2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration28 June – 4 August 2002
Number of teams8
League champions Russia

The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the first edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After two preliminary rounds, the Super Final was held in Patras, Greece from 1 August to 4 August 2002.[1]

Preliminary round

  • From 28 June to 28 July 2002
     Team qualifies for Super Final
     Team is eliminated from qualification

Group A

Greece automatically 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 and one point for a loss.

Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Spain 12 10 2 134 97 +37 53
2  Italy 12 9 3 127 89 +38 49
3  Greece 12 5 7 97 115 −18 44
4  Brazil 12 0 12 71 128 −57 -7

Group B

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

Team G W L GF GA Diff Points
1  Hungary 12 11 1 150 94 +56 34
2  Russia 12 7 5 102 103 −1 26
3  United States 12 4 8 109 131 −22 20
4  Croatia 12 2 10 106 139 −33 16

Super Final

  • From 1 August to 4 August

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  Russia 3 2 1 25 19 +6 7
2  Spain 3 2 1 30 28 +2 7
3  Hungary 3 1 2 25 19 +6 5
4  Greece 3 0 3 14 38 −24 3

Bronze medal match

  • August 4, 2002
Hungary  13 – 6  Greece

Gold medal match

  • August 4, 2002
Russia  10 – 8  Spain

Final rankings

Individual awards

Rank Top scorers Goals
1  Gabriel Hernández Paz (ESP) 34
 Tibor Benedek (HUN)
3  Tamás Molnár (HUN) 33
4  Gergely Kiss (HUN) 32
5  Alexander Yerishev (RUS) 30
6  Tony Azevedo (USA) 29
 Dmitri Stratan (RUS)

Statistics

  • Total goals: 1027
  • Total matches: 55
  • Goals per match: 18.7
  • Total of scorers: 105

References

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