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 | 10 | 2 | 122 | 84 | +38 | 32 |
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| 2 |align=left|{{wp|GRE}} | 12 | 7 | 5 | 132 | 107 | +25 | 26 |
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| 3 |align=left|{{wp|ESP}} | 12 | 7 | 5 | 109 | 93 | +16 | 26 |
4
|align=left|{{wp|BRA}} | 12 | 0 | 12 | 65 | 144 | –79 | 12 |
=Group B=
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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|HUN}} | 12 | 9 | 3 | 128 | 101 | +27 | 30 |
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| 2 |align=left|{{wp|SCG}} | 12 | 8 | 4 | 138 | 108 | +30 | 28 |
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| 3 |align=left|{{wp|USA}} | 12 | 5 | 7 | 113 | 121 | –8 | 22 |
4
|align=left|{{wp|AUS}} | 12 | 2 | 10 | 99 | 148 | –49 | 16 |
Super Final
=Quarterfinals=
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align=right| {{wp-rt|GRE}}
| 13–12 |align=left| {{wp|USA}} |
align=right| {{wp-rt|SCG}}
| 7–5 |align=left| {{wp|ESP}} |
=Semifinals=
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!width=200| !width=100| !width=200| |
align=right| {{wp-rt|HUN}}
| 10–5 |align=left| {{wp|GRE}} |
align=right| {{wp-rt|SCG}}
| 10–7 |align=left| {{wp|ITA}} |
=Fifth place match=
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align=right| {{wp-rt|ESP}}
| 11–10 |align=left| {{wp|USA}} |
=Bronze medal match=
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!width=200| !width=100| !width=200| |
align=right| {{wp-rt|GRE}}
| 12–9 |align=left| {{wp|ITA}} |
=Gold medal match=
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!width=200| !width=100| !width=200| |
align=right| {{wp-rt|HUN}}
| 12–8 |align=left| {{wp|SCG}} |
Final ranking
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
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!align="left" style="width: 17em"|Team |
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|align="center"| {{gold1}} |{{wp|HUN}} |
bgcolor=silver
|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 |
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{{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}}
Category:International water polo competitions hosted by the United States