The 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 18th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2018 and June 2019 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18 to 23 June 2019.[1][2][3]
| 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League | |
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| League | FINA Water Polo World League |
| Sport | Water Polo |
| Duration | 23 October 2018 to 23 June 2019 |
| Super Final | |
| Finals champions |  Serbia (12th title) |
| Runners-up |  Croatia |
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:
- Match won in normal time – 3 points
- Match won in shootout – 2 points
- Match lost in shootout – 1 point
- Match lost in normal time – 0 points
Preliminary rounds edit
European Qualification edit
- October 23, 2018 – March 12, 2019
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Hungary
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 53 | +49 | 17 | Europa Cup Final | — | 10–8 | 17–9 | 24–8 | |
| 2 | Russia
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6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 52 | +37 | 12 | 8–15 | — | 14–8 | 23–4 | ||
| 3 | Germany
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6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 79 | +1 | 7 | 12–12 (4–5) | 10–18 | — | 23–9 | ||
| 4 | Malta
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 130 | −87 | 0 | 8–24 | 5–18 | 9–18 | — |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Spain
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6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 15 | Europa Cup Final | — | 5–7 | 14–7 | 17–2 | |
| 2 | Greece
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6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 34 | +52 | 15 | 4–7 | — | 14–9 | 25–2 | ||
| 3 | Netherlands
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6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 6 | 7–13 | 6–12 | — | 15–5 | ||
| 4 | Ukraine
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 107 | −85 | 0 | 3–11 | 5–24 | 5–15 | — |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Italy
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 10 | Europa Cup Final | — | 11–10 | 12–3 | |
| 2 | Montenegro
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4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 8 | 8–8 (3–0) | — | 10–8 | ||
| 3 | France
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 0 | 4–6 | 9–13 | — |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Croatia
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 10 | Europa Cup Final | — | 12–9 | 17–4 | |
| 2 | Serbia
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4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 8 | 7–7 (4–2) | — | 13–6 | ||
| 3 | Romania
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 54 | −31 | 0 | 7–11 | 6–13 | — |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Europa Cup Final edit
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 5 April | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 11 | |||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| Montenegro | 7 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 April | ||||||||||
| Italy | 11 | |||||||||
| Italy | 11 | |||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 April | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 8 | |||||||||
| Spain | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 12 | |||||||||
| Spain | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 April | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 12 | Third place game | ||||||||
| Croatia | 13 | |||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||
| Greece | 11 | |||||||||
| Italy | 7 | |||||||||
| Spain | 9 | |||||||||
- 5th–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 6 April | ||||||
| Montenegro | 15 | |||||
| 7 April | ||||||
| Russia | 9 | |||||
| Montenegro | 16 | |||||
| 6 April | ||||||
| Serbia | 14 | |||||
| Serbia | 14 | |||||
| Greece | 10 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 7 April | ||||||
| Russia | 14 | |||||
| Greece | 15 | |||||
Final ranking edit
| Qualified to Super Final | |
| Qualified to Super Final as host country |
| Rank | Team |
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Hungary
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Croatia
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Spain
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| 4 | Italy
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| 5 | Montenegro
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| 6 | Serbia
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| 7 | Greece
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| 8 | Russia
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Source:[4]
Intercontinental Cup edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Australia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 8 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Japan
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 7 | 12–12 (3–5) | — | 13–10 | 19–14 | ||
| 3 | Canada
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 3 | 8–9 | — | — | 18–4 | ||
| 4 | South Africa
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 0 | 6–19 | — | — | — |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Kazakhstan
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 7 | Quarterfinals | — | — | 11–5 | 12–11 | |
| 2 | China
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 6 | 9–9 (7–6) | — | 9–9 (4–5) | 14–7 | ||
| 3 | Argentina
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3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 5 | — | — | — | 14–9 | ||
| 4 | New Zealand
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
| Japan | 13 | |||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 8 | |||||||||
| Japan | 12 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 7 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 8 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 14 | |||||||||
| Japan | 8 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
| Australia | 10 | |||||||||
| Canada | 11 | |||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
| China | 10 | |||||||||
| Canada | 7 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
| Australia | 14 | Third place game | ||||||||
| Australia | 15 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 4 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 4 | |||||||||
| Canada | 9 | |||||||||
- 5th–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 30 March | ||||||
| Argentina | 12 | |||||
| 31 March | ||||||
| South Africa | 6 | |||||
| Argentina | 7 | |||||
| 30 March | ||||||
| China | 5 | |||||
| China | 11 | |||||
| New Zealand | 8 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 31 March | ||||||
| South Africa | 8 | |||||
| New Zealand | 10 | |||||
Final ranking edit
| Qualified to Super Final |
| Rank | Team |
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Australia
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Japan
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Canada
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| 4 | Kazakhstan
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| 5 | Argentina
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| 6 | China
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| 7 | New Zealand
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| 8 | South Africa
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Source:[5]
Super Final edit
Venue edit
| Belgrade | 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League (Serbia) |
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| Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center | |
| Capacity: 2,500 | |
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Qualified teams edit
| Africa | Americas | Asia | Europe | Oceania |
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| — | Canada
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Japan Kazakhstan
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Croatia Hungary Serbia (Host) Spain
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Australia
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Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 7 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Hungary
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3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 5 | 11–11 (4–1) | — | 13–9 | 9–10 | ||
| 3 | Japan
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 3[a] | 10–18 | — | — | 17–7 | ||
| 4 | Canada
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 3[a] | 5–12 | — | — | — |
All times are UTC+2.
