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2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

Field	Value
title	2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
league	FINA Water Polo World League
sport	Water Polo
seasonslist	FINA Men's Water Polo World League
seasonslistnames	FINA Men's Water Polo World League
duration	28 June – 4 August 2002
no_of_teams	8
league_champs
nextseason_link	2003 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
nextseason_year	2003

The 2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the first edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After two preliminary rounds, the Super Final was held in Patras, Greece from 1 August to 4 August 2002.

Preliminary round

From 28 June to 28 July 2002

	Team is eliminated from qualification

Group A

Greece automatically qualified for the Super Final as the host country. Only the top place earned qualification, which was taken by Spain. Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a loss.

Team	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	12	10	2	134	97	+37
2	12	9	3	127	89	+38
3	12	5	7	97	115	−18
4	12	0	12	71	128	−57

Group B

The top two places, occupied by Hungary and Russia, earned qualification. Three points were awarded for a win and one point for a loss.

Team	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	12	11	1	150	94	+56
2	12	7	5	102	103	−1
3	12	4	8	109	131	−22
4	12	2	10	106	139	−33

Super Final

From 1 August to 4 August

Group stage

The top two placed teams in the round-robin advanced to the final against each other, while the two bottom placed teams played for the bronze medal. The Russia–Hungary game was declared a 0–5 loss for both teams. Three points were awarded for a win, one point for a loss.

	Team plays for bronze medal

Rank	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1	3	2	1	25	19	+6	7
2	3	2	1	30	28	+2	7
3	3	1	2	25	19	+6	5
4	3	0	3	14	38	−24	3

Bronze medal match

August 4, 2002

****	13 – 6

Gold medal match

August 4, 2002

****	10 – 8

Final rankings

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8

Individual awards

Rank	Top scorers	Goals
1	Gabriel Hernández Paz	34
Tibor Benedek
3	Tamás Molnár	33
4	Gergely Kiss	32
5	Alexander Yerishev	30
6	Tony Azevedo	29
Dmitri Stratan

Statistics

Total goals: 1027
Total matches: 55
Goals per match: 18.7
Total of scorers: 105

References

{{Cite HistoFINA wp

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