December 18, 2018
FINAL RESULTS
TOTAL PLAYER 2018 RANKING
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Final score (in black) already includes bonus points from the public voting
Final score (in black) already includes bonus points from the public voting
Absolute Authorities
THE TOTAL PLAYER EXPERT JURY
Top 5 Picks - 1.Ashleigh Johnson | 2.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 3.Kiley Neushul | 4.Anni Espar | 5.Zhang Jing
Top 5 Picks - 1.Kiley Neushul | 2.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 3.Beatriz Ortiz | 4.Catharina van der Sloot | 5.Ashleigh Johnson
Top 5 Picks - 1.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot | 2.Maica Garcia Godoy | 3.Maud Megens | 4.Beatriz Ortiz | 5.Dorottya SzilΓ‘gyi
Top 5 Picks - 1.Ashleigh Johnson | 2.Melissa Seidemann | 3.Monika Eggens | 4.Paula Leiton | 5.Ekaterina Prokofieva
Top 5 Picks - 1.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot | 2.Maud Megens | 3.Kiley Neushul | 4.Maica Garcia Godoy | 5.Laura Aarts
Top 5 Picks - 1.Maggie Steffens | 2.Rita Keszthelyi | 3.Maud Megens | 4.Alexandra Asimaki | 5.Anni Espar
Top 5 Picks - 1.Maggie Steffens | 2.Laura Ester Ramos | 3.Maica Garcia Godoy | 4.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 5.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot
Top 5 Picks - 1.Melissa Seidemann | 2.Margaret Steffens | 3.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot | 4.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 5.Beatriz Ortiz
Top 5 Picks - 1.Laura Aarts | 2.Beatriz Ortiz | 3.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 4.Rita Keszthelyi | 5.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot
Top 5 Picks - 1.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 2.Rita Keszthelyi | 3.Maud Megens | 4.Maica Garcia Godoy /Β Alexandra Asimaki | 5.Anni Espar
Top 5 Picks - 1.Laura Aarts | 2.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot | 3.GrΓ©ta Gurisatti | 4.Beatriz Ortiz | 5.Alexandra Asimaki
Top 5 Picks - 1.Margaret Steffens | 2.Ashleigh Johnson | 3.Rachel Fattal | 4.Laura Ester Ramos | 5.Rowena Webster
Top 5 Picks - 1.Laura Aarts | 2.Alexandra Asimaki | 3.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot | 4.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 5.Dorottya SzilΓ‘gyi
Top 5 Picks - 1.Ashleigh Johnson | 2.Maud Megens | 3.Maica Garcia Godoy | 4.Alexandra Asimaki | 5.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot
Top 5 Picks - 1.Ekaterina Prokofyeva | 2.Melissa Seidemann | 3.Margaret Steffens | 4.Catharina "Sabrina" van der Sloot | 5.Beatriz Ortiz
Top 5 Picks - 1.Margaret Steffens | 2.Maica Garcia Godoy | 3.Ashleigh Johnson | 4.Rita Keszthelyi | 5.Maud Megens
Top 5 Picks - 1.Maud Megens | 2.Rita Keszthelyi | 3.Beatriz Ortiz | 4.Alexandra Asimaki | 5.Margaret Steffens
Top 5 Picks - 1.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 2.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 3.MichaΓ«l Bodegas | 4.Maro JokoviΔ | 5.Angelos Vlachopoulos
Top 5 Picks - 1.Felipe Perrone | 2.DuΕ‘an MandiΔ | 3.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 4.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 5.Ioannis Fountoulis
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 2.Maro JokoviΔ | 3.Cosmin Radu | 4.Julian Real | 5.DΓ©nes Varga
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 4.DuΕ‘ko PijetloviΔ | 5.Xavi Garcia
Top 5 Picks - 1.Josip PaviΔ | 2.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 3.Andro BuΕ‘lje | 4.Felipe Perrone | 5.DuΕ‘an MandiΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Felipe Perrone | 2.Josip VrliΔ | 3.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 4.Francesco Di Fulvio | 5.Filip FilipoviΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Ioannis Fountoulis | 4.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 5.Luka LonΔar
