# 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 13th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2015 and June 2016 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final in Shanghai, China from 07–12 June 2016.
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. 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

## Europe
### Preliminary round

The European preliminary round consisted of two group of four teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualifies for the Super Final. A third place is taken by the best scoring second-placed team.

#### Group A

| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 6 | 4 | 2 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 13 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 12 |
| Hungary | 6 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 52 | +11 | 11 |
| France | 6 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 72 | -37 | 0 |
| 22 Oct 2015 20:15 | Netherlands | 11–10 | Italy | Nijverdal, Netherlands |
| Nijverdal, Netherlands |||
| 27 Oct 2015 18:45 | Netherlands | 12–7 | France | Amersfoort, Netherlands |
| Amersfoort, Netherlands |||
| 27 Oct 2015 20:00 | Hungary | 17–15 | Italy | Budapest, Hungary |
| Budapest, Hungary |||
| 24 Nov 2015 18:00 | Hungary | 7–10 | Netherlands | Budapest, Hungary |
| Budapest, Hungary |||
| 24 Nov 2015 20:30 | Italy | 15–5 | France | Avezzano, Italy |
| Avezzano, Italy |||
| 8 Dec 2015 20:30 | France | 9–18 | Hungary | Troyes, France |
| Troyes, France |||
| 23 Feb 2016 20:00 | France | 8–12 | Netherlands | Lille, France |
| Lille, France |||
| 23 Feb 2016 20:30 | Italy | 10–7 | Hungary | Novara, Italy |
| Novara, Italy |||
| 12 Apr 2016 20:00 | France | 5–10 | Italy | Abbeville, France |
| Abbeville, France |||
| 12 Apr 2016 20:30 | Netherlands | 7–9 | Hungary | Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| Dordrecht, Netherlands |||
| 3 May 2016 18:00 | Hungary | 5–1 | France | Budapest, Hungary |
| Budapest, Hungary |||
| 3 May 2016 20:15 | Italy | 15–10 | Netherlands | Bari, Italy |
| Bari, Italy |||

##### Squads

* France
Squad as during the match on 12 April against Italy.
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Position | L/R |
| 1 | Lorene Derenty | 1994 | Goalkeeper | R |
| 2 | Yaelle Deschampt | 1997 | | R |
| 3 | Morgane Leroux | 1999 | | R |
| 4 | Aurore Sacre | 1993 | | R |
| 5 | Louise Guillet | 1986 | | R |
| 6 | Geraldine Mahieu | 1993 | | R |
| 7 | Marie Barbieux | 1991 | | R |
| 8 | Marion Tardy | 1993 | | R |
| 9 | Lucie Cesca | 1994 | | R |
| 10 | Audrey Daule | 1993 | | R |
| 11 | Clemence Clerc | 1991 | | R |
| 12 | Michaela Jaskova | 1993 | | R |
| 13 | Morgane Chabrier | 1993 | Goalkeeper | R |
* Italy
Squad as during the match on 12 April against France.
| No. | Name | Position | L/R |
| 1 | Giulia Gorlero | Goalkeeper | R |
| 2 | Chiara Tabani | | R |
| 3 | Arianna Garibotti | | R |
| 4 | Elisa Queirolo | | R |
| 5 | Federica Radicchi | | R |
| 6 | Rosaria Aiello | | R |
| 7 | Tania Di Mario | | R |
| 8 | Roberta Bianconi | | R |
| 9 | Giulia Enrica Emmolo | | R |
| 10 | Francesca Pomeri | | R |
| 11 | Aleksandra Cotti | | R |
| 12 | Teresa Frassinetti | | R |
| 13 | Laura Teani | Goalkeeper | R |

#### Group B

| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 100 | 58 | +42 | 14 |
| Russia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 85 | 68 | +17 | 12 |
| Greece | 6 | 3 | 3 | 90 | 57 | +33 | 10 |
| Germany | 6 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 126 | -92 | 0 |
| 27 Oct 2015 20:00 | Russia | 19–8 | Germany | Moscow, Russia |
| Moscow, Russia |||
| 27 Oct 2015 19:00 | Greece | 16–17 | Spain | Athens, Greece |
| Athens, Greece |||
| 24 Nov 2015 19:45 | Russia | 12–7 | Greece | Moscow, Russia |
| Moscow, Russia |||
| 24 Nov 2015 18:00 | Germany | 8–20 | Spain | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Stuttgart, Germany |||
| 8 Dec 2015 17:00 | Spain | 16–9 | Russia | Barcelona, Spain |
| Barcelona, Spain |||
| 8 Dec 2015 19:00 | Greece | 21–1 | Germany | Athens, Greece |
| Athens, Greece |||
| 23 Feb 2016 19:30 | Germany | 10–22 | Russia | Hamburg, Germany |
| Hamburg, Germany |||
| 1 Mar 2016 19:15 | Spain | 13–9 | Greece | Sabadell, Spain |
| Sabadell, Spain |||
| 12 Apr 2016 19:00 | Greece | 15–9 | Russia | Athens, Greece |
| Athens, Greece |||
| 12 Apr 2016 19:15 | Spain | 21–2 | Germany | Manresa, Spain |
| Manresa, Spain |||
| 3 May 2016 20:00 | Russia | 14–13 | Spain | Moscow, Russia |
| Moscow, Russia |||
| 3 May 2016 20:00 | Germany | 5–23 | Greece | Heidelberg, Germany |
| Heidelberg, Germany |||

