The 2007 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 sixth edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

Fina

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. After six preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Berlin, Germany from August 7 to August 12, 2007.

Asia/Oceania

• Held in Shanghai
  Shanghai
  Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
  
  , PR China

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  Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
  1.		12	4	4	0	0	55	24
  2.		6	4	2	0	2	34	43	–9
  3.		0	4	0	0	4	26	48	–22

• July 3, 2007

  10 – 8

• July 4, 2007

  5 – 17

• July 5, 2007

  8 – 12

• July 6, 2007

  11 – 7

• July 7, 2007

  8 – 11

• July 8, 2007

  3 – 15

Europe I

• Held in Novi Sad
  Novi Sad
  Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
  
  , Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
   and Pescara
  Pescara
  Pescara is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. As of January 1, 2007 it was the most populated city within Abruzzo at 123,059 residents, 400,000 with the surrounding metropolitan area...
  
  , Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  

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  26

  Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
  1.		20	8	7	0	1	102	64
  2.		18	8	6	0	2	93	67
  3.		14	8	4	0	4	89	90	–1
  4.		5	8	2	0	6	60	89	–29
  5.		3	8	1	0	7	52	86	–34

• Germany qualified as the hosting nation of the Super Final

• July 4, 2007

  	13 – 11
  	13 – 5

• July 5, 2007

  	14 – 6
  	12 – 6

• July 6, 2007

  	9 – 7
  	12 – 11

• July 7, 2007

  	11 – 5
  	10 – 9

• July 8, 2007

  	4 – 5
  	15 – 11

• July 18, 2007

  	7 – 12
  	9 – 10

• July 19, 2007

  	5 – 17
  	12 – 11

• July 20, 2007

  	3 – 11
  	13 – 5

• July 21, 2007

  	10 – 12
  	17 – 18

• July 22, 2007

  	11 – 7
  	9 – 8

Europe II

• Held in Budapest, Hungary and Portugalete
  Portugalete
  Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.The town has 51,066 inhabitants and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, on the left bank...
  
  , Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  

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  Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
  1.		24	8	8	0	0	110	56
  2.		12	8	4	0	4	67	78	–11
  3.		9	8	3	0	5	58	67	–9
  4.		9	8	3	0	5	71	87	–16
  5.		6	8	2	0	6	61	79	–18

• July 4, 2007

  	3 – 6
  	16 – 10

• July 5, 2007

  	7 – 11
  	12 – 9

• July 6, 2007

  	9 – 8
  	6 – 8

• July 7, 2007

  	15 – 6
  	8 – 7

• July 8, 2007

  	14 – 11
  	15 – 7

• July 18, 2007

  	6 – 7
  	4 – 8

• July 19, 2007

  	10 – 11
  	8 – 6

• July 20, 2007

  	6 – 17
  	14 – 8

• July 21, 2007

  	9 – 14
  	3 – 9

• July 22, 2007

  	5 – 13
  	12 – 9

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• Mitchal Ainsworth
• Jamie Beadsworth
• Ritchie Campbell
• John Cotterill
• Pietro Figlioli
  Pietro Figlioli
  Pietro Figlioli is an Italian water polo player. Figlioli was part of Australia's Olympic squad for the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. He was also a member of the Australian squad that finished 10th at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne and won the bronze medal at the 2007 FINA Water...
  
  

• Trent Franklin
• Robert Maitland
  Robert Maitland
  Robert Maitland was a Scottish rugby football player.He was capped five times for between 1881-85. He also played for Edinburgh Institute FP/Edinburgh Institution FP.He was the brother of Gardyne Maitland who was also capped for Scotland.-References:...
  
  
• Anthony Martin
• Ryan Moody
• Nick O'Halloran
  Nick O'Halloran
  Nick O'Halloran is an Australian water polo player. He was a member of the Australian water polo team that won the bronze medal at the 2007 FINA Water Polo World League. He is currently playing professionally for CN Mataro in the Spanish Water Polo League.He attended Christ Church Grammar School,...
  
  

• Grant Richardson
• James Stanton
• Thomas Whalan

Head Coach:

• John Fox

• Brandon Jung
  Brandon Jung
  Brandon Jung is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
  
• Aaron Feltham
  Aaron Feltham
  Aaron Feltham is a water polo player from Canada.Feltham's professional career began at the age of 16, when he left home to play for the Ottawa Titans. Feltham played two years apiece with the Canada B water polo team and the junior national team. In 2007-08, he played in the top men's division in...
  
  
• Kevin Graham
  Kevin Graham
  Kevin Graham is a Canadian water polo player. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team finished 11th out of the 12 teams in the tournament....
  
  
• Con Kudaba
  Con Kudaba
  Constantine Kudaba is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Playing as a driver, Kudaba was named MVP at 2005 Youth National Championships, and to...
  
