2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

For the men's tournament, see 2012 FINA Men's Water Polo World League.

The 2012 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between February and June 2012 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After playing in groups within the same continent, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Changshu, China from 29 May - 3 June 2012. The two teams that reach the final of the Super Final will be the first teams to quality for the water polo tournament of the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona.^[1]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.^[2] If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

Match won in normal time - 3 points
Match won in shootout - 2 points
Match lost in shootout - 1 point
Match lost in normal time - 0 points

Draw

Americas

As there were only 3 entries, all teams in this region played in a single group.

Asia/Oceania

As there were only 4 entries, all teams in this region will play in a single group.

Europe

There were 8 entries into the league from Europe, and these were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were placed into groups based on their performance in the 2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League.

Line	Country	2011 FINA Women's Water Polo World League result	Drawn into Group
1	Italy	2nd, Super Final	A
1	Russia	5th, Super Final	B

2	Greece	7th, Super Final	B
2	Spain	8th, Super Final	A

3	Hungary	3rd, Europe Group 1 (8 pts)	A
3	Great Britain	4th, Europe Group 1 (3 pts)	B

4	Germany	3rd, Europe Group 2 (0 pts)	A
4	Netherlands	Did not participate	B

Americas League

All teams played the other teams twice. All matches were held in various locations in Orange County, California, United States from 20–22 February 2012. The top two teams advanced to the Super Final.

	Team advances to Super Final

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	United States	4	4	0	0	0	60	20	+40	12
2.	Canada	4	2	0	0	2	47	33	+14	6
3.	Brazil	4	0	0	0	4	11	65	-54	0

20 February 2012
10:30 PST (UTC-8)

19–1

Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, United States

20 February 2012
19:00 PST (UTC-8)

13–11

Commerce Aquatorium, Commerce, California, United States

21 February 2012
10:30 PST (UTC-8)

16–1

Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, United States

21 February 2012
19:00 PST (UTC-8)

17–1

Arnold O. Beckman High School, Irvine, California, United States

22 February 2012
10:30 PST (UTC-8)

13–8

Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, United States

22 February 2012
19:00 PST (UTC-8)

11–7

Woollett Aquatics Center, Irvine, California, United States

Asia/Oceania League

All teams will play the other teams twice. The first round-robin will be held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai and the second round-robin will be held from 8–12 May 2012 at the Chiba International Swimming Complex in Narashino, Chiba, Japan. The winner will advance to the Super Final. As China has already qualified as the hosts, if they win the Asia/Oceania League, the second-placed team will advance.

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Europe League

All teams will play the other teams in their group twice. All games in Group A will be played from 10–13 May 2012 in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, and all games in Group B will be played from 10–13 May 2012 in Volos, Greece. The top two teams in each group will advance to the Super Final.

	Team advances to Super Final

Group A

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Greece	6	6	0	0	0	55	38	+17	18
2.	Russia	6	4	0	0	2	57	51	+6	12
3.	Netherlands	6	2	0	0	4	41	49	-8	6
4.	Great Britain	6	0	0	0	6	39	54	-15	0

10 May 2012
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)

9–8

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

10 May 2012
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)

7–4

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

11 May 2012
10:30 EEST (UTC+3)

13–9

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

11 May 2012
12:15 EEST (UTC+3)

8–7

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

11 May 2012
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)

8–7

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

11 May 2012
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)

7–6

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

12 May 2012
10:30 EEST (UTC+3)

11–7

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

12 May 2012
12:15 EEST (UTC+3)

10–5

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

12 May 2012
18:30 EEST (UTC+3)

8–7

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

12 May 2012
20:15 EEST (UTC+3)

10–6

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

13 May 2012
10:30 EEST (UTC+3)

8–4

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

13 May 2012
12:15 EEST (UTC+3)

13–10

Vasilis Polymeros Pool, Nea Ionia, Volos

Super Final

The Super Final will be held from 29 May - 3 June 2012 in Changshu, China.

Preliminary Round: Group A

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Preliminary Round: Group B

	Team	G	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4.		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

References

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External links

Official site

FINA Water Polo World League

Men's tournament	2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 finals squads 2016 2017

Women's tournament	2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

2011–12 in international water polo

September	Four Nations (women) GBR Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 5

October	Pan American Games (men) MEX Pan American Games (women) MEX Men's European Championship Qualifiers: Playoffs Women's European Championship Qualifiers: Matchday 6

November	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 1

December	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 2 Canada Cup (women) CAN Tom Hoad Cup (men) AUS

January	Men's World League: Europe Matchday 3 Mithat Hantal Trophy (men) TUR Volvo Cup (men) HUN Samartzidis Cup (men) GRE Thetis Cup (women) GRE Pan-Pacific Championships AUS European Championships (men) NED European Championships (women) NED Asian Championships JPN

February	Holiday Cup (women) USA Men's World League: Europe Matchday 4 Women's World League: Americas USA

March	Men's World League: Europe Matchdays 5 and 6 South American Championships BRA Four Nations (men) USA Six Nations (men) CZE Kirishi Cup (women) RUS

April	Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (men) CAN Olympic Games Qualification Tournament (women) ITA

May	Water Polo Olympic Test Event (women) GBR Men's World League: Americas USA Men's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Europe GRE ITA Men's World League: Asia/Oceania CHN JPN Women's World League: Super Final CHN

June	Men's World League: Super Final KAZ Women's World League: Super Final CHN

July–August	Olympic Games GBR

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