2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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. 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.^[1]

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

Draw

Americas

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

Asia/Oceania

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

Europe

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	Macedonia	4th, Europe Group A (2 pts)	B
3	Turkey	4th, Europe Group B (0 pts)	C
3	Great Britain	did not participate	A

Americas League

All teams will 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.^[3]

	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

Asia/Oceania League

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

Europe League

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

Group A

	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

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

16–5

Viale Lazio, Civitavecchia

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

6–14

Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester

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

12–8

Kinef Water Sports Center, Kirishi

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

4–10

Kinef Water Sports Center, Kirishi

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

14–1

Cremona Municipal Pool

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

9–11

Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester

Group B

	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.	Macedonia	4	0	1	0	3	30	41	-11	2

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

17 December 2011

8–5

Schoeneberg Sports and Swimming Centre, Berlin

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

8–9

Central Olympic Pool, Skopje

14 February 2012

6–11

Magdeburg Swimming Pool

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

12–4

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

Group C

	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 ^[4]

	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

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

16–8

Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea

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

8–7

Horta Sports Union, Barcelona

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

9–8

Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea

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

14–5

Kapagerof Indoor Pool, Athens

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

3–16

Enka Swimming Pool, Istanbul

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

9–7

Antonios Pepanos Indoor Pool, Patras

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

8–6

Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea

21 February
20:00 EET (UTC+2)

5–14

Enka Swimming Pool, Istanbul

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

11–7

Barcelona Swimming Club

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

3–9

Turkish Water Polo Federation Pool, Istanbul

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

10–9

Kapagerof Indoor Pool, Athens

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

12–3

Sant Jordi Swimming Pool, Barcelona

Super Final

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

Preliminary Round: Group A

	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

Preliminary Round: Group B

	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

Quarter-finals

June 15


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

Medal Round

	Semi-finals				Final

	June 16
	Croatia	11
	United States	10

					June 17
					Croatia	18
					Spain	17


					Bronze-final
	June 16			June 17
	Italy	7		Italy	7
	Spain	9			United States	6

5th–8th places

	Semi-finals				5th place match

	June 16
	Kazakhstan	7
	Australia	6

					June 17
					Kazakhstan	7
					China	5


					7th place match
	June 16			June 17
	China	10		Australia	13
	Brazil	7			Brazil	2

References

↑
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↑ FINA 2012 Men's Ranking. 6/5/2012.
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↑ http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2637:2012-mens-results&catid=227:results&Itemid=316

External links

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2011–12 in international water polo

September	Four Nations (women) GBR Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 5

October	Pan American Games (men) MEX Pan American Games (women) MEX Men's European Championship Qualifiers: Playoffs Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 6

November	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 1

December	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 2 Canada Cup (women) CAN Tom Hoad Cup (men) AUS

January	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 3 Mithat Hantal Trophy (men) TUR Volvo Cup (men) HUN Samartzidis Cup (men) GRE Thetis Cup (women) GRE Pan-Pacific Championships AUS European Championships (men) NED European Championships (women) NED Asian Championships JPN

February	Holiday Cup (women) USA Men's World League: Europe Matchday 4 Women's World League: Americas USA

March	Men's World League: Europe Matchdays 5 and 6 South American Championships BRA Four Nations (men) USA Six Nations (men) CZE Kirishi Cup (women) RUS

April	Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (men) CAN Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (women) ITA

May	Water Polo Olympic Test Event (women) GBR Men's World League: Americas USA Men's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Europe GRE ITA Men's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Super Final CHN

June	Men's World League: Super Final KAZ Women's World League: Super Final CHN

July–August	Olympic Games GBR

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