2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2015 and June 2016 and opened 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 Huizhou, China from 21–26 June 2016.[1]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. 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

Europe

Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of three group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece6518148+3315
 Hungary6518957+3215
 Romania6245476-226
 Georgia60657100-430
20 Oct 2015 Hungary  1710  Georgia Tiszaligeti uszoda, Szolnok
20 Oct 2015 Greece  173  Romania Athens

17 Nov 2015 Hungary  168  Romania Kecskeméti Fürdő, Kecskemét
17 Nov 2015 Greece  1810  Georgia Athens

01 Dec 2015 Greece  128  Hungary Patras
01 Dec 2015 Georgia  1113  Romania Tbilisi

16 Feb 2016 Georgia  1020  Hungary Tbilisi
16 Feb 2016 Romania  69  Greece Bucharest

26 Apr 2016 Romania  715  Hungary Oradea
26 Apr 2016 Georgia  815  Greece Tbilisi

10 May 2016 Hungary  1310  Greece Városi Sportuszoda, Szentes
10 May 2016 Romania  178  Georgia Bucharest

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia6517969+1016
 Montenegro6427355+1811
 Spain6336763+49
 France6065082-320
20 Oct 2015 Serbia  129  France Belgrade
20 Oct 2015 Montenegro  116  Spain Herceg Novi

17 Nov 2015 Serbia  1312  Spain Novi Sad

01 Dec 2015 Spain  1810  France Barcelona
01 Dec 2015 Montenegro  1012  Serbia Budva

16 Feb 2016 France  1015  Serbia Strasbourg
16 Feb 2016 Spain  108  Montenegro Sabadell

14 Mar 2016 France  1012  Montenegro Nice

26 Apr 2016 Spain  1314  Serbia Barcelona
26 Apr 2016 Montenegro  174  France Herceg Novi

10 May 2016 France  78  Spain Limoges
10 May 2016 Serbia  (3) 1010 (5)  Montenegro Banja Luka

Group C

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy6608951+3817
 Croatia6428651+3513
 Russia6246575-106
 Turkey6063497-630
20 Oct 2015 Croatia  196  Turkey Šibenik
20 Oct 2015 Russia  1116  Italy Moscow

17 Nov 2015 Croatia  179  Russia Zadar
17 Nov 2015 Italy  144  Turkey Rome

01 Dec 2015 Russia  139  Turkey Moscow
01 Dec 2015 Croatia  89  Italy Dubrovnik

16 Feb 2016 Turkey  316  Croatia Ankara
16 Feb 2016 Italy  149  Russia Turin

26 Apr 2016 Russia  1014  Croatia Moscow
26 Apr 2016 Turkey  722  Italy Bursa

03 May 2016 Turkey  513  Russia Antalya

10 May 2016 Italy  (5) 99 (3)  Croatia Syracuse

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary Round

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 United States5507940+3915
 Australia5415830+2812
 Brazil5327250+229
 Japan5236952+176
 Kazakhstan5144078-383
 China5052593-680
10 May 2016 United States  86  Australia Yokohama, Japan
10 May 2016 Kazakhstan  719  Brazil Yokohama, Japan
10 May 2016 Japan  215  China Yokohama, Japan

11 May 2016 Australia  139  Brazil Yokohama, Japan
11 May 2016 China  1015  Kazakhstan Yokohama, Japan
11 May 2016 United States  1714  Japan Yokohama, Japan

12 May 2016 Brazil  174  China Yokohama, Japan
12 May 2016 Kazakhstan  719  United States Yokohama, Japan
12 May 2016 Japan  57  Australia Yokohama, Japan

13 May 2016 United States  1611  Brazil Yokohama, Japan
13 May 2016 China  421  Australia Yokohama, Japan
13 May 2016 Japan  197  Kazakhstan Yokohama, Japan

14 May 2016 Kazakhstan  411  Australia Yokohama, Japan
14 May 2016 United States  192  China Yokohama, Japan
14 May 2016 Brazil  1610  Japan Yokohama, Japan

5th Place

15 May 2016 Kazakhstan  167  China Yokohama, Japan

3rd Place

15 May 2016 Brazil  1312  Japan Yokohama, Japan

Final

15 May 2016 United States  109  Australia Yokohama, Japan

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. The games were played in Huizhou, China from 21 to 26 June 2016.

Qualified teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 Brazil
 United States
 China (Host)
 Japan
 Greece
 Italy
 Serbia
 Australia

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Greece3304016+249
 Italy3213532+36
 Australia3122531-63
 Japan3032445-210
21 Jun 2016 Greece  157  Japan Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 3–2, 5–3
21 Jun 2016 Australia  714  Italy Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 2–4, 1–4

22 Jun 2016 Australia  137  Japan Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–2, 5–1, 2–1
22 Jun 2016 Greece  154  Italy Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–1, 4–1, 4–2

23 Jun 2016 Greece  105  Australia Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 2–2, 4–1
23 Jun 2016 Japan  1017  Italy Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–6, 1–4, 4–4

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia3304423+219
 United States3213023+76
 Brazil3123237-52
 China3032447-231
21 Jun 2016 Serbia  1410  Brazil Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–3, 4–2, 2–2
21 Jun 2016 United States  126  China Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 2–2, 4–2

22 Jun 2016 United States  107  Brazil Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–1, 2–1
22 Jun 2016 Serbia  205  China Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–1, 6–1, 5–1

23 Jun 2016 Serbia  108  United States Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 2–2, 1–2
23 Jun 2016 Brazil  1111  China Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–4, 4–3  PSO: 4–2

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Italy12
 
 
 
 Brazil6
 
 Italy4
 
 
 
 Serbia7
 
 Japan10
 
 
 
 Serbia19
 
 Serbia10
 
 
 
 United States6
 
 Australia8 (7)
 
 
 
 United States (pen.)8 (8)
 
 United States (pen.)11 (6)
 
 
 
 Greece11 (5) Third place
 
 Greece15
 
 
 
 China5
 
 Greece11
 
 
 Italy7
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Brazil10
 
 
 
 Japan12
 
 Japan7
 
 
 
 Australia12
 
 Australia15
 
 
 China4
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Brazil16
 
 
 China4

Quarterfinals

24 Jun 2016 Italy  126  Brazil Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–3, 3–1, 3–1
24 Jun 2016 Australia  88  United States Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 0–1, 4–2  PSO: 7–8
24 Jun 2016 Greece  155  China Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–2, 2–1, 4–1
24 Jun 2016 Japan  1019  Serbia Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–7, 3–5, 3–3

5th–8th Places Semifinals

25 Jun 2016 Brazil  1012  Japan Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–6, 5–2, 2–0
25 Jun 2016 Australia  154  China Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–0, 3–2, 4–1

Semifinals

25 Jun 2016 Italy  47  Serbia Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 1–1, 1–2
25 Jun 2016 United States  1111  Greece Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–3, 4–5, 1–1  PSO: 6–5

7th Place

26 Jun 2016 Brazil  164  China Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 5–1, 6–2

5th Place

26 Jun 2016 Japan  712  Australia Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 1–3, 2–2

3rd Place

26 Jun 2016 Italy  711  Greece Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–4, 1–4, 0–2

Final

26 Jun 2016 Serbia  106  United States Huizhou, China
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–1, 3–0, 2–5

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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