2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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.

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

Rank	Team	G	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Serbia and Montenegro	6	4	0	0	2	64	54	+10	12
2	Croatia	6	4	0	0	2	74	57	+17	12
3	Spain	6	3	0	0	3	56	69	–13	9
4	Russia	6	1	0	0	5	50	64	–14	3

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

Rank	Team	G	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Serbia and Montenegro	5	5	0	0	0	54	29	+25	15
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	55	37	+18	12
3	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	47	35	+12	9
4	Greece	5	2	0	0	3	36	45	–2	6
5	Germany	5	1	0	0	4	37	55	–18	3
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	33	61	–28	0

Super Final

Group round

The top two teams advanced to the final, while the other four played for bronze.

Rank	Team	G	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	Serbia and Montenegro	5	5	0	0	0	68	34	+34	15
2	Spain	5	4	0	0	1	53	33	+20	12
3	United States	5	2	1	0	2	41	46	–5	8
4	Greece	5	2	0	0	3	43	51	–8	6
5	Australia	5	1	0	1	3	44	47	–3	4
6	France	5	0	0	0	5	33	71	–38	0

3rd to 6th place playoffs

Australia	10–10 (4–3 p.)	United States
Greece	14–7	France

5th place match

United States	11-4	France

Bronze medal match

Greece	11–10	Australia

Gold medal match

Serbia and Montenegro	6–4	Spain

Final ranking

Rank Team  Serbia and Montenegro  Spain  Greece 4  Australia 5  United States 6  France

2006 FINA Men's World League  Serbia and Montenegro Second title

References

• HistoFINA (Volume VIII)
• Sports123