2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

Sports season
2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration15 November 2016 to
25 June 2017
Super Final
Finals champions Serbia (11th title)
  Runners-up Italy
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

The 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 16th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 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 from 20–25 June 2017.[1]

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 6 5 1 0 0 85 37 +48 17 Super Final — 11–2 19–8 20–3
2  Slovakia 6 2 0 2 2 44 51 −7 8 11–11(6–7 PSO) — 6–5 10–7
3  Romania 6 2 0 1 3 48 61 −13 7 4–9 12–10 — 9–7
4  Germany 6 0 2 0 4 41 69 −28 4 9–15 5–5(4–3 PSO) 10–10(4–3 PSO) —
Source: FINA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 6 5 0 0 1 84 45 +39 15 Super Final — 11–6 17–7 16–6
2  Greece 6 5 0 0 1 61 42 +19 15 10–8 — 9–8 16–7
3  Netherlands 6 2 0 0 4 44 70 −26 6 7–18 4–10 — 11–10
4  France 6 0 0 0 6 42 74 −32 0 9–14 4–10 6–7 —
Source: FINA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 4 4 0 0 0 49 33 +16 12 Super Final — 12–9 14–5
2  Russia 4 2 0 0 2 49 43 +6 6 Host Super Final 7–10 — 19–8
3  Georgia 4 0 0 0 4 38 60 −22 0 12–13 13–14 —
Source: FINA

Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament

April 25–30, 2017 Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 5 4 1 0 0 62 26 +36 14 Super Final — 12–8 9–9(4–2 PSO) 10–3 13–3 18–3
2  United States 5 4 0 0 1 71 42 +29 12 — — — 15–10 18–6 —
3  Japan 5 3 0 1 1 69 37 +32 10 — 8–10 — — 20–6 —
4  Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 41 53 −12 6 — — 6–14 — — 15–8
5  China 5 1 0 0 4 30 65 −35 3 — — — 6–7 — 9–7
6  New Zealand 5 0 0 0 5 30 80 −50 0 — 6–20 6–18 — — —
Source: FINA
(H) Host

Final stage

5th Place

30 April 2017
9:20 		China  4–5  New Zealand Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Yusuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2
four players 1 Goals five players 1

3rd Place

30 April 2017
10:40 		Japan  12–7  Kazakhstan Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Referees:
Michael Brook (NZL), Haziel Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–0, 4–2, 7–3
five players 2 Goals Medvedev, Pilipenko 2

Final

30 April 2017
12:10 		Australia  8–6  United States Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Referees:
Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1
three players 2 Goals Hooper 2

Super Final

June 20–25, 2017 Ruza, Ruzsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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.

Qualified teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
—  United States  Japan
 Kazakhstan 		 Croatia
 Italy
 Russia (Host)
 Serbia 		 Australia

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 3 0 0 0 43 22 +21 9 Quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 1 1 0 1 30 26 +4 5
3  United States 3 1 0 1 1 29 34 −5 4
4  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 23 43 −20 0
Source: FINA
20 June 2017
16:40 		Serbia  15–7  Kazakhstan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–4, 3–2, 3–1
D. Pijetlović 3 Goals Shakenov 3
20 June 2017
18:00 		United States  5–5 (2–4 PSO)  Italy Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–0, 2–3, 0–2  PSO: 2–4
Bowen 3 Goals Iodice 3
21 June 2017
16:00 		United States  14–10  Kazakhstan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Miroslav Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–3, 4–2, 3–5
DeTrane 3 Goals Ukumanov 3
21 June 2017
17:20 		Serbia  13–7  Italy Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 4–3, 4–1
D. Pijetlović, Filipović 3 Goals Aicardi 4
22 June 2017
17:20 		Serbia  15–8  United States Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–1, 2–1, 3–3
S. Mitrović 4 Goals Hallock 3
22 June 2017
18:40 		Kazakhstan  6–14  Italy Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Miroslav Vlasic (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 2–5, 3–3
Medvedev, Pilipenko 2 Goals Iodice 4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 0 0 33 15 +18 9 Quarterfinals
2  Russia (H) 3 2 0 0 1 30 22 +8 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 0 2 17 27 −10 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 18 34 −16 0
Source: FINA
(H) Host
20 June 2017
15:20 		Croatia  13–5  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Haz Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–0, 1–2, 5–1
Petković, Šetka 3 Goals five players 1
20 June 2017
20:15 		Australia  5–11  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–4, 1–3
Younger 4 Goals four players 2
21 June 2017
18:40 		Australia  9–8  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–0, 2–3, 3–2
Kayes 4 Goals Arai 3
21 June 2017
20:00 		Croatia  12–7  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–1, 2–3
Petković 4 Goals Lazarev 2
22 June 2017
16:00 		Croatia  8–3  Australia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Haz Ortega (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–2
Šetka 3 Goals three players 1
22 June 2017
20:00 		Japan  5–12  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 0–2, 1–4
Adachi 2 Goals Merkulov, Lisunov 3

