2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

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 penalties one and a loss after regular time zero points.^[7]

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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Italy	5	5	0	0	0	63	46	+17	15	Super final
2	United States	5	3	0	0	2	64	61	+3	9
3	Hungary	5	3	0	0	2	57	47	+10	9
4	Croatia (H)	5	3	0	0	2	65	56	+9	9
5	Japan	5	1	0	0	4	51	72	−21	3
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	45	63	−18	0	Division 2

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 March 2023 17:30	Report	Italy	13–7	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	16–14	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	6–10	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	12–7	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	13–11	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	8–9	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	9–12	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	14–13	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	7–17	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	14–8	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	8–11	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	15–9	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	18–15	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	13–10	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	16–10	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	0	1	0	68	41	+27	13	Super final
2	Greece	5	3	0	0	2	68	45	+23	9
3	Serbia	5	2	1	1	1	55	51	+4	9
4	Montenegro (H)	5	3	0	0	2	48	51	−3	9
5	Georgia	5	1	1	0	3	53	73	−20	5
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	42	73	−31	0	Division 2

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 March 2023 15:30	Report	Australia	6–10	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	8–11	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	13–12	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	6–10	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	13–12	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	20–10	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	14–16	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	9–11	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	20–5	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	12–11	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	13–14	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	17–7	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	8–18	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	23–22	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	8–7	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

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).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	0	56	23	+33	9	Crossover
2	China	3	2	0	0	1	45	28	+17	6
3	Malta	3	1	0	0	2	26	41	−15	3
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	21	56	−35	0

5 May 2023 11:30	Report	China	16–6	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	15–5	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	18–6	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	25–7	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	15–8	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	16–11	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	0	50	16	+34	9	Crossover
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	22	34	−12	6
3	Iran	3	1	0	0	2	27	36	−9	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	30	43	−13	0

5 May 2023 08:30	Report	Romania	15–4	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	9–10	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	19–5	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	14–17	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	7–16	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	7–6	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

7 May 2023 15:45	Report	New Zealand	7–9	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	15–9	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

The winners qualified for the super final.

7 May 2023 17:30	Report	Romania	18–9	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	12–1	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

2023 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	30 June – 2 July
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	262 (21.83 per match)
Best player	Edoardo Di Somma
Best goalkeeper	Unai Aguirre

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]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 June
	Germany	9
					1 July
	Spain	18
					Spain	10
	30 June
					Hungary	8
	Hungary	6
									2 July
	Greece	4
									Spain	10
	30 June
									Italy	4
	Italy	20
					1 July
	Romania	2
					Italy	15
	30 June
					United States	12			Third place
	Serbia	9
									2 July
	United States	10
									Hungary	13
									United States	14

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	1 July
	Germany	6
					2 July
	Greece	19
					Greece	11
	1 July
					Romania	8
	Romania	17
	Serbia	14
					Seventh place
					2 July
					Germany	8
					Serbia	15

All times are local (UTC−7).

30 June 2023 13:00	Report	Germany	9–18	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	20–2	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	6–4	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	9–10	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

1 July 2023 13:00	Report	Germany	6–19	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	17–14	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

1 July 2023 17:00	Report	Spain	10–8	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	15–12	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

2 July 2023 13:00	Report	Germany	8–15	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

2 July 2023 15:00	Report	Greece	11–8	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

2 July 2023 17:00	Report	Hungary	13–14	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

2 July 2023 19:00	Report	Spain	10–4	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

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