2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fifth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round and a semifinal round, the Super Final was held in Athens, Greece.

Preliminary round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Spain and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Greece).

Group A

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Australia 6 6 0 0 0 76 42 +34 18
2  France 6 3 0 0 3 70 68 +2 9
3  China 6 2 0 0 4 49 63 –14 6
4  Japan 6 1 0 0 5 64 86 –22 3

Group B

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  United States 2 2 0 0 0 29 13 +16 6
2  Canada 2 1 0 0 1 18 21 –3 3
2  Brazil 2 0 0 0 2 8 21 –13 0

Group C

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 6 4 0 0 2 64 54 +10 12
2  Croatia 6 4 0 0 2 74 57 +17 12
3  Spain 6 3 0 0 3 56 69 –13 9
4  Russia 6 1 0 0 5 50 64 –14 3

Group D

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Romania 6 4 1 0 1 64 57 +7 14
2  Germany 6 4 0 0 2 55 51 +4 12
3  Greece 6 2 0 1 3 54 62 –8 7
4  Italy 6 1 0 0 5 55 58 –3 3

Semifinal round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Greece) were guaranteed qualification.

Group A

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  United States 5 4 1 0 0 67 22 +45 14
2  Australia 5 4 0 1 0 54 27 +27 13
3  France 5 3 0 0 2 35 35 0 9
4  China 5 2 0 0 3 25 50 –25 6
5  Canada 5 1 0 0 4 35 49 –14 3
6  Brazil 5 0 0 0 5 24 57 –33 0

Group B

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 5 5 0 0 0 54 29 +25 15
2  Spain 5 4 0 0 1 55 37 +18 12
3  Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 47 35 +12 9
4  Greece 5 2 0 0 3 36 45 –2 6
5  Germany 5 1 0 0 4 37 55 –18 3
6  Romania 5 0 0 0 5 33 61 –28 0

Super Final

Group round

The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze.

Rank Team G W OTW OTL L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 5 5 0 0 0 68 34 +34 15
2  Spain 5 4 0 0 1 53 33 +20 12
3  United States 5 2 1 0 2 41 46 –5 8
4  Greece 5 2 0 0 3 43 51 –8 6
5  Australia 5 1 0 1 3 44 47 –3 4
6  France 5 0 0 0 5 33 71 –38 0

3rd to 6th place playoffs

Australia  10–10 (4–3 p.)  United States
Greece  14–7  France

5th place match

United States  11-4  France

Bronze medal match

Greece  11–10  Australia

Gold medal match

Serbia and Montenegro  6–4  Spain

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Serbia and Montenegro
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Greece
4  Australia
5  United States
6  France

 2006 FINA Men's World League 

Serbia and Montenegro
Second title

References

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