2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 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 09–14 June 2015.[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

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Preliminary round

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The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.

Group A

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 6 5 1 68 44 +24 15
  Russia 6 4 2 76 51 +25 11
  Hungary 6 3 3 70 57 +13 10
  France 6 0 6 25 87 -62 0
25 Nov 2014
18:30
Game 1 Russia   13 (4)–11 (5)   Hungary Zlatoust, Russia
Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–3  OT: 4–2
25 Nov 2014
20:30
Game 2 Italy   12 (5)–5 (1)   France Frosinone, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–2, 5–2

16 Dec 2014
18:00
Game 3 Hungary   9 (6)–11 (5)   Italy Szentes, Hungary
Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–3, 1–3, 2–3
16 Dec 2014
20:30
Game 4 France   4 (2)–15 (6)   Russia Montreuil, France
Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–1, 1–4, 1–5

27 Jan 2015
18:00
Game 5 Russia   11 (7)–8 (6)   Italy Kirishi, Russia
Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–5, 3–1, 1–1
27 Jan 2015
18:30
Game 6 Hungary   14 (5)–5 (2)   France Győr, Hungary
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–0, 4–2, 5–1

24 Feb 2015
18:30
Game 7 Hungary   13 (7)–12 (8)   Russia Kecskemét, Hungary
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 5–2, 1–2
24 Feb 2015
20:30
Game 8 France   3 (0)–14 (8)   Italy Lille, France
Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 2–4, 1–2

24 Mar 2015
18:30
Game 9 Russia   18 (10)–4 (3)   France Astrakhan, Russia
Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 4–0, 4–1
24 Mar 2015
20:00
Game 10 Italy   12 (5)–9 (2)   Hungary Imperia, Italy
Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–3, 3–4

21 Apr 2015
19:00
Game 11 France   4 (2)–14 (7)   Hungary Nice, France
Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 1–3, 1–4
21 Apr 2015
20:00
Game 12 Italy   11 (5)–7 (4)   Russia Avezzano, Italy
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–1, 4–2

Group B

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Netherlands 6 5 1 98 45 +53 15
  Spain 6 4 2 76 46 +30 12
  Greece 6 3 3 76 56 +20 9
  Germany 6 0 6 33 136 -103 0
25 Nov 2014
18:00
Game 1 Greece   11 (5)–12 (6)   Netherlands Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 5–3, 1–3
25 Nov 2014
20:45
Game 2 Spain   18 (8)–6 (2)   Germany Barcelona, Spain
Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 7–3, 3–1

16 Dec 2014
19:30
Game 3 Germany   7 (6)–20 (12)   Greece Krefeld, Germany
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 1–3, 0–5
16 Dec 2014
20:30
Game 4 Netherlands   10 (6)–6 (3)   Spain Utrecht, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1

27 Jan 2015
19:00
Game 5 Greece   10 (4)–7 (4)   Spain Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–4, 3–1, 3–2
27 Jan 2015
19:30
Game 6 Netherlands   30 (16)–4 (1)   Germany Drachten, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 8–1, 8–0, 7–2, 7–1

24 Feb 2015
19:00
Game 7 Germany   3 (2)–22 (12)   Spain Chemnitz, Germany
Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–7, 0–6, 1–4
24 Feb 2015
19:30
Game 8 Netherlands   13 (8)–5 (1)   Greece Gouda, Netherlands
Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–1, 2–1, 3–3

24 Mar 2015
19:00
Game 9 Greece   21 (10)–5 (2)   Germany Athens, Greece
Score by quarters: 6–1, 4–1, 5–3, 6–0
24 Mar 2015
19:00
Game 10 Spain   11 (6)–8 (3)   Netherlands Madrid, Spain
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–3, 1–2

21 Apr 2015
19:30
Game 11 Germany   8 (4)–25 (12)   Netherlands Hamburg, Germany
Score by quarters: 3–7, 1–5, 1–7, 3–6

28 Apr 2015
20:00
Game 12 Spain   12 (6)–9 (6)   Greece Barcelona, Spain
Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 2–0, 4–3

Intercontinental Qualification Tournament

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 32 12 +20 9
  China 3 2 1 30 28 +2 5
  Kazakhstan 3 1 2 24 39 -15 2
  Brazil 3 0 3 29 36 -7 2
28 Apr 2015
16:30
Game 1 Brazil   4 (3)–9 (3)   United States Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 0–5, 1–1
28 Apr 2015
18:00
Game 2 China   13 (7)–6 (3)   Kazakhstan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–1, 2–1, 4–2

