Sport Water Polo | ||
League FINA Water Polo World League Duration 22 November 2016 to
11 June 2017 | ||
The 2017 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is the 14th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2016 and June 2017 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 from 06–11 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 three 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.
Intercontinental Water Polo Tournament
May 2–7, 2017 Sacramento, California, United States
Super Final
June 06–11, 2017 Shanghai, China
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.