2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League FINA Water Polo World League
Sport Water Polo
Duration10 July – 6 August 2006
League championsFlag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

The 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fifth 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 Athens, Greece. [1]

Contents

Preliminary round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Spain and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Greece).

Group A

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 660007642+3418
2Flag of France.svg  France 630037068+29
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 620044963–146
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 610056486–223

Group B

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 220002913+166
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 210011821–33
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 20002821–130

Group C

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 640026454+1012
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 640027457+1712
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 630035669–139
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 610055064–143

Group D

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 641016457+714
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 640025551+412
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 620135462–87
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 610055558–33

Semifinal round

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

Group A

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 541006722+4514
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 540105427+2713
3Flag of France.svg  France 53002353509
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 520032550–256
5Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 510043549–143
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 500052457–330

Group B

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 550005429+2515
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 540015537+1812
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 530024735+129
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 520033645–26
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 510043755–183
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 500053361–280

Super Final

Group round

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

RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints
1Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 550006834+3415
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 540015333+2012
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 521024146–58
4Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 520034351–86
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 510134447–34
6Flag of France.svg  France 500053371–380

3rd to 6th place playoffs

Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10–10 (4–3 p.)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg14–7Flag of France.svg  France

5th place match

United States  Flag of the United States.svg11-4Flag of France.svg  France

Bronze medal match

Greece  Flag of Greece.svg11–10Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Gold medal match

Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg6–4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Final ranking

Awards

Top Scorer
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Audon

References

  1. 1 2 "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.