2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
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The 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is played between November 2014 and June 2015 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 09–14 June 2015.[1][2]
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw.[2] 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
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 qualified for the Super Final.
Group A
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | 6 | 5 | 1 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 15 |
 Russia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 11 |
 Hungary | 6 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 10 |
 France | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 87 | -62 | 0 |
| 25 Nov 2014 18:30 |
Game 1 | Russia |
13 (4)–11 (5) (OT) | Hungary |
Zlatoust, Russia |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 2–1, 3–3 OT: 4–2 | |||||
| 25 Nov 2014 20:30 |
Game 2 | Italy |
12 (5)–5 (1) | France |
Frosinone, Italy |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–2, 5–2 | |||||
| 16 Dec 2014 18:00 |
Game 3 | Hungary |
9 (6)–11 (5) | Italy |
Szentes, Hungary |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 1–3, 1–3, 2–3 | |||||
| 16 Dec 2014 20:30 |
Game 4 | France |
4 (2)–15 (6) | Russia |
Montreuil, France |
| Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–1, 1–4, 1–5 | |||||
| 27 Jan 2015 18:00 |
Game 5 | Russia |
11 (7)–8 (6) | Italy |
Kirishi, Russia |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–5, 3–1, 1–1 | |||||
| 27 Jan 2015 18:30 |
Game 6 | Hungary |
14 (5)–5 (2) | France |
Győr, Hungary |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–0, 4–2, 5–1 | |||||
| 24 Feb 2015 18:30 |
Game 7 | Hungary |
13 (7)–12 (8) | Russia |
Kecskemét, Hungary |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–5, 5–2, 1–2 | |||||
| 24 Feb 2015 20:30 |
Game 8 | France |
3 (0)–14 (8) | Italy |
Lille, France |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 0–5, 2–4, 1–2 | |||||
| 24 Mar 2015 18:30 |
Game 9 | Russia |
18 (10)–4 (3) | France |
Astrakhan, Russia |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 5–1, 4–0, 4–1 | |||||
| 24 Mar 2015 20:00 |
Game 10 | Italy |
12 (5)–9 (2) | Hungary |
Imperia, Italy |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 4–3, 3–4 | |||||
| 21 Apr 2015 19:00 |
Game 11 | France |
4 (2)–14 (7) | Hungary |
Nice, France |
| Score by quarters: 0–3, 2–4, 1–3, 1–4 | |||||
| 21 Apr 2015 20:00 |
Game 12 | Italy |
11 (5)–7 (4) | Russia |
Avezzano, Italy |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–1, 4–2 | |||||
Group B
| Team | GP | W | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 45 | +53 | 15 |
 Spain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 12 |
 Greece | 6 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 56 | +20 | 9 |
 Germany | 6 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 136 | -103 | 0 |
| 25 Nov 2014 18:00 |
Game 1 | Greece |
11 (5)–12 (6) | Netherlands |
Athens, Greece |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–4, 5–3, 1–3 | |||||
| 25 Nov 2014 20:45 |
Game 2 | Spain |
18 (8)–6 (2) | Germany |
Barcelona, Spain |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–0, 7–3, 3–1 | |||||
| 16 Dec 2014 19:30 |
Game 3 | Germany |
7 (6)–20 (12) | Greece |
Krefeld, Germany |
| Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 1–3, 0–5 | |||||
| 16 Dec 2014 20:30 |
Game 4 | Netherlands |
10 (6)–6 (3) | Spain |
Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1 | |||||
| 27 Jan 2015 19:00 |
Game 5 | Greece |
10 (4)–7 (4) | Spain |
Athens, Greece |
| Score by quarters: 1–0, 3–4, 3–1, 3–2 | |||||
| 27 Jan 2015 19:30 |
Game 6 | Netherlands |
30 (16)–4 (1) | Germany |
Drachten, Netherlands |
| Score by quarters: 8–1, 8–0, 7–2, 7–1 | |||||
| 24 Feb 2015 19:00 |
Game 7 | Germany |
3 (2)–22 (12) | Spain |
Chemnitz, Germany |
| Score by quarters: 0–5, 2–7, 0–6, 1–4 | |||||
| 24 Feb 2015 19:30 |
Game 8 | Netherlands |
13 (8)–5 (1) | Greece |
Gouda, Netherlands |
| Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–1, 2–1, 3–3 | |||||
| 24 Mar 2015 19:00 |
Game 9 | Greece |
21 (10)–5 (2) | Germany |
Athens, Greece |
| Score by quarters: 6–1, 4–1, 5–3, 6–0 | |||||
| 24 Mar 2015 19:00 |
Game 10 | Spain |
11 (6)–8 (3) | Netherlands |
Madrid, Spain |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–3, 1–2 | |||||
| 21 Apr 2015 19:30 |
Game 11 | Germany |
8 (4)–25 (12) | Netherlands |
Hamburg, Germany |
| Score by quarters: 3–7, 1–5, 1–7, 3–6 | |||||
| 28 Apr 2015 20:00 |
Game 12 | Spain |
12 (6)–9 (6) | Greece |
Barcelona, Spain |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–4, 2–0, 4–3 | |||||
