2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2005 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 2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2004 16 June – 14 August 2005 Serbia and Montenegro 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2006 The 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fourth 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 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.mwl dmy Preliminary round Five teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Canada and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Serbia and Montenegro). Group A RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1HUN 6 6 0 93 40 +53 18 2ESP 6 4 2 70 51 +19 14 3RUS 6 4 2 56 51 +5 14 4GRE 6 4 2 76 56 +20 13 5AUS 6 2 4 52 29 +23 10 6CHN 6 1 5 29 81 –52 8 7CAN 6 0 6 31 74 –43 6 Group B RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1SCG 6 6 0 78 36 +42 18 2CRO 6 4 2 75 61 +14 14 3USA 6 4 2 50 51 –1 14 4ITA 6 3 3 60 51 +9 12 5GER 6 3 3 55 58 –3 12 6ROU 6 1 5 48 62 –14 8 7BRA 6 0 6 28 75 –47 6 Semifinal round Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Serbia and Montenegro) were guaranteed qualification. Group A RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1GRE 4 3 1 49 41 +8 10 2SCG 4 3 1 43 28 +15 10 3GER 4 2 2 37 39 –2 8 4ESP 4 2 2 52 47 +5 7 5CAN 4 0 4 23 49 –26 4 Group B RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1HUN 4 3 1 41 28 +13 10 2CRO 4 2 2 38 34 +4 8 3RUS 4 2 2 31 34 –3 8 4ITA 4 2 2 33 35 –2 8 5USA 4 1 3 24 36 –12 6 Super Final Group round The top two teams advanced to the final, while the next two played for bronze. RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1SCG 3 3 0 28 23 +5 9 2HUN 3 2 1 38 29 +9 7 3CRO 3 2 1 31 22 +9 7 4GER 3 1 2 26 38 –12 5 5RUS 3 1 2 25 26 –1 4 6GRE 3 0 3 23 33 –10 3 5th place match GRE 14-9 RUS Bronze medal match GER 10–8 CRO Gold medal match SCG 16–6 HUN Final ranking RankTeam SCG HUN GER4CRO5GRE6RUS wp 2005 FINA Men's World League SCG First Awards Top ScorerSCG Aleksandar Šapić References Sports123 2005 W W Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Serbia and Montenegro Category:International sports competitions in Belgrade