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The 15th edition of the '''Men's [[FINA Water Polo World Cup]]''' was held in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]] from August 19 to August 24, 2014.

==Format==
8 teams qualified for the 2014 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a [[Round-robin tournament|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.

==Groups==
{|class=wikitable width=50%
|-
!width=25%|Group A !!width=25%|Group B
|-
|
{{wp|RSA}}<br>{{wp|MNE}}<br>{{wp|SRB}}<br>{{wp|USA}}
|
{{wp|CRO}}<br>{{wp|KAZ}}<br>{{wp|AUS}}<br>{{wp|HUN}}
|}

==Preliminary round==
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

===Group A===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
!width="60"|Points
|- bgcolor=
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|SRB}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 37 || 13 || +24 || '''6'''
|-bgcolor=
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|USA}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 39 || 19 || +20 || '''4'''
|-bgcolor=
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|MNE}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 22 || 24 || -2 || '''2'''
|-bgcolor= 
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|RSA}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 6 || 48 || -42 || '''0'''
|}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 19 August 2014
| time= 13:00
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}
| score1= 3
| team2= '''{{wp|SRB}}'''
| score2= '''9'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees=  Gabor Vogel (HUN), Mark Maretzki (USA)
| Q1=0–'''4'''
| Q2=1–1
| Q3=1–'''2'''
| Q4=1–'''2'''
| OT=
| goals1= three players 1
| goals2= Nikola Eskert 3
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 19 August 2014
| time= 15:40
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}
| score1= 1
| team2= '''{{wp|USA}}'''
| score2= '''19'''
| location=  Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Liang Zhang (CHN), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
| Q1=0–'''4'''
| Q2=0–'''6'''
| Q3=0–'''4'''
| Q4=1–'''5'''
| OT=
| goals1= 
| goals2= Bret Bonnani 4
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 20 August 2014
| time= 15:00
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}
| score1= 7
| team2= {{wp|USA}}
| score2= '''11'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan  
| attendance=
| referees= Daniel Flahive (AUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
| Q1=0–'''3'''
| Q2='''4'''–3
| Q3=0–'''3'''
| Q4='''3'''-2
| OT=
| goals1= three players 2
| goals2= three players 2
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 20 August 2014
| time= 16:20
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}
| score1= 1
| team2= '''{{wp|SRB}}'''
| score2= '''17'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance= 
| referees= Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Liang Zhang (CHN)
| Q1=0–'''4'''
| Q2=1–'''2'''
| Q3=0–'''5'''
| Q4=0–'''6'''
| OT=
| goals1= Devon Card 1
| goals2= Gavril Subotic 4
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 21 August 2014
| time= 13:40
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}
| score1= '''12'''
| team2= {{wp|RSA}}
| score2= 4
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Nenad Peris (CRO).
| Q1='''3'''–0
| Q2='''5'''–2
| Q3='''3'''–1
| Q4=1–1
| OT=
| goals1= two players 4
| goals2= Etienne Le Roux 2
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 21 August 2014
| time= 16:20
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|SRB}}
| score1= '''11'''
| team2= {{wp|USA}}
| score2= 9
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Gabor Vogel (HUN), Daniel Flahive (AUS).
| Q1='''2'''–0
| Q2=1–'''4'''
| Q3='''3'''–1
| Q4='''5'''–4
| OT=
| goals1= two players 3
| goals2= Bret Bonnani 5
}}

