BERLIN, Germany, August 13. SERBIA won the 2007 edition of the FINA Men's Water Polo World League, by triumphing in the decisive game against Hungary (9-6) in the Super Final held in Berlin from Aug. 7-12, 2007. <\/p>\n
It was the third win for Serbia in the history of the World League, after winning in 2005 and 2006 as Serbia-Montenegro. Besides winning $100,000 in prize money, the win qualified Serbia for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.<\/p>\n
For the bronze medal, Australia beat host Germany, 7-6, while the United States beat Romania, 9-6, for fifth place. Finally, the seventh position was decided by penalty shootouts, with Canada defeating China, 12-11.<\/p>\n
Special thanks to FINA for contributing this report.<\/i><\/p>\n
Results of Super Final<\/b>
\nBerlin, Germany \u2013 Aug. 7-12, 2007<\/p>\n
August 7, 2007
\nUSA \u2013 SRB\t5-13
\nAUS \u2013 HUN \t8-15
\nCAN \u2013 GER\t13-8
\nCHN \u2013 ROU \t7-8<\/p>\n
August 8, 2007
\nROU \u2013 SRB \t9-17
\nUSA \u2013 CHN \t12-7
\nHUN \u2013 GER \t7-5
\nCAN \u2013 AUS\t8-9<\/p>\n
August 9, 2007
\nUSA \u2013 ROU\t10-11
\nCHN \u2013 SRB \t20-3
\nAUS \u2013 GER \t15-17
\nCAN \u2013 HUN\t9-20<\/p>\n
August 10, 2007
\nAUS \u2013 ROU\t9-6
\nCHN \u2013 HUN \t6-13
\nGER \u2013 USA\t9-3
\nSRB \u2013 CAN\t10-6<\/p>\n
August 11, 2007
\nCAN \u2013 USA\t5-11
\nCHN \u2013 ROU\t10-13
\nSRB \u2013 GER\t8-7
\nHUN \u2013 AUS\t16-7 <\/p>\n
August 12, 2007
\nCAN \u2013 CHN\t12-11 (places 7\/8)
\nUSA \u2013 ROU\t9-6 (places 5\/6)
\nGER \u2013 AUS \t6-7 (places 3\/4)
\nSRB \u2013 HUN\t9-6 (places 1\/2)<\/p>\n
Final Ranking and Prize Money<\/b>
\nSuper Final
\n1. Serbia\t\t100,000
\n2. Hungary\t\t70,000
\n3. Australia\t\t50,000
\n4. Germany\t\t35,000
\n5. United States \t30,000
\n6. Romania\t\t25,000
\n7. Canada\t\t20,000
\n8. China\t\t17,500<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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