2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League FINA Water Polo World League Water Polo FINA Men's Water Polo World League FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2011 2013 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2013 The 2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is played between November 2011 and June 2012 and open to all men'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 Almaty, Kazakhstan from 12–17 June 2012.mwl 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_men.pdf Archived copy 2012-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120205072738/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/worldleague2012/rules_men.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 4 entries, all teams in this region will play 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 10 entries into the league from Europe, and these were drawn into two groups of three teams and one group of four teams. The teams were placed into groups based on their performance in the 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League along with Great Britain, host of the 2012 Olympic tournament. Pool Country 2011 FINA Men's Water Polo World League result Drawn into Group 1 ITA 2nd, Super Final A 1 CRO 3rd, Super Final B 1 ROM 2nd, Europe Group B (13 pts) C 2 ESP 2nd, Europe Group A (11 pts) C 2 GER 3rd, Europe Group A (9 pts) B 2 RUS 3rd, Europe Group B (6 pts, Diff -3) A 3 GRE 3rd, Europe Group C (6 pts, Diff -7) C 3 MKD 4th, Europe Group A (2 pts) B 3 TUR 4th, Europe Group B (0 pts) C 3 GBR did not participate A Americas League All teams played the other teams twice. All matches were held in Orange County, California from 10–13 May 2012. USA and Brazil, the top two teams, advanced to the Super Final.FINA 2012 Men's Ranking. 6/5/2012. TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. USA44000561145122.BRA420022439-1563.CAN400041949-300 Asia/Oceania League All teams will play the other teams twice. The first round-robin will be held from 1–5 May 2012 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. Two teams advance to the Super Final, one of which must be Kazakhstan as they are the host. TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. AUS660008025+55182.CHN630034055-1593.JPN630034953-494.KAZ600062864-360 Europe League All teams play the other teams in their group home-and-away. The winner of each group advances to the Super Final.     Team advances to Super Final Group A TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. ITA440005416+38122.RUS420023243-1163.GBR400042451-270 15 November 2011 19:00 CET (UTC+1) ITA 16 RUS 5 Viale Lazio, Civitavecchia 6 December 2011 20:00 GMT (UTC+0) GBR 6 ITA 14 Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester 11 January 2012 18:30 MSD (UTC+4) RUS 12 GBR 8 Kinef Water Sports Center, Kirishi 21 February 2012 18:30 MSD (UTC+4) RUS 4 ITA 10 Kinef Water Sports Center, Kirishi 6 March 2012 20:30 CET (UTC+1) ITA 14 GBR 1 Cremona Municipal Pool 20 March 2011 20:00 GMT (UTC+0) GBR 9 RUS 11 Manchester Aquatics Centre, Manchester Group B TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. CRO431004833+15112.GER410214145-453.MKD401033041-112 15 November 2011 18:00 CET (UTC+1) CRO 16 GER 15 Dubrovnik City Pool Shootout win 17 December 2011 GER 8 MKD 5 Schoeneberg Sports and Swimming Centre, Berlin 5 January 2012 20:00 CET (UTC+1) MKD 8 CRO 9 Central Olympic Pool, Skopje 14 February 2012 GER 6 CRO 11 Magdeburg Swimming Pool 6 March 2012 17:00 CET (UTC+1) CRO 12 MKD 4 Rijeka 15 March 2012 20:15 CET (UTC+1) MKD 13 GER 12 Mladost Swimming Pool, Skopje Shootout win Group C TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. ESP640026040+20121.ROM640026546+19121.GRE640025540+15124.TUR600062781-540 3 teams equal on points, therefore only the matches between each other are considered to break the tie - FINA By-Law 9.6.3 TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. ESP420023432+262.GRE420023232063.ROM420023335-26 12 November 2011 16:30 EET (UTC+2) ROM 16 TUR 8 Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea 15 November 2011 20:30 CET (UTC+1) ESP 8 GRE 7 Horta Sports Union, Barcelona 6 December 2011 17:00 EET (UTC+2) ROM 9 ESP 8 Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea 17 December 2011 20:00 EET (UTC+2) GRE 14 TUR 5 Kapagerof Indoor Pool, Athens 5 January 2012 20:00 EET (UTC+2) TUR 3 ROM 16 Enka Swimming Pool, Istanbul 7 January 2012 19:00 EET (UTC+2) GRE 9 ESP 7 Antonios Pepanos Indoor Pool, Patras 21 February 2012 17:00 EET (UTC+2) ROM 8 GRE 6 Iona Alexandrescu Olympic Pool, Oradea 21 February 20:00 EET (UTC+2) TUR 5 ESP 14 Enka Swimming Pool, Istanbul 6 March 2012 20:30 CET (UTC+1) ESP 11 ROU 7 Barcelona Swimming Club 17 March 2012 18:00 EET (UTC+2) TUR 3 GRE 9 Turkish Water Polo Federation Pool, Istanbul 20 March 2011 20:00 EET(UTC+2) GRE 10 ROM 9 Kapagerof Indoor Pool, Athens 20 March 2011 20:30 CET (UTC+1) ESP 12 TUR 3 Sant Jordi Swimming Pool, Barcelona Super Final The Super Final was held on 12–17 June 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2637:2012-mens-results&catid=227:results&Itemid=316 2012 Men's Results www.fina.org dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120617022321/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2637:2012-mens-results&catid=227:results&Itemid=316 2012-06-17 Preliminary round: Group A TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. ITA330003024+692.USA320012219+363.CHN301022628-224.KAZ300123037-71 June 12 ITA 10 – 9 CHN USA 11 – 8 KAZ June 13 USA 6 – 4 CHN ITA 13 – 10 KAZ June 14 ITA 7 – 5 USA CHN 13 – 12 KAZ Preliminary round: Group B TeamGWSOWSOLLGFGADiffPoints1. CRO330004120+2192.ESP320012217+563.AUS310023328+534.BRA300031243-310 June 12 CRO 14 – 11 AUS BRA 3 – 8 ESP June 13 CRO 7 – 6 ESP BRA 6 – 13 AUS June 14 CRO 20 – 3 BRA AUS 7 – 8 ESP Quarter-finals June 15 USA 7 – 5 AUS ESP 11 – 1 CHN ITA 14 – 1 BRA KAZ 6 – 13 CRO Medal round Semi-finals Final Bronze-final June 16 CRO 11 USA 10 June 16 ITA 7 ESP 9 June 17 CRO 18 ESP 17 June 17 ITA 7 USA 6 5th–8th places Semi-finals 5th-place match 7th-place match June 16 KAZ 7 AUS 6 June 16 CHN 10 BRA 7 June 17 KAZ 7 CHN 5 June 17 AUS 13 BRA 2 Final ranking RANKTEAMImage:Med 1.pngCroatiaImage:Med 2.pngSpainImage:Med 3.pngItaly4.United States5.Kazakhstan6.China7.Australia8.Brazil wp 2012 FINA Men's World League CRO First Awards Top ScorerPlayer of the TournamentGoalkeeper of the TournamentCRO Maro JokovicESP Felipe PerroneITA Stefano Tempesti References External links Official site World League, men Category:FINA Water Polo World League Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Kazakhstan