2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

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2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
League FINA Water Polo World League
Sport Water Polo
Duration23 October 2018 to
23 June 2019
Super Final
Finals championsFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (12th title)
  Runners-upFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons

The 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 18th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2018 and June 2019 and opened 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 from 18 to 23 June 2019. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

Preliminary rounds

European Qualification

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Hungary.svgFlag of Russia.svgFlag of Germany.svgFlag of Malta.svg
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6510010253+4917 Europa Cup Final 10–817–924–8
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 640028952+37128–1514–823–4
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 620138079+1712–12 (4–5)10–1823–9
4Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 60006431308708–245–189–18
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Spain.svgFlag of Greece.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 650016730+3715 Europa Cup Final 5–714–717–2
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 650018634+52154–714–925–2
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 620045963467–136–1215–5
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 60006221078503–115–245–15
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group C

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Italy.svgFlag of Montenegro.svgFlag of France.svg
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 430103725+1210 Europa Cup Final 11–1012–3
2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 421014136+588–8 (3–0)10–8
3Flag of France.svg  France 4000424411704–69–13
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group D

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Croatia.svgFlag of Serbia.svgFlag of Romania.svg
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 430104727+2010 Europa Cup Final 12–917–4
2Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 421014231+1187–7 (4–2)13–6
3Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4000423543107–116–13
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Europa Cup Final

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 11
 
6 April
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 7
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 12
 
5 April
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11
 
7 April
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10
 
5 April
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13
 
6 April
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 12
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9
 
5 April
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 12 Third place game
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 13
 
7 April
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9
 
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 15
 
7 April
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9
 
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 16
 
6 April
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 14
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 14
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10
 
Seventh place game
 
 
7 April
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 15

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final
Qualified to Super Final as host country
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
6Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Source: [4]

Intercontinental Cup

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Australia (converted).svgFlag of Japan.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svgFlag of South Africa.svg
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 321004026+148Quarterfinals
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 320104436+8712–12 (3–5)13–1019–14
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 310023626+1038–918–4
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3000324563206–19
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Kazakhstan.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svgFlag of Argentina.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg
1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 320103225+77Quarterfinals11–512–11
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 311103225+769–9 (7–6)9–9 (4–5)14–7
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3110128291514–9
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 300032740130
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
29 March
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13
 
30 March
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12
 
29 March
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 7
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8
 
31 March
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 14
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8
 
29 March
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 11
 
30 March
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 7
 
29 March
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14 Third place game
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15
 
31 March
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 4
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9
 
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
30 March
 
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 12
 
31 March
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 6
 
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 7
 
30 March
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8
 
Seventh place game
 
 
31 March
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final
RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
8Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Source: [5]

Super Final

Venue

Belgrade
2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League (Serbia)
Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center
Capacity: 2,500
SRC Tasmajdan.JPG

Qualified teams

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceania
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (Host)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Spain.svgFlag of Hungary.svgFlag of Japan.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 320104126+157Quarterfinals
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 311013330+3511–11 (4–1)13–99–10
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31002363823 [lower-alpha 1] 10–1817–7
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 310022238163 [lower-alpha 1] 5–12
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Japan 17–7 Canada

All times are UTC+2 .

18 June 2019
15:45
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg910Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 3–4, 2–1
Kállay 3Goals D'Souza 3
18 June 2019
19:15
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1018Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–6, 1–5, 3–4
Inaba 4Goalsthree players 4
19 June 2019
15:00
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg177Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters:6–2, 2–2, 8–2, 1–1
Arai, Inaba 4Goals Halajian 2
19 June 2019
16:45
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1512Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 3–3, 3–2   PSO:4–1
Pásztor 4Goals Granados 4
20 June 2019
16:45
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg139Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 3–2, 4–1
Toni 5Goals Inaba 4
20 June 2019
19:45
Report Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg512Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 2–4, 0–5
D'Souza 4Goals Granados 3

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Serbia.svgFlag of Croatia.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (H)330004324+199Quarterfinals
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 320014124+17610–1111–920–4
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 310023128+338–1214–5
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3000315543906–20
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host

All times are UTC+2 .

