2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	November 2015-June 2016
Super Final
Finals champions	Vereinigte Staaten (10 title)
Runners-up	Spanien
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons
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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

Europa

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
Italien	6	4	2	75	55	+20	13
Niederlande	6	4	2	62	56	+6	12
Ungarn	6	4	2	63	52	+11	11
Frankreich	6	0	6	35	72	-37	0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Squads

Frankreich

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

Italien

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
Spanien	6	5	1	100	58	+42	14
Russland	6	4	2	85	68	+17	12
Griechenland	6	3	3	90	57	+33	10
Deutschland	6	0	6	34	126	-92	0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 May 2016 20:00	Deutschland	5–23	Griechenland	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
Vereinigte Staaten	5	5	0	77	18	+59	15
Australien	5	4	1	69	27	+42	12
Kanada	5	3	2	54	56	-2	9
China	5	2	3	50	57	-7	6
Brasilien	5	1	4	28	64	-36	3
Japan	5	0	5	28	84	-56	0

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

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

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

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

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

17 Feb 2016 19:20	Vereinigte Staaten	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	Kanada	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–5, 3–2, 6–5

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

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

19 Feb 2016 16:40	Brasilien	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	Australien	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 2–5, 0–4, 2–10, 0–7

19 Feb 2016 19:20	Vereinigte Staaten	14–4	Kanada	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	Brasilien	7–14	Kanada	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–4, 2–2, 1–5

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

5th place

21 Feb 2016 10:00	Brasilien	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	Kanada	6–10	China	Lewisville, Texas, United States
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 2–1, 2–4

Final

21 Feb 2016 12:40	Vereinigte Staaten	6–5	Australien	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	Europa	Oceania
—	Brasilien Kanada Vereinigte Staaten	China (Host)	Italien Russland Spanien	Australien

Group A

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

7 Jun 2016 17:40	Australien	11–10	Russland	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–1, 3–1, 3–4

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

8 Jun 2016 16:20	Italien	9–8	Russland	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–3, 2–2, 1–3

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

9 Jun 2016 16:20	Italien	7–13	Australien	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–3, 2–4

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

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vereinigte Staaten	3	3	0	43	20	+23	9
Spanien	3	2	1	36	30	+6	6
Kanada	3	1	2	36	31	+5	3
Brasilien	3	0	3	12	46	-34	0

7 Jun 2016 15:00	Spanien	16–12	Kanada	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 6–6, 2–2, 5–3

7 Jun 2016 16:20	Vereinigte Staaten	20–2	Brasilien	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 4–0, 7–0, 4–0, 5–2

8 Jun 2016 15:00	Spanien	10–6	Brasilien	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 3–3, 3–2

8 Jun 2016 17:40	Vereinigte Staaten	11–8	Kanada	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–3, 1–2, 2–1

9 Jun 2016 15:00	Spanien	10–12	Vereinigte Staaten	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–4, 2–2, 2–2

9 Jun 2016 17:40	Kanada	16–4	Brasilien	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–0, 5–1, 5–2

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



China	13

Kanada	8
		China	5

		Vereinigte Staaten	11
Russland	7

Vereinigte Staaten	14
				Vereinigte Staaten	13

				Spanien	9
Italien	5

Spanien	8
		Spanien	10

		Australien	8	Third place
Australien	11

Brasilien	2
				Australien	10

				China	3

5th–8th Places

Semifinals		Fifth place



Kanada	4

Russland	15
		Russland	8

		Italien	10
Italien	7

Brasilien	6
		Seventh place



		Kanada	12

		Brasilien	6

Quarterfinals

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

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

10 Jun 2016 17:40	Russland	7–14	Vereinigte Staaten	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–4, 0–4, 3–2

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

5th–8th Places Semifinals

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

7th place

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

5th place

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

3rd Place

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

Final

12 Jun 2016 19:00	Vereinigte Staaten	13–9	Spanien	Shanghai, China
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 3–3, 3–2

Final ranking

Rank^[1]	Team
	Vereinigte Staaten
	Spanien
	Australien
4	China
5	Italien
6	Russland
7	Kanada
8	Brasilien

2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
Vereinigte Staaten 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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