2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2006 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 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2005 10 July – 6 August 2006 Serbia and Montenegro 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League 2007 The 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fifth 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 Athens, Greece.mwl dmy Preliminary round Three teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Spain and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Greece). Group A RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1AUS 6 6 0 0 0 76 42 +34 18 2FRA 6 3 0 0 3 70 68 +2 9 3CHN 6 2 0 0 4 49 63 –14 6 4JPN 6 1 0 0 5 64 86 –22 3 Group B RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1USA 2 2 0 0 0 29 13 +16 6 2CAN 2 1 0 0 1 18 21 –3 3 2BRA 2 0 0 0 2 8 21 –13 0 Group C RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1SCG 6 4 0 0 2 64 54 +10 12 2CRO 6 4 0 0 2 74 57 +17 12 3ESP 6 3 0 0 3 56 69 –13 9 4RUS 6 1 0 0 5 50 64 –14 3 Group D RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1ROU 6 4 1 0 1 64 57 +7 14 2GER 6 4 0 0 2 55 51 +4 12 3GRE 6 2 0 1 3 54 62 –8 7 4ITA 6 1 0 0 5 55 58 –3 3 Semifinal round Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Greece) were guaranteed qualification. Group A RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1USA 5 4 1 0 0 67 22 +45 14 2AUS 5 4 0 1 0 54 27 +27 13 3FRA 5 3 0 0 2 35 35 0 9 4CHN 5 2 0 0 3 25 50 –25 6 5CAN 5 1 0 0 4 35 49 –14 3 6BRA 5 0 0 0 5 24 57 –33 0 Group B RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1SCG 5 5 0 0 0 54 29 +25 15 2ESP 5 4 0 0 1 55 37 +18 12 3CRO 5 3 0 0 2 47 35 +12 9 4GRE 5 2 0 0 3 36 45 –2 6 5GER 5 1 0 0 4 37 55 –18 3 6ROU 5 0 0 0 5 33 61 –28 0 Super Final Group round The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze. RankTeamGWOTWOTLLGFGADiffPoints 1SCG 5 5 0 0 0 68 34 +34 15 2ESP 5 4 0 0 1 53 33 +20 12 3USA 5 2 1 0 2 41 46 –5 8 4GRE 5 2 0 0 3 43 51 –8 6 5AUS 5 1 0 1 3 44 47 –3 4 6FRA 5 0 0 0 5 33 71 –38 0 3rd to 6th place playoffs AUS 10–10 (4–3 p.) USA GRE 14–7 FRA 5th place match USA 11-4 FRA Bronze medal match GRE 11–10 AUS Gold medal match SCG 6–4 ESP Final ranking RankTeam SCG ESP GRE4AUS5USA6FRA wp 2006 FINA Men's World League SCG Second Awards Top ScorerFRA Frédéric Audon References Sports123 2006 W W Category:International water polo competitions hosted by Greece Category:Sports competitions in Athens