2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the sixth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After six preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Berlin, Germany from August 7 to August 12, 2007.[1]

2007 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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Asia/Oceania

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Australia 12 4 4 0 0 55 24 +31
2.   China 6 4 2 0 2 34 43 –9
3.   Japan 0 4 0 0 4 26 48 –22
  • July 3, 2007
China   10 – 8   Japan
  • July 4, 2007
China   5 – 17   Australia
  • July 5, 2007
Japan   8 – 12   Australia
  • July 6, 2007
China   11 – 7   Japan
  • July 7, 2007
China   8 – 11   Australia
  • July 8, 2007
Japan   3 – 15   Australia

Europe I

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Serbia 21 8 7 0 1 102 64 +38
2.   Montenegro 18 8 6 0 2 93 67 +26
3.   Italy 12 8 4 0 4 89 90 –1
4.   Germany 6 8 2 0 6 60 89 –29
5.   Greece 3 8 1 0 7 52 86 –34
  • Germany qualified as the hosting nation of the Super Final
  • July 4, 2007
Italy   13 – 11   Montenegro
Serbia   13 – 5   Greece
  • July 5, 2007
Montenegro   14 – 6   Greece
Serbia   12 – 6   Germany
  • July 6, 2007
Italy   9 – 7   Germany
Serbia   12 – 11   Montenegro
  • July 7, 2007
Montenegro   11 – 5   Germany
Italy   10 – 9   Greece
  • July 8, 2007
Greece   4 – 5   Germany
Serbia   15 – 11   Italy
  • July 18, 2007
Germany   7 – 12   Greece
Italy   9 – 10   Serbia
  • July 19, 2007
Greece   5 – 17   Serbia
Montenegro   12 – 11   Italy
  • July 20, 2007
Greece   3 – 11   Montenegro
Serbia   13 – 5   Germany
  • July 21, 2007
Serbia   10 – 12   Montenegro
Italy   17 – 18   Germany
  • July 22, 2007
Montenegro   11 – 7   Germany
Italy   9 – 8   Greece

Europe II

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 24 8 8 0 0 110 56 +54
2.   Romania 12 8 4 0 4 67 78 –11
3.   Spain 9 8 3 0 5 58 67 –9
4.   Croatia 9 8 3 0 5 71 87 –16
5.   Russia 6 8 2 0 6 61 79 –18
  • July 4, 2007
Russia   3 – 6   Spain
Hungary   16 – 10   Romania
  • July 5, 2007
Russia   7 – 11   Croatia
Hungary   12 – 9   Spain
  • July 6, 2007
Romania   9 – 8   Russia
Spain   6 – 8   Croatia
  • July 7, 2007
Hungary   15 – 6   Croatia
Spain   8 – 7   Romania
  • July 8, 2007
Croatia   14 – 11   Romania
Hungary   15 – 7   Russia
  • July 18, 2007
Russia   6 – 7   Romania
Spain   4 – 8   Hungary
  • July 19, 2007
Spain   10 – 11   Russia
Romania   8 – 6   Croatia
  • July 20, 2007
Romania   6 – 17   Hungary
Russia   14 – 8   Croatia
  • July 21, 2007
Croatia   9 – 14   Hungary
Spain   3 – 9   Romania
  • July 22, 2007
Russia   5 – 13   Hungary
Spain   12 – 9   Croatia



Super Final

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Teams

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Squads

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Group A

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Serbia 9 3 3 0 0 50 17 +33
2.   Romania 6 3 2 0 1 28 34 –6
3.   United States 3 3 1 0 2 27 31 –4
4.   China 0 3 0 0 3 17 40 –23
  • August 7, 2007
United States   3 – 13   Serbia
China   7 – 8   Romania
  • August 8, 2007
Romania   9 – 17   Serbia
United States   12 – 7   China
  • August 9, 2007
United States   10 – 11   Romania
China   3 – 20   Serbia

Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Hungary 9 3 3 0 0 42 22 +20
2.   Germany 6 3 2 0 1 35 30 +5
3.   Australia 3 3 1 0 2 32 40 –8
4.   Canada 0 3 0 0 3 25 42 –17
  • August 7, 2007
Australia   8 – 15   Hungary
  Canada 8 – 13 Germany  
  • August 8, 2007
  Hungary 7 – 5 Germany  
  Canada 8 – 9 Australia  
  • August 9, 2007
Australia   15 – 17 Germany  
  Canada 9 – 20   Hungary

Quarterfinals

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  • August 10, 2007
Australia   9 – 6   Romania
China   6 – 13   Hungary
Germany   9 – 3   United States
Serbia   10 – 6   Canada

Semifinals

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  • August 11, 2007
Canada   5 – 11   United States
China   10 – 13   Romania


Serbia   8 – 7   Germany
Hungary   16 – 7   Australia

Finals

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  • August 12, 2007 — Seventh place
Canada   12 – 11   China
  • August 12, 2007 — Fifth place
United States   9 – 6   Romania
  • August 12, 2007 — Third place
Germany   6 – 7   Australia
  • August 12, 2007 — First place
Serbia   9 – 6   Hungary

Final ranking

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Serbia qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China

Awards

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Top Scorer
  Aleksandar Šapić

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.