2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the ninth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round organized by continent, the Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18, 2010.[1][2]
Serbia won this year's edition after a final victory over Montenegro 14–12.[3]

2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

Preliminary round

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     Team qualified for Super Final

Africa

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The African tournament was held in Tunis, Tunisia from June 17–20.[2] One team from the group of four advanced.[4]

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  South Africa 6 6 0 97 25 +72 18
  Tunisia 6 4 2 86 39 +47 12
  Algeria 6 2 4 50 96 −46 5
  Morocco 6 0 6 32 105 −73 1

June 17

Tunisia   18 – 3   Morocco
South Africa   19 – 3   Algeria

June 18

Morocco   2 – 21   South Africa
Algeria   4 – 25   Tunisia
Tunisia   8 – 11   South Africa
Morocco   14 – 15   Algeria

June 19

Morocco   4 – 16   Tunisia
South Africa   17 – 5   Algeria
South Africa   19 – 3   Morocco
Tunisia   15 – 7   Algeria

June 20

Algeria   16 – 6   Morocco
South Africa   10 – 4   Tunisia

Americas

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The American tournament was held in Los Alamitos, California, United States from May 5–8.[2] One team from the group of three advanced.[4]

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  United States 4 4 0 69 12 +57 12
  Brazil 4 2 2 52 32 +20 6
  Venezuela 4 0 4 8 85 −77 0

May 5

Brazil   21 – 2   Venezuela

May 6

Brazil   19 – 6   Venezuela
United States   24 – 0   Venezuela

May 7

United States   12 – 8   Brazil

May 8

United States   12 – 4   Brazil
United States   21 – 0   Venezuela

Asia/Oceania

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The Asia and Oceania region was feature a two-legged tournament, in Osaka, Japan (May 19–23) and Tianjin, China (May 26–30).[2] The four teams was play a round robin in each location, with the results from both legs combined. The top two teams from the group of six advanced.[4]

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  Australia 10 10 0 148 52 +96 30
  China 10 8 2 117 86 +31 24
  Kazakhstan 10 5 5 132 85 +47 15
  Japan 10 5 5 125 83 +42 15
  New Zealand 10 2 8 69 161 −92 6
  Iran 10 0 10 59 183 −124 0

May 19

China   13 – 9   Kazakhstan
Iran   12 – 15   New Zealand
Japan   11 – 16   Australia

May 20

China   18 – 8   Iran
Australia   10 – 5   Kazakhstan
Japan   16 – 4   New Zealand

May 21

China   17 – 6   New Zealand
Australia   23 – 1   Iran
Japan   7 – 6   Kazakhstan

May 22

Kazakhstan   21 – 6   New Zealand
Australia   15 – 4   China
Japan   15 – 6   Iran

May 23

Australia   17 – 3   New Zealand
Iran   8 – 23   Kazakhstan
Japan   5 – 9   China

May 26

Australia   9 – 8   Japan
Kazakhstan   20 – 5   New Zealand
China   11 – 5   Iran

May 27

Australia   14 – 4   New Zealand
Kazakhstan   21 – 5   Iran
China   12 – 11   Japan

May 28

Australia   11 – 7   Kazakhstan
Japan   24 – 2   Iran
China   15 – 8   New Zealand

May 29

Australia   23 – 3   Iran
Japan   20 – 8   New Zealand
China   12 – 9   Kazakhstan

May 30

Australia   10 – 6   China
New Zealand   10 – 9   Iran
Kazakhstan   11 – 8   Japan

Europe

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Europe is divided into three groups of four teams, with qualifying spots for the winner of each group as well as Super Final host Serbia. Rather than the condensed tournament style competition of the other continents, the European matches was played in a home-and-away format over five months.[4]

Group A

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  Montenegro 6 5 1 59 36 +23 15
  Italy 6 5 1 54 34 +20 15
  Germany 6 1 5 36 57 −21 3
  France 6 1 5 38 60 −22 3

