2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 13th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2015 and June 2016 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Shanghai, China from 07–12 June 2016.[1][2]

2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
DurationNovember 2015-June 2016
Super Final
Finals champions United States (10 title)
  Runners-up Spain
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.[2] 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

Europe

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Preliminary round

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The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.

Group A

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 6 4 2 75 55 +20 13
  Netherlands 6 4 2 62 56 +6 12
  Hungary 6 4 2 63 52 +11 11
  France 6 0 6 35 72 -37 0
22 Oct 2015
20:15
Netherlands   11–10   Italy Nijverdal, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 2–4, 4–1

27 Oct 2015
18:45
Netherlands   12–7   France Amersfoort, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 3–2, 3–1
27 Oct 2015
20:00
Hungary   17–15   Italy Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 6–3, 2–1, 2–5, 3–4  OT: 4–2

24 Nov 2015
18:00
Hungary   7–10   Netherlands Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–3, 2–4
24 Nov 2015
20:30
Italy   15–5   France Avezzano, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–2, 2–1, 4–2

8 Dec 2015
20:30
France   9–18   Hungary Troyes, France
Score by quarters: 4–7, 3–5, 0–2, 2–4

23 Feb 2016
20:00
France   8–12   Netherlands Lille, France
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 2–2, 1–3
23 Feb 2016
20:30
Italy   10–7   Hungary Novara, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 1–0, 0–2

12 Apr 2016
20:00
France   5–10   Italy Abbeville, France
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–3, 1–3
12 Apr 2016
20:30
Netherlands   7–9   Hungary Dordrecht, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–3, 2–3

3 May 2016
18:00
Hungary   5–1   France Budapest, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–0, 0–0, 2–1
3 May 2016
20:15
Italy   15–10   Netherlands Bari, Italy
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 2–5
Squads
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Squad as during the match on 12 April against Italy.[3]

No. Name Date of birth Position L/R
1 Lorene Derenty 1994 Goalkeeper R
2 Yaelle Deschampt 1997 R
3 Morgane Leroux 1999 R
4 Aurore Sacre 1993 R
5 Louise Guillet 1986 R
6 Geraldine Mahieu 1993 R
7 Marie Barbieux 1991 R
8 Marion Tardy 1993 R
9 Lucie Cesca 1994 R
10 Audrey Daule 1993 R
11 Clemence Clerc 1991 R
12 Michaela Jaskova 1993 R
13 Morgane Chabrier 1993 Goalkeeper R

Squad as during the match on 12 April against France.[3]

No. Name Date of birth Position L/R
1 Giulia Gorlero Goalkeeper R
2 Chiara Tabani R
3 Arianna Garibotti R
4 Elisa Queirolo R
5 Federica Radicchi R
6 Rosaria Aiello R
7 Tania Di Mario R
8 Roberta Bianconi R
9 Giulia Enrica Emmolo R
10 Francesca Pomeri R
11 Aleksandra Cotti R
12 Teresa Frassinetti R
13 Laura Teani Goalkeeper R

Group B

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 6 5 1 100 58 +42 14
  Russia 6 4 2 85 68 +17 12
  Greece 6 3 3 90 57 +33 10
  Germany 6 0 6 34 126 -92 0
27 Oct 2015
20:00
Russia   19–8   Germany Moscow, Russia
Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–4, 3–2, 4–1
27 Oct 2015
19:00
Greece   16–17   Spain Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–2, 3–3  OT: 6–7

24 Nov 2015
19:45
Russia   12–7   Greece Moscow, Russia
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–2, 1–2, 4–2
24 Nov 2015
18:00
Germany   8–20   Spain Stuttgart, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–9, 4–3, 1–4, 1–4

8 Dec 2015
17:00
Spain   16–9   Russia Barcelona, Spain
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–4, 5–2, 3–2
8 Dec 2015
19:00
Greece   21–1   Germany Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 6–0, 5–0

23 Feb 2016
19:30
Germany   10–22   Russia Hamburg, Germany
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–7, 4–5, 2–5

1 Mar 2016
19:15
Spain   13–9   Greece Sabadell, Spain
Score by quarters: 2–2, 6–3, 2–4, 3–0

12 Apr 2016
19:00
Greece   15–9   Russia Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 5–1, 4–4
12 Apr 2016
19:15
Spain   21–2   Germany Manresa, Spain
Score by quarters: 7–0, 5–1, 3–0, 6–1

3 May 2016
20:00
Russia   14–13   Spain Moscow, Russia
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 2–4, 6–2
3 May 2016
20:00
Germany   5–23   Greece Heidelberg, Germany
Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–8, 2–6, 0–5

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

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Preliminary round

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 5 5 0 77 18 +59 15
  Australia 5 4 1 69 27 +42 12
  Canada 5 3 2 54 56 -2 9
  China 5 2 3 50 57 -7 6
  Brazil 5 1 4 28 64 -36 3
  Japan 5 0 5 28 84 -56 0
16 Feb 2016
16:40
Australia   12–10   China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 4–2, 3–3
16 Feb 2016
18:00
Brazil   2–17   United States Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–8, 0–4, 0–2
16 Feb 2016
19:20
Japan   10–19   Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–3, 1–4, 3–6