## Intercontinental Qualification Tournament
### Preliminary round

| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 18 | +59 | 15 |
| Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 12 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 9 |
| China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 57 | -7 | 6 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 64 | -36 | 3 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 84 | -56 | 0 |
| 16 Feb 2016 16:40 | Australia | 12–10 | China | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 16 Feb 2016 18:00 | Brazil | 2–17 | United States | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 16 Feb 2016 19:20 | Japan | 10–19 | Canada | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 17 Feb 2016 16:40 | Canada | 2–11 | Australia | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 17 Feb 2016 18:00 | Brazil | 10–7 | Japan | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 17 Feb 2016 19:20 | United States | 19–5 | China | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 18 Feb 2016 16:40 | China | 14–15 | Canada | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 18 Feb 2016 18:00 | Japan | 2–19 | United States | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 18 Feb 2016 19:20 | Australia | 15–3 | Brazil | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 19 Feb 2016 16:40 | Brazil | 6–11 | China | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 19 Feb 2016 18:00 | Japan | 4–26 | Australia | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 19 Feb 2016 19:20 | United States | 14–4 | Canada | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 20 Feb 2016 16:40 | China | 10–5 | Japan | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 20 Feb 2016 18:00 | Brazil | 7–14 | Canada | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||
| 20 Feb 2016 19:20 | Australia | 5–8 | United States | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||

#### 5th place

| 21 Feb 2016 10:00 | Brazil | 9–8 | Japan | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||

#### 3rd Place

| 21 Feb 2016 11:20 | Canada | 6–10 | China | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||

#### Final

| 21 Feb 2016 12:40 | United States | 6–5 | Australia | Lewisville, Texas, United States |
| Lewisville, Texas, United States |||

## Super Final

In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage. The games were played in Shanghai, China from 7 to 12 June 2016.

### Qualified teams

| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
| — | Brazil Canada United States | China (Host) | Italy Russia Spain | Australia |

### Group A

| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 9 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 3 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 29 | -3 | 0 |
| 7 Jun 2016 17:40 | Australia | 11–10 | Russia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 7 Jun 2016 19:30 | Italy | 7–8 | China | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 8 Jun 2016 16:20 | Italy | 9–8 | Russia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 8 Jun 2016 19:00 | Australia | 10–3 | China | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 9 Jun 2016 16:20 | Italy | 7–13 | Australia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 9 Jun 2016 19:00 | China | 9–8 | Russia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

### Group B

| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 20 | +23 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 46 | -34 | 0 |
| 7 Jun 2016 15:00 | Spain | 16–12 | Canada | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 7 Jun 2016 16:20 | United States | 20–2 | Brazil | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 8 Jun 2016 15:00 | Spain | 10–6 | Brazil | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 8 Jun 2016 17:40 | United States | 11–8 | Canada | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 9 Jun 2016 15:00 | Spain | 10–12 | United States | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 9 Jun 2016 17:40 | Canada | 16–4 | Brazil | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

### Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| China | 13 | | |
| Canada | 8 | | |
| Canada | 8 | China | 5 |
| | | United States | 11 |
| Russia | 7 | United States | 11 |
| United States | 14 | | | | |
| United States | 14 | | | United States | 13 |
| | | | | Spain | 9 |
| Italy | 5 | | | Spain | 9 |
| Spain | 8 | | | | |
| Spain | 8 | Spain | 10 | | |
| | | Australia | 8 | Third place | Third place |
| Australia | 11 | Australia | 8 | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | |
| Brazil | 2 | | | Australia | 10 |
| | | | | China | 3 |

#### 5th–8th Places

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| Canada | 4 |
| Russia | 15 | | |
| Russia | 15 | Russia | 8 |
| | | Italy | 10 |
| Italy | 7 | Italy | 10 |
| Brazil | 6 | | |
| Brazil | 6 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | Canada | 12 |
| | | Brazil | 6 |

#### Quarterfinals

| 10 Jun 2016 15:00 | Italy | 5–8 | Spain | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 10 Jun 2016 16:20 | Australia | 11–2 | Brazil | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 10 Jun 2016 17:40 | Russia | 7–14 | United States | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 10 Jun 2016 19:00 | China | 13–8 | Canada | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

#### 5th–8th Places Semifinals

| 11 Jun 2016 15:00 | Italy | 7–6 | Brazil | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 11 Jun 2016 16:20 | Canada | 4–15 | Russia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

#### Semifinals

| 11 Jun 2016 17:40 | Spain | 10–8 | Australia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||
| 11 Jun 2016 19:00 | China | 5–11 | United States | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

#### 7th place

| 12 Jun 2016 14:30 | Canada | 12–6 | Brazil | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

#### 5th place

| 12 Jun 2016 16:00 | Russia | 8–10 | Italy | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

#### 3rd Place

| 12 Jun 2016 17:30 | China | 3–10 | Australia | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

#### Final

| 12 Jun 2016 19:00 | United States | 13–9 | Spain | Shanghai, China |
| Shanghai, China |||

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Spain |
| | Australia |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Canada |
| 8 | Brazil |
* 2016 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
* United States Tenth title