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2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

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

2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–24 January 2021
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Hungary
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Greece
Fourth place Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored515 (21.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Rita Keszthelyi
(28 goals)[1]

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Group A edit

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
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
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 edit

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
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
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 edit

Bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
22 January
 
 
  Netherlands19
 
23 January
 
  Kazakhstan6
 
  Netherlands7
 
22 January
 
  Greece4
 
  Slovakia3
 
24 January
 
  Greece22
 
  Netherlands11
 
22 January
 
  Hungary13
 
  France7
 
23 January
 
  Hungary20
 
  Hungary13
 
22 January
 
  Italy10 Third place
 
  Italy15
 
24 January
 
  Israel6
 
  Greece10
 
 
  Italy4
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
23 January
 
 
  Kazakhstan11
 
24 January
 
  Slovakia10
 
  Kazakhstan10
 
23 January
 
  France12
 
  France11
 
 
  Israel4
 
Seventh place
 
 
24 January
 
 
  Slovakia10
 
 
  Israel13

Quarterfinals edit

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
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
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
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 edit

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
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 edit

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
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Qualified for the Summer Olympics
Rank Team[11]
    Hungary
    Netherlands
    Greece
4   Italy
5   France
6   Kazakhstan
7   Israel
8   Slovakia

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b 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 edit

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