2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	16 June – 14 August 2005
League champions	Serbia and Montenegro
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The 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round and a semifinal round, the Super Final was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. ^[1]

Preliminary round

Five teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Canada and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Serbia and Montenegro).

Group A

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Hungary	6	6	0	93	40	+53	18
2	Spain	6	4	2	70	51	+19	14
3	Russia	6	4	2	56	51	+5	14
4	Greece	6	4	2	76	56	+20	13
5	Australia	6	2	4	52	29	+23	10
6	China	6	1	5	29	81	–52	8
7	Canada	6	0	6	31	74	–43	6

Group B

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Serbia and Montenegro	6	6	0	78	36	+42	18
2	Croatia	6	4	2	75	61	+14	14
3	United States	6	4	2	50	51	–1	14
4	Italy	6	3	3	60	51	+9	12
5	Germany	6	3	3	55	58	–3	12
6	Romania	6	1	5	48	62	–14	8
7	Brazil	6	0	6	28	75	–47	6

Semifinal round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Serbia and Montenegro) were guaranteed qualification.

Group A

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Greece	4	3	1	49	41	+8	10
2	Serbia and Montenegro	4	3	1	43	28	+15	10
3	Germany	4	2	2	37	39	–2	8
4	Spain	4	2	2	52	47	+5	7
5	Canada	4	0	4	23	49	–26	4

Group B

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Hungary	4	3	1	41	28	+13	10
2	Croatia	4	2	2	38	34	+4	8
3	Russia	4	2	2	31	34	–3	8
4	Italy	4	2	2	33	35	–2	8
5	United States	4	1	3	24	36	–12	6

Super Final

Group round

The top two teams advanced to the final, while the next two played for bronze.

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	28	23	+5	9
2	Hungary	3	2	1	38	29	+9	7
3	Croatia	3	2	1	31	22	+9	7
4	Germany	3	1	2	26	38	–12	5
5	Russia	3	1	2	25	26	–1	4
6	Greece	3	0	3	23	33	–10	3

5th place match

Greece	14-9	Russia

Bronze medal match

Germany	10–8	Croatia

Gold medal match

Serbia and Montenegro	16–6	Hungary

Final ranking

Rank [1] Team   Serbia and Montenegro   Hungary   Germany 4   Croatia 5   Greece 6   Russia

2005 FINA Men's World League  Serbia and Montenegro First title

Awards

Top Scorer
Aleksandar Šapić

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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