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2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

The 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After a preliminary round and a semifinal round, the Super Final was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.[1]

Preliminary round

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Five teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Canada and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Serbia and Montenegro).

Group A

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Rank Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Hungary 6 6 0 93 40 +53 18
2  Spain 6 4 2 70 51 +19 14
3  Russia 6 4 2 56 51 +5 14
4  Greece 6 4 2 76 56 +20 13
5  Australia 6 2 4 52 29 +23 10
6  China 6 1 5 29 81 –52 8
7  Canada 6 0 6 31 74 –43 6

Group B

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Rank Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 6 6 0 78 36 +42 18
2  Croatia 6 4 2 75 61 +14 14
3  United States 6 4 2 50 51 –1 14
4  Italy 6 3 3 60 51 +9 12
5  Germany 6 3 3 55 58 –3 12
6  Romania 6 1 5 48 62 –14 8
7  Brazil 6 0 6 28 75 –47 6

Semifinal round

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Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Serbia and Montenegro) were guaranteed qualification.

Group A

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Rank Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Greece 4 3 1 49 41 +8 10
2  Serbia and Montenegro 4 3 1 43 28 +15 10
3  Germany 4 2 2 37 39 –2 8
4  Spain 4 2 2 52 47 +5 7
5  Canada 4 0 4 23 49 –26 4

Group B

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Rank Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Hungary 4 3 1 41 28 +13 10
2  Croatia 4 2 2 38 34 +4 8
3  Russia 4 2 2 31 34 –3 8
4  Italy 4 2 2 33 35 –2 8
5  United States 4 1 3 24 36 –12 6

Super Final

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Group round

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The top two teams advanced to the final, while the next two played for bronze.

Rank Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Serbia and Montenegro 3 3 0 28 23 +5 9
2  Hungary 3 2 1 38 29 +9 7
3  Croatia 3 2 1 31 22 +9 7
4  Germany 3 1 2 26 38 –12 5
5  Russia 3 1 2 25 26 –1 4
6  Greece 3 0 3 23 33 –10 3

5th place match

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Greece  14-9  Russia

Bronze medal match

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Germany  10–8  Croatia

Gold medal match

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Serbia and Montenegro  16–6  Hungary

Final ranking

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Awards

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Top Scorer
Serbia and Montenegro 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.