2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
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 18–23 June 2019.[1][2][3]
| 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 |
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 |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.
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 |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 15 | Europa Cup Final | — | 5–7 | 14–7 | 17–2 | |
| 2 | Greece |
6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 34 | +52 | 15 | 4–7 | — | 14–9 | 25–2 | ||
| 3 | Netherlands |
6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 6 | 7–13 | 6–12 | — | 15–5 | ||
| 4 | Ukraine |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.
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 | |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
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]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
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| 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.
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 |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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
Venue
| Belgrade | 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League (Serbia) |
|---|---|
| Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center | |
| Capacity: 2,500 | |
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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 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 10–18 | — | — | 17–7 | ||
| 4 | Canada |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 5–12 | — | — | — |
- 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 | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbia (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 9 | Quarterfinals | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Croatia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 6 | 10–11 | — | 11–9 | 20–4 | ||
| 3 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 3 | 8–12 | — | — | 14–5 | ||
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 54 | −39 | 0 | 6–20 | — | — | — |
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 | |||
Final ranking
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
| Finals MVP | Highest Scorer | Best Goalkeeper | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Filipović |
Yusuke Inaba (26 goals) |
Marko Bijač |
Filip Filipović |
References
- "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 40. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- "Media book 2019" (PDF). www.fina.org. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- "Information bulletin" (PDF). www.fina.org. 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.
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