Top 5 Picks - 1.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 4.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 5.Josip PaviΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Felipe Perrone | 2.Filip FilipoviΔ | 3.Marton Vamos | 4.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 5.Angelos Vlachopoulos
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andro BuΕ‘lje | 2.DuΕ‘an MandiΔ | 3.Ioannis Fountoulis | 4.MiloΕ‘ Δuk | 5.Ante VukiΔeviΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Xavi Garcia | 4.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 5.Ioannis Fountoulis
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 2.DuΕ‘an MandiΔ | 3.GergΕ ZalΓ‘nki | 4.Ioannis Fountoulis | 5.Aaron Younger
Top 5 Picks - 1.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 4.Luka LonΔar | 5.Daniel Lopez Pinedo
Top 5 Picks - 1.Filip FilipoviΔ | 2.Josip PaviΔ | 3.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 4.Xavi Garcia | 5.Aleksandar IvoviΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Ioannis Fountoulis | 4.Filip FilipoviΔ | 5.Aleksandar IvoviΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Luka LonΔar | 4.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 5.Xavi Garcia
Top 5 Picks - 1.Felipe Perrone| 2.Josip PaviΔ | 3.Aleksandar IvoviΔ| 4.Luka LonΔar | 5.Filip FilipoviΔ
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 2.Andro BuΕ‘lje | 3.Aleksandar IvoviΔ | 4.Daniel Lopez Pinedo | 5.Ioannis Fountoulis
Top 5 Picks - 1.DuΕ‘an MandiΔ | 2.Aaron Younger | 3.Felipe Perrone | 4.Ioannis Fountoulis | 5.Andro BuΕ‘lje
Top 5 Picks - 1.Andro BuΕ‘lje | 2.Felipe Perrone | 3.Josip PaviΔ | 4.Andrija PrlainoviΔ | 5.Luka LonΔar
THE 2018 DREAM TEAM
TOTAL 7
What do you get when you take the best athletes on their respective positions and join them in the ultimate roster for 2018? The Total Seven features the highest voted player for each position in the pool. These formations speak for themselves - check out who made it into the dream team of 2018.
DEADLY DAMES
FEMALE TOTAL 7
Goalkeeper : Ashleigh Johnson (USA) - NC Vouliagmeni
Full Back: Maud Megens (NED) - USC Trojans LA
Left winger: Catharina van der Sloot (NED) - AS Orizzonte Catania
Left driver: Ekaterina Prokofyeva (RUS) - Kinef-Surgutneftegaz Kirshi
Center: Maica GarcΓa Godoy (ESP) - CN Sabadell
Right driver: Rita Keszthelyi (HUN) - UVSE Budapest
Right winger: Beatriz Ortiz (ESP) - CN Sabadell.
UNMATCHED EXPERTS
MALE TOTAL 7
Goalkeeper: Daniel LΓ³pez Pinedo (ESP) - CNA Barceloneta
Full Back: Aleksandar IvoviΔ (MNE) - Pro Recco
Left winger: Andrija PrlainoviΔ (SRB) - Szolnok
Left forward: Ioannis Fountoulis (GRE) - Olympiacos
Center FWD: Luka LonΔar (CRO) - VK Jug
Right forward: Felipe Perrone (ESP) - CNA Barceloneta
Right winger: DuΕ‘an MandiΔ (SRB) - Pro Recco
NOTHING BUT GRATITUDE
THANK YOU
The Award grew bigger, the jury harsher, the vote larger and the community tighter - The Total Player 2018 Award exceeded all of our expectations. We watched with excitement, as the public vote grew in engagement, while more critical experts than ever joined the ranks of our jury to vote for their favorite picks of the season.
We were excited to add the female category to the Total Player Award and bring the same prestige and recognition to our dedicated ladies across the world's competitive pools.
We thank all our jurors and media platforms, who responded to our call and helped successfully bring the 2nd installment of the Total Player Award to you - our engaged community. We appreciate every single vote, every comment, and every visit - we can feel your support and we will not stop to promote, improve and advance anything and everything water polo.
