14th FINA WaterPolo World Cup 2010

14 th FINA WaterPolo 

World Cup 2010 

July 27 th - August 1 st 2010, Oradea, Romania 

Bazinul Olimpic “Ion Alexandrescu” 

ORADEA CITY HALL 

ROMANIAN OLYMPIC AND 

SPORT COMMITTEE 

www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com

14 th FINA Water Polo World Cup 2010 

Oradea, Romania 

Contents 

Welcome Message 3 

About Oradea 5 

FINA Bureau 7 

FINA Delegates to Oradea 2010 8 

Referees with National Teams 8 

Training Schedule 9 

Official Competition and Training Pools 10 

Competition Programme 11 

Accomodation 12 

General Info 13 

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Welcome Message 

Dr. Julio C. Maglione 

FINA President 

It my great pleasure to welcome all of you in Oradea for the 14th FINA Men’s Water 

Polo World Cup to take place from July 27-August 1, 2010 in Oradea, Romania. 

With the participation of our best teams, this occasion will be once more a milestone 

in the promotion of this discipline. Water Polo is certainly part of the FINA strategy 

to enhance the development of our aquatic discipline throughout the world and the 

success of the men’s and women’s tournaments throughout our major competitions 

is presently undeniable. 

Water Polo is the oldest Olympic team sport and its main characteristics combine 

team spirit and individual search for improvement. This philosophy will be present 

during this competition and the participating players will be an example of fair-play 

for the youth and all the fans of this sport in the five continents. 

I would take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the Romanian Water Polo 

Federation, the Organising Committee and the local authorities for their hospitality 

and support. Their professionalism, competence and enthusiasm will assure to our 

best water polo teams an excellent memory of this World Cup. 

Also, I would like to thank all the Sponsors, media and spectators for their continuous 

devotion and help. Their action is certainly part of the success of this 14th FINA 

Men’s Water Polo World Cup. 

For all the teams participating in this World Cup, I wish them all the luck and the 

best to win. 

Ilie Bolojan 

Mayor of Oradea City 

In 2006, the city of Oradea started successfully to organize european water polo 

events with the L.E.N Juniors European Championships. 

The achievement at a very good level of this sport event, with 16 teams participating, 

very well appreciated and so Oradea was designated to staged more major water polo 

events like: FINA Men’s Water Polo Qualification Tournament for Olympic Games 2008, 

European Master Championship 2009, tournament of European Cups and the last but 

not the least, in the best sport conditions: European Water Polo Championships 2010 

group C Qualification Tournament, with our team on the first place. 

As the Major of Oradea City, I am glad to see the sport activity in the Olympic swimming 

pool “Ioan Alexandrescu” as well as in the 33 m pool, completely modernized ,which 

is an encouraging one for us. The activity of learning and practicing swimming at the 

amateur level in our facilities is very good and healthful for our citizens and in the 

same time the height performance level in water polo in our seniors and juniors club 

teams made us very proud ,by the excellent results in national and international 

amended competitions 

We received with great satisfaction the proposal of Romanian Water Polo Federation 

to host this year, in Oradea the 14th edition of FINA Men’s Water Polo Cup. 

I am sure that our city is the best choice and we are ready to stand at the level as 

FINA demands for such a world competition. 

We are pleased to welcome our quests, the best national water polo teams in the 

world, the officials, delegates and referees , with all our hospitality, as we are always 

happy to host important and major sport events in our city. 

Wishing to all participants the best achievements in this competition, the promotion 

of the dynamism and sport spectacle of the water polo sport and of course a very 

pleasant stay in Oradea. 

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Anatolie Grinţescu 

Romanian Water Polo Federation President 

Dear Water Polo Friends, 

It is a great pleasure for us that the FINA Bureau allocated the 14 th FINA Men’s Water 

Polo World Cup 2010 to our organization and to Oradea City. 

It is the first time that such an important event will be organized in our country and 

we are proud to host it. 

The Oradea Town Hall did an excellent job for water polo sport and give us a lot of 

support. The new and modern swimming pool already staged important European 

and world competition, starting 2006: European Water Polo Championships for 

Juniors, European Cups Tournament, Qualification Tournaments for Olympic Games 

and European Championships, Master Championships. 

We also have to mention that the Oradea win for the 4 th consecutive time the senior 

water polo championships with the men’s team CSM Frigoconti. 

We are aware that will be an extraordinary sport event, a great promotion for water 

polo. 

All the participating National Teams, the best form Europe, Asia, Oceania and 

Americas will be the main actors in this 7 days competition. 

I will be glad and pleased to welcome you in Oradea and to wish to all participants a 

lot of success and the best to win with fair play and sportivity. 

