{"id":328446,"date":"2018-09-11T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=328446"},"modified":"2018-09-11T05:08:11","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T12:08:11","slug":"fina-mens-water-polo-world-cup-begins-today-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-mens-water-polo-world-cup-begins-today-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"FINA Men&#8217;s Water Polo World Cup Begins Today In Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight water polo squads representing the five continents are set to dispute the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fina.org\/event\/fina-mens-water-polo-world-cup-2018\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.fina.org\/event\/fina-mens-water-polo-world-cup-2018\/home&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536752507744000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAwZT4CNhy_3zz7q4FacA_3FOqPQ\">FINA Men&#8217;s Water Polo World Cup 2018\u00a0<\/a>title in Berlin, Germany from Tuesday September 11 to Sunday September 16.<\/p>\n<p>Elite national teams from Australia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Serbia, South Africa and the USA will be continuing the testing of new rules proposed by the FINA TWPC at the FINA World Water Polo Conference in Budapest in April 2018 which will then be presented for approval in Hangzhou, China, on December 10. See proposed rule changes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fina.org\/sites\/default\/files\/general\/2-2018-test_rules_for_world_cups_-_with_commentary_july10-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.fina.org\/sites\/default\/files\/general\/2-2018-test_rules_for_world_cups_-_with_commentary_july10-2018.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536752507744000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjog6IFHY6uDOTv5Fh8RBuizUHzw\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 16th FINA Men\u2019s Water Polo World Cup is coming back to Berlin after 29 years, when the city hosted the 1989 edition. The upcoming competition will be the first big water polo tournament held in the German capital since the 2006 FINA World League Super Final.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic and World Cup champions Serbia are the players to beat in Berlin, while World champions Croatia and World Championships silver medallists Hungary are other strong contenders.<\/p>\n<p>The groups&#8217; composition for the tournament is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=322e0af7d3&amp;attid=0.1.3&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1611304826939103401&amp;th=165c8133fa93d8a9&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ_mIutk4MYh2ipgcaxiZirlNf31K0RDK6dqZ26W6YeylBYGOuwvYYfj01wyoiaCfmfuBkjFOHRDOvHW8GAKZKWBkl1ixKDf7rIYOPKf4vYDX1IS4UkEMTLeojo&amp;disp=emb\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"465\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<b>Competition&#8217;s schedule<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" tabindex=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0?ui=2&amp;ik=322e0af7d3&amp;attid=0.1.4&amp;permmsgid=msg-f:1611304826939103401&amp;th=165c8133fa93d8a9&amp;view=fimg&amp;sz=s0-l75-ft&amp;attbid=ANGjdJ-4onbzqoht8635CiXAJw1N4c-FXrB1KAq3s-noI2N136XSGj9FLIPK0UMcAq8Ga1QfS1vwzlqiPITZPNaQ-oU5P3pp-U4Ov2ZoHspgwgbox7U9u_5G_txD8y4&amp;disp=emb\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"480\" data-image-whitelisted=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The final ranking of the 2014 World Cup was:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Serbia, 2. Hungary, 3. Croatia<\/b>, 4. USA, 5. Australia, 6. Kazakhstan; 7. Montenegro; 8. South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Medallists of all the FINA Men\u2019s World Cups:<br \/>\n1979: 1. HUN, 2. USA, 3. YUG<br \/>\n1981: 1. URS, 2. YUG, 3. CUB<br \/>\n1983: 1. URS, 2. FRG, 3. ITA<br \/>\n1985: 1. FRG, 2. USA, 3. ESP<br \/>\n1987: 1. YUG, 2. URS, 3. FRG<br \/>\n1989: 1. YUG, 2. ITA, 3. HUN<br \/>\n1991: 1. USA, 2. YUG, 3. ESP<br \/>\n1993: 1. ITA, 2. HUN, 3.AUS<br \/>\n1995: 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. RUS<br \/>\n1997: 1. USA, 2. GRE, 3. HUN<br \/>\n1999: 1. HUN, 2. ITA, 3. ESP<br \/>\n2002: 1. RUS, 2. HUN, 3. YUG<br \/>\n2006: 1. SCG, 2. HUN, 3. ESP<br \/>\n2010: 1. SRB, 2. CRO, 3. ESP<\/p>\n<p>The competition venue in the German capital is an indoor aquatic complex, the\u00a0<i><b>S<\/b><\/i><i><b>chwimm- und Sprunghalle im Europasportpark (SSE)<\/b><\/i>, including a 50 x 25m pool and a 50 x25 m warm-up pool. The pool will be divided in order to provide two fields of play (each 25 x 25m) with four goals in total for both warming up and training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Daily detailed game reports and the results will be available on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fina.org\/event\/fina-mens-water-polo-world-cup-2018\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.fina.org\/event\/fina-mens-water-polo-world-cup-2018\/home&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536752507744000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAwZT4CNhy_3zz7q4FacA_3FOqPQ\">FINA website<\/a>. All games will be live streamed on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finatv.live\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.finatv.live\/en&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536752507744000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEBh5_WPnW1yIvZuEy3Dc48_74xHA\">FINA<i><b>tv<\/b><\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FINA Women&#8217;s Water Polo World Cup 2018 concluded on Sunday September 9 as the USA claimed their third consecutive victory.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with FINA<\/i><i>. 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