  
• Thomas Marks
  Thomas Marks (water polo)
  Thomas Marks is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
  

• Nathaniel Miller
  Nathaniel Miller
  Nathaniel Miller is a male water polo player from Canada. He won three bronze medals at the Pan American Games with the Canada men's national water polo team during his career....
  
  
• Noah Miller
  Noah Miller
  Noah Miller is a male water polo player from Canada who currently resides in the community of Bowness in Calgary, Alberta....
  
  
• Kevin Mitchell
  Kevin Mitchell (water polo)
  Kevin Mitchell is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
  
• Jean Sayegh
  Jean Sayegh
  Jean Sayegh is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
  
  
• Robin Randall
  Robin Randall
  Robin Randall is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
  

• Andrew Robinson
  Andrew Robinson (water polo)
  Andrew Robinson is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
  
  
• Daniel Stein
  Daniel Stein (water polo)
  Daniel Stein is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Playing as a holeset Stein was named to the tournament all-star team at the 2007 national...
  
  
• Nic Youngblud
  Nic Youngblud
  Nicolas Youngblud is a male water polo player from Canada. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team, that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Playing as a goalkeeper Youngblud was named the most valuable goalie at the 2007 national...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Dragan Jovanović
  Dragan Jovanovic
  Searching Football manager - Dragan Jovanović see Dragan Jovanović Dragan Jovanović was a Serbian and Yugoslav football forward....
  
  

• Weiquing Ge
• Junliang Guo
• Quanhua Huang
• Bin Li
  Li Bin (water polo)
  Li Bin is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2006 Asian Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Jun Li

• Zhongxing Liang
• Yuanzhong Qiu
• Feihu Tan
• Zhidong Han
• Lijun Yu

• Yang Wang
  Wang Yang (water polo)
  Wang Yang is a male Chinese water polo player who was part of the bronze medal winning team at the 2005 National Games. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
  
  
• Yong Wang
• Zhiyu Wu

Head Coach:

• Miroslav Trumbic

• Steffen Dierolf
• Roger Kong
• Tobias Kreuzmann
• Sören Mackeben
• Florian Naroska

• Heiko Nossek
• Moritz Oeler
• Marc Politze
• Marko Savić
• Thomas Scherwitis

• Andreas Schlotterbeck
• Fabian Schrödter
• Alexander Tchigir

Head Coach:

• Hagen Stamm
  Hagen Stamm
  Hagen Stamm is a former water polo player from Germany, considered to be one of Germany's best in the last twenty years, having won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and two European Championships in 1981 and 1989.In 2000 Stamm took over the German men's team...
  
  

• László Baksa
• Péter Biros
  Peter Biros
  Péter Biros is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, which makes him one of few water polo players who have three olympic gold medals...
  
  
• Rajmund Fodor
  Rajmund Fodor
  Rajmund Fodor is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed Rajmi, and made his debut for the national team in 1993...
  
  
• Miklós Gór-Nagy
• Norbert Hosnyánszky
  Norbert Hosnyánszky
  Norbert Hosnyánszky is a Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the Gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- References :...
  
  

• Gergely Kiss
  Gergely Kiss
  Gergely Kiss is a Hungarian water polo player. Kiss stands two meters tall and weighs 110 kg. He plays on the right side, but moves to 2-meters on offense sometimes...
  
  
• Csaba Kiss
• Gabor Kiss
• Norbert Madaras
  Norbert Madaras
  Norbert Madaras is a water polo player from Hungary, who won the gold medal with the men's national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He also was on the squad that claimed the title at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. Madaras won the Euro League 2007 with Pro Recco.-...
  
  
• Tamás Molnár
  Tamas Molnar
  Tamás Molnár is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Olympics. He was named Hungarian Water Polo Player of the Year in 1998, and made his debut for the national team in 1997.He won the Malta Waterpolo Summer...
  
  

• Zoltán Szécsi
  Zoltan Szecsi
  Zoltán Szécsi is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics. He made his international debut for the men's national team in 1998.He is currently living in Eger.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Márton Szivós
• Dániel Varga
  Dániel Varga
  Dániel Varga is a Hungarian water polo player. He was a member of the gold medal winning Hungary men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.- References :...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Dénes Kemény
  Dénes Kemény
  Dénes Kemény is a former Hungarian water polo player and present trainer and president of the Hungarian National Men Water Polo Team since 1997....
  
  

• Edward Andrei
• Cosmin Baldoc
• Andrei Busila
• Robert Dinu
• Gheorghe Dunca

• Andrei Iosep
• Ramiro Georgescu
• George Georgescu
• Alexandru Ghiban
• Kalman Kadar

• Tiberiu Negrean
• Bertini Nenciu
• Cosmin Radu
  Cosmin Radu
  Cosmin Alexandru Radu is a Romanian water polo player, also captain of the national team.- Club career :Radu was born in Bucharest where he started playing water polo for Rapid Bucharest in 1992.His first year at the senior level was 1997 and continued to play with the team until 2004.He has won 4...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Vlad Hagiu

• Milan Aleksić
  Milan Aleksić
  Milan Aleksić is a Serbian water polo player. He is currently playing for VK Partizan. He is also playing for the Serbian National team....
  
