2004 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2004 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the initial edition of an annual tournament organized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The tournament was held in Long Beach, California from June 23 to June 27, 2004.

Preliminary round

• Games were played with nine-minute quarters and a 10-minute halftime show. There were three minutes in between quarters one and two, and quarters three and four.

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Russia	9	3	3	0	0	31	19	+12
2.	United States	7	3	2	0	1	24	21	+3
3.	Greece	5	3	1	0	2	26	22	+4
4.	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	3	12	31	–19

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Italy	9	3	3	0	0	30	20	+10
2.	Hungary	7	3	2	0	1	21	17	+4
3.	Canada	4	3	1	0	2	27	36	-9
4.	Australia	3	3	0	0	3	23	28	-5

Semi Final Round

• Saturday June 26, 2004

Greece	8–7	Australia
Canada	10–5	Kazakhstan

Russia	7–8	Hungary
United States	10–9	Italy

Final round

• Sunday June 27, 2004

Australia	9–2	Kazakhstan
Greece	5–6	Canada

Russia	14–15	Italy
Hungary	10–12	United States

Final ranking

RANK TEAM  United States  Hungary  Italy 4.  Russia 5.  Canada 6.  Greece 7.  Australia 8.  Kazakhstan

2004 FINA Women's World League  United States First title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• Best Goalkeeper

RANK	TOPSCORERS	GOALS
1.	Stavroula Kozompoli (GRE)	12
	Tania di Mario (ITA)
3.	Meiania Grego (ITA)	11
	Brenda Villa (USA)
5.	Sofia Konoukh (RUS)	10
	Elise Norwood (AUS)
	Johanne Bégin (CAN)
	Maria Yaina (RUS)
9.	Valerie Dionne (CAN)	9
	Mercedes Stieber (HUN)

Statistics

• Total goals: 331
• Total matches: 20
• Goals per match: 16.55
• Total of scorers: 73

References

• FINA
• Sports123