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Sports season

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
League	FINA Water Polo World Cup
Sport	Water polo
Duration	18 December 2024 – 20 April 2025
Super Final
FINA Water Polo World Cup seasons
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The 2025 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup will be the 18th edition of the tournament. It will run from 18 December 2024 to 20 April 2025.

Format

There are two divisions. In Division 1 eleven teams and in Division 2 twelve teams will play. The top-six teams of Division 1 and the top-two teams from Division 2 compete in the super final. A win gives a team three points, a win after penalties two, a loss after penalties one and a loss after regular time zero points.

Division 1

International handball competition

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Romania
Venue(s)	1
Dates	7–12 January
Teams	11 (from 3 confederations)

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament will be played in Bucharest, Romania between 7 and 12 January 2025. The top two of each group advance to the quarterfinals, with the top six finishers advancing to the super final.

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 7 January 2025. Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 7 January 2025. Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	Romania (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 7 January 2025. Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals

First match(es) will be played: 7 January 2025. Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	10 January


					11 January


	10 January


									12 January


	10 January


					11 January


	10 January
									Third place

									12 January

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place

	11 January


					12 January


	11 January




					Seventh place

					12 January

Division 2

International handball competition

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
Venue(s)	1
Dates	18–21 December
Teams	12 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	672 (28 per match)

The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament will be played in Istanbul, Turkey between 18 and 21 December 2024. The top two of each group advance to the quarterfinals and the top-two finishers of the tournament will play in the super final.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	0	37	18	+19	6	Quarterfinals
2	Ukraine	2	1	0	0	1	33	24	+9	3	Quarterfinals
3	South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	12	40	−28	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

Ukraine replaced Kazakhstan.

18 December 2024 09:00	Report	South Africa	4–21	Iran	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–3, 2–5, 1–5
		four players 1	Goals	Yazdankhah 6

18 December 2024 16:00	Report	Iran	16–14	Ukraine	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Peter Radič (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 4–4, 4–2, 4–2
		Mehrikohneshahri 4	Goals	Veklyuk 8

19 December 2024 10:00	Report	Ukraine	19–8	South Africa	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 7–1, 3–2, 4–3
		Rakitin 6	Goals	D. Sneddon 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	China	2	2	0	0	0	32	21	+11	6	Quarterfinals
2	Portugal	2	1	0	0	1	29	23	+6	3	Quarterfinals
3	Great Britain	2	0	0	0	2	20	37	−17	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

18 December 2024 10:30	Report	Portugal	18–10	Great Britain	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 3–0, 4–5, 6–1
		Martins 7	Goals	K. Powell 5

18 December 2024 17:00	Report	Great Britain	10–19	China	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–5, 2–4, 2–4
		R. Powell 4	Goals	Chen Z. 5

19 December 2024 11:30	Report	China	13–11	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Hendrik Schopp (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–2, 2–5, 2–1
		Chen Z. 6	Goals	four players 2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	2	2	0	0	0	39	17	+22	6	Quarterfinals
2	Malta	2	1	0	0	1	35	22	+13	3	Quarterfinals
3	Singapore	2	0	0	0	2	10	45	−35	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

18 December 2024 12:00	Report	Malta	21–7	Singapore	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Warren Beuster (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
		Camilleri 4	Goals	C. Loh 3

18 December 2024 20:30	Report	Singapore	3–24	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Babak Hesamian (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 1–6, 1–5, 1–8
		three players 1	Goals	Schipper 7

19 December 2024 13:00	Report	Germany	15–14	Malta	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Maxim Gerasimov (GBR), Babak Hesamian (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 3–3, 3–5, 4–3
		Bozic, Strelezkij 3	Goals	Camilleri 5

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	0	37	28	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	0	1	32	38	−6	3	Quarterfinals
3	Turkey (H)	2	0	0	0	2	32	35	−3	0

Source: Worldcupwp2025
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

18 December 2024 13:30	Report	Netherlands	21–13	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Anna Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 6–6, 6–2, 5–2, 4–3
		Ten Broek 5	Goals	three players 3

18 December 2024 19:00	Report	Slovakia	19–17	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 5–7, 4–3, 5–2
		Tkáč 7	Goals	Caner 7

