2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League explained

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:

European qualification

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was played in the Round-robin system.

Group D

Final round

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

Final ranking

Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8

Inter-Continental Cup

Super final

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8

Awards

The awards were announced on 1 July 2021.

Award Player
Aleksandar Ivović
Best goalkeeper Drew Holland
Topscorer Yusuke Inaba

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rules & Regulations and Event Guide . www.fina.org . 2 October 2019 . 6 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191006114921/https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/general/_rr_wpwl_2020_vdef_02102019.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: New calendar of FINA World League, next games in January. total-waterpolo.com. 20 August 2020 . 20 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Montenegro's third crown; Greece steals bronze. fina.org. July 2021 . 1 July 2021.