2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 19th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2019 and January 2021 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final, originally scheduled from 23 to 28 June 2020.[1] The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, it was announced that it will be played in from January to July 2021.[2]
| 2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League | |
|---|---|
| League | FINA Water Polo World League |
| Sport | Water Polo |
| Duration | 12 November 2019 to July 2021 |
| Super Final | |
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. The following points will be awarded per match to each team:
- Match won – 3 points
- Match won by penalty – 2 points
- Match lost by penalty – 1 point
- Match lost or forfeited – 0 points
European qualification
Preliminary round
- 12 November 2019 – 11 February 2020
The preliminary round was played in the Round-robin system.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 6 | Final round | — | — | 14–3 | |
| 2 | Greece |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16 | +9 | 3 | 6–9 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Georgia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 0 | — | 7–19 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
 |
 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 4 | Final round | — | 15–10 | — | |
| 2 | Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 3 | — | — | 14–6 | ||
| 3 | Russia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 2 | 13–12 (p) | — | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
 |
 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 6 | Final round | — | 15–11 | — | |
| 2 | Croatia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 3 | — | — | 16–7 | ||
| 3 | Netherlands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 0 | 7–12 | — | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
 |
 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 9 | +25 | 6 | Final round | — | — | 23–3 | |
| 2 | Spain |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 3 | 6–11 | — | 20–8 | ||
| 3 | Ukraine |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 43 | −32 | 0 | — | — | — |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 8 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Montenegro (PSO) | 15 | |||||||||
| 9 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 14 | |||||||||
| Montenegro | 14 | |||||||||
| 8 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Italy | 10 | |||||||||
| Italy | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 8 | |||||||||
| Montenegro | 7 | |||||||||
| 10 March 2020 | ||||||||||
| Greece | 12 | |||||||||
| Serbia | 11 | |||||||||
| 9 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 13 | |||||||||
| Spain | 11 | |||||||||
| 8 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Greece | 12 | Third place game | ||||||||
| France | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 January 2021 | ||||||||||
| Greece | 12 | |||||||||
| Italy | 9 | |||||||||
| Spain | 8 | |||||||||
- 5th–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 9 January 2021 | ||||||
| Croatia | 11 | |||||
| 10 January 2021 | ||||||
| Hungary | 13 | |||||
| Hungary | 7 | |||||
| 9 January 2021 | ||||||
| Serbia | 9 | |||||
| Serbia | 10 | |||||
| France | 6 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 10 January 2021 | ||||||
| Croatia | 17 | |||||
| France | 5 | |||||
Inter-Continental Cup
- 26 April – 2 May 2021, Indianapolis, United States
References
- "Rules & Regulations and Event Guide" (PDF). www.fina.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- "New calendar of FINA World League, next games in January". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
