The 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fourth 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 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Preliminary round
Five teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Canada and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Serbia and Montenegro).
Group A
RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1 6 6 0 93 40 +53 18 2 6 4 2 70 51 +19 14 3 6 4 2 56 51 +5 14 4 6 4 2 76 56 +20 13 5 6 2 4 52 29 +23 10 6 6 1 5 29 81 –52 8 7 6 0 6 31 74 –43 6
Group B
RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1 6 6 0 78 36 +42 18 2 6 4 2 75 61 +14 14 3 6 4 2 50 51 –1 14 4 6 3 3 60 51 +9 12 5 6 3 3 55 58 –3 12 6 6 1 5 48 62 –14 8 7 6 0 6 28 75 –47 6
Semifinal round
Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Serbia and Montenegro) were guaranteed qualification.
Group A
RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1 4 3 1 49 41 +8 10 2 4 3 1 43 28 +15 10 3 4 2 2 37 39 –2 8 4 4 2 2 52 47 +5 7 5 4 0 4 23 49 –26 4
Group B
RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1 4 3 1 41 28 +13 10 2 4 2 2 38 34 +4 8 3 4 2 2 31 34 –3 8 4 4 2 2 33 35 –2 8 5 4 1 3 24 36 –12 6
Super Final Group round
The top two teams advanced to the final, while the next two played for bronze.
RankTeamGWLGFGADiffPoints 1 3 3 0 28 23 +5 9 2 3 2 1 38 29 +9 7 3 3 2 1 31 22 +9 7 4 3 1 2 26 38 –12 5 5 3 1 2 25 26 –1 4 6 3 0 3 23 33 –10 3
5th place match
14-9
Bronze medal match
10–8
Gold medal match
16–6
Final ranking
RankTeam 456
Awards Top Scorer Aleksandar Šapić
References
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