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2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament took place from 14 to 21 February 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[2] The top three teams advanced to the Olympics.[citation needed]

2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Netherlands
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–21 February 2021
Teams12 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Montenegro
Runner-up Greece
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored844 (23.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Konstantin Kharkov
Russia Daniil Merkulov
(24 goals)[1]
Main articles: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The tournament was scheduled to take place from 22 to 29 March and then from 31 May to 7 June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Due to their semifinal wins, both Montenegro and Greece qualified for the Olympics.[4] Croatia followed by winning the third place game.[5]

Participants edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation — — 1   Netherlands
2019 Pan American Games 4–10 August 2019   Peru 3   Canada
  Brazil
  Argentina
2020 European Championship 14–26 January 2020   Hungary 9   Montenegro
  Croatia
  Greece
  Russia
  Germany
  Georgia
  Romania[6]
  Turkey
  France
Total 12

Draw edit

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

Group A Group B
  Georgia
  Turkey
  Canada
  Brazil
  Montenegro
  Greece 		  Croatia
  Netherlands
  France
  Russia
  Germany
  Romania1

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

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+1).[8]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Montenegro 4 4 0 0 55 25 +30 8 Quarterfinals
2   Greece 4 3 0 1 49 32 +17 6
3   Georgia 4 2 0 2 45 41 +4 4
4   Canada 4 1 0 3 35 61 −26 2
5   Brazil 4 0 0 4 28 53 −25 0
6   Turkey[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
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.
Notes:
  1. ^ Turkey was disqualified after several players tested positive for COVID-19.[9]
14 February 2021
13:00 		Report Georgia   10–11   Greece Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 5–2, 0–1
Elez 4 Goals Fountoulis 5
14 February 2021
14:30 		Report Canada   11–7   Brazil Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–1, 3–2, 3–1
five players 2 Goals Real 2
15 February 2021
16:00 		Report Greece   15–8   Brazil Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Nenad Periš (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 4–2, 1–3
Genidounias, Vlachopoulos 3 Goals Fernandes 8
15 February 2021
17:30 		Report Montenegro   21–7   Canada Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–3, 4–1, 4–2
Ivović, Matković 5 Goals three players 2
16 February 2021
13:00 		Report Brazil   5–15   Montenegro Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Frank Ohme (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–6, 1–2, 0–4
G. Guimarães 2 Goals Ivović, Petković 3
16 February 2021
16:00 		Report Canada   11–14   Georgia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 4–4, 4–4
Patterson 2 Goals Jelaca 4
17 February 2021
16:00 		Report Greece   4–8   Montenegro Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Xevi Buch (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–1, 1–1, 1–2
four players 1 Goals Brguljan, Petković 2
17 February 2021
17:30 		Report Georgia   12–8   Brazil Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 2–1, 4–5
Elez, Shushiashvili 3 Goals three players 2
18 February 2021
13:00 		Report Montenegro   11–9   Georgia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–1, 4–4
three players 2 Goals Magrakvelidze, Vapenski 2
18 February 2021
14:30 		Report Canada   6–19   Greece Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 2–4, 2–6
Constantin-Bicari 2 Goals Argyropoulos 4

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Russia 5 4 1 0 64 49 +15 9 Quarterfinals
2   Croatia 5 4 0 1 89 46 +43 8
3   France 5 2 1 2 62 56 +6 5[a]
4   Netherlands (H) 5 2 1 2 49 65 −16 5[a]
5   Romania 5 1 1 3 42 57 −15 3
6   Germany 5 0 0 5 42 75 −33 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
Notes:
  1. ^ a b France 11–11 Netherlands
14 February 2021
16:00 		Report Netherlands   11–10   Germany Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Xevi Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 2–2, 1–4
Muller 4 Goals Real 3
14 February 2021
19:00 		Report Croatia   16–6   Romania Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 4–2, 4–2
Burić 3 Goals Fulea, Georgescu 2
14 February 2021
20:30 		Report France   12–13   Russia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 5–3, 3–3
Crousillat 5 Goals Nagaev 4
15 February 2021
13:00 		Report Romania   9–9   Russia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–4, 3–2
three players 2 Goals Merkulov 4
15 February 2021
14:30 		Report Germany   12–13   France Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 5–2, 3–5
Strelezkij 6 Goals Crousillat, Marzouki 3
15 February 2021
19:00 		Report Croatia   25–8   Netherlands Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Xevi Buch (ESP), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters: 7–1, 7–4, 5–1, 6–2
Bukić 6 Goals Van IJperen, Lucas 2
16 February 2021
17:30 		Report Russia   17–5   Germany Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Xevi Buch (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 1–2, 5–0, 6–2
Merkulov 6 Goals Stamm 2
16 February 2021
19:00 		Report Netherlands   9–8   Romania Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 2–2, 3–2
Koopman 3 Goals Georgescu 4
16 February 2021
20:30 		Report France   10–13   Croatia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Erkan Türkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–5, 3–3
Canonne 3 Goals Bukić, Fatović 3
17 February 2021
13:00 		Report Romania   12–7   Germany Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–1, 3–1
Ghiban, Radu 3 Goals Cuk, Schütze 2
17 February 2021
14:30 		Report Croatia   13–14   Russia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Erkan Türkkan (TUR), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–4, 4–4, 0–3
Fatović 4 Goals Kharkov 5
17 February 2021
19:00 		Report Netherlands   11–11   France Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–2, 3–4, 6–2
Muller, Winkelhorst 3 Goals Marzouki 3
18 February 2021
17:30 		Report France   16–7   Romania Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michael Goldenberg (USA), Xevi Buch (ESP)
Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 5–1, 3–3
Marzouki 4 Goals Dragomirescu, Radu 2
18 February 2021
19:00 		Report Russia   11–10   Netherlands Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–2, 4–4
Kholod 5 Goals three players 2
18 February 2021
20:30 		Report Croatia   22–8   Germany Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–2, 5–1, 6–2
Bušlje 5 Goals Real 2

