2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 16th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2016 and June 2017 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 20–25 June 2017.^[1]

2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	15 November 2016 to 25 June 2017
Super Final
Finals champions	Serbia (11th title)
Runners-up	Italy
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons
← 2016 2018 →

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:

• 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 groups of four teams and a third group of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	6	5	1	0	0	85	37	+48	17	Super Final		—	11–2	19–8	20–3
2	Slovakia	6	2	0	2	2	44	51	−7	8			11–11^(6–7 PSO)	—	6–5	10–7
3	Romania	6	2	0	1	3	48	61	−13	7			4–9	12–10	—	9–7
4	Germany	6	0	2	0	4	41	69	−28	4			9–15	5–5^(4–3 PSO)	10–10^(4–3 PSO)	—

Source: FINA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	6	5	0	0	1	84	45	+39	15	Super Final		—	11–6	17–7	16–6
2	Greece	6	5	0	0	1	61	42	+19	15			10–8	—	9–8	16–7
3	Netherlands	6	2	0	0	4	44	70	−26	6			7–18	4–10	—	11–10
4	France	6	0	0	0	6	42	74	−32	0			9–14	4–10	6–7	—

Source: FINA

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	4	4	0	0	0	49	33	+16	12	Super Final		—	12–9	14–5
2	Russia	4	2	0	0	2	49	43	+6	6	Host Super Final		7–10	—	19–8
3	Georgia	4	0	0	0	4	38	60	−22	0			12–13	13–14	—

Source: FINA

Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament

April 25–30, 2017 Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	4	1	0	0	62	26	+36	14	Super Final		—	12–8	9–9^(4–2 PSO)	10–3	13–3	18–3
2	United States	5	4	0	0	1	71	42	+29	12			—	—	—	15–10	18–6	—
3	Japan	5	3	0	1	1	69	37	+32	10			—	8–10	—	—	20–6	—
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	41	53	−12	6			—	—	6–14	—	—	15–8
5	China	5	1	0	0	4	30	65	−35	3			—	—	—	6–7	—	9–7
6	New Zealand	5	0	0	0	5	30	80	−50	0			—	6–20	6–18	—	—	—

Source: FINA
(H) Host

Final stage

5th Place

30 April 2017 9:20	China	4–5	New Zealand	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Yusuke Kajiwara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 0–1, 1–1, 2–1, 1–2
	four players 1	Goals	five players 1

3rd Place

30 April 2017 10:40	Japan	12–7	Kazakhstan	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Referees: Michael Brook (NZL), Haziel Ortega (USA)
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–0, 4–2, 7–3
	five players 2	Goals	Medvedev, Pilipenko 2

Final

30 April 2017 12:10	Australia	8–6	United States	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Referees: Dragan Stampalija (CRO), Vojin Putnikovic (SRB)
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1
	three players 2	Goals	Hooper 2

Super Final

June 20–25, 2017 Ruza, Ruzsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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.

Qualified teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
—	United States	Japan   Kazakhstan	Croatia   Italy   Russia (Host)   Serbia	Australia

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	3	3	0	0	0	43	22	+21	9	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	1	1	0	1	30	26	+4	5
3	United States	3	1	0	1	1	29	34	−5	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	23	43	−20	0

Source: FINA

20 June 2017 16:40	Serbia	15–7	Kazakhstan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 6–4, 3–2, 3–1
	D. Pijetlović 3	Goals	Shakenov 3

20 June 2017 18:00	United States	5–5 ^(2–4 PSO)	Italy	Ruza, Russia Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–0, 2–3, 0–2  PSO: 2–4
	Bowen 3	Goals	Iodice 3

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21 June 2017 16:00	United States	14–10	Kazakhstan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Miroslav Vlasic (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 4–3, 4–2, 3–5
	DeTrane 3	Goals	Ukumanov 3

21 June 2017 17:20	Serbia	13–7	Italy	Ruza, Russia Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Nicholas Hodgers (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 4–3, 4–1
	D. Pijetlović, Filipović 3	Goals	Aicardi 4

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22 June 2017 17:20	Serbia	15–8	United States	Ruza, Russia Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 4–3, 6–1, 2–1, 3–3
	S. Mitrović 4	Goals	Hallock 3

22 June 2017 18:40	Kazakhstan	6–14	Italy	Ruza, Russia Referees: Miroslav Vlasic (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 2–5, 3–3
	Medvedev, Pilipenko 2	Goals	Iodice 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	33	15	+18	9	Quarterfinals
2	Russia (H)	3	2	0	0	1	30	22	+8	6
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	17	27	−10	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	18	34	−16	0

