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2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2008 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 = 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| prevseason_year = 2007

| nextseason_link = 2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| nextseason_year = 2009

}}

The 2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the seventh edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After five preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Genoa, Italy from June 16 to June 22, 2008.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwl |format=dmy }}

Preliminary round

===Africa===

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|1

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|9

330
2

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|5

321
3

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|4

312
4

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|0

303

June 6

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|17 – 6

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|16 – 6

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June 7

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|1 – 20

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|10 – 8 (p)

|align=left|{{wp|MAR}}

June 8

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|15 – 2

|align=left|{{wp|TUN}}

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|23 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|MAR}}

===Americas===

{{wp|CAN}} and {{wp|USA}} qualified without qualification tournament.

===Asia/Oceania===

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|24

880
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|2

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|18

862
3

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|12

844
4

|align=left|{{wp|NZL}}

|5

826
5

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

|1

808

May 26

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|9 – 2

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

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|0 – 25

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|18 – 3

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|5 – 10

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

May 27

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|5 – 13

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

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|18 – 2

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

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|17 – 11

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

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|6 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

May 28

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!width=200|

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|6 – 14

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

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|14 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|NZL}}

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|16 – 2

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

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|15 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|NZL}}

May 29

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|11 – 10 (p)

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

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|19 – 6

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

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|20 – 1

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

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|7 – 11

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

May 30

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!width=100|

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|6 – 13

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

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|14 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|NZL}}

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|4 – 16

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

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|9 – 4

|align=left|{{wp|IRI}}

===Europe I===

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!width="40"|W

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|1

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

|14

651
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|2

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

|12

642
3

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

|8

633
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|4

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

|2

606

  • Italy qualified as the hosting nation of the Super Final

May 23

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|12 – 4

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

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|9 – 7

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

May 24

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!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|6 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|MNE}}

|14 – 6

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

May 25

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|13 – 7

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

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|13 – 11

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

May 30

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|15 – 14 (p)

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

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|11 – 10

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

May 31

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|13 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}

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|11 – 10 (p)

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

June 1

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|9 – 13

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

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|10 – 8

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

===Europe II===

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|1

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|18

660
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|2

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

|9

633
3

|align=left|{{wp|RUS}}

|6

624
4

|align=left|{{wp|ROU}}

|3

615

May 23

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|10 – 6

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

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|10 – 6

|align=left|{{wp|RUS}}

May 24

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|11 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|ROU}}

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|9 – 6

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

May 25

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|12 – 4

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|10 – 12

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

May 30

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|11 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|ROU}}

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|8 – 13

|align=left|{{wp|SRB|2004}}

May 31

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!width=100|

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|11 – 3

|align=left|{{wp|ROU}}

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|14 – 8

|align=left|{{wp|RUS}}

June 1

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|14 – 13

|align=left|{{wp|ROU}}

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|5 – 11

|align=left|{{wp|SRB|2004}}

Super Final

===Group A===

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|1

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

|10

431
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|2

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

|8

431
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|3

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

|6

422
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|4

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

|5

422
5

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

|0

404

June 16

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!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|MNE}}

|15 – 7

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

align=right|{{wp-rt|USA}}

|14 – 15 (p)

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

June 17

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

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|13 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ITA}}

|8 – 9

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

June 18

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

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|8 – 6

|align=left|{{wp|CHN}}

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|15 – 16 (p)

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

June 19

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

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|7 – 13

|align=left|{{wp|MNE}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|ESP}}

|4 – 11

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

June 20

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|MNE}}

|6 – 7

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

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|8 – 15

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

===Group B===

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|1

|align=left|{{wp|SRB|2004}}

|12

440
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|2

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

|9

431
bgcolor=#DDFFDD

|3

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

|6

422
bgcolor=#DDFFDD

|4

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

|3

413
5

|align=left|{{wp|EGY}}

|0

404

June 16

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|21 – 0

|align=left|{{wp|EGY}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|SRB|2004}}

|10 – 9

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

June 17

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|EGY}}

|2 – 14

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

align=right|{{wp-rt|AUS}}

|11 – 7

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

June 18

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|6 – 9

|align=left|{{wp|CAN}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|EGY}}

|0 – 31

|align=left|{{wp|SRB|2004}}

June 19

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}

|4 – 11

|align=left|{{wp|SRB|2004}}

align=right|{{wp-rt|GRE}}

|9 – 13

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

June 20

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!width=200|

!width=100|

!width=200|

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|11 – 5

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

align=right|{{wp-rt|CAN}}

|17 – 1

|align=left|{{wp|EGY}}

=9th place match=

June 21

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!width=100|

!width=200|

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|23 – 5

|align=left|{{wp|EGY}}

=5th-8th places=

{{Round4-with third

|RD1 = Semi-finals

|RD2 = 5th place match

|Consol = 7th place match

|June 21 |{{wp|CAN}}|10|{{wp|ITA}}|8

|June 21 |{{wp|ESP}}|11|{{wp|GRE}}|10

|June 22 |{{wp|CAN}}|9|{{wp|ESP}}|10

|June 22 |{{wp|ITA}}|11|{{wp|GRE}}|7

}}

=Medal round=

{{Round4-with third

|RD1 = Semi-finals

|RD2 = Final

|Consol = Bronze-final

|June 21 |{{wp|SRB|2004}}|13|{{wp|MNE}}|3

|June 21 |{{wp|USA}}|11|{{wp|AUS}}|10

|June 22 |{{wp|SRB|2004}}|7|{{wp|USA}}|3

|June 22 |{{wp|MNE}}|7|{{wp|AUS}}|8

}}

Final ranking

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!RANK

!align="left" style="width: 17em"|TEAM

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|align="center"|Image:Med 1.png

|{{wp|SRB|2004}}

bgcolor=silver

|align="center"|Image:Med 2.png

|{{wp|USA}}

bgcolor=cc9966

|align="center"|Image:Med 3.png

|{{wp|AUS}}

align="center"|4.

|{{wp|MNE}}

align="center"|5.

|{{wp|ESP}}

align="center"|6.

|{{wp|CAN}}

align="center"|7.

|{{wp|ITA}}

align="center"|8.

|{{wp|GRE}}

align="center"|9.

|{{wp|CHN}}

align="center"|10.

|{{wp|EGY}}

{{col-2}}

{{winners|wp|2008 FINA Men's World League|SRB|Fourth|2004}}

{{col-end}}

= Awards =

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Top Scorer
{{wpicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Šapić

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924052729/http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=759&Itemid=50 FINA]

{{FINA champs}}

{{FINA Water Polo World League}}

2008

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Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Italy