| 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 |
| Runner-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)[1] |
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.[3]
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.[4]
Due to their semifinal wins, both Montenegro and Greece qualified for the Olympics.[5] Croatia followed by winning the third place game.[6]
Participants
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Netherlands |
| 2019 Pan American Games | 4–10 August 2019 |  Peru | 3 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
 Brazil | ||||
 Argentina | ||||
| 2020 European Championship | 14–26 January 2020 |  Hungary | 9 | Montenegro |
| Croatia | ||||
| Greece | ||||
| Russia | ||||
 Germany | ||||
 Georgia | ||||
 Romania[7] | ||||
 Turkey | ||||
 France | ||||
| Total | 12 | |||
Draw
The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland.[8]
| 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[7]
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).[9]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montenegro |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Greece |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 6 | |
| 3 | Georgia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Canada |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 2 | |
| 5 | Brazil |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 0 | |
| 6 | Turkey[lower-alpha 1] |
0 | 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:
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:
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Netherlands (H) |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 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:
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:
| 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[11] |
|---|---|
 | Montenegro |
 | Greece |
 | Croatia |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Georgia |
| 8 | Canada |
| 9 | Romania |
| 10 | Brazil |
| 11 | Germany |
| DSQ | Turkey |
See also
References
- ↑ Top Scorers
- ↑ "Information bulletin – Rotterdam 2020" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ↑ "Water polo players play the Olympic qualifying tournament in Rotterdam". tellerreport.com. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 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
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