2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup

The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup was the twelfth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in the Tašmajdan Swimming Pool in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from August 20 to August 25, 2002. Participating teams were the eight best teams from the last World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan (2001).

The FINA Cup in Belgrade decided which teams qualified directly to the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in 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

Squads

 Croatia

 Greece

 Italy

 Hungary

 Russia

 United States

 Yugoslavia

Preliminary round

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Yugoslavia	4	3	2	0	1	26	19	+7
2.	Russia	4	3	2	0	1	21	21	0
3.	Hungary	4	3	2	0	1	24	19	+5
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
1.	Italy	5	3	2	1	0	19	16	+3
2.	Greece	3	3	0	3	0	18	18	0
3.	Spain	3	3	1	1	1	17	16	+1
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

RANK TEAM  Russia  Hungary  Yugoslavia 4.  Italy 5.  Greece 6.  Spain 7.  United States 8.  Croatia

2002 Men's FINA World Cup Winners  Russia Third title

• 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)

• Topscorer
  •  Tamás Kásás (HUN) — 13 goals