29 Apr 2015
15:00
Game 3 China   2 (2)–8 (2)   United States Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 0–0, 0–6
29 Apr 2015
18:00
Game 4 Brazil   11 (4)–12 (4)   Kazakhstan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–3, 2–1  OT: 3–4

30 Apr 2015
15:00
Game 5 Brazil   14 (4)–15 (7)   China Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–3, 4–1, 1–1  OT: 5–6
30 Apr 2015
18:00
Game 6 United States   15 (8)–6 (3)   Kazakhstan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–2, 2–1, 5–2

Group B

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 32 12 +20 9
  Canada 3 2 1 34 25 +9 6
  New Zealand 3 1 2 17 29 -12 3
  Japan 3 0 3 23 40 -17 0
28 Apr 2015
15:00
Game 1 Japan   6 (3)–17 (8)   Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–5, 2–4, 1–5
28 Apr 2015
19:30
Game 2 New Zealand   7 (1)–15 (7)   Canada Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–5, 3–4, 3–4

29 Apr 2015
16:30
Game 3 Japan   13 (6)–15 (9)   Canada Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–3, 4–5, 3–1
29 Apr 2015
19:30
Game 4 New Zealand   2 (3)–10 (8)   Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–5, 0–1, 0–1

30 Apr 2015
16:30
Game 5 Australia   5 (4)–4 (2)   Canada Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 0–2, 1–0
30 Apr 2015
19:30
Game 6 Japan   4 (1)–8 (3)   New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–2, 1–1, 2–4

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A2   China 14
B3   New Zealand 6
A2   China 6
B1   Australia 13
A4   Brazil 4
B1   Australia 17
B1   Australia 10
A1   United States* 12
A3   Kazakhstan 3
B2   Canada 11
B2   Canada 9 Third place
A1   United States 11
A1   United States 17 A2   China 7
B4   Japan 0 B2   Canada 9

Quarterfinals

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1 May 2015
15:00
Game 1 Kazakhstan   3 (0)–11 (6)   Canada Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–4, 2–2, 1–3
1 May 2015
16:30
Game 2 United States   17 (12)–0 (0)   Japan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 4–0, 8–0, 2–0, 3–0
1 May 2015
18:00
Game 3 Brazil   4 (3)–17 (10)   Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–6, 1–2, 0–5
1 May 2015
19:30
Game 4 China   14 (5)–6 (3)   New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–0, 5–2, 4–1

Semifinals

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2 May 2015
18:00
Game 1 China   6 (3)–13 (8)   Australia Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 1–2, 2–3
2 May 2015
19:30
Game 2 Canada   9 (4)–11 (7)   United States Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–3, 0–1, 5–3

3rd Place

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3 May 2015
18:00
Game 1 China   7 (3)–9 (2)   Canada Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 1–4, 3–3

Final

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3 May 2015
19:30
Game 1 Australia   10 (5)–12 (5)   United States Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–0  OT: 2–4

5th-8th Places

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5th–8th Places Semifinals5th Place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  New Zealand10
 
 
 
  Brazil*12
 
  Brazil7
 
 
 
  Kazakhstan4
 
  Kazakhstan8
 
 
  Japan7
 
7th Place
 
 
 
 
 
  New Zealand13
 
 
  Japan10

5th-8th Places Semifinals

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2 May 2015
15:00
Game 1 New Zealand   10 (3)–12 (6)   Brazil Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 1–1, 5–2  OT: 1–3
2 May 2015
16:30
Game 2 Kazakhstan   8 (2)–7 (3)   Japan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 4–2, 2–2

7th Place

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3 May 2015
15:00
Game 1 New Zealand   13 (6)–10 (6)   Japan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–5, 5–3, 2–1

5th Place

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3 May 2015
16:30
Game 1 Brazil   7 (2)–4 (2)   Kazakhstan Auckland, New Zealand
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–0, 2–1, 3–1

