2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League explained

2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League:FINA Water Polo World League
Sport:Water Polo
Duration:23 October 2018 to
23 June 2019
Playoffs:Super Final
Finals Champ: (12th title)
Seasonslist:FINA Men's Water Polo World League
Seasonslistnames:FINA Men's Water Polo World League
Prevseason Link:2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
Prevseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
Nextseason Year:2021

The 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 18th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2018 and June 2019 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18 to 23 June 2019.[1] [2] [3]

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. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

Preliminary rounds

European Qualification

Group D

Europa Cup Final

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final
Qualified to Super Final as host country
Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8

Source:[4]

Intercontinental Cup

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final
Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8

Source:[5]

Super Final

Venue

Belgrade
Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center
Capacity: 2,500

Group A

All times are UTC+2.

Group B

All times are UTC+2.

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

All times are UTC+2.

Final

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games
Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8

Source:[6]

Team RosterGojko Pijetlović, Dušan Mandić, Ognjen Stojanović, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Nemanja Vico, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Jakšić, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, Branislav Mitrović, Radomir Drašović, Strahinja Rašović. Head coach: Dejan Savić.

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. mwl . dmy .
  2. Web site: Media book 2019 . www.fina.org . 5 June 2019 . 5 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190605161555/https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/wpwl_men_2019_mb_final_1.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Information bulletin . www.fina.org . 5 June 2019 . 5 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190605120919/http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/info_bulletin_wpwl_2019-_17_may.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Hungary’s payback tour ends up in gold . www.fina.org . 5 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Day 6: Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth . www.fina.org . 5 June 2019.
  6. Web site: The heavens opened first, then the Serbs went up . www.fina.org . 24 June 2019.