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2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = 2016 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 = 2015 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| prevseason_year = 2015

| nextseason_link = 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

| nextseason_year = 2017

}}

The 2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2015 and June 2016 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 in Huizhou, China from 21–26 June 2016.{{Cite HistoFINA wp |page=mwl |format=dmy }}

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 three group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.

==Group A==

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==Group B==

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==Group C==

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Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

=Preliminary round=

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|attendance =

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|Q3 =

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|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==5th Place==

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|date = 15 May 2016

|time =

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|score1 = 16

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 7

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|attendance =

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==3rd Place==

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|date = 15 May 2016

|time =

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|score1 = 13

|team2 = {{wp|JPN}}

|score2 = 12

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|attendance =

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}}

==Final==

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|date = 15 May 2016

|time =

|report =

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|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|AUS}}

|score2 = 9

|location = Yokohama, Japan

|attendance =

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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 Huizhou, China from 21 to 26 June 2016.

=Qualified teams=

class=wikitable width=70%
width=13% | Africa

! width=13% | Americas

! width=13% | Asia

! width=13% | Europe

! width=13% | Oceania

valign=top

| —

| {{wp|BRA}}
{{wp|USA}}

| {{wp|CHN}} (Host)
{{wp|JPN}}

| {{wp|GRE}}
{{wp|ITA}}
{{wp|SRB}}

| {{wp|AUS}}

= Group A =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%"

!width=160|Team

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

align="left"| {{wp|GRE}}3304016+249
align="left"| {{wp|ITA}}3213532+36
align="left"| {{wp|AUS}}3122531-63
align="left"| {{wp|JPN}}3032445-210

{{waterpolobox

|date = 21 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|GRE}}

|score1 = 15

|team2 = {{wp|JPN}}

|score2 = 7

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 3–1

|Q2 = 4–1

|Q3 = 3–2

|Q4 = 5–3

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 21 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|AUS}}

|score1 = 7

|team2 = {{wp|ITA}}

|score2 = 14

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 2–3

|Q2 = 2–3

|Q3 = 2–4

|Q4 = 1–4

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

|date = 22 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|AUS}}

|score1 = 13

|team2 = {{wp|JPN}}

|score2 = 7

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 3–3

|Q2 = 3–2

|Q3 = 5–1

|Q4 = 2–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 22 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|GRE}}

|score1 = 15

|team2 = {{wp|ITA}}

|score2 = 4

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 4–0

|Q2 = 3–1

|Q3 = 4–1

|Q4 = 4–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

|date = 23 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|GRE}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|AUS}}

|score2 = 5

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 1–1

|Q2 = 3–1

|Q3 = 2–2

|Q4 = 4–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 23 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|JPN}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|ITA}}

|score2 = 17

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 1–3

|Q2 = 4–6

|Q3 = 1–4

|Q4 = 4–4

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

= Group B =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%"

!width=160|Team

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=30|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

align="left"| {{wp|SRB}}3304423+219
align="left"| {{wp|USA}}3213023+76
align="left"| {{wp|BRA}}3123237-52
align="left"| {{wp|CHN}}3032447-231

{{waterpolobox

|date = 21 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|SRB}}

|score1 = 14

|team2 = {{wp|BRA}}

|score2 = 10

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 4–3

|Q2 = 4–3

|Q3 = 4–2

|Q4 = 2–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 21 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|USA}}

|score1 = 12

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 6

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 3–1

|Q2 = 3–1

|Q3 = 2–2

|Q4 = 4–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

|date = 22 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|USA}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|BRA}}

|score2 = 7

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 3–2

|Q2 = 2–3

|Q3 = 3–1

|Q4 = 2–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 22 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|SRB}}

|score1 = 20

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 5

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 5–2

|Q2 = 4–1

|Q3 = 6–1

|Q4 = 5–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

----

{{waterpolobox

|date = 23 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|SRB}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|USA}}

|score2 = 8

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 4–2

|Q2 = 3–2

|Q3 = 2–2

|Q4 = 1–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 23 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|BRA}}

|score1 = 11

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 11

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 2–2

|Q2 = 2–2

|Q3 = 3–4

|Q4 = 4–3

|PS = 4–2

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

=Knockout stage=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N8

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|color=yes

|RD1=Quarterfinals

|RD2=Semifinals

|RD3=Final

|Consol=Third place

||{{wp|ITA}}|12|{{wp|BRA}}|6

||{{wp|JPN}}|10|{{wp|SRB}}|19

||{{wp|AUS}}|8 (7)|{{wp|USA}} (pen.)|8 (8)

