FINA PRESS RELEASE 27/2017

FINA PRESS RELEASE 27/2017

 

Lausanne (SUI), April 24, 2017

 

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Gold Coast set to welcome 6 water polo teams for Intercontinental Tournament

FINA men's water polo world league 2017 - intercontinental tournament

Australia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, New Zealand and the U.S. will be battling it out for a FINA Water Polo World League Super Final 2017 berth as of tomorrow and for six days in Gold Coast, Australia.

The European preliminaries are now completed as Serbia, Croatia and Italy secured their spot for a potential medal.

The four best teams of the Intercontinental Tournament will join the three teams mentioned above as well as the host country team (Russia) for the Super Final which will crown the 2017 champions.

The Super Final of the World League will take place in Ruza, Russia from June 20-25 

Gold Coast tournament's schedule unfolds as follows:

 

Game 1
15:30

Game 2
16:50

Game 3
18:30

DAY 1

AUS vs NZL

JPN vs USA

CHN vs KAZ

DAY 2

CHN vs NZL

USA vs KAZ

AUS vs JPN

DAY 3

USA vs CHN

NZL vs JPN

AUS vs KAZ

DAY 4

KAZ vs NZL

JPN vs CHN

AUS vs USA

DAY 5

AUS vs CHN

NZL vs USA

KAZ vs JPN

DAY 6

5th vs 6th
09:20

3rd vs 4th
10:40

1st vs 2nd
12:00

All match will be covered on FINA website, follow the action here

Last year's overall winners of the Super Final were Serbia, who are also the Olympic and World title holders.

The 2016 Final ranking was: 1. Serbia, 2. USA, 3. Greece, 4. Italy, 5. Australia, 6. Japan, 7. Brazil, 8. China

 
 

 

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