FINA Water Polo World League
The FINA Water Polo World League is an international water polo league organized by FINA, which plays annually, typically from winter through to June.[1] League play features continental tournaments for men and women, from which the top teams emerge to play in the championship tournament (the "Super Final") where the league champion team is crowned. Men's league play began in 2002,[2] to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by the 2000 Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. The women’s league was added in 2004,[3] based on growing interest in women's play.
Sport | Water Polo |
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Founded | 2002 |
Continent | all (International) |
Most recent champion(s) | Men's: Women's: |
Most titles | Men's: Women's: |
Play format
Matches consist of four eight-minute quarters, with a five-minute half-time break. Tie games are decided by an immediate penalty shootout. The game venues have television requirements to bring the sport to the biggest audience possible. Rule changes were made to provide more spectacular play and yield higher scores.
Preliminary rounds of play are organized by continent: Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe. The structure of continental play varies within the league. For example, for 2012, the Americas has a single tournament for each sex, Asia/Oceania has 2 tournaments for each sex on consecutive weekends, and Europe has 6 weekends of play for men and 2 for women.[4]
Results (men)
Winners
Medal standings
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (13 nations) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
- ^[a] matches played from Serbia and Montenegro are separated from Serbia.
Participation details
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- × — Did not enter qualifications
- • — Did not qualify for the final tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- — Hosts
Team | 2002 (4) |
2003 (6) |
2004 (6) |
2005 (6) |
2006 (6) |
2007 (8) |
2008 (10) |
2009 (8) |
2010 (8) |
2011 (8) |
2012 (8) |
2013 (8) |
2014 (8) |
2015 (8) |
2016 (8) |
2017 (8) |
2018 (8) |
2019 (8) |
YQ / YP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
× | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/3 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | 0/3 | |
× | • | • | • | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 7th | × | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 13/16 | |
• | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | × | 8th | 8th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | × | × | × | 5/11 | |
× | × | × | • | • | 7th | 6th | × | × | 7th | • | • | 6th | • | × | × | • | 8th | 5/11 | |
× | × | × | • | • | 8th | 9th | × | 7th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 8th | 8th | • | • | • | 9/14 | |
• | × | × | 4th | • | • | • | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | • | • | 2nd | • | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 9/16 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | 10th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1/1 | |
× | × | × | × | 6th | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | 1/7 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | 0/2 | |
× | × | × | 3rd | • | 4th | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 2/13 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/1 | |
4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | • | 8th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3rd | • | × | • | 7/17 | |
3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | • | × | 2nd | 5th | 10/11 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/3 | |
• | 2nd | 4th | • | • | • | 7th | 5th | • | 2nd | 3rd | • | • | 7th | 4th | 2nd | × | • | 9/17 | |
× | × | × | × | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | • | 7th | • | • | 6th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 6/14 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | 5th | × | • | • | • | 6th | 8th | 7th | 4/9 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/1 | |
× | × | × | × | × | x | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 0/1 | |
× | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/1 | |
Part of |
• | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | × | 3rd | 3rd | • | • | × | 1st | • | 7/11 | |||||
× | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/3 | |
× | 6th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | 1/5 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | 0/8 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/3 | |
× | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/1 | |
× | × | × | • | • | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1/15 | |
1st | × | × | 6th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | • | 5th | • | • | 4/16 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | 0/1 | |
Part of |
1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | • | 1st | 11/12 | |||||
× | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | defunct | 4/4 | |||||||||||||
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | × | 0/3 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | 8th | 8th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 2/3 | |
2nd | × | 5th | • | 2nd | • | 5th | • | 6th | • | 2nd | • | × | • | • | × | 3rd | 4th | 8/15 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/2 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | × | × | × | 0/6 | |
× | × | × | × | × | x | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | 0/1 | |
• | 3rd | 6th | • | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | × | 15/17 | |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 0/1 | |
Performance by team
After 2015 World League
National team | Total* | Super Final | |||||||||||
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App | W% | Pld | W** | L** | A% | App | F4 | W% | Pld | W** | L** | ||
3 | 0.533 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | 0.645 | 141 | 91 | 50 | 0.750 | 9 | 5 | 0.418 | 55 | 23 | 32 | ||
10 | 0.230 | 87 | 20 | 67 | 0.400 | 4 | 1 | 0.250 | 24 | 6 | 18 | ||
9 | 0.288 | 66 | 19 | 47 | 0.444 | 4 | 0 | 0.292 | 24 | 7 | 17 | ||
10 | 0.368 | 114 | 42 | 72 | 0.800 | 8 | 0 | 0.130 | 46 | 6 | 40 | ||
