| 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League | |
| League: | FINA Water Polo World League |
| Sport: | Water Polo |
| Duration: | November 2015-June 2016 |
| Playoffs: | Super Final |
| Finals Champ: | (10 title) |
| Seasonslist: | FINA Women's Water Polo World League |
| Seasonslistnames: | FINA Women's Water Polo World League |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
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. 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:
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.
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 72 | -37 | 0 |
Squad as during the match on 12 April against Italy.[3]
| No. | style=width:12em | Name | style=width:8em | Date of birth | style=width:9em | Position | style=width:2em | L/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1994 | Goalkeeper | R | |||||
| 2 | 1997 | R | ||||||
| 3 | 1999 | R | ||||||
| 4 | 1993 | R | ||||||
| 5 | 1986 | R | ||||||
| 6 | 1993 | R | ||||||
| 7 | 1991 | R | ||||||
| 8 | 1993 | R | ||||||
| 9 | 1994 | R | ||||||
| 10 | 1993 | R | ||||||
| 11 | 1991 | R | ||||||
| 12 | 1993 | R | ||||||
| 13 | 1993 | Goalkeeper | R |
Squad as during the match on 12 April against France.[3]
| No. | style=width:12em | Name | style=width:8em | Date of birth | style=width:9em | Position | style=width:2em | L/R |
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| 13 | Goalkeeper | R |
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 100 | 58 | +42 | 14 | ||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 68 | +17 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 57 | +33 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 126 | -92 | 0 |
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 18 | +59 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 57 | -7 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 64 | -36 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 84 | -56 | 0 |
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.
| width=13% | Africa | width=13% | Americas | width=13% | Asia | width=13% | Europe | width=13% | Oceania |
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| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 0 |
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 46 | -34 | 0 |
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