| 18 June 2019 15:45 |
Report | Hungary
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9–10 | Canada
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 3–4, 2–1 | |||||
| Kállay 3 | Goals | D'Souza 3 | |||
| 18 June 2019 19:15 |
Report | Japan
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10–18 | Spain
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–6, 1–5, 3–4 | |||||
| Inaba 4 | Goals | three players 4 | |||
| 19 June 2019 15:00 |
Report | Japan
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17–7 | Canada
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 6–2, 2–2, 8–2, 1–1 | |||||
| Arai, Inaba 4 | Goals | Halajian 2 | |||
| 19 June 2019 16:45 |
Report | Hungary
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15–12 | Spain
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 3–3, 3–2 PSO: 4–1 | |||||
| Pásztor 4 | Goals | Granados 4 | |||
| 20 June 2019 16:45 |
Report | Hungary
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13–9 | Japan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 3–2, 4–1 | |||||
| Toni 5 | Goals | Inaba 4 | |||
| 20 June 2019 19:45 |
Report | Canada
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5–12 | Spain
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–1, 2–4, 0–5 | |||||
| D'Souza 4 | Goals | Granados 3 | |||
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Serbia (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Croatia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 6 | 10–11 | — | 11–9 | 20–4 | ||
| 3 | Australia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 3 | 8–12 | — | — | 14–5 | ||
| 4 | Kazakhstan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 54 | −39 | 0 | 6–20 | — | — | — |
All times are UTC+2.
| 18 June 2019 14:00 |
Report | Croatia
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20–4 | Kazakhstan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Kunihiro Sato (JPN), Mikhail Dykman (CAN) |
| Score by quarters: 5–2, 6–0, 3–0, 6–2 | |||||
| Vukičević 4 | Goals | Aubakirov 2 | |||
| 18 June 2019 21:00 |
Report | Australia
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8–12 | Serbia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Jaume Teixido (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 5–4, 0–3, 3–4, 0–1 | |||||
| three players 2 | Goals | Prlainović 3 | |||
| 19 June 2019 19:15 |
Report | Australia
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14–5 | Kazakhstan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 3–0, 4–2 | |||||
| five players 2 | Goals | Aubakirov 2 | |||
| 19 June 2019 21:00 |
Report | Croatia
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10–11 | Serbia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–2, 1–4, 4–3 | |||||
| Joković 4 | Goals | Stojanović 3 | |||
| 20 June 2019 15:00 |
Report | Croatia
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11–9 | Australia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), György Kun (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 6–3, 1–1 | |||||
| Vrlić 3 | Goals | Ford 3 | |||
| 20 June 2019 21:00 |
Report | Kazakhstan
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6–20 | Serbia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 0–4, 3–6, 1–6, 2–4 | |||||
| Shakenov 3 | Goals | Rašović 5 | |||
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 21 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 10 (5) | |||||||||
| 22 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Australia (pen.) | 10 (6) | |||||||||
| Australia | 11 | |||||||||
| 21 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 16 | |||||||||
| Canada | 5 | |||||||||
| 23 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Serbia | 20 | |||||||||
| Serbia | 12 | |||||||||
| 21 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 11 | |||||||||
| Japan | 14 | |||||||||
| 22 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Croatia | 20 | |||||||||
| Croatia | 10 | |||||||||
| 21 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 8 | Third place game | ||||||||
| Spain | 19 | |||||||||
| 23 June 2019 | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||||||
| Australia | 11 | |||||||||
| Spain | 10 | |||||||||
- 5th–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 22 June 2019 | ||||||
| Hungary | 15 | |||||
| 23 June 2019 | ||||||
| Canada | 8 | |||||
| Hungary | 15 | |||||
| 22 June 2019 | ||||||
| Japan | 13 | |||||
| Japan | 13 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 12 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 23 June 2019 | ||||||
| Canada | 13 (3) | |||||
| Kazakhstan (pen.) | 13 (4) | |||||
All times are UTC+2.