17 Feb 2016
16:40
Canada   2–11   Australia Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–4, 0–2, 0–3
17 Feb 2016
18:00
Brazil   10–7   Japan Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–3, 3–3
17 Feb 2016
19:20
United States   19–5   China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–0, 5–2, 4–2

18 Feb 2016
16:40
China   14–15   Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 3–2, 6–5
18 Feb 2016
18:00
Japan   2–19   United States Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–9, 0–2, 1–4, 0–4
18 Feb 2016
19:20
Australia   15–3   Brazil Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 6–1, 4–0

19 Feb 2016
16:40
Brazil   6–11   China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 1–2, 0–3
19 Feb 2016
18:00
Japan   4–26   Australia Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 2–10, 0–7
19 Feb 2016
19:20
United States   14–4   Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–1, 1–0, 2–0

20 Feb 2016
16:40
China   10–5   Japan Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–1, 4–2, 3–0
20 Feb 2016
18:00
Brazil   7–14   Canada Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 2–2, 1–5
20 Feb 2016
19:20
Australia   5–8   United States Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 3–1, 2–1

5th place

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21 Feb 2016
10:00
Brazil   9–8   Japan Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–2, 2–3

3rd Place

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21 Feb 2016
11:20
Canada   6–10   China Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–4

Final

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21 Feb 2016
12:40
United States   6–5   Australia Lewisville, Texas, United States
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 1–1, 1–1

Super Final

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In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Shanghai, China from 7 to 12 June 2016.

Qualified teams

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Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
  Brazil
  Canada
  United States
  China (Host)   Italy
  Russia
  Spain
  Australia

Group A

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 34 20 +14 9
  China 3 2 1 20 25 -5 6
  Italy 3 1 2 23 29 -6 3
  Russia 3 0 3 26 29 -3 0
7 Jun 2016
17:40
Australia   11–10   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–1, 3–4
7 Jun 2016
19:30
Italy   7–8   China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–1, 0–2

8 Jun 2016
16:20
Italy   9–8   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–2, 1–3
8 Jun 2016
19:00
Australia   10–3   China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–1, 4–1, 3–1

9 Jun 2016
16:20
Italy   7–13   Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–3, 2–4
9 Jun 2016
19:00
China   9–8   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 1–2, 2–3

Group B

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 43 20 +23 9
  Spain 3 2 1 36 30 +6 6
  Canada 3 1 2 36 31 +5 3
  Brazil 3 0 3 12 46 -34 0
7 Jun 2016
15:00
Spain   16–12   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–6, 2–2, 5–3
7 Jun 2016
16:20
United States   20–2   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–0, 4–0, 5–2

8 Jun 2016
15:00
Spain   10–6   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–3, 3–2
8 Jun 2016
17:40
United States   11–8   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–2, 2–1

9 Jun 2016
15:00
Spain   10–12   United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 2–2, 2–2
9 Jun 2016
17:40
Canada   16–4   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 5–1, 5–2

Knockout stage

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  China13
 
 
 
  Canada8
 
  China5
 
 
 
  United States11
 
  Russia7
 
 
 
  United States14
 
  United States13
 
 
 
  Spain9
 
  Italy5
 
 
 
  Spain8
 
  Spain10
 
 
 
  Australia8 Third place
 
  Australia11
 
 
 
  Brazil2
 
  Australia10
 
 
  China3
 
5th–8th Places
 
SemifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Canada4
 
 
 
  Russia15
 
  Russia8
 
 
 
  Italy10
 
  Italy7
 
 
  Brazil6
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Canada12
 
 
  Brazil6

Quarterfinals

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10 Jun 2016
15:00
Italy   5–8   Spain Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–1, 1–1, 2–2
10 Jun 2016
16:20
Australia   11–2   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–0, 3–0, 0–2
10 Jun 2016
17:40
Russia   7–14   United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 0–4, 3–2
10 Jun 2016
19:00
China   13–8   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 4–1, 3–4

5th–8th Places Semifinals

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11 Jun 2016
15:00
Italy   7–6   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–0, 4–1, 1–1
11 Jun 2016
16:20
Canada   4–15   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 1–3, 3–4

Semifinals

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11 Jun 2016
17:40
Spain   10–8   Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–0, 3–3, 3–1
11 Jun 2016
19:00
China   5–11   United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–2, 1–4

7th place

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12 Jun 2016
14:30
Canada   12–6   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 3–1, 3–4

5th place

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12 Jun 2016
16:00
Russia   8–10   Italy Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–2, 1–1, 2–2

3rd Place

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12 Jun 2016
17:30
China   3–10   Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 0–1, 0–1

Final

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12 Jun 2016
19:00
United States   13–9   Spain Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–3, 3–2

Final ranking

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References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "FINA Water Polo World League 2016 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "WPWL 2016 W - European Prelims - Round 5".