2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | |
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League | FINA Water Polo World Cup |
Sport | Water polo |
Duration | 20 – 25 August |
Super Final | |
Finals champions | Russia |
Runners-up | Hungary |
The Fukuoka, Japan (2001).
The FINA Cup in Belgrade decided which teams qualified directly to the
Barcelona, Spain from July 13 to July 27, 2003. Russia and Hungary, as well as the host Spain, already qualified based on the results from the 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
(June 28 – August 4, 2002).
Teams
The top eight teams from the previous World Aquatic Championship have qualified.
Teams | Qualified as |
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Yugoslavia |
Host (2nd 2001 World Championship) |
Seeding
Following ranking of the 2001 World Championship
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Spain (1) Yugoslavia (2) (H)
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United States (7) |
Groups
Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round
Group A
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Qualification | |
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1. | Yugoslavia (H) | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19 | +7 | Semi-finals |
2. | Russia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
3. | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 19 | +5 | Quarter-finals |
4. | United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 26 | –12 |
- August 20, 2002
Russia | 7 – 6 | Hungary | 2-2 1-1 0-2 4-1 | |
United States | 4 – 9 | Yugoslavia | 0-2 0-2 2-3 2-2 |
- August 21, 2002
United States | 5 – 9 | Hungary | 1-1 1-2 2-2 1-4 | |
Russia | 6 – 10 | Yugoslavia | 1-4 3-3 2-3 0-0 |
- August 22, 2002
United States | 5 – 8 | Russia | 0-2 0-3 2-1 3-2 | |
Yugoslavia | 7 – 9 | Hungary | 2-3 1-2 2-2 2-2 |
Group B
Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Qualification | |
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1. | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 16 | +3 | Semi-finals |
2. | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
3. | Spain | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | +1 | Quarter-finals |
4. | Croatia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 20 | –4 |
- August 20, 2002
Croatia | 5 – 6 | Italy | 2-1 1-2 2-1 0-2 | |
Greece | 5 – 5 | Spain | 1-2 3-1 1-1 0-1 |
- August 21, 2002
Croatia | 4 – 7 | Spain | 1-3 1-2 2-1 0-1 | |
Greece | 6 – 6 | Italy | 1-1 1-1 1-1 3-3 |
- August 22, 2002
Italy | 7 – 5 | Spain | 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 | |
Croatia | 7 – 7 | Greece | 2-1 2-1 1-3 2-2 |
Quarterfinals
- August 23, 2002
Hungary | 10 – 7 | Greece | 4-1 2-3 1-2 3-1 | |
Russia | 6 – 5 | Spain | 0-0 1-2 3-2 2-1 |
Semifinals
- August 24, 2002
Yugoslavia | 5 – 7 | Hungary | 2-2 1-3 1-1 1-1 | |
Italy | 4 – 5 | Russia | 1-1 1-0 2-1 0-3 |
Finals
- August 23, 2002 — Seventh place
United States | 12 – 10 | Croatia | 4-4 4-3 2-1 2-2 |
- August 24, 2002 — Fifth place
Greece | 4 – 3 | Spain | 2-1 1-2 1-0 0-0 |
- August 25, 2002 — Third place
Yugoslavia | 6 – 4 | Italy | 2-0 1-1 1-2 2-1 |
- August 25, 2002 — First place
Hungary | 9 – 10 | Russia | 3-2 3-2 2-4 1-2 |
Final ranking
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- Yugoslavia, Italy, Greece and the United States qualified for the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. Russia and Hungary, as well as the host Spain, already qualified.
Individual awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Tamás Kásás (HUN)
- Best Goalkeeper
- Nikolai Maximov(RUS)
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- Topscorer
- Tamás Kásás (HUN) — 13 goals
Squads
Croatia
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Head coach:
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Greece
Head coach:
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Italy
Head coach:
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Hungary
Head coach:
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Russia
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Head coach:
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United States
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Yugoslavia
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References
- ^ FINA. September 2019. p. 25. Archived(PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.