LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 12. THE city of Nis (SRB) will welcome, from July 13-18, the best eight teams participating in the 2010 FINA Men's Water Polo World League Super Final. The national squads in action will be Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia, Spain, USA, Australia, China and South Africa.<\/p>\n
As in previous years, the Balkan teams are the ones to beat in this competition, with the status of favourite going to Serbia. As organiser of this Super Final, winner on five occasions (out of eights editions so far) and 2009 World champions, the Serbians are natural contenders for the gold. But their neighbours Montenegro and Croatia will certainly have their say in the competition \u2013 Montenegro won the last edition and Croatia got the silver, both in front of Serbia.<\/p>\n
The team of Spain, 2009 silver medallists at the World Championships, could be the outsider of this Super Final, while USA and Australia will also fight for a podium finish. China and South Africa will most probably not reach the medal area, but will certainly aim at progressing in the world hierarchy.<\/p>\n
PROGRAMME of the FINA Men's World League Super Final 2010<\/b><\/p>\n
Group A: USA, Montenegro, China, Spain
\nGroup B: Australia, Serbia, South Africa, Croatia<\/p>\n
Tuesday, July 13: MNE-CHN; AUS-CRO; USA-ESP; SRB-RSA
\nWednesday, July 14: USA-CHN; AUS-RSA; MNE-ESP; SRB-CRO
\nThursday, July 15: CHN-ESP; RSA-CRO; MNE-USA; SRB-AUS
\nFriday, July 16: 2A-3B; 3A-2B; 1A-4B; 4A-1B
\nSaturday, July 17: Semi-finals 5-8 (2 games); Semi-finals 1-4 (2 games)
\nSunday, July 18: Games for places 7-8, 5-6, 3-4 and 1-2<\/p>\n
MEDALLISTS of the FINA Men's World League<\/b>
\n2002: 1. RUS, 2. ESP, 3. HUN
\n2003: 1. SCG, 2. HUN, 3. ITA
\n2004: 1. HUN, 2. SCG, 3. GRE
\n2005: 1. SCG, 2. HUN, 3. GER
\n2006: 1. SCG, 2. ESP, 3. GRE
\n2007: 1. SRB, 2. HUN, 3. AUS
\n2008: 1. SRB, 2. USA, 3. AUS
\n2009: 1. MNE, 2. CRO, 3. SRB
\nSCG – Serbia-Montenegro; SRB \u2013 Serbia<\/p>\n
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