2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2013 and June 2014 and open to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Dubai, UAE from 16–21 June 2014.[1][2]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.[2] If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

  • Match won in normal time - 3 points
  • Match won in shootout - 2 points
  • Match lost in shootout - 1 point
  • Match lost in normal time - 0 points

Preliminary round

Europe

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of three teams and a third group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.[2][3]

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia4405125+2612
 Russia4133744-73
 Romania4132847-233

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary4313733+49
 Greece4223638-25
 Croatia4133537-24

Group C

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro6516452+1215
 Italy6526855+1315
 Slovakia6155566-113
 Germany6155468-143

Intercontinental

The intercontinental tournament will feature teams from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. The teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.[4] As the hosts of the Super Final (UAE) did not enter a team in the tournament the top five teams from this tournament qualified for the Super Final, instead of the initially allocated four. South Africa withdrew from the tournament before games commenced and were replaced by China II, whose games were exhibition and did not count in the standings. The games were played between 27 May and 1 June, 2014 in Shanghai, China.


Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia3303826+129
 Canada3213027+36
 Kazakhstan3122326-33
 Japan3032638-120
27 May 2014  Kazakhstan 107  Japan Shanghai, China
27 May 2014  Australia 1110  Canada Shanghai, China
28 May 2014  Canada 1210  Japan Shanghai, China
28 May 2014  Kazakhstan 711  Australia Shanghai, China
29 May 2014  Kazakhstan 68  Canada Shanghai, China
29 May 2014  Australia 169  Japan Shanghai, China


Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 United States2202514+116
 Brazil2112119+23
 China2021225-130
27 May 2014  China 414  United States Shanghai, China
28 May 2014  China 811  Brazil Shanghai, China
29 May 2014  United States 1110  Brazil Shanghai, China

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
                           
  A1 Australia 16  
B4 China II 6  
  Australia 6  
  Brazil 9  
A3 Kazakhstan 7
  B2 Brazil 8  
    Brazil 7
  United States 11
  A2 Canada 17  
B3 China 18  
  China 6 Third place
  United States 13  
A4 Japan 8 Australia 16
  B1 United States 10   China 8
Quarterfinals
30 May 2014  Kazakhstan 78  Brazil Shanghai, China
30 May 2014  Canada 1718  China Shanghai, China
30 May 2014  Japan 810  United States Shanghai, China
Semifinals
31 May 2014  Canada 118  Japan Shanghai, China
31 May 2014  China 613  United States Shanghai, China
31 May 2014  Brazil 96  Australia Shanghai, China


5th Place Play-off
1 June 2014  Canada 98  Kazakhstan Shanghai, China
3rd Place Play-off
1 June 2014  China 816  Australia Shanghai, China
Final
1 June 2014  United States 117  Brazil Shanghai, China

Super Final

In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.[2] The games were played in Dubai, UAE from 16 to 21 June, 2014.

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia3304718+299
 Montenegro3212927+26
 Brazil3122136-153
 China3032642-160
16 June 2014  Serbia 219  China Dubai, UAE
16 June 2014  Brazil 515  Montenegro Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014  Brazil 129  China Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014  Serbia 145  Montenegro Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014  Serbia 124  Brazil Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014  China 89  Montenegro Dubai, UAE

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary3303717+209
 Australia3122125-43
 United States3122533-83
 Canada3122230-83
16 June 2014  Hungary 115  Australia Dubai, UAE
16 June 2014  United States 129  Canada Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014  Hungary 103  Canada Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014  United States 48  Australia Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014  Hungary 169  United States Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014  Australia 810  Canada Dubai, UAE

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
                           
  A1  Serbia 16  
B4  Canada 11  
  A1  Serbia 12  
  B2  Australia 5  
A3  Brazil 7
  B2  Australia 14  
    A1  Serbia 10
  B1  Hungary 6
  A2  Montenegro 10  
B3  United States 4  
  A2  Montenegro 8 Third place
  B1  Hungary 10  
A4  China 5 B2  Australia 9
  B1  Hungary 13   A2  Montenegro 12

Quarterfinals

19 June 2014 Game 13  Montenegro 104  United States Dubai, UAE
19 June 2014 Game 14  Brazil 714  Australia Dubai, UAE
19 June 2014 Game 15  Serbia 1611  Canada Dubai, UAE
19 June 2014 Game 16  China 513  Hungary Dubai, UAE

Semifinals

20 June 2014 Game 17  United States 155  China Dubai, UAE
20 June 2014 Game 18  Brazil 13 (6)14 (7)  Canada Dubai, UAE
20 June 2014 Game 19  Montenegro 810  Hungary Dubai, UAE
20 June 2014 Game 20  Australia 512  Serbia Dubai, UAE

7th Place Play-off

21 June 2014 Game 21  China 78  Brazil Dubai, UAE

5th Place Play-off

21 June 2014 Game 22  United States 1410  Canada Dubai, UAE

3rd Place Play-off

21 June 2014 Game 23  Montenegro 12 (4)9 (1)  Australia Dubai, UAE

Final

21 June 2014 Game 24  Hungary 610  Serbia Dubai, UAE

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.
  2. "FINA Water Polo World League 2014 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. "2014 Men's Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. "FINA Men's Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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