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About Oradea 

Oradea, one of the beautiful cities of Eastern Europe, is the 

entrance gate to Romania, on the Western border, and the 

capital of the Bihor County. Located on the hills between Crisana 

Plain and the foot of the Western Carpathians, on the banks of 

the Crisul Repede River, the town blends nostalgic imprints of 

the past, magic of nature and wind of change all together. Petit 

Paris, as Oradea Mare used to be called in the early 20th century, 

has the spirit of the belle epoque even today. This feeling is 

rendered by the architectural Secession style that gives a special 

elegance to this town, still preserving the atmosphere of the 

turn of the last century. The town also suggests a long lasting 

spirit of a community that, for centuries, has been placed at 

the crossroads of trade routes, at the junction of civilizations, 

circumscribed to both the Western and the Eastern Worlds. 

Nowadays the community of Oradea reveals its awareness about 

the historical heritage that shaped the development of the town 

and helped with valuing the transitory interests of the political 

forces in both Central and South-Eastern Europe. It also displays 

a good example of cohabitation of different ethnic groups, 

each of them contributing to the development of a stimulating 

friendly environment, appropriate for personal achievements. 

The location of the town, on the banks of the river Crisul Repede 

and at the junction of the Western Plain and the lowest hill range 

of the Apuseni Mountains on the one hand, and on the trade 

route that linked Western, Central and South-Eastern Europe to 

the Far East, on the other hand, helped Oradea to become an 

important political, economical, religious and cultural center. 

Since prehistoric 

times, this region has been inhabited by a 

native population, always ready to make contacts with the 

human groups passing through, or setting in Oradea. 

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Facts and figures 

• area: 11,556 ha, the 10th city of Romania 

• population: about 225,000 inhabitants 

• population ethnic structure: 70.3% Romanians, 

27.6% Hungarians, 2.1% Other 

• 10 km away from Bors, the biggest custom-house on the 

Western border, geographical position Western Romania, at 

the junction of the roads connecting Central and Northern 

Europe with South-eastern part of the continent 

Access 

• Plane, internal return run Bucharest-Oradea 

(1 hr 15min) 

• Plane, external return runs Verona-Oradea 

• At one hour by international airport of Debrecen (HUN), 

at two hours by international airports of Cluj (ROU) and 

Timisoara (ROU) and 3 hours by international airports of 

Budapest (HUN) 

• External trains which make the connection with the biggest 

European capitals 

• International road E60, European road 

The geographical position, the rich history, the beauty of 

the buildings together with the geo-thermal water with 

their miraculous healing effects favor the tourism potential, 

recreation and entertainment. 

Hotels and restaurants of high quality, nightclubs, stylish 

bars, pubs and discos, parks and gyms could offer moments 

of relaxation and a good time together with family 

or friends. The Romanian cuisine is a pleasant surprise, it 

is said that cater to all tastes. But you can find also restaurants 

with other specific: Hungarian, Italian, Irish, American, 

Greek or Chinese. 

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FINA Bureau 

Dr. Julio Maglione 

President 

Paolo Barelli 

Honorary Secretary 

Pipat Paniangvait 

Honorary Treasurer 

Cornel Marculescu 

FINA Executive 

Director 

Vice Presidents 

Nory Kruchten 

Bill Matson 

Dale Neuburger 

Sam Ramsamy 

Members 

Gennady Aleshin 

Farid El Allam 

Abd El Rahman Amin 

Dimitris Diathesopoulos 

Coaracy Nunes Filho 

Paulo Frischknecht 

Tamas Gyarfas 

Eugenio Martinez 

Orban Mendoza 

Dennis Miller 

Margo Mountjoy 

Husain Al Musalam 

Chief Olatokunbo Thomas 

Quiping Zhang 

Honorary Life President 

Mustapha Larfaoui 

Immediate Past 


Bartolo Consolo 

Honorary Members 

Rafael Blanco 

Eldon C. Godfrey, FCA 

Francis Luyce 

Guillermo Martinez 

Klaas van de Pol 

Gunnar Werner 

Technical Water 

Polo Committee 

Chairman 

Gianni Lonzi (ITA) 

Vice Chairman 

Richard Foster (USA) 


John Whitehouse (AUS) 

Members 

Khosrow Amini (IRI) 

Boukezouha Badreddine (ALG) 

Niculae Firoiu (GER) 

Manuel Ibern (ESP) 

Andrey Kryukov (KAZ) 

Jorge Roberto Pagura (BRA) 

Evgeny Sharonov (RUS) 

William J. (Bill) Shaw (CAN) 

