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Water Polo At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Qualification
The qualification for the Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 2020 men's Olympic water polo tournament allocated twelve teams quota spots: the hosts, the top team in the World League, the top two teams in the World Championships, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and the three top teams at an Olympic qualifying tournament. Qualification summary 2019 FINA World League The best team in the 2019 World League qualified for the Olympics. 2019 World Championships The top two teams in the Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament, 2019 World Championships qualified for the Olympics. Continental tournaments One team from each continental qualifying event qualifies for the Olympics. Asia Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, was supposed to host the Asian continental tournament from 12 to 16 February. In late January the event was cancelled as the Kazakh Government suspended all flights and visas from C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Water Polo At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan began on 25 July and ended on 8 August 2021. It was held at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. It was the 27th official appearance of the tournament, which was not held in 1896 and was a demonstration sport in 1904 but otherwise had been held at every Olympics. On 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games are played behind closed doors. Serbia won their second consecutive gold medal after a finals win over Greece, while Hungary captured the bronze medal. The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, IOC Executive Board Member; Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ... and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |