The 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the ninth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round organized by continent, the Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18, 2010.Men's Programme – FINA. Serbia won this year's edition after a final victory over Montenegro 14–12.

Preliminary round

    Team qualified for Super Final

Africa

The African tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia from June 17–20. One team from the group of four advanced.2010 Rankings – FINA.

Team 6 6 0 97 25 +72 18 6 4 2 86 39 +47 12 6 2 4 50 96 −46 5 6 0 6 32 105 −73 1

June 17 18 – 3 19 – 3

June 18 2 – 21 4 – 25 8 – 11 14 – 15

June 19 4 – 16 17 – 5 19 – 3 15 – 7

June 20 16 – 6 10 – 4

Americas The American tournament was held in Los Alamitos, California, United States from May 5–8. One team from the group of three advanced.

Team 4 4 0 69 12 +57 12 4 2 2 52 32 +20 6 4 0 4 8 85 −77 0

May 5 21 – 2

May 6 19 – 6 24 – 0

May 7 12 – 8

May 8 12 – 4 21 – 0

Asia/Oceania

The Asia and Oceania region was feature a two-legged tournament, in Osaka, Japan (May 19–23) and Tianjin, China (May 26–30). The four teams was play a round robin in each location, with the results from both legs combined. The top two teams from the group of six advanced.

Team 10 10 0 148 52 +96 30 10 8 2 117 86 +31 24 10 5 5 132 85 +47 15 10 5 5 125 83 +42 15 10 2 8 69 161 −92 6 10 0 10 59 183 −124 0

May 19 13 – 9 12 – 15 11 – 16

May 20 18 – 8 10 – 5 16 – 4

May 21 17 – 6 23 – 1 7 – 6

May 22 21 – 6 15 – 4 15 – 6

May 23 17 – 3 8 – 23 5 – 9

May 26 9 – 8 20 – 5 11 – 5

May 27 14 – 4 21 – 5 12 – 11

May 28 11 – 7 24 – 2 15 – 8

May 29 23 – 3 20 – 8 12 – 9

May 30 10 – 6 10 – 9 11 – 8

Europe

Europe is divided into three groups of four teams, with qualifying spots for the winner of each group as well as Super Final host Serbia. Rather than the condensed tournament style competition of the other continents, the European matches was played in a home-and-away format over five months.

Group A

Team 6 5 1 59 36 +23 15 6 5 1 54 34 +20 15 6 1 5 36 57 −21 3 6 1 5 38 60 −22 3

November 17 8 – 12 Bordeaux 8 – 5 Sori

December 8 7 – 11 Nancy 7 – 16 Stuttgart

January 26 8 – 7 Brescia 7 – 6 Magdeburg

February 23 4 – 11 Berlin 11 – 3 Kotor

March 16 11 – 5 Florence 7 – 5 Igalo

April 28 6 – 5 Budva

June 1 9 – 8 Marseille

Group B

Team 6 5 1 71 53 +18 16 6 3 3 52 51 +1 9 6 3 3 53 57 −4 8 6 1 5 40 55 −15 3

November 17 9 – 6 Kirishi 7 – 9 Skopje

December 8 12 – 7 Makarska 8 – 6 Athens

January 26 17 – 16 Athens 3 – 4 Skopje

February 23 12 – 9 Varaždin 10 – 9 Athens

March 16 7 – 6 Skopje 7 – 8 Kirishi

June 22 16 – 8 Moscow

July 3 10 – 6 Dubrovnik

Group C

Team 6 6 0 79 33 +46 18 6 3 3 54 45 +9 9 6 3 3 55 59 −4 9 6 0 6 36 87 −51 0

November 17 9 – 7 Oradea 19 – 5 Niš

December 8 4 – 9 Istanbul 5 – 7 Oradea

January 26 7 – 6 Niš 8 – 16 Istanbul

February 23 3 – 16 Istanbul 9 – 7 Pontevedra

March 16 14 – 6 Pontevedra 18 – 5 Belgrade

April 20 13 – 10 Oradea

April 27 9 – 12 Pontevedra

Super Final

The Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18.

Group 1 Team 3 3 0 38 20 +18 8 3 2 1 27 19 +8 7 3 1 2 21 23 −2 3 3 0 3 14 38 −24 0

July 13 16 – 4 7 – 3

July 14 11 – 5 11 – 7

July 15 11 – 9 5 – 11

Group 2 Team 3 3 0 39 14 +25 9 3 2 1 35 19 +16 6 3 1 2 37 20 +17 3 3 0 3 5 63 −58 0

July 13 10 – 7 22 – 0

July 14 19 – 4 9 – 8

July 15 1 – 22 8 – 6

Quarter-finals July 16 11 – 13 5 – 6 21 – 2 4 – 17

Medal round

5th–8th places

Final ranking

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Awards Top Scorer Nikola Janović

References

External links FINA Official website – Water Polo World League