| 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup | |
| League: | FINA Water Polo World Cup |
| Sport: | Water polo |
| Duration: | 19 – 24 August |
| Playoffs: | Super Final |
| Seasonslist: | FINA Water Polo World Cup |
| Seasonslistnames: | FINA Water Polo World Cup |
| Prevseason Link: | 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup |
| Prevseason Year: | 2010 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup |
| Nextseason Year: | 2018 |
The 15th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from August 19 to August 24, 2014.[1]
8 teams qualified for the 2014 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.
The top three teams from the previous world championship qualify, with one guest per continent (the highest-ranked team from the previous world championship).Despite finishing 7th at 2013 World Championship, Serbia received an invitation from FINA as defending European champion instead of Italia ranked 4th at 2013 World Championship
| width=20% | Teams ! | width=50% | Qualified as |
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(Asian Host) | Host (12th 2013 World Championship) 1st 2013 World Championship 2nd 2013 World Championship 3rd 2013 World Championship 1st European team at 2013 World Championship 1st American team at 2013 World Championship 1st Oceanian team at 2013 World Championship 1st Asian team at 2013 World Championship 1st African team at 2013 World Championship replace FINA decision |
| width=25% | Group A ! | width=25% | Group B |
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| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | Qualification | ||
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| 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 6 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 19 | +20 | 4 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 2 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 4. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 48 | -42 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
| Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | Qualification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 22 | +10 | 5 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 2. | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 4 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 3. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 3 | Quarter-finals | ||
| 4. | (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 40 | -16 | 0 | Quarter-finals |
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