Draw for the World Cup in Berlin: Porobic’s quick return as a rival

Water polo fans are eagerly awaiting the World Aquatics Water Polo World Cup 2023 in Berlin 02 – 07 May, now the schedule for the World Cup tournament is fixed. At the draw in Rotterdam (NED), the world federation also presented the mode. In two groups of four teams will play against each other in the preliminary round, the two best teams of the groups will fight crosswise for a place in the Super Finals at the end of June in the USA.

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The women’s World Cup tournament will take place from May 02 – 04, followed by the men’s from May 05 – 08. The real action will start on the first match day with two games for each team and a total of eight games. This promises a real goal festival in the SSE-Arena at the Europasportpark.

The german Team starts on Tuesday (02 May, 13:00) first against New Zealand, followed by the match against Great Britain in the evening at 20:30. On Wednesday evening 03 May, 19:15) it is then against Kazakhstan for the final group placement. The placement matches will then take place on Thursday (04 May), with the two finals starting at 17:30 and 19:15 respectively.

Germany’s men then start Friday (05 May, 13:00) against World Championship twelfth-placed South Africa, and in the evening (20:30) they take on Asian champions China, who are coached by former national coach Petar Porobic. The match against Malta follows on Saturday (19:15), after which there will hopefully be one of the two finals on Sunday (17:30 or 19:15).

The new national coach Milos Sekulic said about the draw: “My predecessor Petar Porobic has known me since I was a young player myself. This reunion will be particularly interesting now, of course. We are looking forward to these matches and hope for strong support from our fans. Of course, the DSV team wants to positively continue its development process in Berlin.”

Game Schedule

Women, Group A: South Africa, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Israel
Women, Group B: New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Germany, Great Britain

Men, Group A: China, Germany, Malta, South Africa
Men, Group B: Romania, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Iran

Starting times may change at short notice due to TV broadcasting.