The 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 13th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2015 and June 2016 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Shanghai, China from 07–12 June 2016.
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
Europe
Preliminary round The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.
Group A Team 6 4 2 75 55 +20 13 6 4 2 62 56 +6 12 6 4 2 63 52 +11 11 6 0 6 35 72 -37 0
Squads
Squad as during the match on 12 April against Italy. No.NameDate of birthPositionL/R11994GoalkeeperR21997 R31999 R41993 R51986 R61993 R71991 R81993 R91994 R101993 R111991 R121993 R131993GoalkeeperR
Squad as during the match on 12 April against France. No.NameDate of birthPositionL/R1 GoalkeeperR2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 GoalkeeperR
Group B Team 6 5 1 100 58 +42 14 6 4 2 85 68 +17 12 6 3 3 90 57 +33 10 6 0 6 34 126 -92 0
Intercontinental Qualification Tournament
Preliminary round Team 5 5 0 77 18 +59 15 5 4 1 69 27 +42 12 5 3 2 54 56 -2 9 5 2 3 50 57 -7 6 5 1 4 28 64 -36 3 5 0 5 28 84 -56 0
5th place
3rd Place
Final
Super Final In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Shanghai, China from 7 to 12 June 2016.
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania — (Host)
Group A Team 3 3 0 34 20 +14 9 3 2 1 20 25 -5 6 3 1 2 23 29 -6 3 3 0 3 26 29 -3 0
Group B Team 3 3 0 43 20 +23 9 3 2 1 36 30 +6 6 3 1 2 36 31 +5 3 3 0 3 12 46 -34 0
Knockout stage
5th–8th Places
Quarterfinals
5th–8th Places Semifinals
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
3rd Place
Final
Final ranking
Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Team Roster Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Caroline Clark, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson, Alys Williams. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
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