2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup explained

2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
Sport:	Water polo
Location:	OCBC Aquatic Centre
Start Date:	8
End Date:	13 October
Host:	Singapore
Venues:	1
Teams:	10
Matches:	15
Goals:	667
Mvp:	An Jun Ang
Top Scorer:	Ridjkie Mulia
Previous:	2017
Next:	2021

The 2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup is an international water polo tournament held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore from 8 to 13 October 2019. It is the seventh edition of the tournament which was known as the FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy until the 2017 edition.^{[1] [2]} The tournament was hosted by the Singapore Swimming Association.^[3] Ten nations participated in the Challengers' Cup.^[4]

Singapore won over Austria in the final, with the host surpassing their second-place finish in 2009.^[5]

Groups

width=25%	Group A !	width=25%	Group B

Preliminary round

Group B

Finals

Gold medal match

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: An Jun Ang^[6]
• Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Salkan Samardzic^[6]
• Highest Goal-Scorer: Ridjkie Mulia ^[6]

Final standings

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Source: FINA

Notes and References

1. Web site: FINA Water Polo Challengers . Singapore Sports Hub . 6 October 2019.
2. Web site: Challengers' Cup water polo set for Singapore debut . FINA . 11 October 2019.
3. Web site: Calendar . 7 October 2019 . Singapore Swimming.
4. News: PHL water polo team in Singapore as part of SEA Games preparation . 7 October 2019 . BusinessWorld . 7 October 2019.
5. News: Singapore win Fina Water Polo Challengers Cup . 14 October 2019 . The New Paper . Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. . 14 October 2019.
6. News: McKinnon . Russel . Day 6: Singapore stuns Austria for Challengers' Cup gold medal . 14 October 2019 . FINA . FINA Media Committee . 13 October 2019 . Singapore.