2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 16th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 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 from 20–25 June 2017.[1]

2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration15 November 2016 to
25 June 2017
Super Final
Finals champions Serbia (11th title)
  Runners-up Italy

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 two groups of four teams and a third group of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 6 5 1 0 0 85 37 +48 17 Super Final 11–2 19–8 20–3
2  Slovakia 6 2 0 2 2 44 51 7 8 11–11(6–7 PSO) 6–5 10–7
3  Romania 6 2 0 1 3 48 61 13 7 4–9 12–10 9–7
4  Germany 6 0 2 0 4 41 69 28 4 9–15 5–5(4–3 PSO) 10–10(4–3 PSO)
Source: FINA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 6 5 0 0 1 84 45 +39 15 Super Final 11–6 17–7 16–6
2  Greece 6 5 0 0 1 61 42 +19 15 10–8 9–8 16–7
3  Netherlands 6 2 0 0 4 44 70 26 6 7–18 4–10 11–10
4  France 6 0 0 0 6 42 74 32 0 9–14 4–10 6–7
Source: FINA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 4 4 0 0 0 49 33 +16 12 Super Final 12–9 14–5
2  Russia 4 2 0 0 2 49 43 +6 6 Host Super Final 7–10 19–8
3  Georgia 4 0 0 0 4 38 60 22 0 12–13 13–14
Source: FINA

Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament

April 25–30, 2017 Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 5 4 1 0 0 62 26 +36 14 Super Final 12–8 9–9(4–2 PSO) 10–3 13–3 18–3
2  United States 5 4 0 0 1 71 42 +29 12 15–10 18–6
3  Japan 5 3 0 1 1 69 37 +32 10 8–10 20–6
4  Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 41 53 12 6 6–14 15–8
5  China 5 1 0 0 4 30 65 35 3 6–7 9–7
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 30 80 50 0 6–20 6–18
Source: FINA
(H) Host.

5th Place

30 April 2017
9:20
China  45  New Zealand Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Yusuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2
four players 1 Goals five players 1

3rd Place

30 April 2017
10:40
Japan  127  Kazakhstan Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Referees:
Michael Brook (NZL), Haziel Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–0, 4–2, 7–3
five players 2 Goals Medvedev, Pilipenko 2

Final

30 April 2017
12:10
Australia  86  United States Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Hooper 2

Super Final

June 20–25, 2017 Ruza, Ruzsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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.

Qualified teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 United States  Japan
 Kazakhstan
 Croatia
 Italy
 Russia (Host)
 Serbia
 Australia

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 0 43 22 +21 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 1 1 0 1 30 26 +4 5
3  United States 3 1 0 1 1 29 34 5 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 23 43 20 0
Source: FINA
20 June 2017
16:40
Serbia  157  Kazakhstan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–4, 3–2, 3–1
D. Pijetlović 3 Goals Shakenov 3
20 June 2017
18:00
United States  55 (2–4 PSO)  Italy Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–0, 2–3, 0–2  PSO: 2–4
Bowen 3 Goals Iodice 3

21 June 2017
16:00
United States  1410  Kazakhstan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Miroslav Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–3, 4–2, 3–5
DeTrane 3 Goals Ukumanov 3
21 June 2017
17:20
Serbia  137  Italy Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 4–3, 4–1
D. Pijetlović, Filipović 3 Goals Aicardi 4

22 June 2017
17:20
Serbia  158  United States Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–1, 2–1, 3–3
S. Mitrović 4 Goals Hallock 3
22 June 2017
18:40
Kazakhstan  614  Italy Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Miroslav Vlasic (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 2–5, 3–3
Medvedev, Pilipenko 2 Goals Iodice 4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 0 33 15 +18 9 Quarterfinals
2  Russia (H) 3 2 0 0 1 30 22 +8 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 0 2 17 27 10 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 18 34 16 0
Source: FINA
(H) Host.
20 June 2017
15:20
Croatia  135  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Haz Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–0, 1–2, 5–1
Petković, Šetka 3 Goals five players 1
20 June 2017
20:15
Australia  511  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–4, 1–3
Younger 4 Goals four players 2

21 June 2017
18:40
Australia  98  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–0, 2–3, 3–2
Kayes 4 Goals Arai 3
21 June 2017
20:00
Croatia  127  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–1, 2–3
Petković 4 Goals Lazarev 2

22 June 2017
16:00
Croatia  83  Australia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Haz Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–2
Šetka 3 Goals three players 1
22 June 2017
20:00
Japan  512  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 0–2, 1–4
Adachi 2 Goals Merkulov, Lisunov 3

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Italy 13
 
 
 
 Australia 5
 
 Italy (pen.) 6 (3)
 
 
 
 Croatia 6 (1)
 
 Kazakhstan 3
 
 
 
 Croatia 19
 
 Italy 9
 
 
 
 Serbia 10
 
 United States 8
 
 
 
 Russia 6
 
 United States 8 (3)
 
 
 
 Serbia (pen.) 8 (5) Third place
 
 Serbia 19
 
 
 
 Japan 10
 
 Croatia 10
 
 
 United States 4
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Australia 8 (3)
 
 
 
 Kazakhstan (pen.) 8 (4)
 
 Kazakhstan 4
 
 
 
 Russia 11
 
 Russia (pen.) 12 (6)
 
 
 Japan 12 (5)
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia 11
 
 
 Japan 4

Quarterfinals

23 June 2017
16:00
Italy  135  Australia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–1, 2–1
Figlioli 5 Goals Younger 2
23 June 2017
17:20
Serbia  1910  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Haz Ortega (USA), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 4–3, 5–6
Ubović 4 Goals Arai, Okawa 3
23 June 2017
18:40
Kazakhstan  319  Croatia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–3, 0–6, 1–4
Shakenov 2 Goals Šetka 5
23 June 2017
20:00
United States  86  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Miroslav Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 2–1, 0–2
three players 2 Goals Merkulov, Nagaev 2

5th–8th Places Semifinals

24 June 2017
16:00
Australia  88 (3–4 PSO)  Kazakhstan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–1, 1–2, 4–1  PSO: 3–4
Younger 4 Goals Ukumanov 4
24 June 2017
17:20
Russia  1212 (6–5 PSO)  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Miroslav Vlasic (CRO), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–2, 4–4, 0–2  PSO: 6–5
Ashaev, Merkulov 5 Goals Adachi, Arai 4

Semifinals

24 June 2017
18:40
Italy  66 (3–1 PSO)  Croatia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1  PSO: 3–1
Figlioli, Gallo 3 Goals Šetka 3
24 June 2017
20:00
United States  88 (3–5 PSO)  Serbia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–3, 2–2, 2–3  PSO: 3–5
Bowen, Roelse 3 Goals Aleksić, Prlainović 3

7th Place

25 June 2017
12:00
Australia  114  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 4–1, 2–1
Kayes 3 Goals four players 1

5th Place

25 June 2017
13:20
Kazakhstan  411  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 1–1, 1–5
Medvedev 2 Goals three players 2

3rd Place

25 June 2017
14:40
Croatia  104  United States Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1
Šetka 3 Goals Carniglia 2

Final

25 June 2017
16:00
Italy  910  Serbia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–2, 2–5, 3–2
Di Fulvio, Figlioli 3 Goals D. Pijetlović, S. Mitrović 3

Final ranking

Awards

Best scorer
Anđelo Šetka 19 goals

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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