2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

| league = FINA Water Polo World Cup

| sport = Water polo

| logo =

| duration = 1 – 4 August

| no_of_games =

| no_of_teams =

| season =

| season_champs =

| MVP =

| MVP_link =

| top_scorer =

| top_scorer_link =

| playoffs = Super Final

| playoffs_link =

| finals =

| finals_link =

| finals_champ =

| finals_runner-up =

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| seasonslist = FINA Water Polo World Cup

| seasonslistnames = FINA Water Polo World Cup

| prevseason_link = 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

| prevseason_year = 2006

| nextseason_link = 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

| nextseason_year = 2014

}}

The 14th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Oradea, Romania from July 27 to August 1, 2010.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwcp |format=dmy }}

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2010 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).

class=wikitable width=70%
width=20%\|Teams	width=50%\|Qualified as
{{wp\|ROU}} {{wp\|SRB}} {{wp\|ESP}} {{wp\|CRO}} (European Host) {{wp\|USA}} {{wp\|AUS}} {{wp\|CHN}} ({{wp\|RSA}}) {{wp\|IRN}} \| Host (7th 2009 World Championship) 1st 2009 World Championship 2nd 2009 World Championship 3rd 2009 World Championship 1st European team at 2009 World Championship 1st American team at 2009 World Championship 1st Oceanian team at 2009 World Championship 1st Asian team at 2009 World Championship 1st African team at 2009 World Championship replace {{wp\|RSA}} withdrawn

class=wikitable width=70%

width=20%|Teams

width=50%|Qualified as

{{wp|ROU}}
{{wp|SRB}}
{{wp|ESP}}
{{wp|CRO}}
(European Host)
{{wp|USA}}
{{wp|AUS}}
{{wp|CHN}}
({{wp|RSA}})
{{wp|IRN}}

Host (7th 2009 World Championship)
1st 2009 World Championship
2nd 2009 World Championship
3rd 2009 World Championship
1st European team at 2009 World Championship
1st American team at 2009 World Championship
1st Oceanian team at 2009 World Championship
1st Asian team at 2009 World Championship
1st African team at 2009 World Championship
replace {{wp|RSA}} withdrawn

Groups

class=wikitable width=50%
width=25%\|Group A	width=25%\|Group B
{{wp\|ESP}} {{wp\|ROU}} (H) {{wp\|AUS}} {{wp\|IRN}} \| {{wp\|SRB}} {{wp\|CRO}} {{wp\|USA}} {{wp\|CHN}}

class=wikitable width=50%

width=25%|Group A

width=25%|Group B

{{wp|ESP}}
{{wp|ROU}} (H)
{{wp|AUS}}
{{wp|IRN}}

Preliminary round

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

=Group A=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC" !width="25" \| !width="200"\|Team !width="60"\|G !width="60"\|W !width="60"\|D !width="60"\|L !width="60"\|GF !width="60"\|GA !width="60"\|Diff !width="60"\|Points !width="60"\|Qualification
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|1. \|align=left\|{{wp\|ESP}} \| 3	3	0	0	49	16	+33	6	Quarter-finals
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|2. \|align=left\|{{wp\|ROU}} (H)	3	2	0	1	45	24	+21	4	Quarter-finals
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|3. \|align=left\|{{wp\|AUS}}	3	1	0	2	42	24	+18	2	Quarter-finals
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|4. \|align=left\|{{wp\|IRN}}	3	0	0	3	6	78	−72	0	Quarter-finals

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2010

| time= 17:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/02_IRI-ROU.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|IRN}}

| score1= 1

| team2= {{wp|ROU}}

| score2= 26

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Jianguo (CHN), Cabral (BRA)

| Q1=0–8

| Q2=0–8

| Q3=0–6

| Q4=1–4

| OT=

| goals1=Jafari 1

| goals2=Georgescu 5

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2010

| time= 20:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/04_AUS-ESP.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|ESP}}

| score2= 9

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Štampalija (CRO), Goldenberg (USA)

| Q1=4–2

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=0–1

| Q4=2–3

| OT=

| goals1=McGregor 3

| goals2=Molina, Perrone 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 28 July 2010

| time= 17:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/06_AUS-ROU.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|ROU}}

| score2= 11

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Ćirić (SRB), Koganov (AZE)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=3–4

