Sport Water Polo | ||
League FINA Water Polo World League Duration 15 November 2016 to
25 June 2017 | ||
The 2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 16th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2016 and June 2017 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 20–25 June 2017.
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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:
Preliminary round
The European preliminary round consisted of two groups of four teams and a third group of three teams. The winner of each group after the home and away series of games qualified for the Super Final.
Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament
April 25–30, 2017 Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Super Final
June 20–25, 2017 Place TBC
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.