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.
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 1 6 6 0 0 0 76 42 +34 18 2 6 3 0 0 3 70 68 +2 9 3 6 2 0 0 4 49 63 –14 6 4 6 1 0 0 5 64 86 –22 3
Group B
RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1 2 2 0 0 0 29 13 +16 6 2 2 1 0 0 1 18 21 –3 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 8 21 –13 0
Group C
RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1 6 4 0 0 2 64 54 +10 12 2 6 4 0 0 2 74 57 +17 12 3 6 3 0 0 3 56 69 –13 9 4 6 1 0 0 5 50 64 –14 3
Group D
RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1 6 4 1 0 1 64 57 +7 14 2 6 4 0 0 2 55 51 +4 12 3 6 2 0 1 3 54 62 –8 7 4 6 1 0 0 5 55 58 –3 3
Semifinal round
Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Greece) were guaranteed qualification.
Group A
RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1 5 4 1 0 0 67 22 +45 14 2 5 4 0 1 0 54 27 +27 13 3 5 3 0 0 2 35 35 0 9 4 5 2 0 0 3 25 50 –25 6 5 5 1 0 0 4 35 49 –14 3 6 5 0 0 0 5 24 57 –33 0
Group B
RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1 5 5 0 0 0 54 29 +25 15 2 5 4 0 0 1 55 37 +18 12 3 5 3 0 0 2 47 35 +12 9 4 5 2 0 0 3 36 45 –2 6 5 5 1 0 0 4 37 55 –18 3 6 5 0 0 0 5 33 61 –28 0
Super Final
Group round
The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze.
RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1 5 5 0 0 0 68 34 +34 15 2 5 4 0 0 1 53 33 +20 12 3 5 2 1 0 2 41 46 –5 8 4 5 2 0 0 3 43 51 –8 6 5 5 1 0 1 3 44 47 –3 4 6 5 0 0 0 5 33 71 –38 0
3rd to 6th place playoffs
10–10 (4–3 p.) 14–7
5th place match
11-4
Bronze medal match
11–10
Gold medal match
6–4
Final ranking
RankTeam 456
Awards Top Scorer Frédéric Audon
References
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