2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League will be the seventh edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The 2008 edition will be the biggest edition to date, as it welcomes for the first time the participation of 21 national teams.

Preliminary round will be held in Tokyo (Japan) for the Asia-Oceania group, Thousand Oaks (USA) for the group from the Americas, Casablanca (Morocco) for the Africa group, and Budva (Montenegro), Novi Sad (Serbia), Athens (Greece) and Portugalete (Spain) for the two groups of Europe nations. The Super Final between the ten qualifying teams will take place from June 16 to June 22 in Genova, Italy.

Preliminary Round

Asia-Oceania

*wp|AUS
*wp|CHN
*wp|IRI
*wp|JPN
*wp|NZL

America's

*wp|CAN
*wp|MEX
*wp|PUR
*wp|USA

Africa

*wp|ALG
*wp|EGY
*wp|TUN
*wp|MAR

Europe

*wp|CRO
*wp|GRE
*wp|ITA
*wp|MNE
*wp|ROM
*wp|RUS
*wp|SRB
*wp|ESP

Individual Awards

tatistics

References

* [http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=759&Itemid=50 FINA]


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