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Hungary and Serbia Lead Round Five of European Water Polo Tournament

The European water polo teams met last night on Tuesday March 20 for their fifth round game of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2018. Playing at home in Podgorica, Montenegro beat Serbia 11-8, leading right from the start of the game but letting the Serbians come back in the last two quarters ...

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Hungary Claims 2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The team of Hungary won the gold medal of the 2018 FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup, after beating Australia by 10-4 in the final match of the tournament, held in Berlin (GER), from September 11-16. The bronze medal of the competition went to Serbia, who comfortably defeated the host squad by 15-9. I...

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Montenegro Wins FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final 2018

Montenegro claimed the victory tonight (Saturday June 23) in Budapest (HUN), where the FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final 2018 was taking place since Monday June 18. The Balkan team stunned the hosts 13-11 after a penalty shootout in a thrilling final at the brand new state-of-the-art Du...

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Double Gold for Team USA at FINA Intercontinental Tournament

Both the Men and Women's teams from the U.S. claimed the gold medals at stake yesterday in Auckland (NZL) where the Intern-Continental Cups of the FINA Water Polo World League were taking place since Tuesday April 3. The USA men's team were too fit and fast for Australia with a 9-6 victory in the fi...

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Team Effort Gives USA First Win at 2018 FINA World League Super Final

Budapest, Hungary - June 18 - The USA Men's National Team got off a strong start at the 2018 FINA World League Super Final with an 8-6 win over Spain. Ben Hallock (Westlake Village, CA/Stanford/LA Premier) scored two goals in the win and was named match MVP. Luca Cupido (Santa Margherita, Italy/Cali...

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Tournament Schedule Set for Men's Water Polo World League Super Final

The six-day FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final is kicking-off on Monday June 18 in Budapest (HUN), with the eight best teams from the Inter-Continental Cup and the European preliminaries. Still fresh from Budapest World Championships' thrilling final in Margaret Island, current World cha...

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USA Men's Water Polo Takes Seventh at World League Super Final

Budapest, Hungary - June 23 - The USA Men's Water Polo National Team took seventh place at the FINA World League Super Final with a 9-3 win over Kazakhstan. Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/NYAC) scored two goals to lead the offense with McQuin Baron (North Tustin, CA/USC/NYAC) and Alex Wolf (Hunting...

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FINA Men's Water Polo World League to Kick Off This Month

The European preliminary rounds of the FINA Men’s Water Polo World League 2018 will kick-off on November 14 across various European cities. The groups’ composition unfolds as follow: GROUP A: ROU, MNE, SRB GROUP B: CRO, GER, RUS GROUP C: ESP, HUN, NED On Tuesday November 14, Romania will play Serbia...

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Spain Tops Greece to Win Women’s Junior Water Polo World Championship

Spain Tops Greece to Win Women’s Junior Water Polo World Championship Ariadne Ruiz and captain Paula Camus scored three times each as Spain beat Greece, 10-5, on Saturday to win the 14th FINA Women’s Junior Water Polo World Championship. Spain used a 4-0 run over two minutes in the first half to bui...

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Spain, Netherlands Victorious in FINA World League European Prelims

Spain and the Netherlands respectively won their round 4 game last night (February 27) in Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) and Budapest (HUN), two of the cities hosting the European prelims of the FINA Women's Water Polo World League. Starting the game on a high, Spain defeated the Russians 9-7 (3-0, 3-4, 2-2,...

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USA Water Polo Set for New Competition Rules at FINA World Cup

Huntington Beach, CA - Fresh off a three-game sweep of Australia, USA Water Polo Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced the roster for the upcoming FINA World Cup starting Tuesday in Surgut, Russia. The USA Women's National Team has won the last two World Cup titles (2010, 2014) and will look to ma...

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Eight Countries Qualify for Women's World League Super Final

After six European preliminary rounds played from November 2017 to May 2018, Spain, Russia and the Netherlands secured a berth to the FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final, to be held in Kunshan (CHN) from May 28 to June 2, a tournament that gathers the best European teams and the best As...