Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The qualification for the 2020 men's Olympic water polo tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the hosts, the top team in the World League, the top two teams in the World Championships, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and the three top teams at an Olympic qualifying tournament. [1]

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Qualification summary

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation——1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2019 FINA World League 18–23 June 2019 Flag of Serbia.svg Belgrade 1Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
2019 FINA World Championships 15–27 July 2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Gwangju 2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2019 Pan American Games 4–10 August 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Oceanian Continental Selection——1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
African Continental Selection——1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2020 European Championships 14–26 January 2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2018 Asian Games [2] [3] 25 August – 1 September 2018 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta 1Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
World Qualification Tournament 14–21 February 2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rotterdam 3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Total12

2019 FINA World League

The best team in the 2019 World League qualified for the Olympics.

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

2019 World Championships

The top two teams in the 2019 World Championships qualified for the Olympics.

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
9Flag of the United States.svg  United States
10Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
11Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
12Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
13Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
14Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
15Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
16Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Continental tournaments

One team from each continental qualifying event qualifies for the Olympics.

Asia

Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, was supposed to host the Asian continental tournament from 12 to 16 February. [4] In late January the event was cancelled as the Kazakh Government suspended all flights and visas from China due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic in the Eastern part of the country. In mid-February AASF decided to use the final ranking of 2018 Asian Games to allocate its continental quotas to the winners and the slots in WQT to the following teams in said ranking; the decision must yet be made official by FINA and IOC before the World Qualification Tournament, scheduled from 22 to 29 March. [5] [6]

Europe

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
4Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
5Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
7Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
10Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
11Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
12Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
13Flag of France.svg  France
14Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
16Flag of Malta.svg  Malta

Americas

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
6Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
8Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

World Qualification Tournament

The tournament was scheduled to be contested in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 31 May to 7 June but was postponed to 14 to 21 February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draw of pools was held at FINA headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 11 February 2020. The top three teams qualified for the Olympics. [5] It than took place from 21 to 28 February 2021.

Participating teams

The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland. [7]

Group AGroup B
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 		Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1

1 Argentina withdrew from the tournament in mid-February. FINA replaced the South-American team with Romania [6]

Final ranking

Qualified for the Summer Olympics
RankTeam [8]
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
6Flag of France.svg  France
7Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
9Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
DSQFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Water Polo Qualification System" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. 16 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Ivan Curcic (30 January 2020). "Problems on road to Tokyo: Kazakhstan refuses to host Asian Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Nurdana Adylkhanova (31 January 2020). "Kazakh capital to host Olympics water polo Asian pre-qualification tournament". astanatimes.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 Ivan Curcic (11 February 2020). "Draw for Olympic qualifications in Rotterdam and Trieste". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. 1 2 Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments". fina.org. FINA. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  8. ↑ Final ranking
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