2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 13th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2015 and June 2016 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Shanghai, China from 07–12 June 2016.^[1]^[2]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.^[2] If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

Match won in normal time - 3 points
Match won in shootout - 2 points
Match lost in shootout - 1 point
Match lost in normal time - 0 points

Europe

Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	6	4	2	75	55	+20	13
Netherlands	6	4	2	62	56	+6	12
Hungary	6	4	2	63	52	+11	11
France	6	0	6	35	72	-37	0

22 Oct 2015 20:15	Netherlands	11–10	Italy	Nijverdal, Netherlands
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–3, 2–4, 4–1

27 Oct 2015 18:45	Netherlands	12–7	France	Amersfoort, Netherlands
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 3–2, 3–1

27 Oct 2015 20:00	Hungary	17–15	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 6–3, 2–1, 2–5, 3–4 OT: 4–2

24 Nov 2015 18:00	Hungary	7–10	Netherlands	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–3, 2–4

24 Nov 2015 20:30	Italy	15–5	France	Avezzano, Italy
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–2, 2–1, 4–2

8 Dec 2015 20:30	France	9–18	Hungary	Troyes, France
	Score by quarters: 4–7, 3–5, 0–2, 2–4

23 Feb 2016 20:00	France	8–12	Netherlands	Lille, France
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 2–2, 1–3

23 Feb 2016 20:30	Italy	10–7	Hungary	Novara, Italy
	Score by quarters: 5–2, 4–3, 1–0, 0–2

12 Apr 2016 20:00	France	5–10	Italy	Abbeville, France
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–3, 1–3

12 Apr 2016 20:30	Netherlands	7–9	Hungary	Dordrecht, Netherlands
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–3, 2–3

03 May 2016 18:00	Hungary	5–1	France	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–0, 0–0, 2–1

03 May 2016 20:15	Italy	15–10	Netherlands	Bari, Italy
	Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 5–1, 2–5

Squads

France

Squad as during the match on 12 April against Italy.^[3]

No.	Name	Date of birth	Position	L/R
1	Lorene Derenty	1994	Goalkeeper	R
2	Yaelle Deschampt	1997		R
3	Morgane Leroux	1999		R
4	Aurore Sacre	1993		R
5	Louise Guillet	1986		R
6	Geraldine Mahieu	1993		R
7	Marie Barbieux	1991		R
8	Marion Tardy	1993		R
9	Lucie Cesca	1994		R
10	Audrey Daule	1993		R
11	Clemence Clerc	1991		R
12	Michaela Jaskova	1993		R
13	Morgane Chabrier	1993	Goalkeeper	R

Italy

Squad as during the match on 12 April against France.^[3]

No.	Name	Position	L/R
1	Giulia Gorlero	Goalkeeper	R
2	Chiara Tabani		R
3	Arianna Garibotti		R
4	Elisa Queirolo		R
5	Federica Radicchi		R
6	Rosaria Aiello		R
7	Tania Di Mario		R
8	Roberta Bianconi		R
9	Giulia Enrica Emmolo		R
10	Francesca Pomeri		R
11	Aleksandra Cotti		R
12	Teresa Frassinetti		R
13	Laura Teani	Goalkeeper	R

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	6	5	1	100	58	+42	14
Russia	6	4	2	85	68	+17	12
Greece	6	3	3	90	57	+33	10
Germany	6	0	6	34	126	-92	0

27 Oct 2015 20:00	Russia	19–8	Germany	Moscow, Russia
	Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–4, 3–2, 4–1

27 Oct 2015 19:00	Greece	16–17	Spain	Athens, Greece
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 2–2, 3–3 OT: 6–7

24 Nov 2015 19:45	Russia	12–7	Greece	Moscow, Russia
	Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–2, 1–2, 4–2

24 Nov 2015 18:00	Germany	8–20	Spain	Stuttgart, Germany
	Score by quarters: 2–9, 4–3, 1–4, 1–4

8 Dec 2015 17:00	Spain	16–9	Russia	Barcelona, Spain
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–4, 5–2, 3–2

8 Dec 2015 19:00	Greece	21–1	Germany	Athens, Greece
	Score by quarters: 5–0, 5–1, 6–0, 5–0

23 Feb 2016 19:30	Germany	10–22	Russia	Hamburg, Germany
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–7, 4–5, 2–5

1 Mar 2016 19:15	Spain	13–9	Greece	Sabadell, Spain
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 6–3, 2–4, 3–0

12 Apr 2016 19:00	Greece	15–9	Russia	Athens, Greece
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 5–1, 4–4

12 Apr 2016 19:15	Spain	21–2	Germany	Manresa, Spain
	Score by quarters: 7–0, 5–1, 3–0, 6–1

03 May 2016 20:00	Russia	14–13	Spain	Moscow, Russia
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–4, 2–4, 6–2

03 May 2016 20:00	Germany	5–23	Greece	Heidelberg, Germany
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 0–8, 2–6, 0–5

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

Preliminary Round

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	77	18	+59	15
Australia	5	4	1	69	27	+42	12
Canada	5	3	2	54	56	-2	9
China	5	2	3	50	57	-7	6
Brazil	5	1	4	28	64	-36	3
Japan	5	0	5	28	84	-56	0