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=2–4

| OT=

| goals1=Miller 3

| goals2=Redu, Kádár 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 28 July 2010

| time= 20:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/08_IRI-ESP.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|IRN}}

| score1= 1

| team2= {{wp|ESP}}

| score2= 26

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Cabral (BRA), Štampalija (CRO)

| Q1=0–6

| Q2=0–7

| Q3=1–5

| Q4=0–8

| OT=

| goals1=Jafari 1

| goals2=Garcia 5

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2010

| time= 17:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/10_ROU-ESP.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|ROU}}

| score1= 8

| team2= {{wp|ESP}}

| score2= 14

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Ćirić (SRB), Koganov (AZE)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=2–4

| Q3=3–6

| Q4=2–3

| OT=

| goals1=Iosep, Georgescu 2

| goals2=Minguell, García 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2010

| time= 20:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/12_IRI-AUS.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|IRN}}

| score1= 4

| team2= {{wp|AUS}}

| score2= 26

| location=

| attendance=

| referees=

| Q1=0-6

| Q2=1-3

| Q3=3-8

| Q4=0-9

| OT=

| goals1=Kouhi 2

| goals2=Campbell, Younger, Miller 4

}}

=Group B=

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bgcolor="#DCDCDC" !width="25" \| !width="200"\|Team !width="60"\|G !width="60"\|W !width="60"\|D !width="60"\|L !width="60"\|GF !width="60"\|GA !width="60"\|Diff !width="60"\|Points !width="60"\|Qualification
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|1. \|align=left\|{{wp\|CRO}}	3	3	0	0	33	19	+14	6	Quarter-finals
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|2. \|align=left\|{{wp\|SRB}}	3	2	0	1	40	27	+13	4	Quarter-finals
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|3. \|align=left\|{{wp\|USA}}	3	1	0	2	26	32	−6	2	Quarter-finals
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|4. \|align=left\|{{wp\|CHN}}	3	0	0	3	18	39	−21	0	Quarter-finals

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2010

| time= 15:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/01_USA-CHN.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 6

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Alexandrescu (ROU), Hafezi (IRN)

| Q1=1–0

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=3–1

| Q4=3–2

| OT=

| goals1=Sharf, Hopkins, Hutten 2

| goals2=Tan Feihu 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 27 July 2010

| time= 18:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/03_CRO-SRB.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|SRB}}

| score2= 8

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Shaydakov (RUS), Koganov (AZE)

| Q1=2–2

| Q2=1–1

| Q3=3–2

| Q4=4–3

| OT=

| goals1=Sukno 4

| goals2=Udovičić, Filipović 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 28 July 2010

| time= 15:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/05_CRO-CHN.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 14

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 4

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Hart (AUS), Hafezi (IRN)

| Q1=3–1

| Q2=4–1

| Q3=2–0

| Q4=5–2

| OT=

| goals1=Dobud 4

| goals2=Liang 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 28 July 2010

| time= 18:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/07_USA-SRB.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|SRB}}

| score2= 17

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Moliner (ESP), Shaydakov (RUS)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=1–4

| Q4=6–7

| OT=

| goals1=Sharf, Azevedo 2

| goals2=Udovičić 5

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2010

| time= 15:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/09_CHN-SRB.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CHN}}

| score1= 8

| team2= {{wp|SRB}}

| score2= 15

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Moliner (ESP), Hart (AUS)

| Q1=2–1

| Q2=0–4

| Q3=2–6

| Q4=4–4

| OT=

| goals1= Liang 2

| goals2= Udovičić, Vapenski, Nikić, Aleksić, Filipović, Mitrović 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 29 July 2010

| time= 18:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/11_USA-CRO.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|CRO}}

