 3–6, 2–3 | |||||
| Iosep, Georgescu 2 | Goals | Minguell, García 3 | |||
| 29 July 2010  20:00  | 
Report | Iran  | 
4–26 | ||
| Score by quarters: 0-6, 1-3, 3-8, 0-9 | |||||
| Kouhi 2 | Goals | Campbell, Younger, Miller 4 | |||
Group B
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | Qualification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 6 | Quarter-finals | |
| 2. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 4 | Quarter-finals | |
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 2 | Quarter-finals | |
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 0 | Quarter-finals | 
| 27 July 2010  15:00  | 
Report | United States  | 
10–6 | Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Hafezi (IRN)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–3, 3–1, 3–2 | |||||
| Sharf, Hopkins, Hutten 2 | Goals | Tan Feihu 2 | |||
| 27 July 2010  18:30  | 
Report | Croatia  | 
10–8 | Referees: Shaydakov (RUS), Koganov (AZE)  | |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 3–2, 4–3 | |||||
| Sukno 4 | Goals | Udovičić, Filipović 2 | |||
| 28 July 2010  15:00  | 
Report | Croatia  | 
14–4 | Referees: Hart (AUS), Hafezi (IRN)  | |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 2–0, 5–2 | |||||
| Dobud 4 | Goals | Liang 3 | |||
| 28 July 2010  18:30  | 
Report | United States  | 
9–17 | Referees: Moliner (ESP), Shaydakov (RUS)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 1–4, 6–7 | |||||
| Sharf, Azevedo 2 | Goals | Udovičić 5 | |||
| 29 July 2010  15:00  | 
Report | China  | 
8–15 | Referees: Moliner (ESP), Hart (AUS)  | |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 0–4, 2–6, 4–4 | |||||
| Liang 2 | Goals | Udovičić, Vapenski, Nikić, Aleksić, Filipović, Mitrović 2 | |||
| 29 July 2010  18:30  | 
Report | United States  | 
7–9 | Referees: Shaydakov (RUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 1-3, 4-2 | |||||
| Hopkins, Bailey 2 | Goals | Joković, Sukno 3 | |||
Knockout round
Championship
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| July 30 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 11 | ||||||||||
| July 31 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 5 | ||||||||||
| 10 | ||||||||||
| July 30 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||
| 9 | ||||||||||
| August 1 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||
| 13 | ||||||||||
| July 30 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||
| July 31 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 23 | ||||||||||
| 11 | ||||||||||
| July 30 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 9 | Third place | |||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||
| August 1 – Oradea | ||||||||||
| 14 | ||||||||||
| 12 | ||||||||||
| 8 | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 30 July 2010  15:30  | 
Report | Australia  | 
9–12 | Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Cabral (BRA)  | |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 2–3, 3–2 | |||||
| Younger, Howden 2 | Goals | Aleksić 3 | |||
| 30 July 2010  17:00  | 
Report | Romania  | 
12–14 | Referees: Moliner (ESP), Shaydakov (RUS)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–4, 3–5 | |||||
| Negrean 4 | Goals | Azevedo, Bailey, Hutten 3 | |||
| 30 July 2010  18:30  | 
Report | Spain  | 
11–5 | Referees: Hafezi (IRI), Hart (AUS)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–1, 2–0, 3–2 | |||||
| Molina, Español, Vallès, García 2 | Goals | Tan, Liang, Pan, Wang, Han 1 | |||
| 30 July 2010  20:00  | 
Report | Iran  | 
2–23 | Referees: Jianguo (CHN), Koganov (AZE)  | |
| Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–8, 0–5, 1–4 | |||||
| Mirmehdi, Soltani 1 | Goals | Bošković, Sukno 4 | |||
Semifinals
| 31 July 2010  18:30  | 
Report | United States  | 
9–11 | Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Hart (AUS)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 4–2, 2–3 | |||||
| Azevedo, Bailey 3 | Goals | Bošković 4 | |||
| 31 July 2010  20:00  | 
Report | Serbia  | 
12–10 | Referees: Koganov (AZE), Cabral (BRA)  | |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 4–3, 1–0 | |||||
| Prlainović 4 | Goals | García 3 | |||
Bronze medal match
| 1 August 2010  16:00  | 
Report | United States  | 
8–12 | Referees: Hart (AUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 1–2, 3–4 | |||||
| Powers 2 | Goals | García 4 | |||
Final
| 1 August 2010  17:30  | 
Report | Croatia  | 
7–13 | Referees: Goldenberg (USA), Koganov (AZE)  | |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–2, 3–5, 1–2 | |||||
| Sukno 3 | Goals | Gocić, Udovičić, Filipović 3 | |||
5th–8th playoffs
| Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
| July 31 – Oradea | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| August 1 – Oradea | ||||||
| 10 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
| July 31 – Oradea | ||||||
| 9 | ||||||
| 6 | ||||||
| 24 | ||||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| August 1 – Oradea | ||||||
| 20 | ||||||
| 5 | ||||||
5th–8th semifinals
| 31 July 2010  15:30  | 
Report | Australia  | 
10–6 | Referees: Goldenberg (USA), Hafezi (IRI)  | |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 1–2, 3–1 | |||||
| Campbell, Younger, McGregor 2 | Goals | Pan 2 | |||
| 31 July 2010  17:00  | 
Report | Romania  | 
24–6 | Referees: Štampalija (CRO), Ćirić (SRB)  | |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 8–3, 9–1, 3–1 | |||||
| Negrean 6 | Goals | Mardani, Mirmehdi, Jafari 2 | |||
7th place playoff
| 1 August 2010  10:00  | 
Report | China  | 
20–5 | Referees: Cabral (BRA), Ćirić (SRB)  | |
| Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–2, 4–1, 5–2 | |||||
| Junliang 4 | Goals | Karami, Pirouzkhah 2 | |||
5th place playoff
| 1 August 2010  11:30  | 
Report | Australia  | 
5–9 | Referees: Moliner (ESP), Štampalija (CRO)  | |
| Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 1–3 | |||||
| McGregor 3 | Goals | Iosep 3 | |||
Final standings
  | 
 
 
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- Serbia, Croatia, Spain, United States and Romania qualified for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
 
Individual awards
- Best Player
 Vanja Udovičić (SRB)
 - Best Goalkeeper
 Slobodan Soro (SRB)
 - Best Scorer
 Sandro Sukno (CRO) — 17 goals
 
