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

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The qualification for the 2020 women's Olympic water polo tournament (postponed to 2021 [1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic ) allocated ten teams quota spots: the hosts, the top team in the World League, the top team in the World Championships, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and the two top teams at an Olympic qualifying tournament. [2]

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Qualification summary

EventDatesHostsQuotaQualifier(s)
Host nation——1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2019 FINA World League 4–9 June 2019 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2019 FINA World Championships 14–26 July 2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Gwangju 1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2019 Pan American Games 4–10 August 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Oceanian Continental Selection——1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
African Continental Selection——1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2020 European Championships 12–25 January 2020 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 1Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC
2018 Asian Games [3] [4] [5] 16–21 August 2018 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
World Qualification Tournament 19–24 January 2021 [6] Flag of Italy.svg Trieste 2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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2019 FINA World League

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

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

2019 World Championships

The top team in the 2019 World Championships qualified for the Olympics.

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
8Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
12Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
13Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
14Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
15Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
16Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

1 The United States qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2019 World League.

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. [7] 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. [3] 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 the WQT to the following teams in said ranking. [8] [4] The decision was later made official by FINA and the berths for the Olympic Games and for the WQT went to China and Kazakhstan respectively; since the remaining eligible teams from the Asian Games (Thailand, Indonesia and Hong Kong) all declined to participate in the WQT, FINA invited Uzbekistan. [5]

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
5Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

1Japan qualified for the Olympics as host.

Europe

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
7Flag of France.svg  France
8Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
12Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

1 Spain qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 2019 World Championships.

Americas

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
4Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
5Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
6Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
7Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
8Flag of Peru.svg  Peru

1 The United States qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2019 World League.

World Qualification Tournament

The tournament was scheduled to be contested in Trieste, Italy, from 17 to 24 May but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The draw of pools was held at FINA headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 11 February 2020. The top two teams qualified for the Olympics. [8] It now takes place from 19 to 24 January 2021.

Participating teams

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

Group AGroup B
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 		Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Final ranking

Qualified for the Summer Olympics
RankTeam [10]
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
5Flag of France.svg  France
6Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
7Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
8Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. 1 2 Ivan Curcic (30 January 2020). "Problems on road to Tokyo: Kazakhstan refuses to host Asian Championships". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. 1 2 Ivan Curcic (19 February 2020). "Women's qualifications for Tokyo: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are seeking Olympic berth". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2020 - (ITA)". fina.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Nurdana Adylkhanova (31 January 2020). "Kazakh capital to host Olympics water polo Asian pre-qualification tournament". astanatimes.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  8. 1 2 Ivan Curcic (11 February 2020). "Draw for Olympic qualifications in Rotterdam and Trieste". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments". fina.org. FINA. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  10. ↑ Final ranking
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