And as you know, everybody's eyes are already wide open and looking for next season's unmatched double - so make sure to bring your A game whenever you dive into the fray.
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December 17, 2018
Last season has been filled with action and surprises, and there are plenty of players worth choosing. AsΒ we’re nearing the end of the vote for Total [β¦]
December 16, 2018
Last year he got the Total Player Award and now he’s voting for the player of the year. Today is the day to welcome Sandro Sukno [β¦]
December 15, 2018
Today in the Total Player Male Category, we’re introducing Paul Martin – the head coach of the South African Team. Martin began his international coaching career [β¦]
December 15, 2018
As we’re nearing the conclusion of the Total Player Award, we’re welcomingΒ MΓ‘rton Benczur in the Female Category. Benczur is the head coach of the Hungarian UVSE [β¦]
December 14, 2018
The Total Player Award in Female Category continues with Australia and Predrag Mihailovic. Mihailovic is the new head coach of the Australian National Team, after being [β¦]
December 14, 2018
Sergey Yevstigneyev, the former Russian national player and current head coach, joins the Total Player again this year. Back in the 90s, whenΒ Yevstigneyev’s playing career was [β¦]
December 12, 2018
The current head coach of the German Champion WASPO 98 Hannover is next to pick his Top 5 picks for 2018. Karsten Seehafer has been with [β¦]
December 11, 2018
Today in the Total Player Award, we’re welcoming Ruswaterpolo – a Russian water polo web portal. Their work mainly focuses on the regional leagues, as well [β¦]
December 10, 2018
The head coach of the Australian Men’s National Team, as well as one of the most important figures in Croatian water polo – Elvis FatoviΔ – [β¦]
December 9, 2018
This year we’re expanding the Total Player vote to even more water polo portals. Today we’d like to welcome Water Polo Italy – an Italian web [β¦]
December 8, 2018
There are not many successful coaches who could say they had fulfilled playing careers as much asΒ TamΓ‘s MΓ€rcz had. Our today’s Juror for the Male Category [β¦]
December 8, 2018
The latest vote for the Female Category comes from Greece and Giorgos Morfesis – the head coach of the Greek National Team. In 2010,Β Morfesis made a [β¦]
December 7, 2018
Today in the Total Player Male Category, we’re welcoming Dejan UdoviΔiΔ – a man who was the heart of the Serbian National Team during their golden [β¦]
December 7, 2018
The head coach of the Russian National Team,Β Alexandr Gaidukov, joins the Totaly Player Female Category. Gaidukov is the man behind the success Russian Women’s Team achieved [β¦]
December 6, 2018
Vladimir GojkoviΔ joins the Total Player Award for the second time. This year, the head coach of Montenegro brings some new players on the table, along [β¦]
December 6, 2018
We continue the Total Player 2018 Female Category with Dragana IvkoviΔ, the coach of the Serbian National Team. As a player, IvkoviΔ played in various clubs [β¦]
December 5, 2018
Dance.hr is a Croatian water polo portal founded a decade ago. Its foundations lay in the traditional water polo played in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The idea is [β¦]
December 4, 2018
Today’s web portal to join the Total Player 2018 is Waterpolista – a Spanish website focused on regional and worldwide water polo. The portal started its [β¦]
December 3, 2018
The Total Player 2018 continues in both Male and Female Category with VaterpoloVesti. The web portal has been active for six years, bringing water polo news [β¦]
December 2, 2018
In the past few years, we had a chance to witness Japan’s uprising in the water polo world. Yoji Omoto, the head coach of the Japanese [β¦]
December 2, 2018
The next vote in the Total Player Female Category comes from South Africa.Β Jason Sileno is the head coach of the SA Women’s National Team, who has [β¦]
December 1, 2018
Dejan SaviΔ is a former Serbian player and the current head coach of the National Team with an envious list of achievements he got throughout his [β¦]
December 1, 2018
The next Juror in the Total Player 2018 Female Category isΒ Attila MihΓ³k, the coach ofΒ DunaΓΊjvΓ‘rosi FVE. The Hungarian club is mainly known for its women team, [β¦]