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
19 February
 
 
  Montenegro13
 
20 February
 
  Netherlands7
 
  Montenegro (PSO)10 (4)
 
19 February
 
  Croatia10 (2)
 
  Georgia6
 
21 February
 
  Croatia15
 
  Montenegro10
 
19 February
 
  Greece9
 
  Greece (PSO)13 (4)
 
20 February
 
  France13 (1)
 
  Greece13
 
19 February
 
  Russia10 Third place
 
  Canada9
 
21 February
 
  Russia17
 
  Croatia (PSO)11 (14)
 
 
  Russia11 (13)
 
Fifth place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
20 February
 
 
  Netherlands14
 
21 February
 
  Georgia11
 
  Netherlands10
 
20 February
 
  France9
 
  France11
 
 
  Canada9
 
Seventh place
 
 
21 February
 
 
  Georgia18
 
 
  Canada10

Quarterfinals edit

19 February 2021
14:00 		Report Montenegro   13–7   Netherlands Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–3, 3–4, 3–0
Ivović 3 Goals Janssen 3
19 February 2021
16:00 		Report Greece   17–14   France Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 6–4, 1–4, 3–4, 3–1  PSO: 4–1
Fountoulis 4 Goals Vernoux 4
19 February 2021
18:00 		Report Georgia   6–15   Croatia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Boris Margeta (SLO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–6, 1–2, 2–4
Elez, Shushiashvili 2 Goals Bukić 4
19 February 2021
20:00 		Report Canada   9–17   Russia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–3, 3–4, 1–5
Constantin-Bicari, Côté 3 Goals Kharkov 5

5–8th place semifinals edit

20 February 2021
14:00 		Report Netherlands   14–11   Georgia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–3, 3–4, 3–3
Janssen 5 Goals Jakhaia 3
20 February 2021
16:00 		Report France   11–9   Canada Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 5–3, 2–2
Marzouki 4 Goals Côté 4

Semifinals edit

20 February 2021
18:00 		Report Montenegro   14–12   Croatia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Xevi Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–4, 2–1  PSO: 4–2
three players 2 Goals Bukić, Bušlje 3
20 February 2021
20:00 		Report Greece   13–10   Russia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Dion Willis (RSA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 5–4, 2–1
Vlachopoulos 5 Goals Kharkov 5

Seventh place game edit

21 February 2021
10:00 		Report Georgia   18–10   Canada Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 8–3, 3–2, 3–3
Magrakvelidze 4 Goals D'Souza 5

Fifth place game edit

21 February 2021
12:00 		Report Netherlands   10–9   France Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 0–3, 5–1
Veenhuis, van IJperen 3 Goals three players 2

Third place game edit

21 February 2021
14:00 		Report Croatia   25–24   Russia Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Michiel Zwart (NED), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–4, 3–1, 2–3  PSO: 14–13
three players 2 Goals Kharkov, Merkulov 3

Final edit

21 February 2021
16:00 		Report Montenegro   10–9   Greece Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam
Referees:
Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–2, 4–1
Matković 5 Goals Argyropoulos 4

Final ranking edit

Qualified for the Summer Olympics
Rank Team[10]
    Montenegro
    Greece
    Croatia
4   Russia
5   Netherlands
6   France
7   Georgia
8   Canada
9   Romania
10   Brazil
11   Germany
DSQ   Turkey

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Top Scorers
  2. ^ "Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ "PR 16 – First meeting of FINA COVID-19 taskforce". fina.org. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Montenegrins, Greeks sit on the clouds, flying to Tokyo". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Croatia nailed it – but Russia was just a penalty-shot away from Tokyo". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ a b 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. ^ "Official programme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  9. ^ "Turkey disqualified from Olympic qualifications". total-waterpolo.com. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ^ Final ranking

External links edit

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