| score2= 9

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Shaydakov (RUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=1-2

| Q2=1-2

| Q3=1-3

| Q4=4-2

| OT=

| goals1=Hopkins, Bailey 2

| goals2=Joković, Sukno 3

}}

Knockout round

=Championship=

{{Round8-with third

|July 30 – Oradea |{{wp|ESP}}|11|{{wp|CHN}}|5

|July 30 – Oradea |{{wp|AUS}}|9|{{wp|SER}}|12

|July 30 – Oradea |{{wp|IRN}}|2|{{wp|CRO}}|23

|July 30 – Oradea |{{wp|ROU}}|12|{{wp|USA}}|14

|July 31 – Oradea |{{wp|ESP}}|10|{{wp|SER}}|12

|July 31 – Oradea |{{wp|CRO}}|11|{{wp|USA}}|9

|August 1 – Oradea |{{wp|SER}}|13|{{wp|CRO}}|7

|August 1 – Oradea |{{wp|ESP}}|12|{{wp|USA}}|8

}}

==Quarterfinals==

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 30 July 2010

| time= 15:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/13_AUS-SRB.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|SER}}

| score2= 12

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Alexandrescu (ROU), Cabral (BRA)

| Q1=2–3

| Q2=2–4

| Q3=2–3

| Q4=3–2

| OT=

| goals1=Younger, Howden 2

| goals2=Aleksić 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 30 July 2010

| time= 17:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/14_ROU-USA.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|ROU}}

| score1= 12

| team2= {{wp|USA}}

| score2= 14

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Moliner (ESP), Shaydakov (RUS)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=4–4

| Q3=4–4

| Q4=3–5

| OT=

| goals1=Negrean 4

| goals2=Azevedo, Bailey, Hutten 3

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 30 July 2010

| time= 18:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/15_ESP-CHN.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|ESP}}

| score1= 11

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 5

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Hafezi (IRI), Hart (AUS)

| Q1=1–2

| Q2=5–1

| Q3=2–0

| Q4=3–2

| OT=

| goals1=Molina, Español, Vallès, García 2

| goals2=Tan, Liang, Pan, Wang, Han 1

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 30 July 2010

| time= 20:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/16_IRI-CRO.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|IRN}}

| score1= 2

| team2= {{wp|CRO}}

| score2= 23

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Jianguo (CHN), Koganov (AZE)

| Q1=0–6

| Q2=1–8

| Q3=0–5

| Q4=1–4

| OT=

| goals1=Mirmehdi, Soltani 1

| goals2=Bošković, Sukno 4

}}

==Semifinals==

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2010

| time= 18:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/19_USA-CRO.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 9

| team2= {{wp|CRO}}

| score2= 11

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Alexandrescu (ROU), Hart (AUS)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=2–3

| Q3=4–2

| Q4=2–3

| OT=

| goals1=Azevedo, Bailey 3

| goals2=Bošković 4

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2010

| time= 20:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/20_SRB-ESP.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|SER}}

| score1= 12

| team2= {{wp|ESP}}

| score2= 10

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Koganov (AZE), Cabral (BRA)

| Q1=4–4

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=4–3

| Q4=1–0

| OT=

| goals1=Prlainović 4

| goals2=García 3

}}

==Bronze medal match==

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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{{waterpolobox |bg=#cc9966

| date= 1 August 2010

| time= 16:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/23_USA-ESP.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|USA}}

| score1= 8

| team2= {{wp|ESP}}

| score2= 12

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Hart (AUS), Alexandrescu (ROU)

| Q1=1–3

| Q2=3–3

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=3–4

| OT=

| goals1=Powers 2

| goals2=García 4

}}

==Final==

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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{{waterpolobox |bg=#FFFFBB

| date= 1 August 2010

| time= 17:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/24_CRO-SRB.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CRO}}

| score1= 7

| team2= {{wp|SER}}

| score2= 13

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Goldenberg (USA), Koganov (AZE)

