2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo

The 2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 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 Bergamo, Italy from 23 to 28 June 2015.[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

Europe

Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams and a third group of five 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
 Hungary 6 6 0 87 57 +30 18
 Greece 6 4 2 84 63 +21 12
 Romania 6 2 4 58 88 -30 5
 Slovakia 6 0 6 55 76 -21 1
18 Nov 2014
18:00
Game 1 Greece  15 (8)–8 (4)  Romania Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–3, 1–1, 6–3
18 Nov 2014
19:00
Game 2 Hungary  13 (7)–6 (5)  Slovakia Debrecen, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 2–1, 4–0

9 Dec 2014
18:00
Game 3 Slovakia  10 (4)–16 (8)  Greece Nováky, Slovakia
Score by quarters: 4–4, 0–4, 3–5, 3–3

10 Dec 2014
18:25
Game 4 Hungary  20 (10)–10 (6)  Romania Miskolc, Hungary
Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–3, 5–0, 5–4

20 Jan 2015
18:00
Game 5 Romania  14 (4)–13 (7) (OT)  Slovakia Bucharest, Romania
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 3–2, 2–0  OT: 5–4
20 Jan 2015
19:00
Game 6 Greece  13 (8)–15 (9)  Hungary Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 5–4, 3–5, 3–3, 2–3

17 Feb 2015
17:30
Game 7 Romania  12 (5)–18 (7)  Greece Bucharest, Romania
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 4–7, 3–4
17 Feb 2015
18:00
Game 8 Slovakia  12 (4)–13 (4)  Hungary Košice, Slovakia
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 3–5, 5–4

17 Mar 2015
18:00
Game 9 Romania  5 (3)–14 (7)  Hungary Bucharest, Romania
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–5, 1–3, 1–4
17 Mar 2015
19:00
Game 10 Greece  11 (6)–6 (3)  Slovakia Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2

14 Apr 2015
18:00
Game 11 Slovakia  8 (5)–9 (4)  Romania Bratislava, Slovakia
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–3, 2–3, 1–2
14 Apr 2015
18:15
Game 12 Hungary  12 (6)–11 (3)  Greece Győr, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 2–3, 4–5

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 6 6 0 85 46 +39 18
 Russia 6 4 2 64 63 +1 12
 Spain 6 2 4 55 66 -11 6
 Germany 6 0 6 53 82 -29 0
18 Nov 2014
18:00
Game 1 Serbia  9 (5)–1 (1)  Spain Niš, Serbia
Score by quarters: 5–1, 0–0, 0–0, 4–0
18 Nov 2014
19:00
Game 2 Russia  12 (6)–9 (4)  Germany Volgograd, Russia
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 4–3, 2–2

9 Dec 2014
19:00
Game 3 Germany  10 (6)–19 (8)  Serbia Hamburg, Germany
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–5, 3–6, 1–5
9 Dec 2014
20:00
Game 4 Spain  11 (8)–14 (5)  Russia Terrassa, Spain
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–3, 2–6

20 Jan 2015
18:30
Game 5 Russia  8 (3)–17 (8)  Serbia Astrakhan, Russia
Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 2–5, 3–4
20 Jan 2015
19:00
Game 6 Germany  11 (5)–12 (8)  Spain Bremen, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 1–2, 5–2

17 Feb 2015
19:00
Game 7 Spain  9 (5)–15 (4)  Serbia Madrid, Spain
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 2–5, 2–6
17 Feb 2015
19:30
Game 8 Germany  7 (4)–11 (4)  Russia Stuttgart, Germany
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 1–3, 2–4

17 Mar 2015
18:00
Game 9 Serbia  14 (7)–8 (5)  Germany Kragujevac, Serbia
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 3–1, 4–2
17 Mar 2015
19:00
Game 10 Russia  9 (7)–8 (6)  Spain Volgograd, Russia
Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–1, 1–1

14 Apr 2015
19:00
Game 11 Serbia  11 (6)–10 (4)  Russia Kruševac, Serbia
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 2–2, 3–4
14 Apr 2015
20:30
Game 12 Spain  14 (9)–8 (4)  Germany Barcelona, Spain
Score by quarters: 5–4, 4–0, 3–4, 2–0

