The 2020
FINA Women's Water Polo World League
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was the 17th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2019 and June 2021 and opened to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final, originally from 9–14 June 2020. The tournament was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In August 2020, it was announced that it would be played in from January to June 2021.
The United States won their seventh consecutive and 14th overall title, after defeating Hungary in the final.
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. The following points will be awarded per match to each team:
* Match won – 3 points
* Match won by penalty – 2 points
* Match lost by penalty – 1 point
* Match lost or forfeited – 0 points
European qualification round
* 12 November 2019 – 27 March 2021
Inter-Continental Cup
* 24 – 30 May 2021,
Indianapolis
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United States
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Super final
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Preliminary round
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Schedule
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
5–8th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
;Team Roster
Ashleigh Johnson, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann
Melissa Jon Seidemann (born June 26, 1990) is an American water polo player. She won the National Championship with Stanford University in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2 ...
, Rachel Fattal
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She was ...
, Paige Hauschild
Paige Hauschild (b. 17 August 1999) is an American water polo player. She is a member of the United States women's national water polo team, and participated in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal.
Career highlights
* 201 ...
, Maggie Steffens
Margaret Ann Steffens (born June 4, 1993) is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Steffens set a new Olympic record for the most numb ...
( C), Stephania Haralabidis
Stephania Haralabidis ( gr, Στεφανία Χαραλαμπίδη; born May 19, 1995) was born in Athens, Greece. Haralabidis is an American water polo player who played at USC and currently playing for Ethnikos and the U.S. national team. ...
, Jamie Neushul
Jamie Valeri Neushul (born May 12, 1995) is an American water polo player who is a member of the United States women's national water polo team. She became world champion at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships and was a member of the team at th ...
, Jordan Raney
Jordan Raney (born June 2, 1996) is an American water polo player who is a member of the United States women's national water polo team. She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
Co ...
, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist
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In high ...
, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
Awards
The awards were announced on 19 June 2021.
References
External links
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Super final – Results book
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