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2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
The 2025 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was the 18th edition of the tournament. It ran from 18 December 2024 to 13 April 2025.
2025 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup
FINA Water Polo World Cup
Water polo
18 December 2024 – 13 April 2025
Spain (2nd title)
Greece
The 2025 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was the 18th edition of the tournament. It ran from 18 December 2024 to 13 April 2025.
Spain won the final against Greece to capture their second title.
There were two divisions. In Division 1 eleven teams and in Division 2 twelve teams played. The top-six teams of Division 1 and the top-two teams from Division 2 competed in the super final. A win gave a team three points, a win after penalties two, a loss after penalties one and a loss after regular time zero points.
Tournament details
Romania
1
6–12 January
11 (from 3 confederations)
26
717 (27.58 per match)
Bernat Sanahuja(19 goals)
The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament will be played in Bucharest, Romania between 6 and 12 January 2025. The top two of each group advance to the quarterfinals, with the top six finishers advancing to the super final. It was originally going to be held in Novi Sad, Serbia but for unknown reasons, it was changed to Romania's capital.
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ante Bura (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 1–4, 5–2
Sanahuja 5
Goals
Manhercz 6
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7 January 2025 15:00
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Hungary
15–10
France
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Boris Margeta (SLO), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 6–0, 3–3, 5–4
Vigvári 5
Goals
three players 2
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8 January 2025 17:00
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France
11–13
Spain
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Michiel Zwart (NED), Mihai Bălănescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 2–2, 2–5
Vernoux 3
Goals
Sanahuja 4
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7 January 2025 16:30
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Montenegro
10–18
Greece
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Julien Bourges (FRA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–7, 3–2, 1–7
three players 2
Goals
Argyropoulos 4
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8 January 2025 09:00
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Greece
17–13
Serbia
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 3–2, 6–4
Kakaris 4
Goals
Martinović 5
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8 January 2025 18:30
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Serbia
15–16
Montenegro
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Boris Margeta (SLO), Ante Bura (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–5, 7–5, 4–2
Gladović, Lukić 4
Goals
Moskov, Radović 3
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6 January 2025 18:30
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Japan
17–19
United States
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 5–3, 6–4, 4–6
five players 3
Goals
Irving 5
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7 January 2025 18:00
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United States
10–7
Romania
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Vuk Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 2–2, 4–2
Ohl 3
Goals
Vancsik 2
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8 January 2025 20:00
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Romania
12–16
Japan
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vuk Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–6, 4–4, 2–4
Colodrovschi 5
Goals
Adachi 5
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7 January 2025 19:30
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Croatia
13–11
Georgia
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 5–2, 4–2, 2–2
Kharkov 5
Goals
three players 2
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10 January 2025 13:00
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Serbia
21–6
Romania
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Ante Bura (CRO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–2, 4–1, 9–2
Radulović 6
Goals
Belényesi 2
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11 January 2025 13:00
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Serbia
18–12
France
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Ante Bura (CRO)
Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–4, 3–4, 4–1
Martinović, Radulović 3
Goals
Bouet 4
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12 January 2025 13:00
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Romania
15–14
France
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Levan Berishvili (GEO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–5, 3–4, 4–3
Iudean 5
Goals
three players 3
Fifth place bracket
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5–8th place semifinals
Fifth place
11 January
Georgia
18
12 January
Japan
19
Japan
8
11 January
Croatia
20
United States
6
Croatia
15
Seventh place
12 January
Georgia
17
United States
12
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9 January 2025 16:00
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Spain
14–9
Serbia
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–1, 5–2, 3–4
Sanahuja 5
Goals
Lukić 5
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9 January 2025 17:30
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Montenegro
18–13
France
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 6–3, 4–5, 5–1
Ćetković, Gardašević 5
Goals
Bouet 3
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9 January 2025 19:00
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Georgia
24–12
Romania
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 6–7, 3–2, 9–1
Akhvlediani 8
Goals
Georgescu 5
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10 January 2025 14:30
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Hungary
21–10
Georgia
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Vuk Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 4–1, 5–1, 6–6
Ekler 5
Goals
Pjesivac, Shushiashvili 3
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10 January 2025 16:00
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Greece
20–16
Japan
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Boris Margeta (SLO), Levan Berishvili (GEO)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–5, 7–1, 4–5
three players 4
Goals
Inaba 6
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10 January 2025 17:30
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United States
7–15
Montenegro
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Mihai Bălănescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 1–3, 3–4
Ohl 3
Goals
Moskov 4
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10 January 2025 19:00
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Croatia
14–15
Spain
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Michiel Zwart (NED), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–5, 5–4, 2–3, 4–3
Kharkov 3
Goals
Biel, Valls 4
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11 January 2025 14:30
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Georgia
18–19
Japan
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Julien Bourges (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–5
Akhvlediani, Pjesivac 4
Goals
Inaba 4
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11 January 2025 16:00
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United States
6–15
Croatia
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–7, 0–3, 1–2, 2–3
six players 1
Goals
Marinić Kragić 4
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11 January 2025 17:30
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Hungary
20–10
Greece
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Michiel Zwart (NED), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–3, 4–2, 6–2
four players 3
Goals
ten players 1
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11 January 2025 19:00
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Montenegro
8–15
Spain
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–2, 1–5, 5–4
Ćetković, Perković 2
Goals
Daura 5