Group C

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 8 8 0 101 60 +41 24
 Italy (H) 8 6 2 108 71 +37 17
 Montenegro 8 4 4 94 81 +13 13
 France 8 1 7 71 97 -26 3
 Turkey 8 1 7 40 105 -65 3

(H)–Host Super Final

18 Nov 2014
20:30
Game 1 Croatia  13 (6)–3 (0)  Turkey Zagreb, Croatia
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–0, 4–1, 3–2
18 Nov 2014
20:30
Game 2 France  9 (4)–15 (6)  Italy Aix-en-Provence, France
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–4, 4–5

9 Dec 2014
18:00
Game 3 Montenegro  13 (6)–15 (4) (OT)  Italy Budva, Montenegro
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–4, 1–4, 4–2  OT: 2–4
9 Dec 2014
19:30
Game 4 France  7 (2)–14 (9)  Croatia Montpellier, France
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 4–3, 1–2

29 Dec 2014
16:45
Game 5 Croatia  14 (6)–8 (4)  Montenegro Rijeka, Croatia
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 3–2, 5–2

20 Jan 2015
17:00
Game 6 Montenegro  15 (7)–4 (0)  Turkey Budva, Montenegro
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–0, 3–1, 5–3
20 Jan 2015
20:00
Game 7 Italy  7 (4)–8 (5)  Croatia Turin, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–2, 2–1

2 Feb 2015
21:00
Game 8 Turkey  9 (1)–7 (3)  France Istanbul, Turkey
Score by quarters: 1–1, 0–2, 6–2, 2–2

17 Feb 2015
19:00
Game 9 Montenegro  13 (6)–7 (4)  France Budva, Montenegro
Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–2, 3–2, 4–1
17 Feb 2015
21:00
Game 10 Turkey  3 (1)–16 (7)  Italy Istanbul, Turkey
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 1–5, 1–4

19 Feb 2015
20:00
Game 11 Italy  11 (5)–10 (6)  France Lodi, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 3–1, 3–3

20 Feb 2015
21:00
Game 12 Turkey  4 (2)–11 (6)  Croatia Istanbul, Turkey
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–2, 0–1, 2–4

17 Mar 2015
18:00
Game 13 Croatia  15 (7)–9 (4)  France Varaždin, Croatia
Score by quarters: 4–1, 3–3, 2–3, 6–2
17 Mar 2015
20:00
Game 14 Italy  16 (8)–8 (3)  Montenegro Genoa, Italia
Score by quarters: 3–2, 5–1, 5–2, 3–3

20 Mar 2015
18:00
Game 15 Montenegro  11 (5)–12 (4)  Croatia Budva, Montenegro
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 2–4, 4–4
20 Mar 2015
20:30
Game 16 France  14 (6)–6 (4)  Turkey Paris, France
Score by quarters: 1–4, 5–0, 2–1, 6–1

31 Mar 2015
18:00
Game 17 Italy  17 (7)–6 (4)  Turkey Syracuse, Italy
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–2, 4–1, 6–1
31 Mar 2015
20:00
Game 18 France  8 (5)–14 (7)  Montenegro Nancy, France
Score by quarters: 0–3, 5–4, 1–3, 2–4

14 Apr 2015
18:00
Game 19 Croatia  14 (8)–11 (3)  Italy Split, Croatia
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 1–4, 5–4
14 Apr 2015
21:00
Game 20 Turkey  5 (3)–12 (5)  Montenegro Istanbul, Turkey
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–3, 1–4

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 3 3 0 45 25 +20 9
 United States 3 2 1 38 24 +14 6
 Japan 3 1 2 30 39 -9 3
 Argentina 3 0 3 23 48 -25 0
30 Mar 2015
18:30
Game 1 Japan  14 (9)–9 (5)  Argentina Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–1, 2–1, 3–3
30 Mar 2015
20:30
Game 2 Canada  10 (7)–9 (3)  United States Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 0–5, 3–1

31 Mar 2015
17:00
Game 3 Canada  15 (7)–6 (4)  Argentina Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–1, 3–0, 5–2
31 Mar 2015
20:00
Game 4 Japan  6 (2)–10 (4)  United States Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–1, 3–4, 1–2

