2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

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]

2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Location	OCBC Aquatic Centre
Dates	8–13 October
Host(s)	Singapore
Venue(s)	1
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Singapore
1st runners-up	Austria
2nd runners-up	Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	667 (44.47 per match)
MVP	An Jun Ang
Top scorer(s)	Ridjkie Mulia (37 goals)

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

Groups

Group A	Group B
Ireland  Malaysia  Philippines  Singapore  Zimbabwe	Austria  India  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Indonesia

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore (H)	4	4	0	0	68	25	+43	8	Gold medal match		—			20–5	26–5
2	Ireland	4	3	0	1	52	32	+20	6	Bronze medal match		8–11	—	12–8
3	Philippines	4	2	0	2	44	33	+11	4	5th−6th place		7–11		—	11–8
4	Malaysia	4	1	0	3	41	54	−13	2	7th−8th place			7–15		—	21–8
5	Zimbabwe	4	0	0	4	21	82	−61	0	9th−10th place			6–17	2–18		—

Source: FINA
(H) Host.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	4	4	0	0	79	27	+52	8	Gold medal match		—		19–6		32–5
2	Indonesia	4	3	0	1	78	43	+35	6	Bronze medal match		9–11	—	15–7
3	Hong Kong	4	2	0	2	70	61	+9	4	5th−6th place				—	17–13	30–14
4	India	4	1	0	3	63	63	0	2	7th−8th place		7–17	10–23		—
5	Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	40	126	−86	0	9th−10th place			15–31		6–33	—

Source: FINA

Finals

9th place game

13 October 2019 10:00	Report	Zimbabwe	30–3	Chinese Taipei	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Wee (MAS)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 7–1, 8–1, 9–1
		5: Kloppers, Buchanan 4: Fargnoli, Bradwell	Goals	3: Yu

7th place game

13 October 2019 11:30	Report	Malaysia	8–13	India	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dilapdilap (PHI), Davison (ZIM)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 0–2, 3–2, 1–4
		4: Yi X. 2: Yi T.	Goals	3: Ashwinikumar 2: Sibin, Anathu, Uday, Praveen

5th place game

13 October 2019 15:00	Report	Philippines	13–8	Hong Kong	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Kum (SGP), O'Brien (IRL)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 5–4, 1–1
		5: Valdez 4: Serrano	Goals	4: Choi 2: Kong

3rd place game

13 October 2019 16:30	Report	Ireland	9–14	Indonesia	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Peila (USA), Kovac (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 3–4, 2–2
		3: Nolan 2: McMahon, Bridgmont	Goals	6: Mulia 3: Budiman

Gold medal match

13 October 2019 18:00	Report	Singapore	8–5	Austria	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Shinde (IND)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–2, 1–1, 1–2
		3: Cheng-Kang Lee	Goals	2: Vondrak

Awards

2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
Singapore 1st title

• Most Valuable Player: An Jun Ang[6]
• Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Salkan Samardzic[6]
• Highest Goal-Scorer: Ridjkie Mulia (37 goals)[6]

Final standings

Rank Team  Singapore  Austria  Indonesia 4.  Ireland 5.  Philippines 6.  Hong Kong 7.  India 8.  Malaysia 9.  Zimbabwe 10.  Chinese Taipei Source: FINA[6] References "FINA Water Polo Challengers". Singapore Sports Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2019. "Challengers' Cup water polo set for Singapore debut". FINA. Retrieved 11 October 2019. "Calendar". Singapore Swimming. Retrieved 7 October 2019. "PHL water polo team in Singapore as part of SEA Games preparation". BusinessWorld. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019. "Singapore win Fina Water Polo Challengers Cup". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019. McKinnon, Russel (13 October 2019). "Day 6: Singapore stuns Austria for Challengers' Cup gold medal". FINA. Singapore. FINA Media Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2019.