===Group B===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
!width="60"|Points
|-bgcolor=
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|HUN}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 32 || 22 || +10 || '''5'''
|-bgcolor=
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|CRO}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 25 || 19 || +6 || '''4'''
|-bgcolor= 
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 22 || 22 || 0 || '''3'''
|-bgcolor=
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|KAZ}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 24 || 40 || -16 || '''0'''
|}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 19 August 2014
| time= 14:20
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}
| score1= 5
| team2= '''{{wp|HUN}}'''
| score2= '''9'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
| Q1=2–'''3'''
| Q2=1–'''3'''
| Q3=1–1
| Q4=1–'''2'''
| OT=
| goals1= Andelo Setka 2
| goals2= Balazs Harai 2
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 19 August 2014
| time= 17:40
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|KAZ}}
| score1= 8 
| team2= '''{{wp|AUS}}'''
| score2= '''11'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Mihajlo Ciric (SRB)
| Q1=1–'''3'''
| Q2='''2'''–1
| Q3=4–4
| Q4=1–'''3'''
| OT=
| goals1= Vladimir Ushakov 3
| goals2= Aaron Younger 4
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 20 August 2014
| time= 13:40
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|CRO}}'''
| score1= '''6'''
| team2= {{wp|AUS}}
| score2= 3
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ian Melliar (RSA)
| Q1='''1'''–0
| Q2=0–'''1'''
| Q3='''3'''–1
| Q4='''1'''–0
| OT=
| goals1= Andelo Setka 2
| goals2= Aidan Roach 2
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 20 August 2014
| time= 17:40
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|KAZ}}
| score1= 9
| team2= '''{{wp|HUN}}'''
| score2= '''15'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Dejan Adzic (MNE), Mark Maretzki (USA)
| Q1=2–'''3'''
| Q2=2–'''4'''
| Q3=2–'''4'''
| Q4=3–'''4'''
| OT=
| goals1= Rustam Ukumanov 3
| goals2= Denes Varga 4
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 21 August 2014
| time= 15:00
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}
| score1= 8
| team2= {{wp|HUN}}
| score2= 8
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Dejan Adzic (MNE), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
| Q1=2–2
| Q2=3–3
| Q3='''3'''–1
| Q4=0–'''2'''
| OT=
| goals1= Aaron Younger 3
| goals2= Norbert Madaras 3
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 21 August 2014
| time= 17:40
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|KAZ}}
| score1= 7
| team2= {{wp|CRO}}
| score2= '''14'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Mihailo Ciric (SRB)
| Q1=0–'''3'''
| Q2='''3'''–2
| Q3=1–'''6'''
| Q4=3–3
| OT=
| goals1= Vladimir Ushakov 3
| goals2= two players 3
}}

==Knockout round==

===Championship===
{{Round8|3rdplace=yes
<!--Quarters-->
|August 22 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|SRB}}'''|'''16'''|{{wp|KAZ}}|10
|August 22 – [[Almaty]] |{{wp|MNE}}|5|'''{{wp|CRO}}'''|'''6'''
|August 22 – [[Almaty]] |{{wp|RSA}}|1|'''{{wp|HUN}}'''|'''15'''
|August 22 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|USA}}'''|'''11  (4)'''|{{wp|AUS}}|9  (2)
<!--Semis-->
|August 23 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|SRB}}'''|'''7'''|{{wp|CRO}}|4
|August 23 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|HUN}}'''|'''7'''|{{wp|USA}}|5
<!--Final-->
|August 24 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|SRB}}'''|'''11  (4)'''|{{wp|HUN}}|9  (2)
<!--3rd place-->
|August 24 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|CRO}}'''|'''8'''|{{wp|USA}}|6
}}

====Quarterfinals====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

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{{waterpolobox
| date= 22 August 2014
| time= 14:30
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|USA}}'''
| score1='''11'''
| team2= {{wp|AUS}}
| score2= 9 ([[Water polo#Overtime|pen.]])
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Nenad Peris (CRO), Gabor Vogel (HUN)
| Q1='''3'''–2
| Q2=1–'''2'''
| Q3='''3'''–1
| Q4=0–'''2'''
| OT=7–7
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 22 August 2014
| time= 15:50
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}
| score1=5
| team2= '''{{wp|CRO}}'''
| score2= '''6'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Daniel Flahive (AUS), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
| Q1='''2'''–1
| Q2=1–1
| Q3=0–'''3'''
| Q4='''2'''–1
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 22 August 2014
| time= 18:30
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|SRB}}'''
| score1='''16'''
| team2= {{wp|KAZ}}
| score2= 10
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Liang Zhang (CN), Ian Melliar (RSA).
| Q1='''6'''–2
| Q2=3–3
| Q3='''4'''–3
| Q4='''3'''–2
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 22 August 2014
| time= 17:10
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}
| score1=1
| team2= '''{{wp|HUN}}'''
| score2= '''15'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Masoud Rezvani (IRI), Mark Maretzki (USA)
| Q1=0–'''3'''
| Q2=0–'''5'''
| Q3=0–'''4'''
| Q4=1–'''3'''
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

====Semifinals====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 23 August 2014
| time= 16:20
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|HUN}}'''
| score1= '''7'''
| team2= {{wp|USA}}
| score2= 5
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Daniel Flahive (AUS), Liang Zhang (CHN).
| Q1='''3'''–1
| Q2='''2'''–1
| Q3=2–2
| Q4=0–'''1'''
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 23 August 2014
| time= 17:40
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|SRB}}'''
| score1= '''7'''
| team2=  {{wp|CRO}}
| score2= 4
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan 
| attendance=
| referees= Doriel Terpenka (CAN), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
| Q1='''2'''–1
| Q2='''2'''–0
| Q3='''3'''–1
| Q4=0–'''2'''
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

====Bronze medal match====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 24 August 2014
| time= 13:50
| report= 
| team1=  '''{{wp-rt|CRO}}'''
| score1= '''8'''
| team2=  {{wp|USA}}
| score2= 6
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Gabor Vogel (HUN), Dejan Adzic (MNE).
| Q1=2–2
| Q2='''3'''–1
| Q3='''2'''–0
| Q4=1–'''3'''
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

