2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was 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.
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 |
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| 1 |
Serbia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
8 |
+11 |
3 |
Super Final |
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— |
11 Apr |
14 Mar |
19–8 |
| 2 |
Slovakia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
3 |
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10 Jan |
— |
10–7 |
14 Mar |
| 3 |
Germany |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
−3 |
0 |
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6 Dec |
14 Feb |
— |
10 Jan |
| 4 |
Romania |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
19 |
−11 |
0 |
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14 Feb |
6 Dec |
11 Apr |
— |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source:
FINAGroup B
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification |
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| 1 |
Croatia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
+5 |
3 |
Super Final |
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— |
11 Apr |
14 Mar |
11–6 |
| 2 |
Netherlands |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
10 |
+1 |
3 |
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10 Jan |
— |
11–10 |
14 Mar |
| 3 |
France |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
11 |
−1 |
0 |
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6 Dec |
14 Feb |
— |
11 Apr |
| 4 |
Greece |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
−5 |
0 |
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14 Feb |
6 Dec |
10 Jan |
— |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source:
FINAGroup C
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification |
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| 1 |
Russia |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
13 |
+1 |
3 |
Super Final |
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— |
6 Dec |
14 Feb |
| 2 |
Italy |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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14 Mar |
— |
10 Jan |
| 3 |
Georgia |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
14 |
−1 |
0 |
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13–14 |
11 Apr |
— |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source:
FINAIntercontinental Water Polo Tournament
Dates & Place tbc (February–May, 2017)
Super Final
June 20–25, 2017 Place tbc
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 |
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Group A
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification |
|---|
| 1 |
2nd IWPT |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Quarterfinals |
| 2 |
1st Europe Group A |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
4th IWPT |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
1st Europe Group C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
First match(es) will be played on 20 June 2017. Source:
Group B
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
OTW |
OTL |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification |
|---|
| 1 |
1st IWPT |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Quarterfinals |
| 2 |
1st Europe Group B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3 |
3rd IWPT |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
Host |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
First match(es) will be played on 20 June 2017. Source:
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | | Final |
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- 5th–8th Places
| Semifinals | | Fifth place |
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Quarterfinals
| 23 June 2017 |
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| 23 June 2017 |
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| 23 June 2017 |
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| 23 June 2017 |
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5th–8th Places Semifinals
| 24 June 2017 |
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| 24 June 2017 |
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Semifinals
| 24 June 2017 |
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| 24 June 2017 |
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7th Place
| 25 June 2017 |
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5th Place
| 25 June 2017 |
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3rd Place
| 25 June 2017 |
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Final
| 25 June 2017 |
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Final ranking
References
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