The 2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the fourth edition of the annual event

FINA Water Polo World League

The FINA Water Polo World League began in 2002 to capitalize on increased worldwide popularity of water polo created by recent Olympic Games, especially in Europe, North America and Australia. Competition between the world’s best male players began on national teams in a season format with a prize...

, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA

Fina

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. After a preliminary round and a semifinal round, the Super Final was held in Belgrade

Belgrade

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, Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

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.

Preliminary round

Five teams from each pool advanced to the semifinal round. The semifinal round hosts (Canada and the United States) were guaranteed qualification, as was the Super Final host (Serbia and Montenegro).

Group A

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		6	6	0	93	40	+53	18
2		6	4	2	70	51	+19	14
3		6	4	2	56	51	+5	14
4		6	4	2	76	56	+20	13
5		6	2	4	52	29	+23	10
6		6	1	5	29	81	–52	8
7		6	0	6	31	74	–43	6

Group B

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		6	6	0	78	36	+42	18
2		6	4	2	75	61	+14	14
3		6	4	2	50	51	–1	14
4		6	3	3	60	51	+9	12
5		6	3	3	55	58	–3	12
6		6	1	5	48	62	–14	8
7		6	0	6	28	75	–47	6

Semifinal round

Three teams from each pool advanced to the final round. The final round hosts (Serbia and Montenegro) were guaranteed qualification.

Group A

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		4	3	1	49	41	+8	10
2		4	3	1	43	28	+15	10
3		4	2	2	37	39	–2	8
4		4	2	2	52	47	+5	7
5		4	0	4	23	49	–26	4

Group B

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		4	3	1	41	28	+13	10
2		4	2	2	38	34	+4	8
3		4	2	2	31	34	–3	8
4		4	2	2	33	35	–2	8
5		4	1	3	24	36	–12	6

Group round

The top two teams advanced to the final, while the next two played for bronze.

Rank	Team	G	W	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1		3	3	0	28	23	+5	9
2		3	2	1	38	29	+9	7
3		3	2	1	31	22	+7	7
4		3	1	2	26	38	–12	5
5		3	1	2	25	26	–1	4
6		3	0	3	23	33	–10	3

5th place match

14-9

Bronze medal match

10–8

Gold medal match

16–6

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6