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.
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. 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 2nd, Super Final A 1 3rd, Super Final B 1 2nd, Europe Group B (13 pts) C 2 2nd, Europe Group A (11 pts) C 2 3rd, Europe Group A (9 pts) B 2 3rd, Europe Group B (6 pts, Diff -3) A 3 3rd, Europe Group C (6 pts, Diff -7) C 3 4th, Europe Group A (2 pts) B 3 4th, Europe Group B (0 pts) C 3 did not participate A
Americas League 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.FINA 2012 Men's Ranking. 6/5/2012.
TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 44000561145122.420022439-1563.400041949-300
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.
TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 660008025+55182.630034055-1593.630034953-494.600062864-360
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 TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 440005416+38122.420023243-1163.400042451-270
Group B TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 431004833+15112.410214145-453.401033041-112
Group C TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 640026040+20121.640026546+19121.640025540+15124.600062781-540
3 teams equal on points, therefore only the matches between each other are considered to break the tie - FINA By-Law 9.6.3 TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 420023432+262.420023232063.420023335-26
Super Final The Super Final was held on 12–17 June 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Preliminary round: Group A TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 330003024+692.320012219+363.301022628-224.300123037-71
June 12 10 – 9 11 – 8
June 13 6 – 4 13 – 10
June 14 7 – 5 13 – 12
Preliminary round: Group B TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. 330004120+2192.320012217+563.310023328+534.300031243-310
June 12 14 – 11 3 – 8
June 13 7 – 6 6 – 13
June 14 20 – 3 7 – 8
Quarter-finals June 15 7 – 5 11 – 1 14 – 1 6 – 13
Medal round
5th–8th places
Final ranking
RANKTEAM4.5.6.7.8.
Awards Top ScorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the Tournament Maro Jokovic Felipe Perrone Stefano Tempesti
References
External links Official site