1 Apr 2015
17:00
Game 5 Canada  20 (8)–10 (5)  Japan Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 6–3, 6–2
1 Apr 2015
20:00
Game 6 United States  19 (10)–8 (5)  Argentina Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–1, 5–2, 4–1

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 36 20 +16 9
 Brazil 3 2 1 32 29 +3 6
 Kazakhstan 3 1 2 24 32 -8 3
 China 3 0 3 21 32 -11 0
30 Mar 2015
15:30
Game 1 Brazil  10 (7)–13 (6)  Australia Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–4, 1–5, 2–2
30 Mar 2015
17:00
Game 2 Kazakhstan  10 (6)–9 (8)  China Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–3, 2–0, 2–1

31 Mar 2015
15:30
Game 3 Brazil  12 (6)–9 (4)  China Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–3, 3–3, 3–2
31 Mar 2015
18:30
Game 4 Kazakhstan  7 (3)–13 (6)  Australia Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–1, 2–4, 2–3

1 Apr 2015
15:30
Game 5 Brazil  10 (7)–7 (3)  Kazakhstan Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 1–2, 6–1, 1–2, 2–2
1 Apr 2015
18:30
Game 6 Australia  10 (6)–3 (3)  China Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–3, 2–0, 2–0

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A2  United States 17
B3  Kazakhstan 11
A2  United States 16
B1  Australia* 17
A4  Argentina 5
B1  Australia 14
B1  Australia 9
B2  Brazil 6
A3  Japan 8
B2  Brazil 11
B2  Brazil 14 Third place
B4  China 12
A1  Canada 10 A2  United States 19
B4  China 11 B4  China 7

Quarterfinals

2 Apr 2015
15:30
Game 1 Japan  8 (4)–11 (6)  Brazil Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–4, 2–3, 2–2
2 Apr 2015
17:00
Game 2 Canada  10 (4)–11 (9)  China Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 1–6, 3–3, 3–2, 3–0
2 Apr 2015
18:30
Game 3 United States  17 (9)–11 (5)  Kazakhstan Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–2, 5–2, 3–4
2 Apr 2015
20:00
Game 4 Argentina  5 (3)–14 (6)  Australia Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 2–3, 0–5

Semifinals

3 Apr 2015
18:30
Game 1 United States  16 (7)–17 (7) (OT)  Australia Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–4, 2–1, 4–5  OT: 3–4
3 Apr 2015
20:00
Game 2 Brazil  14 (8)–12 (6)  China Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–1, 4–4, 2–2

3rd Place

4 Apr 2015
12:00
Game 1 United States  19 (11)–7 (2)  China Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–1, 4–2, 4–3

Final

4 Apr 2015
13:30
Game 1 Australia  9 (6)–6 (3)  Brazil Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–1, 0–2

5th-8th Places

 
5th–8th Places Semifinals5th Place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Kazakhstan19
 
 
 
 Argentina8
 
 Kazakhstan12
 
 
 
 Japan15
 
 Japan11
 
 
 Canada10
 
7th Place
 
 
 
 
 
 Argentina5
 
 
 Canada18

5th-8th Places Semifinals

3 Apr 2015
15:30
Game 1 Kazakhstan  19 (11)–8 (5)  Argentina Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–2, 5–2, 3–1
3 Apr 2015
17:00
Game 2 Japan  11 (6)–10 (6)  Canada Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 2–2, 3–2

7th Place

4 Apr 2015
09:00
Game 1 Argentina  5 (2)–18 (10)  Canada Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–5, 1–5, 2–3

5th Place

4 Apr 2015
10:30
Game 1 Kazakhstan  12 (5)–15 (7)  Japan Newport Beach, United States
Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–3, 3–3, 4–5

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 Bergamo, Italy from 23 to 28 June 2015.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 2 1 46 26 +20 6
 Brazil 3 2 1 35 33 +2 6
 Croatia 3 2 1 39 33 +6 6
 China 3 0 3 19 47 –28 0
23 June 2015
17:20
Game 1 Hungary  18 (9)–8 (3)  China Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 3–5, 6–0
23 June 2015
18:40
Game 2 Brazil  17 (9)–10 (5)  Croatia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–3, 6–2, 6–1, 2–4

