The 2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 17th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2017 and June 2018 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18–23 June 2018. The top two teams also automatically qualify for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2019.
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:
Match won in normal time – 3 points Match won in shootout – 2 points Match lost in shootout – 1 point Match lost in normal time – 0 points
Preliminary rounds
European Preliminaries November 14, 2017 – April 10, 2018
Group A
Group B
Group C
Inter-Continental Cup April 3–8, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand All times are New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12:00)
Group A
Group B
Final round 9th Place
7th Place
5th Place
3rd Place
1st Place
Final ranking Qualified to Super Final Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9
Super Final June 18–23, 2018, Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania — (re-Host) (Host)
Seeding Group A Group B (2nd ICC) (1st Europe Group A) (3rd ICC) (1st Europe Group C) (re-Host) (1st ICC) (1st Europe Group B) (4th ICC) (Host) (Replaced Russia)
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
5th–8th Places
Quarterfinals
5th–8th Semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place
Fifth place
Third place
Final
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Awards MVPHighest ScorerBest GoalkeeperBest Young Player Márton Vámos Aleksandar Ivović Mlađan Janović Inada Yosuke(14 goals) Viktor Nagy Đuro Radović
References
Rules & Regulations