2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

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)
	← 2017 2021 →

Last updated February 18, 2023

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]

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

Source: FINA
(H) Host

Group B

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

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References

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1 2 3 4 McKinnon, Russel (13 October 2019). "Day 6: Singapore stuns Austria for Challengers' Cup gold medal". FINA. Singapore. FINA Media Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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[1] "FINA Water Polo Challengers". Singapore Sports Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

[2] "Challengers' Cup water polo set for Singapore debut". FINA. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[3] "Calendar". Singapore Swimming. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[4] "PHL water polo team in Singapore as part of SEA Games preparation". BusinessWorld. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[5] "Singapore win Fina Water Polo Challengers Cup". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[day6-6] 1 2 3 4 McKinnon, Russel (13 October 2019). "Day 6: Singapore stuns Austria for Challengers' Cup gold medal". FINA. Singapore. FINA Media Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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