Powerhouses Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Serbia and Italy won their respective matches of the second round of the FINA Water Polo World League 2016 on Tuesday November 17, giving them all 6 points for winning both matches (round 1 + round 2).
In Kecskemet (HUN), the Hungarian squad (Group A) defeated Romania 16-8, while World bronze medallist Greece was stronger than Georgia (18-10) in Athens (GRE).
In Group B, reigning World and World League champions Serbia won the match against the Spanish squad (13-12) in Novi Sad (SRB), while the match France-Montenegro was cancelled and postponed (date TBC), due to the recent tragic events in Paris.
The Croatian players easily defeated Russia by 17-9 at home in Zadar (CRO) on Tuesday evening and Italy, who received Turkey in Rome (ITA), got a comfortable win (14-4).
The composition of the European Groups of the 2016 Men’s World League is as follows:
Group A: Hungary, Greece, Romania, Georgia
Group B: Serbia, Montenegro, Spain, France
Group C: Croatia, Italy, Russia, Turkey
Provisional rankings:
GROUP A: HUN 6pts (2W); GRE 6 (2W); GEO 0 (2L); ROU 0 (2L)
GROUP B: SRB 6pts (2W); MNE 3 (1W)*; FRA 0 (1L)*; ESP 0 (2L)
GROUP C: CRO 6pts (2W); ITA 6pts (2W); TUR 0 (2L); RUS 0 (2L)
*the two teams didn't play the second round yet, the match has been postponed.
The third round of the men's European preliminaries will take place on December 1, 2015