2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League will be played between October 2015 and June 2016 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 Huizhou, China from 21–26 June 2016.

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:

Europe

Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of three group of four 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
 Greece 5 5 0 71 35 +36 15
 Hungary 5 4 1 76 47 +29 12
 Romania 5 1 4 37 68 -31 3
 Georgia 5 0 5 49 83 -34 0
20 Oct 2015 Hungary  17–10  Georgia Szolnok
20 Oct 2015 Greece  17–3  Romania Athens
17 Nov 2015 Hungary  16–8  Romania Kecskemét
17 Nov 2015 Greece  18–10  Georgia Athens
01 Dec 2015 Greece  12–8  Hungary Patras
01 Dec 2015 Georgia  11–13  Romania Tbilisi
16 Feb 2016 Georgia  10–20  Hungary Tbilisi
16 Feb 2016 Romania  6–9  Greece Bucharest
26 Apr 2016 Romania  7–15  Hungary Oradea
26 Apr 2016 Georgia  8–15  Greece Tbilisi
10 May 2016 Hungary  –  Greece Szentes
10 May 2016 Romania  –  Georgia Bucharest

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 5 5 0 66 54 +12 15
 Montenegro 5 3 2 58 42 +16 9
 Spain 5 2 3 59 56 +3 6
 France 5 0 5 43 74 -31 0
20 Oct 2015 Serbia  12–9  France Belgrade
20 Oct 2015 Montenegro  11–6  Spain Herceg Novi
17 Nov 2015 Serbia  13–12  Spain Novi Sad
01 Dec 2015 Spain  18–10  France Barcelona
01 Dec 2015 Montenegro  10–12  Serbia Budva
16 Feb 2016 France  10–15  Serbia Strasbourg
16 Feb 2016 Spain  10–8  Montenegro Sabadell
14 Mar 2016 France  10–12  Montenegro Nice
26 Apr 2016 Spain  13–14  Serbia Barcelona
26 Apr 2016 Montenegro  17–4  France Herceg Novi
10 May 2016 France  –  Spain Limoges
10 May 2016 Serbia  –  Montenegro Banja Luka

Group C

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 5 5 0 75 39 +36 15
 Croatia 5 4 1 74 37 +37 12
 Russia 6 2 4 65 75 -10 6
 Turkey 6 0 6 34 97 -63 0
20 Oct 2015 Croatia  19–6  Turkey Šibenik
20 Oct 2015 Russia  11–16  Italy Moscow
17 Nov 2015 Croatia  17–9  Russia Zadar
17 Nov 2015 Italy  14–4  Turkey Rome
01 Dec 2015 Russia  13–9  Turkey Moscow
01 Dec 2015 Croatia  8–9  Italy Dubrovnik
16 Feb 2016 Turkey  3–16  Croatia Ankara
16 Feb 2016 Italy  14–9  Russia Turin
26 Apr 2016 Russia  10–14  Croatia Moscow
26 Apr 2016 Turkey  7–22  Italy Bursa
03 May 2016 Turkey  5–13  Russia Antalya
10 May 2016 Italy  –  Croatia Syracuse

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary Round

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 May 2016 United States  –  Australia Yokohama, Japan
10 May 2016 Kazakhstan  –  Brazil Yokohama, Japan
10 May 2016 Japan  –  China Yokohama, Japan
11 May 2016 Australia  –  Brazil Yokohama, Japan
11 May 2016 China  –  Kazakhstan Yokohama, Japan
11 May 2016 United States  –  Japan Yokohama, Japan
12 May 2016 Brazil  –  China Yokohama, Japan
12 May 2016 Kazakhstan  –  United States Yokohama, Japan
12 May 2016 Japan  –  Australia Yokohama, Japan
13 May 2016 United States  –  Brazil Yokohama, Japan
13 May 2016 China  –  Australia Yokohama, Japan
13 May 2016 Japan  –  Kazakhstan Yokohama, Japan
14 May 2016 Kazakhstan  –  Australia Yokohama, Japan
14 May 2016 United States  –  China Yokohama, Japan
14 May 2016 Brazil  –  Japan Yokohama, Japan

5th Place

15 May 2016 – Yokohama, Japan

3rd Place

15 May 2016 – Yokohama, Japan

Final

15 May 2016 – Yokohama, Japan

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 Huizhou, China from 21 to 26 June 2016.

Qualified teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
— (BRA)
(USA)		  China (Host)
(JPN)
(KAZ)		 1st Group A
 Serbia
1st Group C		 (AUS)

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jun 2016 A2 – A3 Huizhou, China
21 Jun 2016 A1 – A4 Huizhou, China
22 Jun 2016 A1 – A3 Huizhou, China
22 Jun 2016 A2 – A4 Huizhou, China
23 Jun 2016 A2 – A1 Huizhou, China
23 Jun 2016 A3 – A4 Huizhou, China

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Jun 2016 B2 – B3 Huizhou, China
21 Jun 2016 B1 – B4 Huizhou, China
22 Jun 2016 B2 – B4 Huizhou, China
22 Jun 2016 B1 – B3 Huizhou, China
23 Jun 2016 B2 – B1 Huizhou, China
23 Jun 2016 B3 – B4 Huizhou, China

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 A2
 
 
 
 B3
 
 
 
 
 
 A4
 
 
 
 B1
 
 
 
 
 
 A3
 
 
 
 B2
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 A1
 
 
 
 B4
 
 
 
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

24 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China
24 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China
24 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China
24 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

5th–8th Places Semifinals

25 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China
25 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

Semifinals

25 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China
25 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

7th Place

26 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

5th Place

26 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

3rd Place

26 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

Final

26 Jun 2016 – Huizhou, China

Final ranking

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