2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League explained
| 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
| League: | FINA Water Polo World League |
| Sport: | Water Polo |
| Seasonslist: | FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
| Seasonslistnames: | FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2005 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2007 |
The 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fifth 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 Athens, Greece.[1]
Preliminary round
Three teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Spain and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Greece).
Group A
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 18 |
| 2 | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 68 | +2 | 9 |
| 3 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 63 | –14 | 6 |
| 4 | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 86 | –22 | 3 | |
Group B
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 6 |
| 2 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 21 | –3 | 3 |
| 2 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 | –13 | 0 | |
Group C
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 12 |
| 2 | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 12 |
| 3 | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 69 | –13 | 9 |
| 4 | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 64 | –14 | 3 | |
Group D
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 57 | +7 | 14 |
| 2 | | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 12 |
| 3 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 62 | –8 | 7 |
| 4 | | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 58 | –3 | 3 | |
Semifinal round
Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Greece) were guaranteed qualification.
Group A
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 22 | +45 | 14 |
| 2 | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 13 |
| 3 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 50 | –25 | 6 |
| 5 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 49 | –14 | 3 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 57 | –33 | 0 | |
Group B
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 15 |
| 2 | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 12 |
| 3 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 9 |
| 4 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 45 | –2 | 6 |
| 5 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 55 | –18 | 3 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 61 | –28 | 0 | |
Super Final
Group round
The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze.
| Rank | Team | G | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points |
|---|
| 1 | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 34 | +34 | 15 |
| 2 | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 12 |
| 3 | | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 46 | –5 | 8 |
| 4 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 51 | –8 | 6 |
| 5 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 47 | –3 | 4 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 71 | –38 | 0 | |
3rd to 6th place playoffs
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| 10–10 (4–3 p.) | |
| 14–7 | | |
Gold medal match
Final ranking
Awards
References
Notes and References
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