2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

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2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League FINA Water Polo World League
Sport Water Polo
DurationNovember 2015-June 2016
Super Final
Finals championsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (10 title)
  Runners-upFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons

The 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 13th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2015 and June 2016 and open to all women'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 Shanghai, China from 07–12 June 2016. [1] [2]

Contents

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:

Europe

Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.

Group A

TeamGPWLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6427555+2013
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6426256+612
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6426352+1111
Flag of France.svg  France 6063572-370
22 Oct 2015
20:15
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1110Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nijverdal, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 2–4, 4–1

27 Oct 2015
18:45
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg127Flag of France.svg  France Amersfoort, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 3–2, 3–1
27 Oct 2015
20:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1715Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 6–3, 2–1, 2–5, 3–4  OT: 4–2

24 Nov 2015
18:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg710Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–3, 2–4
24 Nov 2015
20:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg155Flag of France.svg  France Avezzano, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–2, 2–1, 4–2

8 Dec 2015
20:30
France  Flag of France.svg918Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Troyes, France
Score by quarters: 4–7, 3–5, 0–2, 2–4

23 Feb 2016
20:00
France  Flag of France.svg812Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Lille, France
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 2–2, 1–3
23 Feb 2016
20:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg107Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Novara, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 1–0, 0–2

12 Apr 2016
20:00
France  Flag of France.svg510Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Abbeville, France
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–3, 1–3
12 Apr 2016
20:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg79Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Dordrecht, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–3, 2–3

3 May 2016
18:00
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg51Flag of France.svg  France Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–0, 0–0, 2–1
3 May 2016
20:15
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg1510Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Bari, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 2–5
Squads

Squad as during the match on 12 April against Italy. [3]

No.NameDate of birthPositionL/R
1 Lorene Derenty 1994GoalkeeperR
2 Yaelle Deschampt 1997R
3 Morgane Leroux 1999R
4 Aurore Sacre 1993R
5 Louise Guillet 1986R
6 Geraldine Mahieu 1993R
7 Marie Barbieux 1991R
8 Marion Tardy 1993R
9 Lucie Cesca 1994R
10 Audrey Daule 1993R
11 Clemence Clerc 1991R
12 Michaela Jaskova 1993R
13 Morgane Chabrier 1993GoalkeeperR

Squad as during the match on 12 April against France. [3]

No.NameDate of birthPositionL/R
1 Giulia Gorlero GoalkeeperR
2 Chiara Tabani R
3 Arianna Garibotti R
4 Elisa Queirolo R
5 Federica Radicchi R
6 Rosaria Aiello R
7 Tania Di Mario R
8 Roberta Bianconi R
9 Giulia Enrica Emmolo R
10 Francesca Pomeri R
11 Aleksandra Cotti R
12 Teresa Frassinetti R
13 Laura Teani GoalkeeperR

Group B

TeamGPWLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 65110058+4214
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6428568+1712
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 6339057+3310
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 60634126-920
27 Oct 2015
20:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg198Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Moscow, Russia
Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–4, 3–2, 4–1
27 Oct 2015
19:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg1617Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–2, 3–3  OT: 6–7

24 Nov 2015
19:45
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg127Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Moscow, Russia
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–2, 1–2, 4–2
24 Nov 2015
18:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg820Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Stuttgart, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–9, 4–3, 1–4, 1–4

8 Dec 2015
17:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg169Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Barcelona, Spain
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–4, 5–2, 3–2
8 Dec 2015
19:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg211Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 6–0, 5–0

23 Feb 2016
19:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg1022Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Hamburg, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–7, 4–5, 2–5

1 Mar 2016
19:15
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg139Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Sabadell, Spain
Score by quarters: 2–2, 6–3, 2–4, 3–0

12 Apr 2016
19:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg159Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 5–1, 4–4
12 Apr 2016
19:15
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg212Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Manresa, Spain
Score by quarters: 7–0, 5–1, 3–0, 6–1