Quarterfinals edit
| 21 June 2019 15:00 |
Report | Hungary
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15–16 | Australia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–0, 2–4, 3–5 PSO: 5–6 | |||||
| Bátori 3 | Goals | Campbell 3 | |||
| 21 June 2019 16:45 |
Report | Japan
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14–20 | Croatia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–6, 2–5, 6–5 | |||||
| Inaba 6 | Goals | Fatović 5 | |||
| 21 June 2019 19:15 |
Report | Spain
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19–10 | Kazakhstan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–2, 6–4, 5–3 | |||||
| Granados 5 | Goals | Ruday 3 | |||
| 21 June 2019 21:00 |
Report | Canada
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5–20 | Serbia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Kunihiro Sato (JPN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–5, 2–6, 0–4, 1–5 | |||||
| D 'Souza 4 | Goals | Mandić, Filipović 3 | |||
5th–8th place semifinals edit
| 22 June 2019 10:00 |
Report | Hungary
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15–8 | Canada
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–3, 3–1, 4–1 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | D 'Souza 3 | |||
| 22 June 2019 11:45 |
Report | Japan
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13–12 | Kazakhstan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 2–3, 3–5 | |||||
| Inaba 5 | Goals | Shakenov 4 | |||
Semifinals edit
| 22 June 2019 15:00 |
Report | Australia
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11–16 | Serbia
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–3, 3–2, 4–5 | |||||
| Kayes 3 | Goals | Filipović 5 | |||
| 22 June 2019 16:45 |
Report | Croatia
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10–8 | Spain
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–2, 2–4, 0–1 | |||||
| Vrlić, García 2 | Goals | Munarriz 3 | |||
7th place game edit
| 23 June 2019 10:00 |
Report | Canada
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16–17 | Kazakhstan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: György Kun (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 4–5, 2–3 PSO: 3–4 | |||||
| Constantin-Bicari 5 | Goals | Zhardan 4 | |||
5th place game edit
| 23 June 2019 11:45 |
Report | Hungary
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15–13 | Japan
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 2–2, 5–6 | |||||
| three players 3 | Goals | Okawa 4 | |||
3rd place game edit
| 23 June 2019 15:00 |
Report |  Australia
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11–10 | Spain
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–3, 4–4, 2–2 | |||||
| Kayes 4 | Goals | Mallarach 3 | |||
Final edit
| 23 June 2019 16:45 |
Report |  Serbia
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12–11 | Croatia 
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Belgrade, Serbia Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU) |
| Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–2, 1–3, 5–3 | |||||
| Mandić, Filipović 4 | Goals | Vukičević 5 | |||
Final ranking edit
Source:[6]
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Gojko Pijetlović, Dušan Mandić, Ognjen Stojanović, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Nemanja Vico, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Jakšić, Filip Filipović , Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, Branislav Mitrović, Radomir Drašović, Strahinja Rašović. Head coach: Dejan Savić. |
Awards edit
| Finals MVP | Top Scorer | Best Goalkeeper | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Filipović
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Yusuke Inaba (26 goals)
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Marko Bijač
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Filip Filipović
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References edit
- ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Media book 2019" (PDF). www.fina.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Information bulletin" (PDF). www.fina.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Hungary's payback tour ends up in gold". www.fina.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Day 6: Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth". www.fina.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "The heavens opened first, then the Serbs went up". www.fina.org. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
External links edit
- Official website
- FINA Water Polo World League Super Final Archived 2019-06-17 at the Wayback Machine