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:

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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