Super Final

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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 9 to 14 June 2015.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  Australia 3 3 0 27 16 +11 9
  Italy 3 2 1 32 26 +6 6
  China 3 1 2 20 29 -9 3
  Russia 3 0 3 23 31 -8 0
9 June 2015
17:40
Game 1 Australia   8 (5)–4 (3)   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–0, 1–0, 2–1
9 June 2015
19:30
Game 2 Italy   11 (4)–6 (3)   China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 5–2, 2–1

10 June 2015
16:20
Game 3 Italy   14 (10)–12 (8)   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–5, 4–1, 0–3
10 June 2015
19:00
Game 4 Australia   11 (6)–5 (3)   China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–0, 1–2

11 June 2015
16:20
Game 5 Italy   7 (4)–8 (4)   Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 2–2, 1–2
11 June 2015
19:00
Game 6 China   9 (4)–7 (3)   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 3–3, 2–1

Group B

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Team GP W L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 3 0 33 9 +24 9
  Canada 3 2 1 29 31 -2 5
  Netherlands 3 1 2 30 28 +2 4
  Brazil 3 0 3 16 40 -24 0
9 June 2015
15:00
Game 1 Netherlands   14 (4)–15 (3)   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–0, 1–3, 2–3, 3–3  OT: 5–6 (penalties)
9 June 2015
16:20
Game 2 United States   16 (9)–3 (1)   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–0, 4–0, 3–2

10 June 2015
15:00
Game 3 Netherlands   13 (5)–5 (2)   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–0, 4–2, 4–1
10 June 2015
17:40
Game 4 United States   9 (4)–3 (2)   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 3–1, 2–0

11 June 2015
15:00
Game 5 Netherlands   3 (1)–8 (3)   United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–1, 1–2, 1–3
11 June 2015
17:40
Game 6 Canada   11 (9)–8 (4)   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–3, 2–2, 0–2

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A2   Italy 7
B3   Netherlands 8
B3   Netherlands 5
B1   United States 8
A4   Russia 6
B1   United States 17
B1   United States 8
A1   Australia 7
A3   China 6
B2   Canada 5
A3   China 3 Third place
A1   Australia 5
A1   Australia 17 B3   Netherlands 10
B4   Brazil 8 A3   China 5

Quarterfinals

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12 June 2015
15:00
Game 1 Italy   7 (4)–8 (6)   Netherlands Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–1
12 June 2015
16:20
Game 2 Australia   17 (8)–8 (3)   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 6–4, 3–1
12 June 2015
17:40
Game 3 Russia   6 (0)–17 (8)   United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–4, 3–5, 3–4
12 June 2015
19:00
Game 4 China   6 (3)–5 (2)   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–0, 1–2, 2–2, 1–1

5th-8th Places

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5th–8th Places Semifinals5th Place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Italy11
 
 
 
  Russia13
 
  Russia16
 
 
 
  Canada8
 
  Canada8
 
 
  Brazil6
 
7th Place
 
 
 
 
 
  Italy11
 
 
  Brazil2

5th-8th Places Semifinals

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13 June 2015
15:00
Game 1 Italy   11 (2)–13 (4)   Russia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 4–1, 3–4  OT: 2–4 (penalties)
13 June 2015
16:20
Game 2 Canada   8 (4)–6 (4)   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–3, 4–1, 0–1

7th Place

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14 June 2015
14:30
Game 1 Italy   11 (3)–2 (0)   Brazil Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–0, 2–1, 6–1

5th Place

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14 June 2015
16:00
Game 1 Russia   16 (6)–8 (5)   Canada Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–4, 7–1, 3–2

Finals

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Netherlands5
 
 
 
  United States8
 
  United States8
 
 
 
  Australia7
 
  China3
 
 
  Australia5
 
3rd Place
 
 
 
 
 
  Netherlands10
 
 
  China5

Semifinals

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13 June 2015
17:40
Game 1 Netherlands   5 (2)–8 (5)   United States Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 0–3, 3–0
13 June 2015
19:00
Game 2 China   3 (1)–5 (4)   Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–1, 1–1, 1–0

3rd Place

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14 June 2015
17:30
Game 1 Netherlands   10 (4)–5 (4)   China Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–3, 3–0, 3–1

Final

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14 June 2015
19:00
Game 1 United States   8 (7)–7 (5)   Australia Shanghai, China
Score by quarters: 6–2, 1–3, 0–0, 1–2

Final ranking

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "FINA Water Polo World League 2015 Rules & Regulations for National Federations" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 10 October 2014.