3 May 2016
20:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg1413Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Moscow, Russia
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 2–4, 6–2
3 May 2016
20:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg523Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Heidelberg, Germany
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–8, 2–6, 0–5

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary round

TeamGPWLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5507718+5915
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5416927+4212
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5325456-29
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5235057-76
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5142864-363
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5052884-560
16 Feb 2016
16:40
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1210Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 4–2, 3–3
16 Feb 2016
18:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg217Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–8, 0–4, 0–2
16 Feb 2016
19:20
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1019Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–3, 1–4, 3–6

17 Feb 2016
16:40
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg211Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–4, 0–2, 0–3
17 Feb 2016
18:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg107Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–3, 3–3
17 Feb 2016
19:20
United States  Flag of the United States.svg195Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–0, 5–2, 4–2

18 Feb 2016
16:40
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1415Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 3–2, 6–5
18 Feb 2016
18:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg219Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–9, 0–2, 1–4, 0–4
18 Feb 2016
19:20
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg153Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 6–1, 4–0

19 Feb 2016
16:40
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg611Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 1–2, 0–3
19 Feb 2016
18:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg426Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 2–10, 0–7
19 Feb 2016
19:20
United States  Flag of the United States.svg144Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–1, 1–0, 2–0

20 Feb 2016
16:40
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg105Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–1, 4–2, 3–0
20 Feb 2016
18:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg714Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 2–2, 1–5
20 Feb 2016
19:20
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg58Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 3–1, 2–1

5th place

21 Feb 2016
10:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg98Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–2, 2–3

3rd Place

21 Feb 2016
11:20
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg610Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–4

Final

21 Feb 2016
12:40
United States  Flag of the United States.svg65Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 1–1, 1–1

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 Shanghai, China from 7 to 12 June 2016.

Qualified teams

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceania
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (Host)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Group A

TeamGPWLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3303420+149
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3212025-56
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3122329-63
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3032629-30
7 Jun 2016
17:40
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1110Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–1, 3–4
7 Jun 2016
19:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg78Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–1, 0–2

8 Jun 2016
16:20
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg98Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–2, 1–3
8 Jun 2016
19:00
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg103Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–1, 4–1, 3–1

9 Jun 2016
16:20
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg713Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–3, 2–4
9 Jun 2016
19:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg98Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 1–2, 2–3

Group B

TeamGPWLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3304320+239
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3213630+66
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3123631+53
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 3031246-340
7 Jun 2016
15:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1612Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–6, 2–2, 5–3
7 Jun 2016
16:20
United States  Flag of the United States.svg202Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–0, 4–0, 5–2

8 Jun 2016
15:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg106Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–3, 3–2
8 Jun 2016
17:40
United States  Flag of the United States.svg118Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–2, 2–1

9 Jun 2016
15:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1012Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 2–2, 2–2
9 Jun 2016
17:40
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg164Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 5–1, 5–2

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13
 
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 7
 
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5
 
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10
 
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8 Third place
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11
 
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4
 
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6

Quarterfinals

10 Jun 2016
15:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg58Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–1, 1–1, 2–2
10 Jun 2016
16:20
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg112Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–0, 3–0, 0–2
10 Jun 2016
17:40
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg714Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 0–4, 3–2
10 Jun 2016
19:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg138Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 4–1, 3–4

5th–8th Places Semifinals

11 Jun 2016
15:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg76Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–0, 4–1, 1–1
11 Jun 2016
16:20
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg415Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 1–3, 3–4

Semifinals

11 Jun 2016
17:40
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg108Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–0, 3–3, 3–1
11 Jun 2016
19:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg511Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–2, 1–4

7th place

12 Jun 2016
14:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg126Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 3–1, 3–4

5th place

12 Jun 2016
16:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg810Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–2, 1–1, 2–2

3rd Place

12 Jun 2016
17:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg310Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 0–1, 0–1

Final

12 Jun 2016
19:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg139Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–3, 3–2

Final ranking

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