2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League
Water Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

The 2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2013 and June 2014 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

UAE from 16 to 21 June 2014.[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

Preliminary round

Europe

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of three teams and a third group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.[2][3]

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 4 4 0 51 25 +26 12
 Russia 4 1 3 37 44 -7 3
 Romania 4 1 3 28 47 -23 3

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 4 3 1 37 33 +4 9
 Greece 4 2 2 36 38 -2 5
 Croatia 4 1 3 35 37 -2 4

Group C

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Montenegro 6 5 1 64 52 +12 15
 Italy 6 5 2 68 55 +13 15
 Slovakia 6 1 5 55 66 -11 3
 Germany 6 1 5 54 68 -14 3

Intercontinental

The intercontinental tournament will feature teams from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. The teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.[4] As the hosts of the Super Final (UAE) did not enter a team in the tournament the top five teams from this tournament qualified for the Super Final, instead of the initially allocated four. South Africa withdrew from the tournament before games commenced and were replaced by China II, whose games were exhibition and did not count in the standings. The games were played between 27 May and 1 June 2014 in Shanghai, China.

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 3 0 38 26 +12 9
 Canada 3 2 1 30 27 +3 6
 Kazakhstan 3 1 2 23 26 -3 3
 Japan 3 0 3 26 38 -12 0
27 May 2014  Kazakhstan 10–7  Japan Shanghai, China
27 May 2014  Australia 11–10  Canada Shanghai, China
28 May 2014  Canada 12–10  Japan Shanghai, China
28 May 2014  Kazakhstan 7–11  Australia Shanghai, China
29 May 2014  Kazakhstan 6–8  Canada Shanghai, China
29 May 2014  Australia 16–9  Japan Shanghai, China

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 2 2 0 25 14 +11 6
 Brazil 2 1 1 21 19 +2 3
 China 2 0 2 12 25 -13 0
27 May 2014  China 4–14  United States Shanghai, China
28 May 2014  China 8–11  Brazil Shanghai, China
29 May 2014  United States 11–10  Brazil Shanghai, China

Knockout stage

Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
         
A1 Australia 16
B4 China II 6
Australia 6
Brazil 9
A3 Kazakhstan 7
B2 Brazil 8
Brazil 7
United States 11
A2 Canada 17
B3 China 18
China 6 Third place
United States 13
A4 Japan 8 Australia 16
B1 United States 10 China 8
Quarterfinals
30 May 2014  Kazakhstan 7–8  Brazil Shanghai, China
30 May 2014  Canada 17–18  China Shanghai, China
30 May 2014  Japan 8–10  United States Shanghai, China
Semifinals
31 May 2014  Canada 11–8  Japan Shanghai, China
31 May 2014  China 6–13  United States Shanghai, China
31 May 2014  Brazil 9–6  Australia Shanghai, China
5th-place play-off
1 June 2014  Canada 9–8  Kazakhstan Shanghai, China
3rd-place play-off
1 June 2014  China 8–16  Australia Shanghai, China
Final
1 June 2014  United States 11–7  Brazil Shanghai, China

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.

UAE
from 16 to 21 June 2014.

Group A

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Serbia 3 3 0 47 18 +29 9
 Montenegro 3 2 1 29 27 +2 6
 Brazil 3 1 2 21 36 -15 3
 China 3 0 3 26 42 -16 0
16 June 2014  Serbia 21–9  China
UAE
16 June 2014  Brazil 5–15  Montenegro
UAE
17 June 2014  Brazil 12–9  China
UAE
17 June 2014  Serbia 14–5  Montenegro
UAE
18 June 2014  Serbia 12–4  Brazil
UAE
18 June 2014  China 8–9  Montenegro
UAE

Group B

Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 3 3 0 37 17 +20 9
 Australia 3 1 2 21 25 -4 3
 United States 3 1 2 25 33 -8 3
 Canada 3 1 2 22 30 -8 3
16 June 2014  Hungary 11–5  Australia
UAE
16 June 2014  United States 12–9  Canada
UAE
17 June 2014  Hungary 10–3  Canada
UAE
17 June 2014  United States 4–8  Australia
UAE
18 June 2014  Hungary 16–9  United States
UAE
18 June 2014  Australia 8–10  Canada
UAE

Knockout stage

Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
         
A1  Serbia 16
B4  Canada 11
A1  Serbia 12
B2  Australia 5
A3  Brazil 7
B2  Australia 14
A1  Serbia 10
B1  Hungary 6
A2  Montenegro 10
B3  United States 4
A2  Montenegro 8 Third place
B1  Hungary 10
A4  China 5 B2  Australia 9
B1  Hungary 13 A2  Montenegro 12

Quarterfinals

19 June 2014 Game 13  Montenegro 10–4  United States
UAE
19 June 2014 Game 14  Brazil 7–14  Australia
UAE
19 June 2014 Game 15  Serbia 16–11  Canada
UAE
19 June 2014 Game 16  China 5–13  Hungary
UAE

Semifinals

20 June 2014 Game 17  United States 15–5  China
UAE
20 June 2014 Game 18  Brazil 13 (6)–14 (7)  Canada
UAE
20 June 2014 Game 19  Montenegro 8–10  Hungary
UAE
20 June 2014 Game 20  Australia 5–12  Serbia
UAE

7th-place play-off

21 June 2014 Game 21  China 7–8  Brazil
UAE

5th-place play-off

21 June 2014 Game 22  United States 14–10  Canada
UAE

3rd-place play-off

21 June 2014 Game 23  Montenegro 12 (4)–9 (1)  Australia
UAE

Final

21 June 2014 Game 24  Hungary 6–10  Serbia
UAE

Final ranking

Awards

Top Scorer
Serbia Filip Filipović

References