2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

The 2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League is the 19th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It will be played between November 2019 and September/October 2020 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualify to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final, originally scheduled from 23–28 June 2020.[1] The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration12 November 2019 to
September/October 2020
Super Final

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:

  • Match won – 3 points
  • Match won by penalty – 2 points
  • Match lost by penalty – 1 point
  • Match lost or forfeited – 0 points

European Qualification

Preliminary round
  • 12 November 2019 – 11 February 2020

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 2 2 0 0 0 23 9 +14 6 Final Round — — 14–3
2  Greece 2 1 0 0 1 25 16 +9 3 6–9 — —
3  Georgia 2 0 0 0 2 10 33 −23 0 Classification Round — 7–19 —
Source: FINA

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 2 1 0 1 0 27 23 +4 4 Final Round — 15–10 —
2  Hungary 2 1 0 0 1 24 21 +3 3 — — 14–6
3  Russia 2 0 1 0 1 19 26 −7 2 Classification Round 13–12 (p) — —
Source: FINA

Group C
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 2 2 0 0 0 27 18 +9 6 Final Round — 15–11 —
2  Croatia 2 1 0 0 1 27 22 +5 3 — — 16–7
3  Netherlands 2 0 0 0 2 14 28 −14 0 Classification Round 7–12 — —
Source: FINA

Group D
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Montenegro 2 2 0 0 0 34 9 +25 6 Final Round — — 23–3
2  Spain 2 1 0 0 1 26 19 +7 3 6–11 — 20–8
3  Ukraine 2 0 0 0 2 11 43 −32 0 Classification Round — — —
Source: FINA

Classification round
  • 17 March – 28 April 2020
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 14 Apr — 28 Apr
2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 28 Apr 17 Mar
3  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Mar — — —
4  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — 14 Apr —
First match(es) will be played on 17 March 2020. Source: FINA

Final round
  • 10 March – 28 April 2020

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 17 March
 
 
  Montenegro
 
 14 April
 
  Croatia
 
 WQF1
 
 17 March
 
 WQF2
 
  Italy
 
 28 April
 
  Hungary
 
 WSF1
 
 10 March
 
 WSF2
 
  Serbia 11
 
 14 April
 
  Spain 13
 
  Spain
 
 17 March
 
 WQF4 Third place game
 
  France
 
 28 April
 
  Greece
 
 LSF1
 
 
 LSF2
 
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
 14 April
 
 
 LQF1
 
 28 April
 
 LQF2
 
 WSF1
 
 14 April
 
 WSF2
 
  Serbia
 
 
 LQF4
 
Seventh place game
 
 
 28 April
 
 
 LSF1
 
 
 LSF2

Final ranking
Qualified to the Super Final
RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Inter-Continental Cup

Super final
  • TBD

References
  1. "Rules & Regulations and Event Guide" (PDF). www.fina.org. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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