Sports season
The 2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fifth edition of the annual event , organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA . After a preliminary round and a semifinal round, the Super Final was held in Athens , Greece .[ 1]
Preliminary round
Three teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Spain and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Greece).
Group A
Rank
Team
G
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Diff
Points
1
Australia
6
6
0
0
0
76
42
+34
18
2
France
6
3
0
0
3
70
68
+2
9
3
China
6
2
0
0
4
49
63
–14
6
4
Japan
6
1
0
0
5
64
86
–22
3
Group B
Rank
Team
G
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Diff
Points
1
United States
2
2
0
0
0
29
13
+16
6
2
Canada
2
1
0
0
1
18
21
–3
3
2
Brazil
2
0
0
0
2
8
21
–13
0
Group C
Group D
Rank
Team
G
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Diff
Points
1
Romania
6
4
1
0
1
64
57
+7
14
2
Germany
6
4
0
0
2
55
51
+4
12
3
Greece
6
2
0
1
3
54
62
–8
7
4
Italy
6
1
0
0
5
55
58
–3
3
Semifinal round
Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Greece) were guaranteed qualification.
Group A
Rank
Team
G
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
Diff
Points
1
United States
5
4
1
0
0
67
22
+45
14
2
Australia
5
4
0
1
0
54
27
+27
13
3
France
5
3
0
0
2
35
35
0
9
4
China
5
2
0
0
3
25
50
–25
6
5
Canada
5
1
0
0
4
35
49
–14
3
6
Brazil
5
0
0
0
5
24
57
–33
0
Group B
Super Final
Group round
The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze.
3rd to 6th place playoffs
5th place match
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final ranking
Awards
References
Men's tournament Women's tournament