2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons
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The 2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the seventh edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After five preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Genoa, Italy from June 16 to June 22, 2008.^[1]

Preliminary round

Africa

• Held in Casablanca, Morocco

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Egypt	9	3	3	0
2	Algeria	5	3	2	1
3	Morocco	4	3	1	2
4	Tunisia	0	3	0	3

June 6

Morocco	17 – 6	Tunisia
Egypt	16 – 6	Algeria

June 7

Tunisia	1 – 20	Egypt
Algeria	10 – 8 (p)	Morocco

June 8

Algeria	15 – 2	Tunisia
Egypt	23 – 5	Morocco

Americas

 Canada and  United States qualified without qualification tournament.

Asia/Oceania

• Held in Tokyo, Japan

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Australia	24	8	8	0
2	China	18	8	6	2
3	Japan	12	8	4	4
4	New Zealand	5	8	2	6
5	Iran	1	8	0	8

May 26

Japan	9 – 2	Iran
New Zealand	0 – 25	Australia
China	18 – 3	Iran
Japan	5 – 10	Australia

May 27

New Zealand	5 – 13	China
Australia	18 – 2	Iran
New Zealand	17 – 11	Iran
Japan	6 – 9	China

May 28

China	6 – 14	Australia
Japan	14 – 7	New Zealand
China	16 – 2	Iran
Japan	15 – 8	New Zealand

May 29

New Zealand	11 – 10 (p)	Iran
Australia	19 – 6	China
Australia	20 – 1	Iran
Japan	7 – 11	China

May 30

Japan	6 – 13	Australia
China	14 – 8	New Zealand
New Zealand	4 – 16	Australia
Japan	9 – 4	Iran

Europe I

• Held in Budva, Montenegro and Athens, Greece.

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Montenegro	14	6	5	1
2	Greece	12	6	4	2
3	Croatia	8	6	3	3
4	Italy	2	6	0	6

• Italy qualified as the hosting nation of the Super Final

May 23

Croatia	12 – 4	Greece
Montenegro	9 – 7	Italy

May 24

Italy	6 – 9	Croatia
Montenegro	14 – 6	Greece

May 25

Greece	13 – 7	Italy
Montenegro	13 – 11	Croatia

May 30

Croatia	15 – 14 (p)	Italy
Greece	11 – 10	Montenegro

May 31

Greece	13 – 5	Croatia
Montenegro	11 – 10 (p)	Italy

June 1

Croatia	9 – 13	Montenegro
Greece	10 – 8	Italy

Europe II

• Held in Novi Sad, Serbia and Portugalete, Spain.

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Serbia	18	6	6	0
2	Spain	9	6	3	3
3	Russia	6	6	2	4
4	Romania	3	6	1	5

May 23

Serbia	10 – 6	Spain
Romania	10 – 6	Russia

May 24

Serbia	11 – 9	Romania
Russia	9 – 6	Spain

May 25

Serbia	12 – 4	Russia
Romania	10 – 12	Spain

May 30

Spain	11 – 8	Romania
Russia	8 – 13	Serbia

May 31

Serbia	11 – 3	Romania
Spain	14 – 8	Russia

June 1

Russia	14 – 13	Romania
Spain	5 – 11	Serbia

Super Final

• Held in Genova, Italy

Group A

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	United States	10	4	3	1
2	Montenegro	8	4	3	1
3	Spain	6	4	2	2
4	Italy	5	4	2	2
5	China	0	4	0	4

June 16

Montenegro	15 – 7	Spain
United States	14 – 15 (p)	Italy

June 17

United States	13 – 9	China
Italy	8 – 9	Spain

June 18

Spain	8 – 6	China
Italy	15 – 16 (p)	Montenegro

June 19

China	7 – 13	Montenegro
Spain	4 – 11	United States

June 20

Montenegro	6 – 7	United States
China	8 – 15	Italy

Group B

	Team	Pts	G	W	L
1	Serbia	12	4	4	0
2	Australia	9	4	3	1
3	Canada	6	4	2	2
4	Greece	3	4	1	3
5	Egypt	0	4	0	4

June 16

Australia	21 – 0	Egypt
Serbia	10 – 9	Greece

June 17

Egypt	2 – 14	Greece
Australia	11 – 7	Canada

June 18

Greece	6 – 9	Canada
Egypt	0 – 31	Serbia

June 19

Canada	4 – 11	Serbia
Greece	9 – 13	Australia

June 20

Serbia	11 – 5	Australia
Canada	17 – 1	Egypt

9th place match

June 21

China	23 – 5	Egypt

5th-8th places

	Semi-finals				5th place match
	June 21
	Canada	10
					June 22
	Italy	8
					Canada	9
	June 21
					Spain	10
	Spain	11
	Greece	10
					7th place match
					June 22
					Italy	11
					Greece	7

Medal round

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 21
	Serbia	13
					June 22
	Montenegro	3
					Serbia	7
	June 21
					United States	3
	United States	11
	Australia	10
					Bronze-final
					June 22
					Montenegro	7
					Australia	8

Final ranking

Awards

Top Scorer
Aleksandar Šapić

References

• FINA