# 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

### Awards

* Top Scorer
* Frédéric Audon