16 Feb 2016 16:40	Australia	12–10	China	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 4–2, 3–3

16 Feb 2016 18:00	Brazil	2–17	United States	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–8, 0–4, 0–2

16 Feb 2016 19:20	Japan	10–19	Canada	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–3, 1–4, 3–6

17 Feb 2016 16:40	Canada	2–11	Australia	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–4, 0–2, 0–3

17 Feb 2016 18:00	Brazil	10–7	Japan	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–3, 3–3

17 Feb 2016 19:20	United States	19–5	China	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–0, 5–2, 4–2

18 Feb 2016 16:40	China	14–15	Canada	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 3–2, 6–5

18 Feb 2016 18:00	Japan	2–19	United States	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–9, 0–2, 1–4, 0–4

18 Feb 2016 19:20	Australia	15–3	Brazil	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 4–2, 6–1, 4–0

19 Feb 2016 16:40	Brazil	6–11	China	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 1–2, 0–3

19 Feb 2016 18:00	Japan	4–26	Australia	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 2–10, 0–7

19 Feb 2016 19:20	United States	14–4	Canada	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 6–3, 5–1, 1–0, 2–0

20 Feb 2016 16:40	China	10–5	Japan	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 0–1, 4–2, 3–0

20 Feb 2016 18:00	Brazil	7–14	Canada	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 2–2, 1–5

20 Feb 2016 19:20	Australia	5–8	United States	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–3, 3–1, 2–1

5th Place

21 Feb 2016 10:00	Brazil	9–8	Japan	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–2, 2–3

3rd Place

21 Feb 2016 11:20	Canada	6–10	China	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–4

Final

21 Feb 2016 12:40	United States	6–5	Australia	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 1–1, 1–1

Super Final

In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Shanghai, China from 7 to 12 June 2016.

Qualified teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
—	Brazil Canada United States	China (Host)	Italy Russia Spain	Australia

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	34	20	+14	9
China	3	2	1	20	25	-5	6
Italy	3	1	2	23	29	-6	3
Russia	3	0	3	26	29	-3	0

07 Jun 2016 17:40	Australia	11–10	Russia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–1, 3–4

07 Jun 2016 19:30	Italy	7–8	China	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–1, 0–2

08 Jun 2016 16:20	Italy	9–8	Russia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–2, 1–3

08 Jun 2016 19:00	Australia	10–3	China	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–1, 4–1, 3–1

09 Jun 2016 16:20	Italy	7–13	Australia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–3, 2–4

09 Jun 2016 19:00	China	9–8	Russia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 1–2, 2–3

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	43	20	+23	9
Spain	3	2	1	36	30	+6	6
Canada	3	1	2	36	31	+5	3
Brazil	3	0	3	12	46	-34	0

07 Jun 2016 15:00	Spain	16–12	Canada	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–6, 2–2, 5–3

07 Jun 2016 16:20	United States	20–2	Brazil	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–0, 4–0, 5–2

08 Jun 2016 15:00	Spain	10–6	Brazil	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–3, 3–2

08 Jun 2016 17:40	United States	11–8	Canada	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–2, 2–1

09 Jun 2016 15:00	Spain	10–12	United States	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 2–2, 2–2

09 Jun 2016 17:40	Canada	16–4	Brazil	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 5–1, 5–2

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



China	13

Canada	8
		China	5

		United States	11
Russia	7

United States	14
				United States	13

				Spain	9
Italy	5

Spain	8
		Spain	10

		Australia	8	Third place
Australia	11

Brazil	2
				Australia	10

				China	3

5th–8th Places

Semifinals		Fifth place



Canada	4

Russia	15
		Russia	8

		Italy	10
Italy	7

Brazil	6
		Seventh place



		Canada	12

		Brazil	6

Quarterfinals

10 Jun 2016 15:00	Italy	5–8	Spain	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–4, 0–1, 1–1, 2–2

10 Jun 2016 16:20	Australia	11–2	Brazil	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 5–0, 3–0, 0–2

10 Jun 2016 17:40	Russia	7–14	United States	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 0–4, 3–2

10 Jun 2016 19:00	China	13–8	Canada	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 4–1, 3–4

5th–8th Places Semifinals

11 Jun 2016 15:00	Italy	7–6	Brazil	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–0, 4–1, 1–1

11 Jun 2016 16:20	Canada	4–15	Russia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 1–3, 3–4

Semifinals

11 Jun 2016 17:40	Spain	10–8	Australia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–0, 3–3, 3–1

11 Jun 2016 19:00	China	5–11	United States	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–2, 2–2, 1–4

7th Place

12 Jun 2016 14:30	Canada	12–6	Brazil	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 3–1, 3–4

5th Place

12 Jun 2016 16:00	Russia	8–10	Italy	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–5, 2–2, 1–1, 2–2

3rd Place

12 Jun 2016 17:30	China	3–10	Australia	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–5, 0–1, 0–1

Final

12 Jun 2016 19:00	United States	13–9	Spain	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–3, 3–2

Final ranking

Rank^[1]	Team
	United States
	Spain
	Australia
4	China
5	Italy
6	Russia
7	Canada
8	Brazil

2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
United States Tenth title

Team Roster

Sami Hill, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Caroline Clark, Maggie Steffens (C), Courtney Mathewson, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist , Makenzie Fischer, Kami Craig, Ashleigh Johnson, Alys Williams. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

References

^ ^a ^b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "FINA Water Polo World League 2016 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "WPWL 2016 W - European Prelims - Round 5".

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[rules-2] "FINA Water Polo World League 2016 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

[microplustiming.com-3] "WPWL 2016 W - European Prelims - Round 5".

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