12 | 0.645 | 121 | 78 | 43 | 0.500 | 6 | 6 | 0.706 | 34 | 24 | 10 | ||
1 | 0.429 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
4 | 0.222 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 0.250 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||
10 | 0.333 | 75 | 25 | 50 | 0.200 | 2 | 2 | 0.625 | 8 | 5 | 3 | ||
1 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | 0.460 | 126 | 58 | 68 | 0.429 | 6 | 3 | 0.346 | 26 | 9 | 17 | ||
8 | 0.825 | 97 | 80 | 17 | 1.000 | 8 | 7 | 0.694 | 36 | 25 | 11 | ||
3 | 0.083 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | 0.598 | 132 | 79 | 53 | 0.500 | 7 | 4 | 0.559 | 34 | 19 | 15 | ||
10 | 0.387 | 75 | 29 | 46 | 0.200 | 2 | 0 | 0.250 | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||
5 | 0.293 | 41 | 12 | 29 | 0.200 | 1 | 0 | 0.333 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
1 | 0.000 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 0.188 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 0.333 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 0.767 | 86 | 66 | 20 | 0.750 | 6 | 5 | 0.694 | 36 | 25 | 11 | ||
3 | 0.200 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 0.091 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0.500 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
5 | 0.111 | 36 | 4 | 32 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | 0.000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | 0.413 | 75 | 31 | 44 | 0.091 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
12 | 0.421 | 95 | 40 | 55 | 0.250 | 3 | 1 | 0.500 | 14 | 7 | 7 | ||
12 | 0.895 | 143 | 128 | 15 | 1.000 | 12 | 12 | 0.937 | 63 | 59 | 4 | ||
2 | 0.083 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 0.500 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0.000 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
12 | 0.581 | 124 | 72 | 52 | 0.500 | 6 | 3 | 0.567 | 30 | 17 | 13 | ||
2 | 0.444 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 0.031 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | 0.572 | 138 | 79 | 59 | 0.857 | 12 | 7 | 0.485 | 66 | 32 | 34 | ||
1 | 0.000 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
- *Since 2007 Preliminary Round is played among teams from the same regions (Asia/Oceania, Americas or Asia/Oceania/Americas, Africa and Europe) so for statistic to be effective consider Europe independently; Super Final statistic included
- **Wins/Defeats after penalty shootout counted as wins/defeats.
- ***Serbia's total includes appearances as
Serbia and Montenegro.
Results (women)
Winners
FINA Women's Water Polo World League | ||||
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Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd Place |
2004 | Long Beach, USA | United States |
Hungary |
Italy |
2005 | Kirishi, Russia | Greece |
Russia |
Australia |
2006 | Cosenza, Italy | United States |
Italy |
Russia |
2007 | Montreal, Canada | United States |
Australia |
Greece |
2008 | Santa Cruz, Spain | Russia |
United States |
Australia |
2009 | Kirishi, Russia | United States |
Canada |
Australia |
2010 | La Jolla, USA | United States |
Australia |
Greece |
2011 | Tianjin, China | United States |
Italy |
Australia |
2012 | Changshu, China | United States |
Australia |
Greece |
2013 | Beijing, China | China |
Russia |
United States |
2014 | Kunshan, China | United States |
Italy |
Australia |
2015 | Shanghai, China | United States |
Australia |
Netherlands |
2016 | Shanghai, China | United States |
Spain |
Australia |
2017 | Shanghai, China | United States |
Canada |
Russia |
2018 | Kunshan, China | United States |
Netherlands |
Russia |
2019 | Budapest, Hungary | United States |
Italy |
Russia |
2020 |
Medal standings
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Totals (10 nations) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Participation details
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- × — Did not enter qualifications
- • — Did not qualify for the final tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- — Hosts
Team | 2004 (8) |
2005 (8) |
2006 (6) |
2007 (6) |
2008 (6) |
2009 (8) |
2010 (8) |
2011 (8) |
2012 (8) |
2013 (8) |
2014 (8) |
2015 (8) |
2016 (8) |
2017 (8) |
2018 (8) |
2019 (8) |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 7th | 5th | 16 | |
× | • | • | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | 8th | 8th | 8th | × | × | x | 3 | |
5th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 16 | |
× | × | • | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 13 | |
× | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 6th | × | × | • | • | × | × | x | 1 | |
6th | 1st | • | 3rd | • | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | 7 | |
2nd | 4th | × | • | × | × | 6th | • | • | 4th | • | • | • | 4th | • | 6th | 6 | |
3rd | 8th | 2nd | × | • | 8th | • | 2nd | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | • | × | 2nd | 11 | |
× | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8th | 8th | • | 2 | |
8th | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | 1 | |
× | 7th | 5th | • | × | × | 7th | × | • | • | × | 3rd | • | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 7 | |
4th | 2nd | 3rd | • | 1st | 6th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 15 | |
× | • | • | 5th | 6th | 4th | • | 8th | • | 5th | 5th | • | 2nd | × | 5th | • | 8 | |
1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 16 |
References
- Water Polo World League page Archived June 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine of the FINA website; retrieved 2012-03-03.
- HistoFINA, Volume 8, part A Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, p.36; published by FINA in 2007. Retrieved 2012-03-03. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history, volume 8 deals with Water Polo, this is part 1 of 2 for the volume.)
- HistoFINA, Volume 8, part B Archived 2015-07-10 at the Wayback Machine, p.65; published by FINA in 2007. Retrieved 2012-03-03. ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history, volume 8 deals with Water Polo, this is part 2 of 2 for the volume.)
- FINA Water Polo World League 2012 Edition - Programme, published 2012-02-27; retrieved 2012-03-03.
External links
- FINA water polo official site
- Water Polo page of FINA's old website (2010 and earlier).