FINA Men’s Water Polo World League to Kick Off This Month

23-07-2017: Waterpolo: Servie v Kroatie: Boedapest (L-R) during the waterpolomatch between men Serbia and Croatia at the 17th FINA World Championships 2017 in Budapest, Hungary Photo / Foto: Gertjan Kooij

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The European preliminary rounds of the FINA Men’s Water Polo World League 2018 will kick-off on November 14 across various European cities.

The groups’ composition unfolds as follow:

GROUP A: ROU, MNE, SRB

GROUP B: CRO, GER, RUS

GROUP C: ESP, HUN, NED

On Tuesday November 14, Romania will play Serbia, Croatia will welcome the Russians in Zadar (CRO), and the Netherlands will face the Spanish in Malaga (ESP).

The European preliminaries will be played in six rounds, following this calendar from November 2017 to April 2018:

ROUND	DATE	A	B	C
1	14 November 2017	ROU-SRB	CRO-RUS	ESP-NED
2	12 December 2017	SRB-MNE	GER-RUS	NED-HUN
3	16 January 2018	MNE-ROU	GER-CRO	HUN-ESP
4	13 February 2018	SRB-ROU	RUS-CRO	NED-ESP
5	20 March 2018	MNE-SRB	RUS-GER	HUN-NED
6	10 April 2018	ROU-MNE	CRO-GER	ESP-HUN

From these six rounds, the four best teams will be qualified for the Super Final to be held in June 2018, in which the four best teams from the Intercontinental Tournaments will join them.

Check out the 2018 Rules & Regulations

Team Serbia, who are the current Olympic title holders, have grabbed the World League title consecutively since 2013, while Italy and Croatia secured the silver and bronze medals respectively in 2017.

Croatia won the World Championships tournament, ahead of Hungary and Serbia, last summer in Budapest (HUN).

Press release courtesy of FINA.

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