2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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 23–28 June 2015.^[1]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.^[1] 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)	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)	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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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)	Australia	Newport Beach, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–1, 0–2

5th-8th Places

5th–8th Places Semifinals			5th Place


Kazakhstan	19
Argentina	8


			Kazakhstan	12
			Japan	15


			7th Place

Japan	11	Argentina	5
Canada	10		Canada	18

5th-8th Places Semifinals

3 Apr 2015 15:30	Game 1	Kazakhstan	19 (11)–8 (5)	Argentina	Newport Beach, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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, USA
		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 will be 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)	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 Semifinals			5th Place


Australia	13
China	3


			Australia	9
			Hungary	6


			7th Place

Italy	5	China	9
Hungary	10		Italy	16

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

Semifinals			Final


Brazil	9
Serbia	13


			Serbia	9
			Croatia	6


			3rd Place

Croatia	11	Brazil (pen.)	10⁽¹⁴⁾
United States	6		United States	10⁽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)	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

RANK	TEAM
	Serbia
	Croatia
	Brazil
4.	United States
5.	Australia
6.	Hungary
7.	Italy
8.	China

References

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2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

Contents

Europe

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

3rd Place

Final

5th-8th Places

5th-8th Places Semifinals

7th Place

5th Place

Super Final

Squads

Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

5th-8th Places

5th-8th Places Semifinals

7th Place

5th Place

Finals

Semifinals

3rd Place

Final

Final ranking

References

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