The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

FINA Water Polo World League

The FINA Water Polo World League began in 2002 to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by recent Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. Competition between the world’s best male players began on national teams in a season format with a prize...

was the first edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

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. After two preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Patras, Greece from August 1 to August 4, 2002.

Preliminary round

• From June 28 to July 28, 2002

	Team qualifies for Super Final
	Team is eliminated from qualification

Group A

Greece qualified for the Super Final as the host country. Only the top place earned qualification, which was taken by Spain. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a loss.

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Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		12	10	2	134	97
32
2		12	9	3	127	89
30
3		12	5	7	97	115	−18	22
4		12	0	12	71	128	−57	12

Group B

The top two places, won by Hungary and Russia, earned qualification. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a loss.

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Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		12	11	1	150	94
34
2		12	7	5	102	103	−1	26
3		12	4	8	109	131	−22	20
4		12	2	10	106	139	−33	16

Group stage

The top two placed teams in the round-robin advanced to the final against each other, while the two bottom placed teams played for the bronze medal. The Russia–Hungary game was declared a 0–5 loss for both teams. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a loss.

	Team qualifies for final
	Team plays for bronze medal

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		3	2	1	25	19	+6	7
2		3	2	1	30	28	+2	7
3		3	1	2	25	19	+6	5
4		3	0	3	14	38	−24	3

Bronze medal match

• August 4, 2002

13 – 6

Gold medal match

• August 4, 2002

10 – 8

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8

Individual awards

Rank	Top scorers	Goals
1		34
3		33
4		32
5		30
6		29