2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
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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
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (European Host) File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa) File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	Host (7th 2009 World Championship) 1st 2009 World Championship 2nd 2009 World Championship 3rd 2009 World Championship 1st European team at 2009 World Championship 1st American team at 2009 World Championship 1st Oceanian team at 2009 World Championship 1st Asian team at 2009 World Championship 1st African team at 2009 World Championship replace File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa withdrawn

Groups

Group A	Group B
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (H) File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia File:Flag of the United States.svg United States File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

Group A

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points	Qualification
1.	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	3	3	0	49	16	+33	6	Quarter-finals
2.	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (H)	3	2	1	45	24	+21	4	Quarter-finals
3.	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	3	1	2	42	24	+18	2	Quarter-finals
4.	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	3	0	3	6	78	−72	0	Quarter-finals

27 July 2010 17:00	Report	Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg	1–26	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	7–9	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	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 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	9–11	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	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 File:Flag of Iran.svg	1–26	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	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 File:Flag of Romania.svg	8–14	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	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 File:Flag of Iran.svg	4–26	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
		Score by quarters: 0-6, 1-3, 3-8, 0-9
		Kouhi 2	Goals	Campbell, Younger, Miller 4

Group B

	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points	Qualification
1.	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	3	3	0	33	19	+14	6	Quarter-finals
2.	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	3	2	1	40	27	+13	4	Quarter-finals
3.	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	3	1	2	26	32	−6	2	Quarter-finals
4.	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	3	0	3	18	39	−21	0	Quarter-finals

27 July 2010 15:00	Report	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	10–6	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	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 File:Flag of Croatia.svg	10–8	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	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 File:Flag of Croatia.svg	14–4	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	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 File:Flag of the United States.svg	9–17	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	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 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	8–15	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	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 File:Flag of the United States.svg	7–9	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	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

File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	11
		July 31 – Oradea
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	5
		File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	10
July 30 – Oradea
		File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	12
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	9
				August 1 – Oradea
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	12
				File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	13
July 30 – Oradea
				File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	7
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	2
		July 31 – Oradea
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	23
		File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	11
July 30 – Oradea
		File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	9	Third place
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	12
				August 1 – Oradea
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	14
				File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	12

				File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	8

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

30 July 2010 15:30	Report	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	9–12	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	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 File:Flag of Romania.svg	12–14	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	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 File:Flag of Spain.svg	11–5	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	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 File:Flag of Iran.svg	2–23	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	Referees: Jianguo (CHN), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 1–8, 0–5, 1–4
		Mirmehdi, Soltani 1	Goals	Bošković, Sukno 4

Semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

31 July 2010 18:30	Report	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	9–11	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	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 File:Flag of Serbia.svg	12–10	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Referees: Koganov (AZE), Cabral (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–3, 4–3, 1–0
		Prlainović 4	Goals	García 3

Bronze medal match

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010 16:00	Report	United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	8–12	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Referees: Hart (AUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 1–2, 3–4
		Powers 2	Goals	García 4

Final

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010 17:30	Report	Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg	7–13	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	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

File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	6
		August 1 – Oradea
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	10
		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	5
July 31 – Oradea
		File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	9
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	6

File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	24
		Seventh place

		August 1 – Oradea

		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	20

		File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	5

5th–8th semifinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

31 July 2010 15:30	Report	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	10–6	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China	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 File:Flag of Romania.svg	24–6	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	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

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010 10:00	Report	China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	20–5	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	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

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

1 August 2010 11:30	Report	Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg	5–9	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	Referees: Moliner (ESP), Štampalija (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 1–3
		McGregor 3	Goals	Iosep 3

Final standings

RANK^[1]	TEAM
File:Med 1.png	File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
File:Med 2.png	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
File:Med 3.png	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
4.	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
5.	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
6.	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
7.	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
8.	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran

2010 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Second title

Team roster

1. Slobodan Soro (GK), 2. Marko Avramović, 3. Živko Gocić, 4. Vanja Udovičić, 5. Boris Vapenski, 6. Duško Pijetlović, 7. Slobodan Nikić, 8. Milan Aleksić, 9. Miloš Miličić, 10. Filip Filipović, 11. Andrija Prlainović, 12. Stefan Mitrović, and 13. Gojko Pijetlović (GK).^[1] Head coach: Dejan Udovičić.

Serbia, Croatia, Spain, United States and Romania qualified for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

Individual awards

Best Player
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Vanja Udovičić (SRB)
Best Goalkeeper
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Slobodan Soro (SRB)
Best Scorer
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Sandro Sukno (CRO) — 17 goals

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "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.

External links

Official site

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "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.

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2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Contents

Format

Teams

Groups

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Championship

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Final

5th–8th playoffs

5th–8th semifinals

7th place playoff

5th place playoff

Final standings

Individual awards

References

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