2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons
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The 2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2011 and June 2012 and open to all men's water polo national teams. After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Almaty, Kazakhstan from 12–17 June 2012.^[1] The two teams that reach the final of the Super Final will be the first teams to quality for the water polo tournament of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.^[2]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.^[3] 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

As there were only 4 entries, all teams in this region will play in a single group.

As there were only 4 entries, all teams in this region will play in a single group.

There were 10 entries into the league from Europe, and these were drawn into two groups of three teams and one group of four teams. The teams were placed into groups based on their performance in the 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League along with Great Britain, host of the 2012 Olympic tournament.

Pool	Country	2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League result	Drawn into Group
1	Italy	2nd, Super Final	A
1	Croatia	3rd, Super Final	B
1	Romania	2nd, Europe Group B (13 pts)	C
2	Spain	2nd, Europe Group A (11 pts)	C
2	Germany	3rd, Europe Group A (9 pts)	B
2	Russia	3rd, Europe Group B (6 pts, Diff -3)	A
3	Greece	3rd, Europe Group C (6 pts, Diff -7)	C
3	North Macedonia	4th, Europe Group A (2 pts)	B
3	Turkey	4th, Europe Group B (0 pts)	C
3	Great Britain	did not participate	A

All teams played the other teams twice. All matches were held in Orange County, California from 10–13 May 2012. USA and Brazil, the top two teams, advanced to the Super Final.^[4]

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	United States	4	4	0	0	0	56	11	45	12
2.	Brazil	4	2	0	0	2	24	39	-15	6
3.	Canada	4	0	0	0	4	19	49	-30	0

All teams will play the other teams twice. The first round-robin will be held from 1–5 May 2012 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai and the second round-robin will be held from 8–12 May 2012 at the Chiba International Swimming Complex in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. Two teams advance to the Super Final, one of which must be Kazakhstan as they are the host.

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Australia	6	6	0	0	0	80	25	+55	18
2.	China	6	3	0	0	3	40	55	-15	9
3.	Japan	6	3	0	0	3	49	53	-4	9
4.	Kazakhstan	6	0	0	0	6	28	64	-36	0

All teams play the other teams in their group home-and-away. The winner of each group advances to the Super Final.

Team advances to Super Final

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Italy	4	4	0	0	0	54	16	+38	12
2.	Russia	4	2	0	0	2	32	43	-11	6
3.	Great Britain	4	0	0	0	4	24	51	-27	0

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15 November 2011 19:00 CET (UTC+1)

Italy

16–5

Russia

Viale Lazio, Civitavecchia

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6 December 2011 20:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Great Britain

6–14

Italy

Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester

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11 January 2012 18:30 MSD (UTC+4)

Russia

12–8

Great Britain

Kinef Water Sports Center, Kirishi

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21 February 2012 18:30 MSD (UTC+4)

Russia

4–10

Italy

Kinef Water Sports Center, Kirishi

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6 March 2012 20:30 CET (UTC+1)

Italy

14–1

Great Britain

Cremona Municipal Pool

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20 March 2011 20:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Great Britain

9–11

Russia

Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Croatia	4	3	1	0	0	48	33	+15	11
2.	Germany	4	1	0	2	1	41	45	-4	5
3.	North Macedonia	4	0	1	0	3	30	41	-11	2

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15 November 2011 18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Croatia	16–15	Germany	Dubrovnik City Pool
	Shootout win	Goals

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17 December 2011

Germany

8–5

North Macedonia

Schoeneberg Sports and Swimming Centre, Berlin

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5 January 2012 20:00 CET (UTC+1)

North Macedonia

8–9

Croatia

Central Olympic Pool, Skopje

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14 February 2012

Germany

6–11

Croatia

Magdeburg Swimming Pool

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6 March 2012 17:00 CET (UTC+1)

Croatia

12–4

North Macedonia

Rijeka

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15 March 2012 20:15 CET (UTC+1)	North Macedonia	13–12	Germany	Mladost Swimming Pool, Skopje
	Shootout win	Goals

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Spain	6	4	0	0	2	60	40	+20	12
1.	Romania	6	4	0	0	2	65	46	+19	12
1.	Greece	6	4	0	0	2	55	40	+15	12
4.	Turkey	6	0	0	0	6	27	81	-54	0

3 teams equal on points, therefore only the matches between each other are considered to break the tie - FINA By-Law 9.6.3 ^[2]

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Spain	4	2	0	0	2	34	32	+2	6
2.	Greece	4	2	0	0	2	32	32	0	6
3.	Romania	4	2	0	0	2	33	35	-2	6

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12 November 2011 16:30 EET (UTC+2)

Romania

16–8

Turkey

Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea

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15 November 2011 20:30 CET (UTC+1)

Spain

8–7

Greece

Horta Sports Union, Barcelona

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6 December 2011 17:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania

9–8

Spain

Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea

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17 December 2011 20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Greece

14–5

Turkey

Kapagerof Indoor Pool, Athens

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5 January 2012 20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Turkey

3–16

Romania

Enka Swimming Pool, Istanbul

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7 January 2012 19:00 EET (UTC+2)

Greece

9–7

Spain

Antonios Pepanos Indoor Pool, Patras

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21 February 2012 17:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania

8–6

Greece

Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea

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21 February 20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Turkey

5–14

Spain

Enka Swimming Pool, Istanbul

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6 March 2012 20:30 CET (UTC+1)

Spain

11–7

Romania

Barcelona Swimming Club

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17 March 2012 18:00 EET (UTC+2)

Turkey

3–9

Greece

Turkish Water Polo Federation Pool, Istanbul

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20 March 2011 20:00 EET(UTC+2)

Greece

10–9

Romania

Kapagerof Indoor Pool, Athens

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20 March 2011 20:30 CET (UTC+1)

Spain

12–3

Turkey

Sant Jordi Swimming Pool, Barcelona

The Super Final was held on 12–17 June 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[5]

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	30	24	+6	9
2.	United States	3	2	0	0	1	22	19	+3	6
3.	China	3	0	1	0	2	26	28	-2	2
4.	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	1	2	30	37	-7	1

June 12

Italy	10 – 9	China
United States	11 – 8	Kazakhstan

June 13

United States	6 – 4	China
Italy	13 – 10	Kazakhstan

June 14

Italy	7 – 5	United States
China	13 – 12	Kazakhstan

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	41	20	+21	9
2.	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	22	17	+5	6
3.	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	33	28	+5	3
4.	Brazil	3	0	0	0	3	12	43	-31	0

June 12

Croatia	14 – 11	Australia
Brazil	3 – 8	Spain

June 13

Croatia	7 – 6	Spain
Brazil	6 – 13	Australia

June 14

Croatia	20 – 3	Brazil
Australia	7 – 8	Spain

June 15

United States	7 – 5	Australia
Spain	11 – 1	China
Italy	14 – 1	Brazil
Kazakhstan	6 – 13	Croatia

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 16
	Croatia	11
					June 17
	United States	10
					Croatia	18
	June 16
					Spain	17
	Italy	7
	Spain	9
					Bronze-final
					June 17
					Italy	7
					United States	6

	Semi-finals				5th-place match
	June 16
	Kazakhstan	7
					June 17
	Australia	6
					Kazakhstan	7
	June 16
					China	5
	China	10
	Brazil	7
					7th-place match
					June 17
					Australia	13
					Brazil	2

Top Scorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Maro Jokovic	Felipe Perrone	Stefano Tempesti

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