2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–21 February 2021
Teams	12 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Montenegro
Runners-up	Greece
Third place	Croatia
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	844 (23.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Konstantin Kharkov; Daniil Merkulov; (24 goals)

The 2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament took place from 14 to 21 February 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[2] The top three teams advanced to the Olympics.

The tournament was scheduled to take place from 22 to 29 March and then from 31 May to 7 June 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Due to their semifinal wins, both Montenegro and Greece qualified for the Olympics.^[4] Croatia followed by winning the third place game.^[5]

Participants

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Netherlands
2019 Pan American Games	4–10 August 2019	Peru	3	Canada
				Brazil
				~~Argentina~~
2020 European Championship	14–26 January 2020	Hungary	9	Montenegro
				Croatia
				Greece
				Russia
				Germany
				Georgia
				Romania^[6]
				Turkey
				France
Total			12

Draw

The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland.^[7]

Group A	Group B
Georgia ~~Turkey~~ Canada Brazil Montenegro Greece	Croatia Netherlands France Russia Germany Romania¹

¹ Argentina withdrew from the tournament in mid-February. FINA replaced the South-American team with Romania^[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).^[8]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Montenegro	4	4	0	55	25	+30	8	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	4	3	1	49	32	+17	6
3	Georgia	4	2	2	45	41	+4	4
4	Canada	4	1	3	35	61	−26	2
5	Brazil	4	0	4	28	53	−25	0
6	Turkey^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

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.
Notes:

^ Turkey was disqualified after several players tested positive for COVID-19.^[9]

14 February 2021 13:00	Report	Georgia	10–11	Greece	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–5, 5–2, 0–1
		Elez 4	Goals	Fountoulis 5

14 February 2021 14:30	Report	Canada	11–7	Brazil	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 1–1, 3–2, 3–1
		five players 2	Goals	Real 2

15 February 2021 16:00	Report	Greece	15–8	Brazil	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 5–2, 4–2, 1–3
		Genidounias, Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	Fernandes 8

15 February 2021 17:30	Report	Montenegro	21–7	Canada	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 6–3, 4–1, 4–2
		Ivović, Matković 5	Goals	three players 2

16 February 2021 13:00	Report	Brazil	5–15	Montenegro	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–6, 1–2, 0–4
		G. Guimarães 2	Goals	Ivović, Petković 3

16 February 2021 16:00	Report	Canada	11–14	Georgia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 4–4, 4–4
		Patterson 2	Goals	Jelaca 4

17 February 2021 16:00	Report	Greece	4–8	Montenegro	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–1, 1–1, 1–2
		four players 1	Goals	Brguljan, Petković 2

17 February 2021 17:30	Report	Georgia	12–8	Brazil	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 2–1, 4–5
		Elez, Shushiashvili 3	Goals	three players 2

18 February 2021 13:00	Report	Montenegro	11–9	Georgia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–1, 4–4
		three players 2	Goals	Magrakvelidze, Vapenski 2

18 February 2021 14:30	Report	Canada	6–19	Greece	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–3, 2–4, 2–6
		Constantin-Bicari 2	Goals	Argyropoulos 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	0	64	49	+15	9	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	5	4	0	1	89	46	+43	8
3	France	5	2	1	2	62	56	+6	5^[a]
4	Netherlands (H)	5	2	1	2	49	65	−16	5^[a]
5	Romania	5	1	1	3	42	57	−15	3
6	Germany	5	0	0	5	42	75	−33	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) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b France 11–11 Netherlands

14 February 2021 16:00	Report	Netherlands	11–10	Germany	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–2, 2–2, 1–4
		Muller 4	Goals	Real 3

14 February 2021 19:00	Report	Croatia	16–6	Romania	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Fabio Toffoli (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–1, 4–2, 4–2
		Burić 3	Goals	Fulea, Georgescu 2

14 February 2021 20:30	Report	France	12–13	Russia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–4, 5–3, 3–3
		Crousillat 5	Goals	Nagaev 4

15 February 2021 13:00	Report	Romania	9–9	Russia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–2, 2–4, 3–2
		three players 2	Goals	Merkulov 4

15 February 2021 14:30	Report	Germany	12–13	France	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 3–2, 5–2, 3–5
		Strelezkij 6	Goals	Crousillat, Marzouki 3

15 February 2021 19:00	Report	Croatia	25–8	Netherlands	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 7–4, 5–1, 6–2
		Bukić 6	Goals	Van IJperen, Lucas 2

16 February 2021 17:30	Report	Russia	17–5	Germany	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 1–2, 5–0, 6–2
		Merkulov 6	Goals	Stamm 2

16 February 2021 19:00	Report	Netherlands	9–8	Romania	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–3, 2–2, 3–2
		Koopman 3	Goals	Georgescu 4

16 February 2021 20:30	Report	France	10–13	Croatia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Erkan Türkkan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–2, 2–5, 3–3
		Canonne 3	Goals	Bukić, Fatović 3

17 February 2021 13:00	Report	Romania	12–7	Germany	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–4, 4–1, 3–1
		Ghiban, Radu 3	Goals	Cuk, Schütze 2

17 February 2021 14:30	Report	Croatia	13–14	Russia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Erkan Türkkan (TUR), Irakli Sanadze (GEO)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–4, 4–4, 0–3
		Fatović 4	Goals	Kharkov 5