November 17

France   8 – 12   Montenegro Bordeaux
Italy   8 – 5   Germany Sori

December 8

France   7 – 11   Italy Nancy
Germany   7 – 16   Montenegro Stuttgart

January 26

Italy   8 – 7   Montenegro Brescia
Germany   7 – 6   France Magdeburg

February 23

Germany   4 – 11   Italy Berlin
Montenegro   11 – 3   France Kotor

March 16

Italy   11 – 5   France Florence
Montenegro   7 – 5   Germany Igalo

April 28

Montenegro   6 – 5   Italy Budva

June 1

France   9 – 8   Germany Marseille

Group B

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  Croatia 6 5 1 71 53 +18 16
  Russia 6 3 3 52 51 +1 9
  Greece 6 3 3 53 57 −4 8
  North Macedonia 6 1 5 40 55 −15 3

November 17

Russia   9 – 6   Greece Kirishi
North Macedonia   7 – 9   Croatia Skopje

December 8

Croatia   12 – 7   Russia Makarska
Greece   8 – 6   North Macedonia Athens

January 26

Greece   17 – 16   Croatia Athens
North Macedonia   3 – 4   Russia Skopje

February 23

Croatia   12 – 9   North Macedonia Varaždin
Greece   10 – 9   Russia Athens

March 16

North Macedonia   7 – 6   Greece Skopje
Russia   7 – 8   Croatia Kirishi

June 22

Russia   16 – 8   North Macedonia Moscow

July 3

Croatia   10 – 6   Greece Dubrovnik

Group C

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  Serbia 6 6 0 79 33 +46 18
  Spain 6 3 3 54 45 +9 9
  Romania 6 3 3 55 59 −4 9
  Turkey 6 0 6 36 87 −51 0

November 17

Romania   9 – 7   Spain Oradea
Serbia   19 – 5   Turkey Niš

December 8

Turkey   4 – 9   Spain Istanbul
Romania   5 – 7   Serbia Oradea

January 26

Serbia   7 – 6   Spain Niš
Turkey   8 – 16   Romania Istanbul

February 23

Turkey   3 – 16   Serbia Istanbul
Spain   9 – 7   Romania Pontevedra

March 16

Spain   14 – 6   Turkey Pontevedra
Serbia   18 – 5   Romania Belgrade

April 20

Romania   13 – 10   Turkey Oradea

April 27

Spain   9 – 12   Serbia Pontevedra

Super Final

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The Super Final was held in Niš, Serbia from July 13–18.[2]

Group 1

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  Montenegro 3 3 0 38 20 +18 8
  United States 3 2 1 27 19 +8 7
  Spain 3 1 2 21 23 −2 3
  China 3 0 3 14 38 −24 0

July 13

Montenegro   16 – 4   China
United States   7 – 3   Spain

July 14

United States   11 – 5   China
Montenegro   11 – 7   Spain

July 15

Montenegro   11 – 9   United States
China   5 – 11   Spain

Group 2

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Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
  Serbia 3 3 0 39 14 +25 9
  Australia 3 2 1 35 19 +16 6
  Croatia 3 1 2 37 20 +17 3
  South Africa 3 0 3 5 63 −58 0

July 13

Australia   10 – 7   Croatia
Serbia   22 – 0   South Africa

July 14

Australia   19 – 4   South Africa
Serbia   9 – 8   Croatia

July 15

South Africa   1 – 22   Croatia
Serbia   8 – 6   Australia

Quarter-finals

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July 16

United States   11 – 13   Croatia
Spain   5 – 6   Australia
Montenegro   21 – 2   South Africa
China   4 – 17   Serbia

Medal round

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 17
 
 
  Croatia11
 
July 18
 
  Serbia14
 
  Serbia14
 
July 17
 
  Montenegro12
 
  Australia6
 
 
  Montenegro8
 
Bronze-final
 
 
July 18
 
 
  Croatia9
 
 
  Australia7

5th–8th places

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Semi-finals5th place match
 
      
 
July 17
 
 
  United States13
 
July 18
 
  China6
 
  United States7
 
July 17
 
  Spain6
 
  Spain12
 
 
  South Africa1
 
7th place match
 
 
July 18
 
 
  China11
 
 
  South Africa5

Final ranking

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Awards

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Top Scorer
  Nikola Janović

References

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  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Men's Programme Archived 2013-06-15 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.
  3. ^ "Serbia wins third title". FINA. 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  4. ^ a b c d 2010 Rankings Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.
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