Haluk Toygarli (TUR) 

Mohie Wahied Faried (EGY) 

G. O. Martin (HUN) 

Aleksandar Sostar (SRB) 

Bureau Liaison 

Dimitris Diathesopoulos (GRE) 

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FINA Delegates 

to Oradea 2010 

TWPC 

Gianni Lonzi (ITA) 

FINA TWPC Chairman 

Khosrow Amini (IRI) 

FINA TWPC Member 

Boukezouha Badreddine (ALG) 


Nicolae Firoiu (GER) 


Jorge Roberto Pagura (BRA) 


Andrey Kryukov (KAZ) 


Mohie Wahie Farid (EGY) 


G.O. Martin (HUN) 


Press 

Camillo Cametti (ITA) 

FINA PRESS Comission Chairman 

Dopping 

Kyriakos Namousis (GRE) 

FINA Sport Medicine Committee 

Neutral Referees 

Roberto Cabral (BRA) 

Andrey Shaydakov (RUS) 

Mark Koganov (AZE) 

Referees with 

National Teams 

Michael Hart (AUS) 

He Jianguo (CHN) 

Dragan Stampalija (CRO) 

Nader Ghafouri (IRI) 

Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) 

Mihajlo Ciric (SRB) 

.... (ESP) 

.... (USA) 

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Training Schedule July 28 

July 25 

Hours 33m pool 50m pool 

09:00 - 10:00 CHN USA 

10:00 - 11:00 IRI ROU 

11:00 - 12:00 CRO SRB 

12:00 - 13:00 AUS ESP 

Hours 

50m pool 

08:00 - 09:00 CRO, CHN 

09:00 - 10:00 AUS, ROU 

10:00 - 11:00 USA, SRB 

11:00 - 12:00 IRI, ESP 

July 29 

17:00 - 18:00 USA CHN 

Hours 

50m pool 

18:00 - 19:00 ROU IRI 

19:00 - 20:00 SRB CRO 

20:00 - 21:00 ESP AUS 

July 26 

Hours 33m pool 50m pool 

08:00 - 09:00 CHN, SRB 

09:00 - 10:00 ROU, ESP 

10:00 - 11:00 USA, CRO 

11:00 - 12:00 IRI, AUS 

July 30 

09:00 - 10:00 CHN USA 

Hours 

50m pool 

10:00 - 11:00 IRI ROU 

11:00 - 12:00 CRO SRB 

12:00 - 13:00 AUS ESP 

17:00 - 18:00 USA CHN 

18:00 - 19:00 ROU IRI 

19:00 - 20:00 SRB CRO 

09:00 - 10:00 2 th A - 3 rd B 

10:00 - 11:00 3 rd A - 2 nd B 

11:00 - 12:00 1 st A - 4 th B 

12:00 - 13:00 4 th A - 1 st B 

July 31 

20:00 - 21:00 ESP AUS 

Hours 

50m pool 

July 27 

Hours 

50m pool 

08:00 - 09:00 USA, CHN 

09:00 - 10:00 IRI, ROU 

10:00 - 11:00 CRO, SRB 

11:00 - 12:00 AUS, ESP 

09:00 - 10:00 LG 13 - LG 16 

10:00 - 11:00 LG 14 - LG 15 

11:00 - 12:00 WG 13 - WG 16 

12:00 - 13:00 WG 14 - WG 15 

August 1 

33m pool will be available for training 

for the interested teams. 

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Official Competition and Training Pools 

The official games will take place at the new Olympic 

swimming pool built in 2005. The size of the swimmingpool 

is 50 × 25 m. The tribunes are placed on each side 

of the pools’ length and have a capacity of 1050 seats. 

A new building was built last year near the pool and it 

includes locker rooms for the teams and the referees, 

a press centre, rooms for protocol, medical rooms etc. 

The swimming-pool is indoors but it can be decovered 

if the weather is hot. 

“Ion Alexandrescu” Olympic Pool 

1 st Strandului Alley 

Oradea 410051 

Romania 

The trainings and the warming-up will take 

place at an indoors pool (“Crisul”), nearby 

competition pool. Pool size is of 33 × 16 m 

and it has locker rooms. 

