2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

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2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–24 January 2021
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runners-up	Netherlands
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	515 (21.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi (28 goals) [1]

The 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament took place in Trieste, Italy. The top two teams advanced to the Olympics. ^[2]

The tournament was scheduled to take place in March and then from 17 to 24 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[3] It then took place from 19 to 24 January 2021 and was held behind closed doors. ^[4]

Due to their semifinal win, both Hungary and the Netherlands qualified for the Olympics. ^[5]

Participants

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Italy
2020 European Championship	12–25 January 2020	Hungary	6	Hungary
				Netherlands
				Greece
				France
				Slovakia
				Israel
Oceanian Continental Selection	—	—	1 0	New Zealand [6]
2018 Asian Games [7]	16–21 August 2018	Jakarta	1	Kazakhstan
Wild card [7]	19 February 2020	—	1 0	Uzbekistan [8]
Total			10 8

Draw

The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. ^[9]

Group A	Group B
Netherlands   France   Italy   Uzbekistan   Slovakia	Greece   Hungary   Israel   New Zealand   Kazakhstan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1). ^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Italy (H)	3	2	1	0	52	17	+35	5
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	44	15	+29	5
3	France	3	1	0	2	29	43	−14	2
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	15	65	−50	0

Source: Microplustiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Hosts

19 January 2021 18:00	Report	France	6–19	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–5, 2–3, 3–6
		Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2	Goals	Palmieri 5

19 January 2021 20:00	Report	Netherlands	22–2	Slovakia	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters:6–0, 4–0, 8–0, 4–2
		Keuning 6	Goals	Kačková, Sedláková 1

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20 January 2021 18:00	Report	Netherlands	7–7	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 1–2, 3–3, 1–1
		Van de Kraats 2	Goals	Marletta, Tabani 2

20 January 2021 20:00	Report	France	17–9	Slovakia	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 1–5, 6–1, 5–1
		Guillet 5	Goals	Pecková 3

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21 January 2021 16:00	Report	France	6–15	Netherlands	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 2–1, 2–3, 0–3
		Mahieu, Millot 2	Goals	Genee, Van de Kraats 4

21 January 2021 18:00	Report	Italy	26–4	Slovakia	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 7–0, 5–2, 8–1
		Palmieri, Queirolo 5	Goals	Stankovianska 3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	41	11	+30	6
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	55	16	+39	4
3	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	18	43	−25	1
4	Israel	3	0	1	2	10	54	−44	1

Source: Microplustiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

19 January 2021 14:00	Report	Hungary	27–2	Israel	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Sander Gransjean (NED), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 3–0, 9–0, 8–0
		Keszthelyi 5	Goals	Futorian, Yaacobi 1

19 January 2021 16:00	Report	Greece	13–5	Kazakhstan	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 4–1, 3–2, 2–1
		Tsoukala 7	Goals	Khritankova 2

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20 January 2021 14:00	Report	Hungary	23–6	Kazakhstan	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 6–3, 5–1, 5–0
		Keszthelyi 9	Goals	Murataliyeva, Roga 2

20 January 2021 16:00	Report	Greece	20–1	Israel	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Róbert Horváth (SVK)
		Score by quarters:7–0, 3–0, 5–1, 5–0
		E. Plevritou 7	Goals	Hochberg 1

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21 January 2021 14:00	Report	Hungary	5–8	Greece	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–2, 1–3, 2–2
		five players 1	Goals	E. Plevritou 3

21 January 2021 20:00	Report	Israel	7–7	Kazakhstan	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 1–2, 3–1
		Bogachenko 4	Goals	three players 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	22 January
	Netherlands	19
					23 January
	Kazakhstan	6
					Netherlands	7
	22 January
					Greece	4
	Slovakia	3
									24 January
	Greece	22
									Netherlands	11
	22 January
									Hungary	13
	France	7
					23 January
	Hungary	20
					Hungary	13
	22 January
					Italy	10			Third place
	Italy	15
									24 January
	Israel	6
									Greece	10
									Italy	4

Fifth place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	23 January
	Kazakhstan	11
					24 January
	Slovakia	10
					Kazakhstan	10
	23 January
					France	12
	France	11
	Israel	4
					Seventh place
					24 January
					Slovakia	10
					Israel	13

Quarterfinals

22 January 2021 14:00	Report	Slovakia	3–22	Greece	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 0–5, 2–7, 0–6
		three players 1	Goals	Tsoukala 6

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22 January 2021 16:00	Report	France	7–20	Hungary	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sander Gransjean (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 2–5, 2–8
		three players 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 5

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22 January 2021 18:00	Report	Italy	15–6	Israel	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Róbert Horváth (SVK)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 3–1, 7–1, 2–4
		Marletta 4	Goals	Bogachenko, Hochberg 2

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22 January 2021 20:00	Report	Netherlands	19–6	Kazakhstan	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters:5–1, 4–2, 4–0, 6–3
		Van de Kraats 6	Goals	Turova 2

5–8th place semifinals

23 January 2021 14:00	Report	Kazakhstan	11–10	Slovakia	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 1–2, 4–3
		Novikova 4	Goals	Stankovianska 4

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23 January 2021 16:00	Report	France	11–4	Israel	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Sander Gransjean (NED)
		Score by quarters:2–1, 2–0, 5–2, 2–1
		Guillet, Millot 3	Goals	four players 1

Semifinals

23 January 2021 18:00	Report	Netherlands	7–4	Greece	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 2–0, 2–0
		Megens 3	Goals	four players 1

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23 January 2021 20:00	Report	Hungary	13–10	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 2–2, 4–4, 4–3
		Keszthelyi 6	Goals	Marletta 4

Seventh place game

24 January 2021 14:00	Report	Slovakia	10–13	Israel	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sander Gransjean (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–1, 3–5, 2–5
		Halocká 4	Goals	Bogachenko, Farkash 3

Fifth place game

24 January 2021 16:00	Report	Kazakhstan	10–12	France	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Róbert Horváth (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–3, 4–3, 2–3
		Roga 3	Goals	four players 3

Third place game

24 January 2021 18:00	Report	Greece	10–4	Italy	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 0–1, 4–1, 2–1
		Tsoukala 4	Goals	Chiappini, Garibotti 2

Final

24 January 2021 20:30	Report	Netherlands	11–13	Hungary	Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–2, 3–5, 3–2
		Van de Kraats 5	Goals	Garda 3

Final ranking

Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Rank	Team [11]
	Hungary
	Netherlands
	Greece
4	Italy
5	France
6	Kazakhstan
7	Israel
8	Slovakia

See also

• 2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

References

1. Top scorers
2. "Draw for Olympic qualifications in Rotterdam and Trieste". total-waterpolo.com. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
3. "PR 16 – First meeting of FINA COVID-19 taskforce". fina.org. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
4. "Official programme – FINA Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
5. "OGQT Women's Water Polo Day 5: NED and HUN off to Tokyo". FINA. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
6. "New Zealand Water Polo attendance at the FINA Womens Water Polo Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament". waterpolo.org.nz. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
7. Ivan Curcic (19 February 2020). "Women's qualifications for Tokyo: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are seeking Olympic berth". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
8. "Eight teams to battle for Olympic visas in Trieste". total-waterpolo.com. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
9. "Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments". fina.org. FINA. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
10. "Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
11. Final ranking

External links

• FINA website
• Results
• Results book Archived 2021-01-31 at the Wayback Machine