2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 16th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Berlin, Germany from September 11 to September 16, 2018. Like the final tournament of the 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League all matches were contested in the Europasportpark swimming pool.

Format
8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They were split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a 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.

Teams
The top eight teams from the previous world championship are no longer qualified. Now only the top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship).

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).

Top goalscorers
Source: FINA - Leading Scorers

Individual awards

 * Best Player
 * 🇦🇺 Aaron Younger (AUS)


 * Best Goalscorer
 * 🇷🇸 Gavril Subotić (SRB)


 * Best Goalkeeper
 * 🇦🇺 Joel Dennerley (AUS)

Head coach:
 * Joel Dennerley
 * Richard Campbell
 * George Ford
 * Joe Kayes
 * Nathan Power
 * Lachlan Edwards
 * Lachlan Hollis
 * Aaron Younger
 * Andrew Ford
 * Timothy Putt
 * Rhys Howden
 * Blake Edwards
 * Anthony Hrysanthos
 * Elvis Fatović

Head coach:
 * Moritz Schenkel
 * Ben Reibel
 * Timo van der Bosch
 * Julian Real
 * Tobias Preuss
 * Maurice Jüngling
 * Denis Strelezkij
 * Hannes Schuls
 * Marko Stamm
 * Mateo Ćuk
 * Marin Restović
 * Dennis Eidner
 * Kevin Götz
 * Hagen Stamm

Head coach:
 * Gergely Kardos
 * Szilárd Jansik
 * Krisztián Manhercz
 * Gergő Zalánki
 * Toni Német
 * Tamás Mezei
 * Dávid Jansik
 * Gergő Kovács
 * Ádám Nagy
 * Bence Bátori
 * Mátyás Pásztor
 * Zoltán Pohl
 * Soma Vogel
 * Tamás Märcz

Head coach:
 * Katsuyuki Tanamura
 * Seiya Adachi
 * Harukiirario Koppu
 * Toi Suzuki
 * Takuma Yoshida
 * Atsuto Ilda
 * Mitsuru Takata
 * Atsushi Arai
 * Kohei Inaba
 * Keigo Okawa
 * Kenta Araki
 * Tomoyoshi Fukushima
 * Yoji Omoto

Head coach:
 * Marko Bijač
 * Marko Macan
 * Loren Fatović
 * Luka Lončar
 * Andrija Bašić
 * Hrvoje Benić
 * Ante Vukičević
 * Andro Bušlje
 * Lovre Miloš
 * Josip Vrlić
 * Anđelo Šetka
 * Xavier García
 * Ivan Marcelić
 * Ivica Tucak

Head coach:
 * Strajo Dimitrije Rističević
 * Dušan Mandić
 * Viktor Rašović
 * Sava Ranđelović
 * Gavril Subotić
 * Đorđe Lazić
 * Nemanja Vico
 * Radomir Drašović
 * Nikola Jakšić
 * Mateja Asanović
 * Ognjen Stojanović
 * Strahinja Rašović
 * Lazar Dobožanov
 * Dejan Savić

Head coach:
 * Lwazi Madi
 * Miguel Morais
 * Chris Brown
 * Ethan James Jagger Coryndon-Baker
 * Garreth Prout
 * Nic Downes
 * Lood Rabie
 * Nicholas Rodda
 * Cameron Laurenson
 * Mark Spencer
 * Jason Evezard
 * Donn Stewart
 * Paul Martin

Head coach:
 * McQuin Baron
 * Johnathan Masashi Hooper
 * Dylan Woodhead
 * Alex Obert
 * Ben Hallock
 * Luca Cupido
 * Nick Carniglia
 * Alex Roelse
 * Alex Bowen
 * Benjamin Dutch Stevenson
 * Jesse Smith
 * Maxwell Bruce Irving
 * Jack William Turner
 * Dejan Udovičić