2014 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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 Dubai, UAE from 16 to 21 June 2014.[1][2]

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

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

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Europe

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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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
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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
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1 June 2014   Canada 9–8   Kazakhstan Shanghai, China
3rd-place play-off
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1 June 2014   China 8–16   Australia Shanghai, China
Final
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1 June 2014   United States 11–7   Brazil Shanghai, China

Super Final

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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.[2] The games were played in Dubai, UAE from 16 to 21 June 2014.

Group A

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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 Dubai, UAE
16 June 2014   Brazil 5–15   Montenegro Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014   Brazil 12–9   China Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014   Serbia 14–5   Montenegro Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014   Serbia 12–4   Brazil Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014   China 8–9   Montenegro Dubai, UAE

Group B

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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 Dubai, UAE
16 June 2014   United States 12–9   Canada Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014   Hungary 10–3   Canada Dubai, UAE
17 June 2014   United States 4–8   Australia Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014   Hungary 16–9   United States Dubai, UAE
18 June 2014   Australia 8–10   Canada Dubai, UAE

Knockout stage

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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

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

Semifinals

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

7th-place play-off

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21 June 2014 Game 21   China 7–8   Brazil Dubai, UAE

5th-place play-off

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

3rd-place play-off

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

Final

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21 June 2014 Game 24   Hungary 6–10   Serbia Dubai, UAE

Final ranking

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Awards

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Top Scorer
  Filip Filipović

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b c d "FINA Water Polo World League 2014 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Men's Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ^ "FINA Men's Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 22 April 2014.