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FINA Water Polo World Rankings
The FINA Water Polo World Rankings is a ranking system for men's and women's national teams in water polo. The teams of the member nations of FINA, water polo's world governing body, are ranked based on their competitions results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. Calculation method Tournaments The following competitions are currently FINA-recognised tournaments. Men's water polo tournaments: * Major international competitions ** Summer Olympics (quadrennially) ** Olympic Qualification Tournament (quadrennially) ** World Aquatics Championships (biennially) ** FINA Water Polo World Cup (quadrennially) ** FINA Water Polo World League (annually) * Other international competitions ** FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup (biennially) * Major continental competitions ** Asian Games (quadrennially) ** European Water Polo Championship (biennially) ** Pan American Games (quadrennially) * Other continental competitions ** Asian Swimming Championships (quadrennially) ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins the match. Each team is made up of six field players and one goalkeeper. Excluding the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. It is typically played in an all-deep pool where players cannot touch the bottom. A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal. Teamwork, tactical thinking and awareness are also highly important aspects. Water polo is a highly physical and demanding sport and has frequently been cited as one of the most difficult to play. Special equipment for water polo includes a water polo ball, a ball of varying colors which floats on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2017 FINA Water Polo World League, FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 16th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was 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. 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 groups of four teams and a third group of three teams. The winner of each group after the home an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo At The 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's Tournament
The women's water polo tournament at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in Budapest, Hungary from 16 to 28 July 2017. The United States captured their fifth title by defeating Spain 13–6 in the final match. Bronze was secured by Russia who beat Canada 11–9. Participating teams ;Africa * ;Americas * * * ;Asia * * * ;Europe * * * * * * * ;Oceania * * Qualification * Hungary qualified as host. * United States and Spain qualified at the 2016 World League. * Italy, Russia, Australia and China qualified at the 2016 Olympic tournament. * France, Greece and the Netherlands qualified at the 2016 European Championship. * Brazil and Canada qualified at the Pan American Games. * Japan and Kazakhstan qualified at the Asian tournament. * South Africa qualified at the African tournament. * New Zealand qualified at the Oceanian tournament. Preliminary round Group A All times are CEST (UTC+2). ---- ---- Group B All times are CEST (UTC+2). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
The 2018 FINA Water Polo World League, FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2017 and June 2018 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 28 May to 2 June 2018. 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 * November 21, 2017 – May 1, 2018 Inter-Continental Cup * April 3–8, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand Group A Group B ;5th–8th place bracket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