====Final====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 24 August 2014
| time= 15:10
| report= 
| team1=  '''{{wp-rt|SRB}}'''
| score1= '''11'''
| team2=  {{wp|HUN}}
| score2= 9 ([[Water polo#Overtime|pen.]])
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS).
| Q1=1–'''2'''
| Q2=3–3
| Q3=1–1
| Q4='''2'''–1
| OT=7-7
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

===5th–8th playoffs===
{{Round4-with third|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place
<!--SF-->
|August 23 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|AUS}}'''|'''13'''|{{wp|RSA}}|2
|August 23 – [[Almaty]] |{{wp|MNE}}|8|'''{{wp|KAZ}}'''|'''9'''
<!--F-->
|August 24 – [[Almaty]] |'''{{wp|AUS}}'''|'''12'''|{{wp|KAZ}}|6
|August 24 – [[Almaty]] |{{wp|RSA}}|10|'''{{wp|MNE}}'''|'''13'''
}}

====5th–8th semifinals====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

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{{waterpolobox
| date= 23 August 2014
| time= 14:30
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|AUS}}'''
| score1= '''13'''
| team2= {{wp|RSA}}
| score2= 2
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Mihajlo Ciric (SRB), Masoud Rezvani (IRI).
| Q1='''3'''–2
| Q2='''3'''–0
| Q3='''5'''–0
| Q4='''2'''–0
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}
----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 23 August 2014
| time= 15:50
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|MNE}}
| score1= 8
| team2= '''{{wp|KAZ}}'''
| score2= '''9'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees=  Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabor Vogel (HUN).
| Q1=2–'''3'''
| Q2='''4'''–1
| Q3=1–1
| Q4=1–'''4'''
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

====7th place playoff====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 24 August 2014
| time= 14:30
| report= 
| team1= {{wp-rt|RSA}}
| score1= 10
| team2= '''{{wp|MNE}}'''
| score2= '''13'''
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Mark Maretzki (USA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
| Q1=2–'''3'''
| Q2=1–'''3'''
| Q3=4–4
| Q4=3–3
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

====5th place playoff====
<small>All times are [[EEST]] ([[UTC+3]])</small>

----
{{waterpolobox
| date= 24 August 2014
| time= 12:30
| report= 
| team1= '''{{wp-rt|AUS}}'''
| score1= '''12'''
| team2= {{wp|KAZ}}
| score2= 6
| location= Almaty, Kazakhstan
| attendance=
| referees= Nenad Peris (CRO), Ian Melliar (RSA).
| Q1=1–1
| Q2='''5'''–2
| Q3='''4'''–2
| Q4='''2'''–1
| OT=
| goals1=
| goals2=
}}

==Final standings==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="left" style="width: 17em"|TEAM
|- bgcolor=gold
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 1.png]]
|{{wp|SRB}} 
|- bgcolor=silver
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 2.png]]
|{{wp|HUN}}
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 3.png]]
|{{wp|CRO}}
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{wp|USA}}
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{wp|AUS}}
|-
|align="center"|6.
|{{wp|KAZ}}
|-
|align="center"|7.
|{{wp|MNE}}
|-
|align="center"|8.
|{{wp|RSA}}
|}
{{col-2}}
{{winners|wp|2014 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup|Serbia|Fifth}}
{| width=95%
|- align=center
;Team Roster:
[[Stefan Živojinović]] (GK), [[Nemanja Ubović]], [[Nikola Eškert]],  [[Dušan Mandić]], [[Dušan Vasić]], [[Gavril Subotić]], [[Sava Ranđelović]], [[Dimitrije Obradović]], [[Dušan Marković (water polo)|Dušan Marković]], [[Strahinja Rašović]], [[Viktor Rašović]], [[Srđan Vuksanović]], and [[Dimitrije Rističević]] (GK).
'''Head Coach''': [[Dejan Savić]].
|}
{{col-end}}

*  Serbia, Hungary, Croatia, United States and Australia qualified for the [[2015 World Aquatics Championships]].

==Individual awards==
*'''Best Player'''
**{{flagathlete|[[Dénes Varga]]|HUN}}
*'''Best Goalkeeper'''
**{{flagathlete|[[Stefan Živojinović]]|SRB}}
*'''Defender'''
**{{flagathlete|[[Jesse Smith (water polo)|Jesse Smith]]|USA}}
*'''Best Scorer'''
**{{flagathlete|[[Bret Bonanni]]|USA}}

==External links==
*[http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4706&Itemid=698/ Official site]

{{FINA World Cup}}
{{World championships in 2014}}

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