2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Italy
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	19–24 January 2021
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Greece
Fourth place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	515 (21.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi; (28 goals)

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

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

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

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

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

Group A

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

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

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

22 January

Netherlands	19
		23 January
Kazakhstan	6
		Netherlands	7
22 January
		Greece	4
Slovakia	3
				24 January
Greece	22
				Netherlands	11
22 January
				Hungary	13
France	7
		23 January
Hungary	20
		Hungary	13
22 January
		Italy	10	Third place
Italy	15
				24 January
Israel	6
				Greece	10

				Italy	4

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

23 January

Kazakhstan	11
		24 January
Slovakia	10
		Kazakhstan	10
23 January
		France	12
France	11

Israel	4
		Seventh place

		24 January

		Slovakia	10

		Israel	13

Quarterfinals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Rank	Team^[11]
	Hungary
	Netherlands
	Greece
4	Italy
5	France
6	Kazakhstan
7	Israel
8	Slovakia

References

^ Top scorers
^ "Draw for Olympic qualifications in Rotterdam and Trieste". total-waterpolo.com. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "PR 16 – First meeting of FINA COVID-19 taskforce". fina.org. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "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.
^ "OGQT Women's Water Polo Day 5: NED and HUN off to Tokyo". FINA. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "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.
^ ^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.
^ "Eight teams to battle for Olympic visas in Trieste". total-waterpolo.com. 28 December 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
^ "Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments". fina.org. FINA. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
^ Final ranking

External links

FINA website
Results
Results book Archived 2021-01-31 at the Wayback Machine

[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.

[Asia-7] 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

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