The 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 16th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 20–25 June 2017.
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 groups of four teams and a third group of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament April 25–30, 2017 Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Group stage
Final stage
5th Place
3rd Place
Final
Super Final June 20–25, 2017 Ruza, Ruzsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia 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.
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania — (Host)
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
5th–8th Places
Quarterfinals
5th–8th Places Semifinals
Semifinals
7th Place
5th Place
3rd Place
Final
Final ranking
Rank Team45678
Team roster Gojko Pijetlović, Gavril Subotić, Viktor Rašović, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Nemanja Ubović, Milan Aleksić, Radomir Drašović, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Branislav Mitrović. Head coach: Dejan Savić.
Awards Best scorer Anđelo Šetka 19 goals
References
Rules & Regulations