2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament Explained
See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification.
| Tourney Name: | 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament |
| Country: | Italy |
| Dates: | 19–24 January 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 515 |
| Top Scorer: | Rita Keszthelyi
(28 goals)[1] |
The 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament took place in Trieste, Italy. The top two teams advanced to the Olympics.[2]
The tournament was scheduled to take place in March and then from 17 to 24 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] It then took place from 19 to 24 January 2021 and was held behind closed doors.[4]
Due to their semifinal win, both Hungary and the Netherlands qualified for the Olympics.[5]
Participants
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | — | — | 1 | |
| 12–25 January 2020 | | 6 | |
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| Oceanian Continental Selection | — | — | 1 0 | |
| 2018 Asian Games[7] | 16–21 August 2018 | | 1 | |
| Wild card | 19 February 2020 | — | 1 0 | |
| Total | 10 8 | | |
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Draw
The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland.[9]
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).[10]
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
- Fifth place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Final
Final ranking
| Rank | width=170 | Team[11] |
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| 8 | | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://results.microplustiming.com/trieste2021/export/EWPC/pdf/WPOW--------------------------------_85B%204.0.pdf Top scorers
- Web site: Draw for Olympic qualifications in Rotterdam and Trieste. total-waterpolo.com. 11 February 2020 . 11 February 2020.
- Web site: PR 16 – First meeting of FINA COVID-19 taskforce. fina.org. 12 March 2020 . 12 March 2020.
- Web site: Official programme – FINA Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021. FINA. 13 January 2021. 13 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113105709/https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/official_programme_trieste_2021.pdf. dead.
- Web site: OGQT Women's Water Polo Day 5: NED and HUN off to Tokyo. 23 January 2021 . FINA. 23 January 2021.
- News: New Zealand Water Polo attendance at the FINA Womens Water Polo Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament. waterpolo.org.nz. 2 October 2020. 13 January 2021. 13 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113105716/https://www.waterpolo.org.nz/news/attendance-at-olympic-games-qualifying-ournament/. dead.
- Web site: Women's qualifications for Tokyo: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are seeking Olympic berth. Ivan Curcic. 19 February 2020. total-waterpolo.com. 20 February 2020.
- News: Eight teams to battle for Olympic visas in Trieste. total-waterpolo.com. 28 December 2020. 13 January 2021.
- Web site: Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments. fina.org. 11 February 2020 . FINA. 11 February 2020.
- Web site: Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020 . 2021-01-23 . 2021-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210123115927/https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/information_bulletin_teams_oqt_rotterdam_february_2021.pdf . dead .
- http://results.microplustiming.com/trieste2021/export/EWPC/pdf/WPOWTEAM7---------------------------_76C%201.0.pdf Final ranking
