2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fifth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round and a semifinal round, the Super Final was held in Athens, Greece.[1]

Preliminary round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Spain and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Greece).

Group A

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Australia 660007642+3418
2  France 630037068+29
3  China 620044963–146
4  Japan 610056486–223

Group B

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  United States 220002913+166
2  Canada 210011821–33
2  Brazil 20002821–130

Group C

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 640026454+1012
2  Croatia 640027457+1712
3  Spain 630035669–139
4  Russia 610055064–143

Group D

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Romania 641016457+714
2  Germany 640025551+412
3  Greece 620135462–87
4  Italy 610055558–33

Semifinal round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Greece) were guaranteed qualification.

Group A

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  United States 541006722+4514
2  Australia 540105427+2713
3  France 53002353509
4  China 520032550–256
5  Canada 510043549–143
6  Brazil 500052457–330

Group B

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 550005429+2515
2  Spain 540015537+1812
3  Croatia 530024735+129
4  Greece 520033645–26
5  Germany 510043755–183
6  Romania 500053361–280

Super Final

Group round

The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze.

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 550006834+3415
2  Spain 540015333+2012
3  United States 521024146–58
4  Greece 520034351–86
5  Australia 510134447–34
6  France 500053371–380

3rd to 6th place playoffs

Australia  10–10 (4–3 p.)  United States
Greece  14–7  France

5th place match

United States  11-4  France

Bronze medal match

Greece  11–10  Australia

Gold medal match

Serbia and Montenegro  6–4  Spain

Final ranking

References

  1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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