2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League

2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
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
FINA Men's Water Polo World League seasons
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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]

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

European Qualification

October 23, 2018 – March 12, 2019

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	5	1	0	0	102	53	+49	17	Europa Cup Final	—	10–8	17–9	24–8
2	Russia	6	4	0	0	2	89	52	+37	12	Europa Cup Final	8–15	—	14–8	23–4
3	Germany	6	2	0	1	3	80	79	+1	7		12–12 (4–5)	10–18	—	23–9
4	Malta	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.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	5	1	67	30	+37	15	Europa Cup Final	—	5–7	14–7	17–2
2	Greece	6	5	1	86	34	+52	15	Europa Cup Final	4–7	—	14–9	25–2
3	Netherlands	6	2	4	59	63	−4	6		7–13	6–12	—	15–5
4	Ukraine	6	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.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	4	3	0	1	0	37	25	+12	10	Europa Cup Final	—	11–10	12–3
2	Montenegro	4	2	1	0	1	41	36	+5	8	Europa Cup Final	8–8 (3–0)	—	10–8
3	France	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.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	4	3	0	1	0	47	27	+20	10	Europa Cup Final	—	12–9	17–4
2	Serbia	4	2	1	0	1	42	31	+11	8	Europa Cup Final	7–7 (4–2)	—	13–6
3	Romania	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.

Europa Cup Final

April 5–7, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia

Bracket

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

	Qualified to Super Final
	Qualified to Super Final as host country

Rank	Team
	Hungary
	Croatia
	Spain
4	Italy
5	Montenegro
6	Serbia
7	Greece
8	Russia

Source:^[4]

Intercontinental Cup

March 26–31, 2019, Perth, Australia

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	0	40	26	+14	8	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	—
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	0	44	36	+8	7		12–12 (3–5)	—	13–10	19–14
3	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	36	26	+10	3		8–9	—	—	18–4
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	24	56	−32	0		6–19	—	—	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	0	32	25	+7	7	Quarterfinals	—	—	11–5	12–11
2	China	3	1	1	1	0	32	25	+7	6		9–9 (7–6)	—	9–9 (4–5)	14–7
3	Argentina	3	1	1	0	1	28	29	−1	5		—	—	—	14–9
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	27	40	−13	0		—	—	—	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Bracket

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

	Qualified to Super Final

Rank	Team
	Australia
	Japan
	Canada
4	Kazakhstan
5	Argentina
6	China
7	New Zealand
8	South Africa

Source:^[5]

Super Final

June 18–23, 2019, Belgrade, Serbia

Venue

Belgrade	Belgrade 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League (Serbia)
Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center
Capacity: 2,500

Qualified teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
—	Canada	Japan Kazakhstan	Croatia Hungary Serbia (Host) Spain	Australia

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	0	41	26	+15	7	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	—
2	Hungary	3	1	1	0	1	33	30	+3	5		11–11 (4–1)	—	13–9	9–10
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	36	38	−2	3^[a]		10–18	—	—	17–7
4	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	22	38	−16	3^[a]		5–12	—	—	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Japan 17–7 Canada

All times are UTC+2.

18 June 2019 15:45	Report	Hungary	9–10	Canada	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	10–18	Spain	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	17–7	Canada	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	15–12	Spain	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	13–9	Japan	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	5–12	Spain	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	3	3	0	43	24	+19	9	Quarterfinals	—	—	—	—
2	Croatia	3	2	1	41	24	+17	6		10–11	—	11–9	20–4
3	Australia	3	1	2	31	28	+3	3		8–12	—	—	14–5
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	15	54	−39	0		6–20	—	—	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host

All times are UTC+2.

18 June 2019 14:00	Report	Croatia	20–4	Kazakhstan	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	8–12	Serbia	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	14–5	Kazakhstan	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	10–11	Serbia	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	11–9	Australia	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	6–20	Serbia	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

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

21 June 2019 15:00	Report	Hungary	15–16	Australia	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	14–20	Croatia	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	19–10	Kazakhstan	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	5–20	Serbia	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

22 June 2019 10:00	Report	Hungary	15–8	Canada	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	13–12	Kazakhstan	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

22 June 2019 15:00	Report	Australia	11–16	Serbia	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	10–8	Spain	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

23 June 2019 10:00	Report	Canada	16–17	Kazakhstan	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

23 June 2019 11:45	Report	Hungary	15–13	Japan	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

23 June 2019 15:00	Report	Australia	11–10	Spain	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

23 June 2019 16:45	Report	Serbia	12–11	Croatia	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

	Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games

Rank^[1]	Team
	Serbia
	Croatia
	Australia
4	Spain
5	Hungary
6	Japan
7	Kazakhstan
8	Canada

Source:^[6]

2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
Serbia 12th title

Team Roster

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

Finals MVP	Top Scorer	Best Goalkeeper	MVP
Filip Filipović	Yusuke Inaba (26 goals)	Marko Bijač	Filip Filipović

References

^ ^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

Official website
FINA Water Polo World League Super Final Archived 2019-06-17 at the Wayback Machine

[table_hth_JPN0.60185249969449-6] Japan 17–7 Canada

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "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.

[2] "Media book 2019" (PDF). www.fina.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[3] "Information bulletin" (PDF). www.fina.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[4] "Hungary's payback tour ends up in gold". www.fina.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[5] "Day 6: Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth". www.fina.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.

[7] "The heavens opened first, then the Serbs went up". www.fina.org. Retrieved 24 June 2019.

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