19 December 2024 14:30	Report	Turkey	15–16	Netherlands	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Eurico Silva (POR)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 3–4, 3–2, 4–6
		Caner 4	Goals	S. Hessels, Te Riele 5

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	20 December

	Iran	15
					21 December
	Portugal	11
					Iran	7
	20 December
					Netherlands	18
	Netherlands	18
									21 December
	Malta	14
									Netherlands
	20 December
									Germany
	China	17
					21 December
	Ukraine	11
					China	9
	20 December
					Germany	20			Third place
	Germany	17
									21 December
	Slovakia	11
									Iran

									China

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place

	21 December

	Portugal	9
					21 December
	Malta	10
					Malta
	21 December
					Slovakia
	Ukraine	14

	Slovakia	20
					Seventh place

					21 December

					Portugal

					Ukraine

Ninth place bracket

	9–12th place semifinals				Ninth place

	19 December

	South Africa	9
					20 December
	Great Britain	15
					Great Britain	7
	19 December
					Turkey	14
	Singapore	10

	Turkey	26
					Eleventh place

					20 December

					South Africa	9

					Singapore	13

Quarterfinals

20 December 2024 16:00	Report	Iran	15–11	Portugal	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 8–3, 2–3
		Behzadsabouri, Mehrikohneshahri 3	Goals	Martins 4

20 December 2024 17:30	Report	China	17–11	Ukraine	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 4–2, 6–1, 2–4
		Chen Y., Chen Z. 4	Goals	Veklyuk 4

20 December 2024 19:00	Report	Germany	17–11	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Stefan Licari (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 3–3, 6–4
		Hofmann 4	Goals	Ďurík 3

20 December 2024 20:30	Report	Netherlands	18–14	Malta	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 7–4, 2–3, 7–3, 2–4
		Van der Weijden 5	Goals	three players 3

9–12th place semifinals

19 December 2024 18:00	Report	South Africa	9–15	Great Britain	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Anna Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–5, 2–4, 2–6
		Watt 3	Goals	Gilmour 4

19 December 2024 19:30	Report	Singapore	10–26	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Yang Pang (CHN), Peter Radič (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 0–9, 3–6, 1–4, 6–7
		three players 2	Goals	Caner 10

5–8th place semifinals

21 December 2024 09:00	Report	Portugal	9–10	Malta	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Ruben Sap (NED), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–5, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Camilleri 3

21 December 2024 10:30	Report	Ukraine	14–20	Slovakia	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Hendrik Schopp (GER), Yang Pang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 5–3, 5–8, 3–5
		Gusakov 6	Goals	Baláž, Furman 6

Semifinals

21 December 2024 12:00	Report	Iran	7–18	Netherlands	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–4, 1–5, 1–3
		Mehrikohneshahri 3	Goals	Ten Broek 5

21 December 2024 13:30	Report	China	9–20	Germany	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Spyridon Achladiotis (GRE), Âkif Uz (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 2–6, 3–4, 0–4
		Chen Z. 4	Goals	Bozic, Gansen 4

Eleventh place game

20 December 2024 14:30	Report	South Africa	9–13	Singapore	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Peter Radič (SVK), Anna Goncharenko (UKR)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 5–4, 2–3
		R. Sneddon 3	Goals	six players 2

Ninth place game

20 December 2024 13:00	Report	Great Britain	7–14	Turkey	Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees: Eurico Silva (POR), Warren Beuster (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–1, 2–3, 3–6
		K. Powell 4	Goals	Caner, Destici 4

Seventh place game

21 December 2024
16:00

–

Maltepe University, Istanbul
Referees:
Warren Beuster (RSA), Babak Hesamian (IRI)

Fifth place game

21 December 2024
17:30

–

Maltepe University, Istanbul
Referees:
Anna Goncharenko (UKR), Eurico Silva (POR)

Third place game

21 December 2024
19:00

–

Maltepe University, Istanbul

Final

21 December 2024
20:30

–

Maltepe University, Istanbul

Super final

International handball competition

2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)	1
Dates	18–20 April
Teams	8

The tournament will take place between 18 and 20 April 2025.

Qualified teams

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final




















									Third place

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place












					Seventh place

Final standings

Rank	Team



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See also

2025 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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