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12 January 2025 14:30
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Georgia
17–12
United States
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Ante Bura (CRO), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
Score by quarters: 5–4, 4–3, 3–2, 5–3
three players 3
Goals
Ohl 4
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12 January 2025 16:00
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Japan
8–20
Croatia
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Siniša Matijašević (MNE), Mihai Bălănescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–5, 1–5, 3–7
Watanabe 3
Goals
Kharkov, Marinić Kragić 4
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12 January 2025 17:30
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Greece
17–10
Montenegro
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Julien Bourges (FRA), Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 7–1, 4–3, 3–4
Argyropoulos, Kalogeropoulos 4
Goals
Matković 4
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12 January 2025 19:00
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Hungary
9–15
Spain
Swimming National Centre Otopeni, Bucharest Referees:Darren Spiritosanto (USA), Vuk Milović (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–4, 2–3, 5–4
three players 2
Goals
Granados 8
Tournament details
Turkey
1
18–21 December
12 (from 3 confederations)
28
772 (27.57 per match)
Selçuk Caner(25 goals)
The draw was held on 31 October 2024. The tournament was played in Istanbul, Turkey between 18 and 21 December 2024. The top two of each group advanced to the quarterfinals and the top-two finishers of the tournament will play in the super final.
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
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18 December 2024 16:00
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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
Mehri 4
Goals
Veklyuk 8
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19 December 2024 10:00
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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
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18 December 2024 10:30
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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
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18 December 2024 17:00
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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
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19 December 2024 11:30
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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
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Column 5
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18 December 2024 12:00
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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
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18 December 2024 20:30
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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
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19 December 2024 13:00
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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
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18 December 2024 13:30
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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
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18 December 2024 19:00
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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
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19 December 2024 14:30
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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
Fifth place bracket
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5–8th place semifinals
Fifth place
21 December
Portugal
9
21 December
Malta
10
Malta
15
21 December
Slovakia
14
Ukraine
14
Slovakia
20
Seventh place
21 December
Portugal
17
Ukraine
11
Ninth place bracket
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Column 3
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Column 5
Column 6
Column 7
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
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20 December 2024 16:00
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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, Mehri 3
Goals
Martins 4
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20 December 2024 17:30
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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
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20 December 2024 19:00
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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
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20 December 2024 20:30
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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
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Column 3
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Column 5
Column 6
19 December 2024 18:00
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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
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
19 December 2024 19:30
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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
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Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 09:00
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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
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 10:30
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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
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 12:00
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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
Mehri 3
Goals
Ten Broek 5
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 13:30
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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
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
20 December 2024 14:30
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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
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
20 December 2024 13:00
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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
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Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 16:00
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Portugal
17–11
Ukraine
Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees:Warren Beuster (RSA), Babak Hesamian (IRI)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 6–3, 6–6, 4–2
Rocha 3
Goals
four players 2
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 17:30
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Malta
15–14
Slovakia
Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees:Anna Goncharenko (UKR), Eurico Silva (POR)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–7, 3–5, 2–2
Cutajar 5
Goals
Bielik 5
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Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 19:00
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Iran
11–12
China
Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees:Peter Radič (SVK), Stefan Licari (MLT)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 4–1, 3–4
Ghavidel 4
Goals
Chen Y. 4
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Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
21 December 2024 20:30
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Netherlands
11–9
Germany
Maltepe University, Istanbul Referees:Âkif Uz (TUR), Maxim Gerasimov (GBR)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–4, 4–4, 1–1
Van der Weijden 5
Goals
Hofmann 4
Tournament details
Montenegro
1
11–13 April
8
Spain
Greece
Hungary
Croatia
12
364 (30.33 per match)
Álvaro Granados(17 goals)
The tournament took place between 11 and 13 April 2025 in Podgorica, Montenegro.
Originally, venues in Budva and Kotor were earmarked to organise the event, however, this was changed and the event was held at the Morača Sports Center in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica.
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