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2020 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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. 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.

Montenegro won their third overall title, after defeating the United States in the 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

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

Final ranking

Inter-Continental Cup

Super final

As host country

Qualified teams

Invited teams

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A



Group B



Knockout stage

Bracket

5th–8th place bracket

Quarterfinals




5–8th place semifinals


Semifinals


Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

Awards

The awards were announced on 1 July 2021.

References

External links