17 February 2021 19:00	Report	Netherlands	11–11	France	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–2, 3–4, 6–2
		Muller, Winkelhorst 3	Goals	Marzouki 3

18 February 2021 17:30	Report	France	16–7	Romania	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Xevi Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 5–1, 3–3
		Marzouki 4	Goals	Dragomirescu, Radu 2

18 February 2021 19:00	Report	Russia	11–10	Netherlands	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–2, 4–4
		Kholod 5	Goals	three players 2

18 February 2021 20:30	Report	Croatia	22–8	Germany	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Mikhail Dykman (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 6–2, 5–1, 6–2
		Bušlje 5	Goals	Real 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

19 February

Montenegro	13
		20 February
Netherlands	7
		Montenegro (PSO)	10 (4)
19 February
		Croatia	10 (2)
Georgia	6
				21 February
Croatia	15
				Montenegro	10
19 February
				Greece	9
Greece (PSO)	13 (4)
		20 February
France	13 (1)
		Greece	13
19 February
		Russia	10	Third place
Canada	9
				21 February
Russia	17
				Croatia (PSO)	11 (14)

				Russia	11 (13)

Fifth place bracket

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

20 February

Netherlands	14
		21 February
Georgia	11
		Netherlands	10
20 February
		France	9
France	11

Canada	9
		Seventh place

		21 February

		Georgia	18

		Canada	10

Quarterfinals

19 February 2021 14:00	Report	Montenegro	13–7	Netherlands	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 3–3, 3–4, 3–0
		Ivović 3	Goals	Janssen 3

19 February 2021 16:00	Report	Greece	17–14	France	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–4, 1–4, 3–4, 3–1 PSO: 4–1
		Fountoulis 4	Goals	Vernoux 4

19 February 2021 18:00	Report	Georgia	6–15	Croatia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Erkan Turkkan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–6, 1–2, 2–4
		Elez, Shushiashvili 2	Goals	Bukić 4

19 February 2021 20:00	Report	Canada	9–17	Russia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Nikolaos Boudramis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–3, 3–4, 1–5
		Constantin-Bicari, Côté 3	Goals	Kharkov 5

5–8th place semifinals

20 February 2021 14:00	Report	Netherlands	14–11	Georgia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–3, 3–4, 3–3
		Janssen 5	Goals	Jakhaia 3

20 February 2021 16:00	Report	France	11–9	Canada	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 5–3, 2–2
		Marzouki 4	Goals	Côté 4

Semifinals

20 February 2021 18:00	Report	Montenegro	14–12	Croatia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Xevi Buch (ESP), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 3–4, 2–1 PSO: 4–2
		three players 2	Goals	Bukić, Bušlje 3

20 February 2021 20:00	Report	Greece	13–10	Russia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–2, 5–4, 2–1
		Vlachopoulos 5	Goals	Kharkov 5

Seventh place game

21 February 2021 10:00	Report	Georgia	18–10	Canada	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 8–3, 3–2, 3–3
		Magrakvelidze 4	Goals	D'Souza 5

Fifth place game

21 February 2021 12:00	Report	Netherlands	10–9	France	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Mikhail Dykman (CAN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–3, 0–3, 5–1
		Veenhuis, van IJperen 3	Goals	three players 2

Third place game

21 February 2021 14:00	Report	Croatia	25–24	Russia	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–4, 3–1, 2–3 PSO: 14–13
		three players 2	Goals	Kharkov, Merkulov 3

Final

21 February 2021 16:00	Report	Montenegro	10–9	Greece	Zwemcentrum, Rotterdam Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 1–2, 4–1
		Matković 5	Goals	Argyropoulos 4

Final ranking

	Qualified for the Summer Olympics

Rank	Team^[10]
	Montenegro
	Greece
	Croatia
4	Russia
5	Netherlands
6	France
7	Georgia
8	Canada
9	Romania
10	Brazil
11	Germany
DSQ	Turkey

References

^ Top Scorers
^ "Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "PR 16 – First meeting of FINA COVID-19 taskforce". fina.org. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "Montenegrins, Greeks sit on the clouds, flying to Tokyo". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ "Croatia nailed it – but Russia was just a penalty-shot away from Tokyo". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
^ "Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments". fina.org. FINA. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "Official programme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
^ "Turkey disqualified from Olympic qualifications". total-waterpolo.com. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Final ranking

External links

[table_note_TUR0.33862215575698-10] Turkey was disqualified after several players tested positive for COVID-19.^[9]

[table_hth_FRA0.90871655284833-11] France 11–11 Netherlands

[1] Top Scorers

[2] "Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[3] "PR 16 – First meeting of FINA COVID-19 taskforce". fina.org. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[4] "Montenegrins, Greeks sit on the clouds, flying to Tokyo". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[5] "Croatia nailed it – but Russia was just a penalty-shot away from Tokyo". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

[Asia+Argentina-6] Ivan Curcic (14 February 2020). "Asian Federation decides: Kazakhstan and China go to Tokyo". total-waterpolo.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.

[7] "Draw for the 2020 WP Olympic qualification tournaments". fina.org. FINA. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.

[8] "Official programme" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.

[9] "Turkey disqualified from Olympic qualifications". total-waterpolo.com. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[12] Final ranking

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