2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League | |
League: | FINA Water Polo World League |
Sport: | Water Polo |
Duration: | 12 November 2019 to 1 July 2021 |
Playoffs: | Super Final |
Finals Champ: | (3rd title) |
Finals Mvp: | Aleksandar Ivović |
Seasonslist: | FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
Seasonslistnames: | FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
Prevseason Link: | 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
Prevseason Year: | 2019 |
Nextseason Link: | 2022 FINA Men's Water Polo World League |
Nextseason Year: | 2022 |
The 2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 19th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2019 and July 2021 and open 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, 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 would be played in from January to July 2021.[2]
Montenegro won their third overall title, after defeating the United States in the final.[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. The following points will be awarded per match to each team:
The preliminary round was played in the Round-robin system.
Rank | Team | |
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4 | ||
5 | ||
6 | ||
7 | ||
8 |
Tourney Name: | Super final |
Country: | Georgia |
Dates: | 26 June – 1 July 2021 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Confederations: | 3 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Matches: | 24 |
Goals: | 534 |
Top Scorer: | Yusuke Inaba (21 goals) |
As host country
Qualified teams
Invited teams
All times are local (UTC+4).
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5th–8th place bracket
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Rank | Team | |
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4 | ||
5 | ||
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8 |
The awards were announced on 1 July 2021.
Award | Player | |
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Aleksandar Ivović | ||
Best goalkeeper | Drew Holland | |
Topscorer | Yusuke Inaba |