2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
Sports season
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
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
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
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 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 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
(H) –Host Super Final
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 20:00
Game 4
Serbia
15 (8)–11 (5)
Italy
Bergamo , Italy
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 1–3, 6–3
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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
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
Finals
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
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
2015 FINA Men's World League
Serbia Ninth title
References
Men's tournament Women's tournament