||{{wp|GRE}}|15|{{wp|CHN}}|5

||{{wp|ITA}}|4|{{wp|SRB}}|7

||{{wp|USA}} (pen.)|11 (6)|{{wp|GRE}}|11 (5)

||{{wp|SRB}}|10|{{wp|USA}}|6

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

}}

;5th–8th Places

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Fifth place

|Consol=Seventh place

||{{wp|BRA}}|10|{{wp|JPN}}|12

||{{wp|AUS}}|15|{{wp|CHN}}|4

||{{wp|JPN}}|7|{{wp|AUS}}|12

||{{wp|BRA}}|16|{{wp|CHN}}|4

}}

==Quarterfinals==

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|date = 24 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|ITA}}

|score1 = 12

|team2 = {{wp|BRA}}

|score2 = 6

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 4–1

|Q2 = 2–3

|Q3 = 3–1

|Q4 = 3–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 24 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|AUS}}

|score1 = 8

|team2 = {{wp|USA}}

|score2 = 8

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 1–2

|Q2 = 3–3

|Q3 = 0–1

|Q4 = 4–2

|PS = 7–8

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 24 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|GRE}}

|score1 = 15

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 5

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 4–1

|Q2 = 5–2

|Q3 = 2–1

|Q4 = 4–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 24 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|JPN}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|SRB}}

|score2 = 19

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 3–4

|Q2 = 1–7

|Q3 = 3–5

|Q4 = 3–3

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==5th–8th Places Semifinals==

{{waterpolobox

|date = 25 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|BRA}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|JPN}}

|score2 = 12

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 2–4

|Q2 = 1–6

|Q3 = 5–2

|Q4 = 2–0

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 25 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|AUS}}

|score1 = 15

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 4

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 5–1

|Q2 = 3–0

|Q3 = 3–2

|Q4 = 4–1

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==Semifinals==

{{waterpolobox

|date = 25 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|ITA}}

|score1 = 4

|team2 = {{wp|SRB}}

|score2 = 7

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 1–2

|Q2 = 1–2

|Q3 = 1–1

|Q4 = 1–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

{{waterpolobox

|date = 25 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|USA}}

|score1 = 11

|team2 = {{wp|GRE}}

|score2 = 11

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 5–2

|Q2 = 1–3

|Q3 = 4–5

|Q4 = 1–1

|PS = 6–5

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==7th Place==

{{waterpolobox

|date = 26 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|BRA}}

|score1 = 16

|team2 = {{wp|CHN}}

|score2 = 4

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 2–1

|Q2 = 3–0

|Q3 = 5–1

|Q4 = 6–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==5th Place==

{{waterpolobox

|date = 26 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|JPN}}

|score1 = 7

|team2 = {{wp|AUS}}

|score2 = 12

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 2–4

|Q2 = 2–3

|Q3 = 1–3

|Q4 = 2–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==3rd Place==

{{waterpolobox

|date = 26 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|ITA}}

|score1 = 7

|team2 = {{wp|GRE}}

|score2 = 11

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 4–1

|Q2 = 2–4

|Q3 = 1–4

|Q4 = 0–2

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

==Final==

{{waterpolobox

|date = 26 Jun 2016

|time =

|report =

|team1 = {{wp-rt|SRB}}

|score1 = 10

|team2 = {{wp|USA}}

|score2 = 6

|location = Huizhou, China

|attendance =

|referees =

|Q1 = 2–0

|Q2 = 3–1

|Q3 = 3–0

|Q4 = 2–5

|OT =

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

}}

Final ranking

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank !!width=170|Team

bgcolor=gold

|align=center|File:gold medal icon.svg

{{wp|SRB}}
bgcolor=silver

|align=center|File:silver medal icon.svg

{{wp|USA}}
bgcolor=cc9966

|align=center|File:bronze medal icon.svg

{{wp|GRE}}
align=center|4{{wp|ITA}}
align=center|5{{wp|AUS}}
align=center|6{{wp|JPN}}
align=center|7{{wp|BRA}}
align=center|8{{wp|CHN}}

{{col-2}}

{{Winners|wp|2016 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|SRB|Tenth}}

{{col-end}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:left; margin:auto"

!Top Scorer

!Player of the Tournament

!Goalkeeper of the Tournament

{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Azevedo

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Branislav Mitrović

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Konstantinos Flegkas

References

{{reflist}}

{{FINA champs}}

{{FINA Water Polo World League}}

World League, men

Category:FINA Water Polo World League

Category:International water polo competitions hosted by China