2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

the men's tournament 2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League FINA Water Polo World League Water Polo 2012 Super Final FINA Women's Water Polo World League FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2011 2013 FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2013 The 2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between February and June 2012 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Changshu, China from 29 May - 3 June 2012.wwl dmy The two teams that reach the final of the Super Final will be the first teams to quality for the water polo tournament of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. https://web.archive.org/web/20100618052345/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=274%3Abl-9-olympic-games-world-championships-and-world-swimming-championships-25m&catid=81%3Aby-laws&Itemid=184 2010-06-18 In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/worldleague2012/rules_women.pdf Archived copy 2012-02-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120205084210/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/worldleague2012/rules_women.pdf 2012-02-05 dead 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 Draw Americas As there were only 3 entries, all teams in this region played in a single group. Asia/Oceania As there were only 4 entries, all teams in this region will play in a single group. Europe There were 8 entries into the league from Europe, and these were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were placed into groups based on their performance in the 2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League. Line Country 2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League result Drawn into Group 1 ITA 2nd, Super Final A 1 RUS 5th, Super Final B 2 GRE 7th, Super Final B 2 ESP 8th, Super Final A 3 HUN 3rd, Europe Group 1 (8 pts) A 3 GBR 4th, Europe Group 1 (3 pts) B 4 GER 3rd, Europe Group 2 (0 pts) A 4 NED Did not participate B Americas League All teams played the other teams twice. All matches were held in various locations in Orange County, California, United States from 20–22 February 2012. The top two teams advanced to the Super Final.     Team advances to Super Final TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. USA440006020+40122.CAN420024733+1463.BRA400041165-540 20 February 2012 10:30 PST (UTC-8) Scoresheet USA 19 BRA 1 Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, United States 20 February 2012 19:00 PST (UTC-8) Scoresheet USA 13 CAN 11 Commerce Aquatorium, Commerce, California, United States 21 February 2012 10:30 PST (UTC-8) Scoresheet CAN 16 BRA 1 Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, United States 21 February 2012 19:00 PST (UTC-8) Scoresheet USA 17 BRA 1 Arnold O. Beckman High School, Irvine, California, United States 22 February 2012 10:30 PST (UTC-8) Scoresheet CAN 13 BRA 8 Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, United States 22 February 2012 19:00 PST (UTC-8) Scoresheet USA 11 CAN 7 Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, United States Asia/Oceania League All teams will play the other teams twice. The first round-robin will be held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai and the second round-robin will be held from 8–12 May 2012 at the Chiba International Swimming Complex in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. The winner will advance to the Super Final. As China has already qualified as the hosts, if they win the Asia/Oceania League, the second-placed team will advance.     Team advances to Super Final TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. CHN430015328+2592.AUS430014532+1393.JPN400042159-380 Europe League All teams will play the other teams in their group twice. All games in Group A will be played from 10–13 May 2012 in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, and all games in Group B will be played from 10–13 May 2012 in Volos, Greece. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Super Final.     Team advances to Super Final Group A TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. GER6310255550112.ITA630125543+12103.HUN630126360+304.ESP611044762-155 Group B TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. GRE660005538+17182.RUS640025751+6123.NED620044149-864.GBR600063954-150 10 May 2012 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) RUS 9 GBR 8 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 10 May 2012 20:15 EEST (UTC+3) GRE 7 NED 4 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 11 May 2012 10:30 EEST (UTC+3) RUS 13 NED 9 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 11 May 2012 12:15 EEST (UTC+3) GRE 8 GBR 7 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 11 May 2012 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) NED 8 GBR 7 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 11 May 2012 20:15 EEST (UTC+3) GRE 7 RUS 6 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 12 May 2012 10:30 EEST (UTC+3) RUS 11 GBR 7 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 12 May 2012 12:15 EEST (UTC+3) GRE 10 NED 5 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 12 May 2012 18:30 EEST (UTC+3) RUS 8 NED 7 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 12 May 2012 20:15 EEST (UTC+3) GRE 10 GBR 6 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 13 May 2012 10:30 EEST (UTC+3) NED 8 GBR 4 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos 13 May 2012 12:15 EEST (UTC+3) GRE 13 RUS 10 Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos Super Final May, 29 - June, 3, 2012, Changshu, China. Preliminary round: Group A TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. USA330003513+2292.CHN320013323+1063.GRE310022931-234.GER300031848-300 Preliminary round: Group B TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. AUS321003812+2682.RUS320103216+1673.CAN310022034+1434.ITA30003937-280 Final round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final A1 USA 11 B4 ITA 2 A3 GRE 11 B2 RUS 9 A2 CHN 13 B3 CAN 7 A4 GER 0 B1 AUS 18 A1 USA 7 A3 GRE 6 A2 CHN 7 B1 AUS 8 A1 USA 6 B1 AUS 4 A3 GRE 8 A2 CHN 7 Bronze-medal match “USA claims seventh World League title” fina.org June 3, 2012. 3 June 2012 CHN 7 GRE 8 1-2 4-2 1-2 1-2 Changshu, China Final 3 June 2012 AUS 4 USA 6 1-2 3-1 0-1 0-2 Changshu, China Final ranking Rank TeamFile:gold medal icon.svg USAFile:silver medal icon.svg AUSFile:bronze medal icon.svg GRE4 CHN5 RUS6 GER7 CAN8 ITA wpw 2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League USA Seventh Team Roster Betsey Armstrong, Heather Petri, Melissa Seidemann, Brenda Villa (C), Lauren Wenger, Maggie Steffens, Courtney Mathewson, Jessica Steffens, Elsie Windes, Kelly Rulon, Annika Dries, Kami Craig, Tumua Anae. Head coach: Adam Krikorian. 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