2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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

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Group B

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Group C

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Inter-Continental Cup

• April 3–8, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand
• All times are New Zealand Standard Time ()

Group A

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Group B

Final round

9th Place

7th Place

5th Place

3rd Place

1st Place

Final ranking

Super Final

• June 18–23, 2018, Danube Arena, Budapest, Hungary
• All times are Central European Summer Time ()

Qualified teams

Seeding

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

5th–8th Places

Quarterfinals

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5th–8th Semifinals

Semifinals

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Seventh place

Fifth place

Third place

Final

Final ranking

Awards

References

• Rules & Regulations