24 June 2015
16:00
Game 3 Brazil  15 (9)–7 (5)  China Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–3, 4–1, 2–1
24 June 2015
17:20
Game 4 Hungary  12 (5)–15 (9)  Croatia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–4, 3–3, 4–3

25 June 2015
17:20
Game 5 Hungary  16 (9)–3 (2)  Brazil Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–1, 4–1, 3–0
25 June 2015
18:40
Game 6 China  4 (1)–14 (7)  Croatia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–4, 2–3, 1–4

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 3 3 0 40 26 +14 9
 Italy 3 2 1 31 30 +1 6
 Australia 3 1 2 23 28 –5 3
 United States 3 0 3 26 36 –10 0
23 June 2015
16:00
Game 1 Serbia  13 (9)–7 (3)  United States Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 6–3, 3–0, 3–1, 1–3
23 June 2015
20:00
Game 2 Australia  5 (3)–7 (1)  Italy Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–1, 0–5, 2–1

24 June 2015
18:40
Game 3 Australia  10 (4)–9 (1)  United States Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–4, 4–4
24 June 2015
20:00
Game 4 Serbia  15 (8)–11 (5)  Italy Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 1–3, 6–3

25 June 2015
16:00
Game 5 Serbia  12 (6)–8 (5)  Australia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–1, 3–2
25 June 2015
20:00
Game 6 United States  10 (3)–13 (7)  Italy Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–3, 0–4, 3–2, 4–4

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
2A  Brazil 9
3B  Australia 8
2A  Brazil 9
1B  Serbia 13
4A  China 10
1B  Serbia 25
1B  Serbia 9
3A  Croatia 6
3A  Croatia (pen.) 10(4)
2B  Italy 10(2)
3A  Croatia 11 Third place
4B  United States 6
1A  Hungary 7 2A  Brazil (pen.) 10(14)
4B  United States 8 4B  United States 10(13)

Quarterfinals

26 June 2015
16:00
Game 1 Brazil  9 (3)–8 (4)  Australia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 4–2, 2–2
26 June 2015
17:20
Game 2 Hungary  7 (3)–8 (3)  United States Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–1, 3–3, 1–2
26 June 2015
18:40
Game 3 Croatia  14 (5)–12 (6) (OT)  Italy Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–5, 3–0, 2–4  OT: 4–2 (pen.)
26 June 2015
20:00
Game 4 China  10 (5)–25 (13)  Serbia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–6, 0–7, 3–5, 2–7

5th-8th Places

 
5th–8th Places Semifinals5th Place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Australia13
 
 
 
 China3
 
 Australia9
 
 
 
 Hungary6
 
 Italy5
 
 
 Hungary10
 
7th Place
 
 
 
 
 
 China9
 
 
 Italy16

5th-8th Places Semifinals

27 June 2015
16:00
Game 1 Australia  13 (7)–3 (2)  China Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–1, 3–1, 3–0
27 June 2015
17:20
Game 2 Italy  5 (2)–10 (5)  Hungary Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 1–3, 2–2

7th Place

28 June 2015
16:00
Game 1 China  9 (6)–16 (9)  Italy Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–6, 2–2, 1–5

5th Place

28 June 2015
17:20
Game 1 Australia  9 (3)–6 (3)  Hungary Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 4–2, 2–1

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Brazil9
 
 
 
 Serbia13
 
 Serbia9
 
 
 
 Croatia6
 
 Croatia11
 
 
 United States6
 
3rd Place
 
 
 
 
 
 Brazil (pen.)10(14)
 
 
 United States10(13)

Semifinals

27 June 2015
18:40
Game 1 Brazil  9 (4)–13 (5)  Serbia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 2–5, 3–3
27 June 2015
20:00
Game 2 Croatia  11 (5)–6 (4)  United States Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–0, 4–2

3rd Place

28 June 2015
18:40
Game 1 Brazil  24 (2)–23 (6) (OT)  United States Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–3, 3–2, 5–2  OT: 14–13 (pen.)

Final

28 June 2015
20:00
Game 1 Serbia  9 (2)–6 (4)  Croatia Bergamo, Italy
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 3–1, 4–1

Final ranking

Top Scorer Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Tony Azevedo Dušan Mandić Josip Pavić

References

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