Source: FINA
(H) Host

20 June 2017 15:20	Croatia	13–5	Japan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Haz Ortega (USA)
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–0, 1–2, 5–1
	Petković, Šetka 3	Goals	five players 1

20 June 2017 20:15	Australia	5–11	Russia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–4, 1–3
	Younger 4	Goals	four players 2

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21 June 2017 18:40	Australia	9–8	Japan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–0, 2–3, 3–2
	Kayes 4	Goals	Arai 3

21 June 2017 20:00	Croatia	12–7	Russia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–1, 2–3
	Petković 4	Goals	Lazarev 2

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22 June 2017 16:00	Croatia	8–3	Australia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Haz Ortega (USA)
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 0–1, 3–0, 2–2
	Šetka 3	Goals	three players 1

22 June 2017 20:00	Japan	5–12	Russia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 0–2, 1–4
	Adachi 2	Goals	Merkulov, Lisunov 3

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	Italy	13
	Australia	5
					Italy (pen.)	6 (3)
					Croatia	6 (1)
	Kazakhstan	3
	Croatia	19
									Italy	9
									Serbia	10
	United States	8
	Russia	6
					United States	8 (3)
					Serbia (pen.)	8 (5)			Third place
	Serbia	19
	Japan	10
									Croatia	10
									United States	4

5th–8th Places

	Semifinals				Fifth place
	Australia	8 (3)
	Kazakhstan (pen.)	8 (4)
					Kazakhstan	4
					Russia	11
	Russia (pen.)	12 (6)
	Japan	12 (5)
					Seventh place
					Australia	11
					Japan	4

Quarterfinals

23 June 2017 16:00	Italy	13–5	Australia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–1, 2–1
	Figlioli 5	Goals	Younger 2

23 June 2017 17:20	Serbia	19–10	Japan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Haz Ortega (USA), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–0, 4–3, 5–6
	Ubović 4	Goals	Arai, Okawa 3

23 June 2017 18:40	Kazakhstan	3–19	Croatia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 0–6, 2–3, 0–6, 1–4
	Shakenov 2	Goals	Šetka 5

23 June 2017 20:00	United States	8–6	Russia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Benjamin Mercier (FRA), Miroslav Vlasic (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 2–1, 0–2
	three players 2	Goals	Merkulov, Nagaev 2

5th–8th Places Semifinals

24 June 2017 16:00	Australia	8–8 ^(3–4 PSO)	Kazakhstan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Yosuke Kajiwara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–1, 1–2, 4–1  PSO: 3–4
	Younger 4	Goals	Ukumanov 4

24 June 2017 17:20	Russia	12–12 ^(6–5 PSO)	Japan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Miroslav Vlasic (CRO), Andreja Stanojevic (SRB)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 5–2, 4–4, 0–2  PSO: 6–5
	Ashaev, Merkulov 5	Goals	Adachi, Arai 4

Semifinals

24 June 2017 18:40	Italy	6–6 ^(3–1 PSO)	Croatia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Sergey Krizhanovskiy (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–2, 1–2, 1–1  PSO: 3–1
	Figlioli, Gallo 3	Goals	Šetka 3

24 June 2017 20:00	United States	8–8 ^(3–5 PSO)	Serbia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–3, 2–2, 2–3  PSO: 3–5
	Bowen, Roelse 3	Goals	Aleksić, Prlainović 3

7th Place

25 June 2017 12:00	Australia	11–4	Japan	Ruza, Russia Referees: Andreja Stanojevic (SRB), Damir Temyrkhanov (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–2, 4–1, 2–1
	Kayes 3	Goals	four players 1

5th Place

25 June 2017 13:20	Kazakhstan	4–11	Russia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Nicholas Hodgers (AUS), Rafaele Colombo (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 1–1, 1–5
	Medvedev 2	Goals	three players 2

3rd Place

25 June 2017 14:40	Croatia	10–4	United States	Ruza, Russia Referees: Rafaele Colombo (ITA), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–1, 1–1, 1–1
	Šetka 3	Goals	Carniglia 2

Final

25 June 2017 16:00	Italy	9–10	Serbia	Ruza, Russia Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 0–2, 2–5, 3–2
	Di Fulvio, Figlioli 3	Goals	D. Pijetlović, S. Mitrović 3

Final ranking

Rank^[1] Team     Serbia     Italy     Croatia 4   United States 5   Russia 6   Kazakhstan 7   Australia 8   Japan

2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League    Serbia Eleventh title Team roster Gojko Pijetlović, Gavril Subotić, Viktor Rašović, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Nemanja Ubović, Milan Aleksić, Radomir Drašović, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, and Branislav Mitrović. Head coach: Dejan Savić.

Awards

Best scorer
Anđelo Šetka 19 goals

References

1. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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