2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| league = FINA Water Polo World League

| sport = Water Polo

| seasonslist = FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| seasonslistnames = FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| prevseason_link = 2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| prevseason_year = 2003

| nextseason_link = 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| nextseason_year = 2005

}}

The 2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the third edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round, the Super Final was held in Long Beach, United States.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwl |format=dmy }}

Preliminary round

Pool winners advanced to the semifinals, while the second and third placed teams in each pool competed in the quarterfinals. The bottom team in each pool was eliminated.

=Group A=

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!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

!width="60"|Points

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| 1

|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}

| 12

10212284+3832
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| 2

|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}

| 12

75132107+2526
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| 3

|align=left|{{wp|ESP}}

| 12

7510993+1626
4

|align=left|{{wp|BRA}}

| 12

01265144–7912

=Group B=

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width="25" |Rank

!width="200"|Team

!width="60"|G

!width="60"|W

!width="60"|L

!width="60"|GF

!width="60"|GA

!width="60"|Diff

!width="60"|Points

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| 1

|align=left|{{wp|HUN}}

| 12

93128101+2730
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| 2

|align=left|{{wp|SCG}}

| 12

84138108+3028
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| 3

|align=left|{{wp|USA}}

| 12

57113121–822
4

|align=left|{{wp|AUS}}

| 12

21099148–4916

Super Final

=Quarterfinals=

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!width=100|

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| 13–12

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| 7–5

|align=left| {{wp|ESP}}

=Semifinals=

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| 10–5

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| 10–7

|align=left| {{wp|ITA}}

=Fifth place match=

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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| 11–10

|align=left| {{wp|USA}}

=Bronze medal match=

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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| 12–9

|align=left| {{wp|ITA}}

=Gold medal match=

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!width=100|

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| 12–8

|align=left| {{wp|SCG}}

Final ranking

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!RANK

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|align="center"| {{gold1}}

|{{wp|HUN}}

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|align="center"| {{silver2}}

|{{wp|SCG}}

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|align="center"| {{bronze3}}

|{{wp|GRE}}

align="center"|4

|{{wp|ITA}}

align="center"|5

|{{wp|ESP}}

align="center"|6

|{{wp|USA}}

align="center"|7

|{{wp|AUS}}

align="center"|8

|{{wp|BRA}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|wp|2004 FINA Men's World League|HUN|Second}}

{{col-end}}

= Awards =

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Top Scorer
{{wpicon|SCG}} Aleksandar Šapić

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211042117/http://sports123.com/wpo/mwl.html Sports123]

{{FINA champs}}

{{FINA Water Polo World League}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Fina Men's Water Polo World League}}

2004

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Category:International water polo competitions hosted by the United States