2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League explained

2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League:FINA Water Polo World League
Sport:Water Polo
Duration:12 November 2019 to
19 June 2021
Playoffs:Super Final
Finals Champ: (14th title)
Finals Mvp: Maddie Musselman
Seasonslist:FINA Women's Water Polo World League
Seasonslistnames:FINA Women's Water Polo World League
Prevseason Link:2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
Prevseason Year:2019
Nextseason Link:2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
Nextseason Year:2022

The 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 17th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2019 and June 2021 and opened to all women'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 from 9–14 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 June 2021.[2]

The United States won their seventh consecutive and 14th overall title, after defeating Hungary 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 round

Inter-Continental Cup

Super final

Tourney Name:Super final
Country:Greece
Dates:14–19 June 2021
Num Teams:8
Confederations:3
Venues:1
Cities:1
Matches:24
Goals:601
Top Scorer: Yumi Arima
(23 goals)[4]
Player: Maddie Musselman
Goalkeeper: Ashleigh Johnson

As host country

Qualified teams

Invited teams

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).[5]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

5–8th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Team RosterAshleigh Johnson, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Stephania Haralabidis, Jamie Neushul, Jordan Raney, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Awards

The awards were announced on 19 June 2021.

Award Player
Maddie Musselman
Best goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson
Topscorer Yumi Arima

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: USA ladies win 7th consecutive World League title. total-waterpolo.com. 19 June 2021 . 19 June 2021.
  4. http://results.microplustiming.com/athens2021/export/EWPC/pdf/WPOW--------------------------------_85B%204.0.pdf Top Scorers
  5. https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/05/21/ec6b19ba-dd5d-41bd-90f3-0b65a66a4a79/FINA_WWPWLSF_2021_COMPETITION-SCHEDULE_2021-05-21-V3.pdf Schedule