The 2020
FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 19th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2019 and July 2021 and open 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, originally scheduled from 23 to 28 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 July 2021.
Montenegro won their third overall title, after defeating the United States 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
Preliminary round
* 12 November 2019 – 11 February 2020
The preliminary round was played in the ''
Round-robin system''.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round
* 8–10 January 2021,
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Hungary
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Bracket
;5th–8th place bracket
Final ranking
Inter-Continental Cup
* 24 – 31 May 2021,
Indianapolis,
United States
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— cancelled
Super final
As host country
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Qualified teams
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Invited teams
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Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC+4
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
5th–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
Awards
The awards were announced on 1 July 2021.
References
External links
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Super final – Results book
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Water polo
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