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Competition Programme 

● Technical meeting: July 26, 18:00 hours 

Group A 

Country 

Group B 

Country 

A1 

Australia (AUS) 

B1 

Croatia (CRO) 

A2 

Iran (IRI) 

B2 

USA 

A3 

Romania (ROU) 

B3 

China (CHN) 

A4 

Spain (ESP) 

B4 

Serbia (SRB) 

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 

Tuesday, July 27 Wednesday, July 28 Thursday, July 29 

15:00 1 - B2/B3 USA - CHN 15:30 5 - B1/B3 CRO - CHN 9 - B3/B4 CHN - SRB 

17:00 2 - A2/A3 IRI - ROU 17:00 6 - A1/A3 AUS - ROU 10 - A3/A4 ROU - ESP 

18:30 3 - B1/B4 CRO - SRB 18:30 7 - B2/B4 USA - SRB 11 - B2/B1 USA - CRO 

20:00 4 - A1/A4 AUS - ESP 20:00 8 - A2/A4 IRI - ESP 12 - A2/A1 IRI - AUS 

Opening Ceremony 16:30 - 17:00, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 

Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 

Friday, July 30 Saturday, July 31 Sunday, August 1 

15:30 13 2 nd A - 3 rd B 17 LG 13 - LG 16 10:00 21 

17:00 14 3 rd A - 2 nd B 18 LG 14 - LG 15 11:30 22 

18:30 15 1 st A - 4 th B 19 WG 13 - WG 16 16:00 23 

20:00 16 4 th A - 1 st B 20 WG 14 - WG 15 17:30 24 

LG 17 – LG 18 

● places 7 th , 8 th 

WG 17 – WG 18 

● places 5 th , 6 th 

LG 19 – LG 20 

● places 3 rd , 4 th 

WG 19 – WG 20 

● places 1 st , 2 nd 

Legend: LG 14 = Loser of Game 14; WG 14 = Winner of Game 14; 1 st A = first place in group A. 

Games 13 - 24 must be played to a conclusion. Accordingly, it may be necessary to apply Water Polo rules regarding extra time. 

Beginning with game 13, the games schedule may be modified according to the games of the Romanian team. 

For television space reason, Romania will always play at 17:00 hours. 

The Management Committee of FINA Competitions may change the order and schedule of games to meet with the requirements of the 

Host Federation and/or television provided that at least twenty four (24) hours notice is given. 

FINA HANDBOOK, BL 9.4.2.2 

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Accomodation 

Important 

According to FINA contract for 14th FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup 2010, Clause 5.7, the organizing federation shall 

provide teams accommodation, room and full board including three meals per day for each team up to 18 persons per 

delegation (including the referee) for eight (8) days and eight (8) nights. 

As a consequence of above FINA rule, we will provide for each delegation 7 double and 4 single rooms. Referees will be 

hosted at a sepparate hotel than the one used for national teams. Extra persons are welcomed but they will have to pay 

their own accomodation. 

Accomodation for National Teams 

Hotel Forum Continental 4 

5 min walking from the swimming pool 

Each delegation will be provided with full board 

accomodation in 7 double and 3 single rooms in a total 

of 17 persons. 

Prices for each extra person: 

• single: 120 EUR (full board) 

• double: 90 EUR (full board) 

Continental Hotel is located in the center of Oradea, on the shores of Crisu Repede River, at 5 min walk of swimming 

pools. You have quick access to the railway station, airport and to the European Road E60. You may accommodate in 168 

rooms with air conditioning, completely-equipped bathrooms, minibar, hairdryer, phone, internet, adjustable thermostat, 

cable TV. One may also accommodate in executive rooms and non-smokers rooms. Other features: restaurant with 120 

places, swimming pool with geothermal water, massage, sauna. The hotel has 5 conference rooms equipped with flipchart, 

projector, simultaneous translation, video & TV, screen. 

Accomodation for Referees 

Hotel Maxim 4 

10-15 min by bus from swimming pool 

Each delegation will be provided with full board in 1 

single room in a total of 1 person. 

A luxury hotel, hidden in the heart of the city away from the hustle and bustle, yet only few minutes away from the city 

center. Hotel Maxim offers 37 rooms and 2 apartments elegantly furnished, with the ability to satisfy even the most posh 

of expectations. The hotel’s restaurant combines a classy setting with refined aromas and delicate gramophone tunes. The 

hotel also features a conference room, 3 meeting rooms, a wine cellar, a spa complete with sauna, jacuzzi, solarium and 

fitness center, an indoor pool, a terrace and an underground parking with surveillance cameras. 

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Accomodation for FINA Delegates & Bureau 

Hotel Elite 4 

5 min walking from the swimming pool 

Elite hotel is a luxury hotel, founded in 1998. It is placed in the midlle of the town, in a green and silent areea, at 2 min. 

walk to swimming pool. Facilities: 30 rooms, restaurant with terrace, bar opened 24 h, conference room, steam-bath and 

jacuzzi, private parking, swimming pool, wireless Internet. All rooms have color TV set, cable system for the channels 

received by satellite, minibar, telephone, air conditioning. 