  
• Aleksandar Ćirić
  Aleksandar Ciric
  / Aleksandar Ćirić is a Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics.- Clubs honours :* 1999-00 LEN Euroleague - Champion, with VK Bečej Naftagas-References:*...
  
  
• Filip Filipović
• Živko Gocić
  Živko Gocic
  Živko Gocić born is a Serbian water polo player. He is a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Stefan Mitrović
  Stefan Mitrovic
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• Slobodan Nikić
• Duško Pijetlović
  Duško Pijetlovic
  Duško Pijetlović , is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....
  
  
• Gojko Pijetlović
  Gojko Pijetlović
  Gojko Pijetlović is a goalkeeper of the Serbia men's national water polo team. He plays for VK Crvena Zvezda in the First Serbian League.-References:...
  
  
• Andrija Prlainović
  Andrija Prlainovic
  Andrija Prlainović , is a Serbian water polo player. He is a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....
  
  
• Aleksandar Šapić
  Aleksandar Šapic
  Aleksandar "Aca" Šapić , is a Serbian politician and a retired water polo player....
  
  

• Dejan Savić
  Dejan Savic
  Dejan Savić is former Serbian water polo player from who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics.Savić is playing at VK Crvena Zvezda. He is team captain...
  
  
• Slobodan Soro
  Slobodan Soro
  Slobodan Soro , is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics....
  
  
• Vanja Udovičić
  Vanja Udovicic
  Vanja Udovičić , is a professional Serbian water polo player.-Career:...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Dejan Udovičić

• Tony Azevedo
  Tony Azevedo
  Anthony Lawrence Azevedo is an American water polo player and a graduate of Stanford University. Nicknamed "The Savior" at one point, he is considered to be one of the best American water polo players in recent memory...
  
  
• Ryan Bailey
  Ryan Bailey (water polo)
  Ryan Bailey is an American water polo player, currently playing for VK Partizan. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.Went to Millikan High School in Long...
  
  
• Ronald Beuabien
• Adam Hewko
  Adam Hewko
  Adam Hewko is an American water polo player.Adam Hewko attended Servite high school where he played under the legendary coach James Sprague and Won a CIF championship in 2005. He then went on to play water polo for Pepperdine University where he started as a freshman. He then went on to play for...
  
  
• Thomas Hopkins
  Thomas Hopkins
  Thomas Hopkins is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team.-External links:*...
  
  

• Peter Hudnut
  Peter Hudnut
  Peter Hudnut is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....
  
  
• Genai Kerr
  Genai Kerr
  Genai Kerr is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics.-Early years:Kerr ran track at Chula Vista High School...
  
  
• John Mann
  John Mann (water polo)
  John Mann is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team. In 2007 Mann won the 2006-07 Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation's top male collegiate water polo player. He currently plays in Spain for C.N...
  
  
• Merrill Moses
  Merrill Moses
  Merrill Moses is an American water polo player.Moses was a goalkeeper on the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary. He was named to the Olympic all-star team.In December 2010,...
  
  
• Jeffrey Powers

• Jesse A. Smith
  Jesse A. Smith
  Jesse A. Smith is an American water polo player. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....
  
  
• Peter Varellas
  Peter Varellas
  Peter Varellas is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary....
  
  
• Adam Wright
  Adam Wright (water polo)
  Adam Wright is an American water polo player and a college water polo head coach. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...
  
  

Head Coach:

• Terry Schroeder

Group A

33

Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		9	3	3	0	0	50	17
2.		6	3	2	0	1	28	34	–6
3.		3	3	1	0	2	27	31	–4
4.		0	3	0	0	3	17	40	–23

• August 7, 2007

  	3 – 13
  	7 – 8

• August 8, 2007

  	9 – 17
  	12 – 7

• August 9, 2007

  	10 – 11
  	3 – 20

Group B

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Quarterfinals

• August 10, 2007

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|9 – 3
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Semifinals

• August 11, 2007

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{| style="text-align:center"
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|-
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|8 – 7
|align=left|
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Finals

• August 12, 2007 — Seventh place

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• August 12, 2007 — Fifth place

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• August 12, 2007 — Third place

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• August 12, 2007 — First place

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|9 – 6
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Final ranking

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Serbia qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 10 August to 24 August 2008 at the Ying Tung Natatorium in Beijing, People's Republic of China.-Men's medalists:-Women's medalists:-Men:-Women:-External links:**...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, PR China