2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League 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.^[1] The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, it was announced that it would be played in from January to June 2021.^[2]

2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	12 November 2019 to 19 June 2021
Super Final
Finals champions	United States (14th title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Finals MVP	Maddie Musselman

The United States won their seventh consecutive and 14th overall title, after defeating Hungary in the final.^[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. 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	6	5	0	1	0	53	32	+21	16	Super Final		—	—	—	—	12–7	5–0	5–0
2	Spain	6	4	1	0	1	78	44	+34	14			8–8 (3–2)	—	—	16–12	—	—	18–1
3	Russia	6	3	0	0	3	67	71	−4	9[a]			9–12	9–17	—	12–9	—	—	—
4	Greece	6	3	0	0	3	52	52	0	9[a]			5–9	—	—	—	—	5–0	5–0
5	Netherlands	6	2	1	0	3	65	68	−3	8			—	12–11	10–15	15–16	—	—	—
6	Italy	6	2	0	1	3	41	48	−7	7			—	0–5	14–9	—	12–12 (2–4)	—	—
7	France	6	0	0	0	6	18	59	−41	0			—	—	9–13	—	0–5	8–13	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
Notes:

1. Russia 12–9 Greece

Inter-Continental Cup

• 24 – 30 May 2021, Indianapolis, United States — cancelled

Super final

Super final

Tournament details
Host country	Greece
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–19 June 2021
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	601 (25.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yumi Arima (23 goals)[4]
Best player	Maddie Musselman
Best goalkeeper	Ashleigh Johnson

As host country

•  Greece

Qualified teams

•  Hungary
•  Russia
•  Spain

Invited teams

•  Canada
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  United States

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	0	41	32	+9	9
2	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	45	38	+7	6
3	Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	51	37	+14	3
4	Japan	3	0	0	0	3	33	63	−30	0

Source: Microplustiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

14 June 2021 16:45	Report	Hungary	26–10	Japan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 5–4, 5–1, 9–4
		Parkes 7	Goals	three players 2

14 June 2021 18:30	Report	Canada	12–10	Russia	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 2–3, 2–4, 3–2
		Sohi 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 4

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15 June 2021 15:00	Report	Canada	16–10	Japan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–1, 3–3, 4–3
		Eggens 3	Goals	Arima 5

15 June 2021 16:45	Report	Russia	14–13	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–6, 5–3, 3–2
		Ivanova, Karimova 3	Goals	Keszthelyi, Leimeter 4

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16 June 2021 15:00	Report	Hungary	12–13	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 5–3, 1–3, 4–3
		four players 2	Goals	Christmas 4

16 June 2021 18:30	Report	Japan	13–21	Russia	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 2–5, 5–10
		Arima 8	Goals	Glyzina, Simanovich 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	54	20	+34	9
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	43	37	+6	6
3	Greece (H)	3	1	0	0	2	42	41	+1	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	24	65	−41	0

Source: Microplustiming
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.
(H) Host

14 June 2021 15:00	Report	Spain	20–11	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 7–1, 2–0, 6–5
		four players 3	Goals	Turova 4

14 June 2021 20:15	Report	United States	16–9	Greece	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–2, 4–2, 4–2
		three players 3	Goals	M. Plevritou 3

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15 June 2021 18:30	Report	United States	20–2	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 9–0, 6–2, 1–0, 4–0
		Haralabidis 5	Goals	Muravyeva, Roga 1

15 June 2021 20:15	Report	Greece	8–14	Spain	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 3–2, 2–4
		Tsoukala 3	Goals	Ortiz 4

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16 June 2021 16:45	Report	Spain	9–18	United States	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 3–6, 2–4, 2–4
		Forca 5	Goals	Fattal 5

16 June 2021 20:15	Report	Kazakhstan	11–25	Greece	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 2–8, 1–5, 3–7, 5–5
		Pochinok, Turova 3	Goals	Eleftheriadou, E. Plevritou 6

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 June
	Russia (PSO)	12
					18 June
	Greece	10
					Russia	8
	17 June
					United States	17
	Japan	6
									19 June
	United States	20
									United States	14
	17 June
									Hungary	8
	Hungary	10
					18 June
	Spain	8
					Hungary	14
	17 June
					Canada	10			Third place
	Canada	11
									19 June
	Kazakhstan	3
									Russia	10
									Canada	8

5–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	18 June
	Greece	17
					19 June
	Japan	5
					Greece	9
	18 June
					Spain	12
	Spain	20
	Kazakhstan	8
					Seventh place game
					19 June
					Japan	18
					Kazakhstan	10

Quarterfinals

17 June 2021 15:00	Report	Hungary	10–8	Spain	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 2–2, 2–2
		Keszthelyi 3	Goals	A. Espar, Tarragó 3

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17 June 2021 16:45	Report	Canada	11–3	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 1–1, 1–1, 4–1
		Békhazi, McKelvey 3	Goals	Roga 2

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17 June 2021 18:30	Report	Japan	6–20	United States	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–6, 1–6, 3–4
		Arima 2	Goals	Steffens 4

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17 June 2021 20:15	Report	Russia	12–10	Greece	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: György Kun (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–3, 1–2, 1–0  PSO: 4–2
		Bersneva 2	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Tsoukala 3

5–8th place semifinals

18 June 2021 15:00	Report	Greece	17–5	Japan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–0, 4–2, 4–1
		Xenaki 5	Goals	Arima 2

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18 June 2021 16:45	Report	Spain	20–8	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 6–3, 6–3, 4–2, 4–0
		Ruiz 5	Goals	Turova, Yeremina 3

Semifinals

18 June 2021 18:30	Report	Russia	8–17	United States	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–4, 1–4, 4–4
		eight players 1	Goals	three players 3

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18 June 2021 20:15	Report	Hungary	14–10	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–2, 6–4, 1–1
		Keszthelyi 4	Goals	Christmas 3

Seventh place game

19 June 2021 15:00	Report	Japan	18–10	Kazakhstan	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–1, 6–5, 4–1
		Arima 5	Goals	Turova 4

Fifth place game

19 June 2021 16:45	Report	Greece	9–12	Spain	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 4–4, 1–4
		Xenaki 3	Goals	García Godoy 4

Third place game

19 June 2021 18:30	Report	Russia	10–8	Canada	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–1, 4–0, 1–3
		Ivanova 3	Goals	Wright 3

Final

19 June 2021 20:15	Report	United States	14–8	Hungary	Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–1, 3–4, 5–1
		Steffens 4	Goals	three players 2

Final ranking

Rank Team 1  United States 2  Hungary 3  Russia 4  Canada 5  Spain 6  Greece 7  Japan 8  Kazakhstan

2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League  United States 14th title Team Roster Ashleigh Johnson, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Stephania Haralabidis, Jamie Neushul, Jordan Raney, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Awards

The awards were announced on 19 June 2021.^[3]

Award	Player
MVP	Maddie Musselman
Best goalkeeper	Ashleigh Johnson
Topscorer	Yumi Arima

References

1. "Rules & Regulations and Event Guide" (PDF). www.fina.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
2. "New calendar of FINA World League, next games in January". total-waterpolo.com. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
3. "USA ladies win 7th consecutive World League title". total-waterpolo.com. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
4. Top Scorers
5. Schedule

External links

• Official website
• Super final – Results book