2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League is the 17th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It will be played between October 2019 and September/October 2020 and opened to all women'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 from 9–14 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 June 2021.[2]

2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration12 November 2019 to
June 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 round
  • 12 November 2019 – 28 April 2020
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 4 3 0 1 0 43 32 +11 10 Super Final — — 9 Feb — 12–7 — 16 Mar
2  Spain 3 2 1 0 0 45 23 +22 8 8–8 (3–2) — — — — 16–12 18–1
3  Italy 3 2 0 1 0 41 33 +8 7 — 20 Apr — 14–9 12–12 (2–4) — —
4  Russia 4 2 0 0 2 43 44 −1 6 9–12 9 Feb — — — 12–9 —
5  Netherlands 2 0 1 0 1 23 26 −3 2 — 16 Mar — 20 Apr — 9 Feb —
6  Greece 3 0 0 0 3 26 37 −11 0 5–9 — 16 Mar — — — 20 Apr
7  France 3 0 0 0 3 18 44 −26 0 — — 8–13 9–13 11 Feb[lower-alpha 1] — —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2020. Source: FINA

Inter-Continental Cup

Super final
  • 14–20 June 2021, TBD

References
  1. "Rules & Regulations and Event Guide" (PDF). www.fina.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. "New calendar of FINA World League, next games in January". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

Notes
  1. Match not played.
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