2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

September 2021 2002 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 28 June – 4 August 2002 8 2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2003 The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the first edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After two preliminary rounds, the Super Final was held in Patras, Greece from 1 August to 4 August 2002.mwl dmy Preliminary round From 28 June to 28 July 2002     Team qualifies for Super Final     Team is eliminated from qualification Group A Greece automatically qualified for the Super Final as the host country. Only the top place earned qualification, which was taken by Spain. Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a loss. TeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1ESP1210213497+3753 2ITA129312789+3849 3GRE125797115−1844 4BRA1201271128−57-7 Group B The top two places, occupied by Hungary and Russia, earned qualification. Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a loss. TeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1HUN1211115094+5634 2RUS1275102103−126 3USA1248109131−2220 4CRO12210106139−3316 Super Final From 1 August to 4 August Group stage The top two placed teams in the round-robin advanced to the final against each other, while the two bottom placed teams played for the bronze medal. The Russia–Hungary game was declared a 0–5 loss for both teams. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a loss.     Team qualifies for final     Team plays for bronze medal RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1RUS 3 2 1 25 19 +6 7 2ESP 3 2 1 30 28 +2 7 3HUN 3 1 2 25 19 +6 5 4GRE 3 0 3 14 38 −24 3 Bronze medal match August 4, 2002 HUN13 – 6GRE Gold medal match August 4, 2002 RUS10 – 8ESP Final rankings RankTeamRUS ESPHUN4GRE5ITA6USA7CRO8BRA wp 2002 FINA Men's World League RUS First Individual awards RankTop scorersGoals1Gabriel Hernández Paz ESP34Tibor Benedek HUN3Tamás Molnár HUN334Gergely Kiss HUN325Alexander Yerishev RUS306Tony Azevedo USA29Dmitri Stratan RUS Statistics Total goals: 1027 Total matches: 55 Goals per match: 18.7 Total of scorers: 105 References External links Preliminary Results FINA Super Final Results FINA Sports123 2002 W W Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Greece Category:Sports competitions in Patras