| Q1=0–4

| Q2=3–2

| Q3=3–5

| Q4=1–2

| OT=

| goals1=Sukno 3

| goals2=Gocić, Udovičić, Filipović 3

}}

=5th–8th playoffs=

{{Round4-with third|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place

|July 31 – Oradea |{{wp|CHN}}|6|{{wp|AUS}}|10

|July 31 – Oradea |{{wp|IRN}}|6|{{wp|ROM}}|24

|August 1 – Oradea |{{wp|AUS}}|5|{{wp|ROM}}|9

|August 1 – Oradea |{{wp|CHN}}|20|{{wp|IRN}}|5

}}

==5th–8th semifinals==

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2010

| time= 15:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/18_AUS-CHN.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 10

| team2= {{wp|CHN}}

| score2= 6

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Goldenberg (USA), Hafezi (IRI)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=2–2

| Q3=1–2

| Q4=3–1

| OT=

| goals1=Campbell, Younger, McGregor 2

| goals2=Pan 2

}}

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 31 July 2010

| time= 17:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/17_ROU-IRI.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|ROM}}

| score1= 24

| team2= {{wp|IRN}}

| score2= 6

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Štampalija (CRO), Ćirić (SRB)

| Q1=4–1

| Q2=8–3

| Q3=9–1

| Q4=3–1

| OT=

| goals1=Negrean 6

| goals2=Mardani, Mirmehdi, Jafari 2

}}

==7th place playoff==

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 1 August 2010

| time= 10:00

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/21_IRI-CHN.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|CHN}}

| score1= 20

| team2= {{wp|IRN}}

| score2= 5

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Cabral (BRA), Ćirić (SRB)

| Q1=5–0

| Q2=6–2

| Q3=4–1

| Q4=5–2

| OT=

| goals1=Junliang 4

| goals2=Karami, Pirouzkhah 2

}}

==5th place playoff==

All times are EEST (UTC+3)

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{{waterpolobox

| date= 1 August 2010

| time= 11:30

| report= [http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/content/file/foi-arbitraj/22_ROU-AUS.pdf Report]

| team1= {{wp-rt|AUS}}

| score1= 5

| team2= {{wp|ROM}}

| score2= 9

| location=

| attendance=

| referees= Moliner (ESP), Štampalija (CRO)

| Q1=1–1

| Q2=1–3

| Q3=2–2

| Q4=1–3

| OT=

| goals1=McGregor 3

| goals2=Iosep 3

}}

Final standings

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!RANK

!align="left" style="width: 17em"|TEAM

bgcolor=gold

|align="center"|Image:Med 1.png

|{{wp|SER}}

bgcolor=silver

|align="center"|Image:Med 2.png

|{{wp|CRO}}

bgcolor=cc9966

|align="center"|Image:Med 3.png

|{{wp|ESP}}

align="center"|4.

|{{wp|USA}}

align="center"|5.

|{{wp|ROM}}

align="center"|6.

|{{wp|AUS}}

align="center"|7.

|{{wp|CHN}}

align="center"|8.

|{{wp|IRN}}

{{winners|wp|2010 Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup|Serbia|Second}}

width=95%

align=center

;Team roster

1. Slobodan Soro (GK), 2. Marko Avramović, 3. Živko Gocić, 4. Vanja Udovičić, 5. Boris Vapenski, 6. Duško Pijetlović, 7. Slobodan Nikić, 8. Milan Aleksić, 9. Miloš Miličić, 10. Filip Filipović, 11. Andrija Prlainović, 12. Stefan Mitrović, and 13. Gojko Pijetlović (GK). Head coach: Dejan Udovičić.

Serbia, Croatia, Spain, United States and Romania qualified for the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.

Individual awards

Best Player
{{flagathlete|Vanja Udovičić|SRB}}
Best Goalkeeper
{{flagathlete|Slobodan Soro|SRB}}
Best Scorer
{{flagathlete|Sandro Sukno|CRO}} — 17 goals

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100723152754/http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com/ Official site]

Category:World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup

Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Romania

Category:July 2010 sports events in Romania