General Info 

Organizing Committee 

Romanian Water Polo Federation as organizer, on behalf 

of LEN, wellcome you at Group C Men’s Qualification 

Tournament for European Water Polo Championships 2010, 

in Oradea, Romania. 

Romanian Water Polo Federation 

16th Vasile Conta St., Bucharest 020954, Romania 

Tel/Fax: (+4) 021 317 09 18; E-mail: office@frpolo.ro 

Web: www.frpolo.ro 

Oradea City Hall 

1st Unirii Square, Oradea 410400, Bihor, Romania 

Tel: (+4) 0259 437 000; E-mail: primarie@oradea.ro 

Web: www.oradea.ro 

C.S.M. Oradea 

3rd Primariei St., Oradea 410209, Bihor, Romania 

Accomodation 

Romanian Water Polo Federation will take in charge 

(accommodation and full board) for each participating 

National Team composed of 18 persons (17 person as team 

and 1 referee with the team) for a period of 8 days. 

Any extra person and any extra day will be charged 

separately (see Accomodation section and General Info > 

Airtport Transfer). 

Each team will receive of 7 double rooms (twin beds) and 

3 single rooms. 

Referees with the team will be accomodated at Maxim 

Hotel (4*). 

Each referee will receive of 1 single room. 

Official Hotels 

Teams: Forum Continental Hotel 4 

Referees with the Teams: Maxim Hotel 4 

FINA delegates and referees: Hotel Elite 4 

Airport and Travel 

Official Airports 

• Oradea Airport (Romania) 

• Budapest International Airport (Hungary): 

250 km from Oradea 

Airport Transfer 

The Organizing Committee will provide for each delegation free 

transfer shuttles from and to the Official Airports. 

Extra persons not travelling with the rest of delegation will 

will be charged as following: 

• Car transfer from Budapest Airport to Oradea: 110 Euro 

• Car transfer from Oradea to Budapest Airport: 110 Euro 

• Car transfer from Oradea Airport on order: 20 Euro 

Delegation Accomodation 

All the participating teams will be accommodate in Forum 

Continental Hotel (4*), Oradea, very close (5 min walking) 

to the competition swimming pool (50 x 25 m). 

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Payment Details 

Equipment 

Payment Currency 

Beneficiary 

Beneficiary 

Address 

Beneficiary Bank 

EUR 

C.S.M Oradea 

3rd Primariei St., 

Oradea 410209, Bihor, Romania 

Romanian Commercial Bank, 

Bihor County Agency 

Official ball 

Official ball is MIKASA. 

Polo Caps 

Each participating team must have, at all games, 2 complete 

sets of caps, 2 white or 2 blue including the goalkeeper. 

Beneficiary Bank 

Address 

2C Dimitrie Cantemir St., 

Oradea 410519, Bihor, Romania 

Bank Account RO65 RNCB 0032 0464 7042 0002 

SWIFT Code 

Mention 

Forms 

RNCB ROBU BHO 

FINA World Cup 2010 Oradea 

Please try to fill out the PDF forms on a computer and send 

them back as instructed on the form. Please respect the 

deadlines. The PDF forms are very easy identifiable by their 

filename prefix (F1, F2 etc) 

F1: Hotel booking - preliminary 

F2: Hotel booking - final 

F3: Travel form 

F4: Delegation entry form 

F5: Rooming list 

F6: Delegation Entry - technical meeting 

You can also download all forms package from: 

http://www.waterpolo-worldcup2010.com 

Contact 

If you have any questions, please contact Radu Diaconescu 

at office@frpolo.ro or by tel/fax at (+4) 021 317 09 18 

Dates to Remember 

June 24, 2010 

June 30, 2010 

July 6, 2010 

July 6, 2010 

Preliminary booking & extra persons 

Forms: F1, F4 

Deposit payment for extra persons 

Final booking & final paymernt 

Forms: F2 

Travel schedule & rooming list 

Forms: F3, F5 

Covers photos: 

Copyright Răzvan Păsărică, www.rpressport.ro 

Inside photos: 

Copyright C. Călinescu, Romanian Water Polo Federation 

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Covers of this programme are courtesy of sport photographer Răzvan Păsărică and his priceless assistants. 

www.rpressport.ro 

Event sponsors and suppliers 

Media partner 

Official ball & Official Supplier of FINA Water Polo

Romanian Water Polo Federation 

16th Vasile Conta St., Bucharest 020954, Romania 

Tel/Fax: (+4) 021 317 09 18; E-mail: office@frpolo.ro; Web: www.frpolo.ro 

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