2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
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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]

Preliminary round

     Team qualified for Super Final

Africa

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 6609725+7218
 Tunisia 6428639+4712
 Algeria 6245096−465
 Morocco 60632105−731

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

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 4406912+5712
 Brazil 4225232+206
 Venezuela 404885−770

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

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 1010014852+9630
 China 108211786+3124
 Kazakhstan 105513285+4715
 Japan 105512583+4215
 New Zealand 102869161−926
 Iran 1001059183−1240

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

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Montenegro 6515936+2315
 Italy 6515434+2015
 Germany 6153657−213
 France 6153860−223

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Croatia 6517153+1816
 Russia 6335251+19
 Greece 6335357−48
 North Macedonia 6154055−153

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Serbia 6607933+4618
 Spain 6335445+99
 Romania 6335559−49
 Turkey 6063687−510

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

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

Group 1

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Montenegro 3303820+188
 United States 3212719+87
 Spain 3122123−23
 China 3031438−240

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Pts
 Serbia 3303914+259
 Australia 3213519+166
 Croatia 3123720+173
 South Africa 303563−580

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

July 16

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

Medal round

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

5th–8th places

 
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

Awards

Top Scorer
Montenegro Nikola Janović

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 3 4 2010 Rankings Archived 2010-12-03 at the Wayback Machine – FINA.
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