Knockout stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  Italy 13
 
 
 
  Australia 5
 
  Italy (pen.) 6 (3)
 
 
 
  Croatia 6 (1)
 
  Kazakhstan 3
 
 
 
  Croatia 19
 
  Italy 9
 
 
 
  Serbia 10
 
  United States 8
 
 
 
  Russia 6
 
  United States 8 (3)
 
 
 
  Serbia (pen.) 8 (5) Third place
 
  Serbia 19
 
 
 
  Japan 10
 
  Croatia 10
 
 
  United States 4
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Australia 8 (3)
 
 
 
  Kazakhstan (pen.) 8 (4)
 
  Kazakhstan 4
 
 
 
  Russia 11
 
  Russia (pen.) 12 (6)
 
 
  Japan 12 (5)
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Australia 11
 
 
  Japan 4

Quarterfinals

23 June 2017
16:00 		Italy  13–5  Australia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–1, 2–1
Figlioli 5 Goals Younger 2
23 June 2017
17:20 		Serbia  19–10  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Haz Ortega (USA), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 4–3, 5–6
Ubović 4 Goals Arai, Okawa 3
23 June 2017
18:40 		Kazakhstan  3–19  Croatia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–3, 0–6, 1–4
Shakenov 2 Goals Šetka 5
23 June 2017
20:00 		United States  8–6  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Miroslav Vlasic (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 2–1, 0–2
three players 2 Goals Merkulov, Nagaev 2

5th–8th Places Semifinals

24 June 2017
16:00 		Australia  8–8 (3–4 PSO)  Kazakhstan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–1, 1–2, 4–1  PSO: 3–4
Younger 4 Goals Ukumanov 4
24 June 2017
17:20 		Russia  12–12 (6–5 PSO)  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Miroslav Vlasic (CRO), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–2, 4–4, 0–2  PSO: 6–5
Ashaev, Merkulov 5 Goals Adachi, Arai 4

Semifinals

24 June 2017
18:40 		Italy  6–6 (3–1 PSO)  Croatia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1  PSO: 3–1
Figlioli, Gallo 3 Goals Šetka 3
24 June 2017
20:00 		United States  8–8 (3–5 PSO)  Serbia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–3, 2–2, 2–3  PSO: 3–5
Bowen, Roelse 3 Goals Aleksić, Prlainović 3

7th Place

25 June 2017
12:00 		Australia  11–4  Japan Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 4–1, 2–1
Kayes 3 Goals four players 1

5th Place

25 June 2017
13:20 		Kazakhstan  4–11  Russia Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 1–1, 1–5
Medvedev 2 Goals three players 2

3rd Place

25 June 2017
14:40 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Croatia  10–4  United States Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1
Šetka 3 Goals Carniglia 2

Final

25 June 2017
16:00 		2nd place, silver medalist(s) Italy  9–10  Serbia 1st place, gold medalist(s) Ruza, Russia
Referees:
Francesc Buch (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–2, 2–5, 3–2
Di Fulvio, Figlioli 3 Goals D. Pijetlović, S. Mitrović 3

Final ranking

Rank[1] Team
 Serbia
 Italy
 Croatia
4  United States
5  Russia
6  Kazakhstan
7  Australia
8  Japan
 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 

Serbia
Eleventh title
Team roster

Gojko Pijetlović, Gavril Subotić, Viktor Rašović, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Nemanja Ubović, Milan Aleksić, Radomir Drašović, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Branislav Mitrović. Head coach: Dejan Savić.

Awards

Best scorer
Croatia Anđelo Šetka 19 goals

References

  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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