18 June 2019
14:00
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg204Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Kunihiro Sato (JPN), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Score by quarters:5–2, 6–0, 3–0, 6–2
Vukičević 4Goals Aubakirov 2
18 June 2019
21:00
Report Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg812Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jaume Teixido (ESP)
Score by quarters:5–4, 0–3, 3–4, 0–1
three players 2Goals Prlainović 3
19 June 2019
19:15
Report Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg145Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters:3–2, 4–1, 3–0, 4–2
five players 2Goals Aubakirov 2
19 June 2019
21:00
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg1011Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters:3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–3
Joković 4Goals Stojanović 3
20 June 2019
15:00
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg119Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), György Kun (HUN)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 6–3, 1–1
Vrlić 3Goals Ford 3
20 June 2019
21:00
Report Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg620Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–6, 1–6, 2–4
Shakenov 3Goals Rašović 5

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
21 June 2019
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 10 (5)
 
22 June 2019
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (pen.) 10 (6)
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11
 
21 June 2019
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 16
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 5
 
23 June 2019
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 20
 
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 12
 
21 June 2019
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14
 
22 June 2019
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 20
 
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 10
 
21 June 2019
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8 Third place game
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 19
 
23 June 2019
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 10
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11
 
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10
 
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
22 June 2019
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15
 
23 June 2019
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15
 
22 June 2019
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 12
 
Seventh place game
 
 
23 June 2019
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 13 (3)
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (pen.) 13 (4)

All times are UTC+2 .

Quarterfinals

21 June 2019
15:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1516Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters:2–1, 3–0, 2–4, 3–5  PSO: 5–6
Bátori 3Goals Campbell 3
21 June 2019
16:45
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1420Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–6, 2–5, 6–5
Inaba 6Goals Fatović 5
21 June 2019
19:15
Report Spain  Flag of Spain.svg1910Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
Score by quarters:4–1, 4–2, 6–4, 5–3
Granados 5Goals Ruday 3
21 June 2019
21:00
Report Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg520Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Kunihiro Sato (JPN)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–6, 0–4, 1–5
D 'Souza 4Goals Mandić, Filipović 3

5th–8th place semifinals

22 June 2019
10:00
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg158Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Daniel Flahive (AUS), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters:4–3, 4–3, 3–1, 4–1
three players 3Goals D 'Souza 3
22 June 2019
11:45
Report Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1312Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters:4–2, 4–2, 2–3, 3–5
Inaba 5Goals Shakenov 4

Semifinals

22 June 2019
15:00
Report Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1116Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–3, 3–2, 4–5
Kayes 3Goals Filipović 5
22 June 2019
16:45
Report Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg108Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
Score by quarters:5–1, 3–2, 2–4, 0–1
Vrlić, García 2Goals Munarriz 3

7th place game

23 June 2019
10:00
Report Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1617Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
György Kun (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
Score by quarters:4–2, 3–3, 4–5, 2–3  PSO: 3–4
Constantin-Bicari 5Goals Zhardan 4

5th place game

23 June 2019
11:45
Report Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg1513Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
Score by quarters:4–3, 4–2, 2–2, 5–6
three players 3Goals Okawa 4

3rd place game

23 June 2019
15:00
Report Bronze medal icon.svg Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1110Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
Score by quarters:3–1, 2–3, 4–4, 2–2
Kayes 4Goals Mallarach 3

Final

23 June 2019
16:45
Report Gold medal icon.svg Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg1211Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Silver medal icon.svg Belgrade, Serbia
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–2, 1–3, 5–3
Mandić, Filipović 4Goals Vukičević 5

Final ranking

Awards

Finals MVPTop ScorerBest GoalkeeperMVP
Flag of Serbia.svg Filip Filipović Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Inaba (26 goals) Flag of Croatia.svg Marko Bijač Flag of Serbia.svg Filip Filipović

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