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2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

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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 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

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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 Indonesia Jakarta 1  Kazakhstan
Wild card[7] 19 February 2020 1 0  Uzbekistan[8]
Total 10 8

Draw

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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

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

Group A

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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

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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

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Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Qualified for the Summer Olympics
Rank Team[11]
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Greece
4  Italy
5  France
6  Kazakhstan
7  Israel
8  Slovakia

See also

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References

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  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
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