2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup
FINA Water Polo World Cup
The FINA Water Polo World Cup is an international water polo competition among the top men's national water polo teams of the members of FINA. It was established in 1979 and was held every two years, but it has been contested every four years since 2002....

was held in Oradea

Oradea

Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

from July 27 to August 1, 2010.

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2010 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a Round-robin

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

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.

Groups

Group A	\|Group B

Group A

Team	W	D	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	3	3	0	49	16	+33	6
2.	3	2	1	45	24	+21	4
3.	3	1	2	42	24	+18	2
4.	3	0	3	6	78	−72	0

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Group B

Team	W	D	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	3	3	0	33	19	+14	6
2.	3	2	1	40	27	+13	4
3.	3	1	2	26	32	−6	2
4.	3	0	3	18	39	−21	0

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Championship

Quarterfinals

All times are EEST (UTC+3

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

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Final

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5th–8th playoffs

5th–8th semifinals

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7th place playoff

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5th place playoff

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Final standings

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Team Roster
1. Slobodan Soro

Slobodan Soro

Slobodan Soro , is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....

(GK), 2. Marko Avramović

Marko Avramović

Marko Avramović is a Serbian water polo player. He is currently playing for VK Crvena Zvezda. He is also playing for the Serbian National team.-External links:*...

, 3. Živko Gocić

Živko Gocic

Živko Gocić born is a Serbian water polo player. He is a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:...

, 4. Vanja Udovičić

Vanja Udovicic

Vanja Udovičić , is a professional Serbian water polo player.-Career:...

, 5. Boris Vapenski, 6. Duško Pijetlović

Duško Pijetlovic

Duško Pijetlović , is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....

, 7. Slobodan Nikić, 8. Milan Aleksić

Milan Aleksić

Milan Aleksić is a Serbian water polo player. He is currently playing for VK Partizan. He is also playing for the Serbian National team....

, 9. Miloš Miličić, 10. Filip Filipović

Filip Filipovic (water polo)

David Perovic , is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....

, 11. Andrija Prlainović

Andrija Prlainovic

Andrija Prlainović , is a Serbian water polo player. He is a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....

, 12. Stefan Mitrović

Stefan Mitrovic

Stefan Mitrović is a Serbian water polo player. He is currently playing for VK Partizan, where he used to play for the youth categories before entering the first team in 2006...

, and 13. Gojko Pijetlović

Gojko Pijetlović

Gojko Pijetlović is a goalkeeper of the Serbia men's national water polo team. He plays for VK Crvena Zvezda in the First Serbian League.-References:...

(GK).
Head Coach: Dejan Udovičić.>

Serbia, Croatia, Spain, United States and Romania qualified for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...

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Individual awards

Best Player

Best Goalkeeper

Best Scorer — 17 goals

External links

Official site

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