LIGA ŚWIATOWA 2006

Preliminary Round, Group A: Yongzhou (CHN), 10-16 July

AUS - FRA   11:6, 10:6
CHN - JPN     9:8, 10:9
AUS - JPN   17:10, 15:11
CHN - FRA 10:11, 11:12
FRA - JPN   10:11, 25:15
AUS - CHN    9:5, 14:4

1. AUS

2. FRA

3. CHN

4. JPN

76-42

70-68

49-61

64-86

Teams qualified: AUS, FRA, CHN

Preliminary Round, Group B;

Victoria (CAN),14-16 July

USA - CAN 16:10
USA - BRA 13:3
CAN - BRA 8:5

1. USA

2. CAN

3. BRA

29-13

18-21

8-21

Teams qualified: USA, CAN, BRA

Preliminary Round, Group C:

Novi Sad(SCG),30 June-2 July, Sibenik (CRO), 6-8 July

SCG - CRO 12:9, 8:10
ESP - RUS 12:8, 5:9
SCG - ESP 11:8, 10:12
CRO - RUS 13:8, 11:10
SCG - RUS 12:8, 11:7
CRO - ESP 19:6, 12:13

1. SCG

2. CRO

3. ESP

4. RUS

64-54

74-57

56-69

50-64

Teams qualified: SCG, CRO, ESP

Preliminary Round, group D:

Consenza (ITA) and Bochum (GER), 30 June-8 July

ROM - GER    8:10, 9:6
GER - ITA       9:8,12:9
ROM - GRE   11:9, 14:13
GRE - ITA      10:9, 5:10
ROM - ITA     12:11, 10:8
GRE - GER    11:8, 6:10

1. ROM

2. GER

3. GRE

4. ITA

64-57

55-51

54-62

53-58

Teams qualified: ROM, GER, GRE

Semi Final Round, Groups A & B:

Los Alamitos (USA), 19-23 July

CAN - FRA 4:6
AUS - BRA 12:2
USA - CHN 20:2
AUS - FRA 10:5
USA - CAN 16:7
CHN - BRA 9:8

AUS - CHN 12:4
USA - FRA 11:6
CAN - BRA 13:8
AUS - CAN 13:7
FRA - CHN 6:4
USA - BRA 11:0

1. USA

2. AUS

3. FRA

4. CHN

5. CAN

6. BRA

67-22

54-27

35-35

25-50

35-49

24-57

Teams qualified to Super Final: USA, AUS, FRA

Semi Final Round, Groups C & D:

Portugalete (ESP), 19-23 July

SCG - ROM 12:5

SCG - GRE 13:7

SCG - CRO 10:6

SCG - GER 11:4

SCG - ESP 8:7

ESP - ROM 15:9

ESP - GRE 10:3

ESP - CRO 10:8

ESP - GER 13:9

CRO - ROM 10:4

CRO - GRE 10:5

CRO -GER 13:6

GRE - ROM 12:6

GRE - GER 9:6

GER - ROM 12:9

1. SCG

2. ESP

3. CRO

4. GRE

5. GER

6. ROM

54-29

55-37

47-35

36-45

37-55

33-61

Teams qualified to Super Final: SCG, ESP, GRE (as organ)

SUPER FINAL, ATHENS - August 2-6

FRA - SCG 6:20
AUS - ESP 6:7
USA - GRE 7:5

USA - SCG 4:15

FRA - ESP 7:16
AUS - GRE 12:14

USA - ESP 10:13
AUS - SCG 10:12
FRA - GRE 9:14

Ranking match 3rd - 5th: USA - AUS 13:14
Ranking match 4th - 6th: GRE - FRA 14:7
Game for 5th place: USA - FRA 11:4
Game for 3rd place: AUS - GRE 10:11
Final game: SCR - ESP 6:4

FINAL RANKING;

RANK	TEAM
	Serbia
	Spain
	Greece
4.	Australia
5.	United States
6.	France

SERBIA&MONTENEGRO - Denis Sefik, Petar Trbojevic, Andrija Prlainoivic, Vanja Udovicic, Dejan Savic, Danilo Ikodinovic, Slobodan Nikic, Filip Filipovic, Aleksandar Ciric, Aleksandar Sapic, Vladimir Vujasinovic, Branko Pekovic, Gojco Pijetlovic.

SPAIN - Inaki Aguilar, Mario Garcia, David Martin, Ricardo Perrone, Guillermo Molina, Sergi Mora, Oscar Rey, José Rodriguez, Xavier Vallès, Felipe Perrone, Ivan Perez, Xavier Garcia, Angel Andreo.

GREECE - Filippos Karambetsos, Manolis Milonakis, Dimitrios Mazis, Kostas Kokkinakis, Christos Afroudakis,

Georgios Foudoulis, Nikitas Kochilas, Georgios Doskas, George Afroudakis, Dimitrios Miteloudis, Vangelis Doudesis, Georgios Chatzidakis, Stellios Protonotarius.