Summer Olympics 2020 / Water polo / Qualification

Water polo tournaments at the 2020 Olympics
qualification
Women	Men

For the 2020 Olympic water polo tournaments, 12 teams can qualify for both men and women.

Men's

Overview

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified teams
host	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
Asian Games 2018	4-10 August 2018	Jakarta	1	Kazakhstan
FINA World League 2019	18.-23. June 2019	Belgrade	1	Serbia
Water polo world championships 2019	12.-28. July 2019	Gwangju	2	Italy
				Spain
Pan American Games 2019	26. – 11. August 2019	Lima	1	United States
Oceania selection	-	-	1	Australia
Africa selection	-	-	1	South Africa
European water polo championship 2020	12-26 January 2020	Budapest	1	Hungary
Olympic qualifying tournament	14.-21. February 2021 1	Rotterdam	3
total			12	9

¹The tournament was originally supposed to take place from March 22nd to 29th, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it has been rescheduled .

FINA World League 2019

The Serbian national team qualified as the top ranked team for the games.

rank	team
	Serbia
	Croatia
	Australia
4th	Spain
5	Hungary
6th	Japan
7th	Kazakhstan
8th	Canada

World Championship 2019

→ Main article : Water polo world championships 2019

Italy and Spain qualified as the best two teams for Tokyo.

rank	team
	Italy
	Spain
	Croatia
4th	Hungary
5	Serbia
6th	Australia
7th	Greece
8th	Germany
9	United States
10	Montenegro
11	Japan
12	South Africa
13	Brazil
14th	Kazakhstan
15th	South Korea
16	New Zealand

Pan American Games 2019

At the Pan American Games 2019 in Peru, a quota place was awarded to the United States as the winner of this tournament.

rank	team
	United States
	Canada
	Brazil
4th	Argentina
5	Cuba
6th	Puerto Rico
7th	Mexico
8th	Peru

Oceania selection

Australia was selected to represent Oceania.

Africa selection

South Africa was selected as the representative for Africa.

Asian Games 2018

The quota place due to the Asian association should be played at a continental qualifying tournament from February 12 to 16, 2020. However, due to the coronavirus epidemic , this was canceled and the Fédération Internationale de Natation decided to award the starting place to the winner of the 2018 Asian Games . Thus Kazakhstan will take part in the men's tournament in Tokyo.

European Championship 2020

At the 2020 European Championship in Hungary, 16 nations played for a quota place that was due to the winner of the tournament. This was secured by Hungary, who defeated Spain in the final 14:13 (1: 3, 3: 0, 2: 2, 3: 4, 5: 4) after five-meter shooting. The five participants from Europe in the Olympic qualification tournament in Rotterdam are: Montenegro, Croatia, Greece, Russia and hosts Netherlands (set). Meanwhile, Germany and Georgia hope for replacement places for teams from Africa (one place) and Oceania (1st place Australia, 1 place free), which would each have a starting place in Rotterdam, but probably Africa as well as Oceania (presumably for cost and Performance reasons) want to do without a start in Tokyo.

rank	team
	Hungary
	Spain
	Montenegro
4th	Croatia
5	Serbia
6th	Italy
7th	Greece
8th	Russia
9	Germany
10	Georgia
11	Romania
12	Turkey
13	France
14th	Slovakia
15th	Netherlands
16	Malta

Olympic qualifying tournament

In addition to the continental qualifying competitions, a total of two further quota places will be awarded in an Olympic qualifying tournament. This was originally supposed to take place from March 22nd to 29th, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it has been postponed. The tournament is now to take place in Rotterdam from February 14-21, 2021 .

The qualification took place over the continental championships. The group draw in Lausanne resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B
Georgia	Croatia
Turkey	Netherlands
Canada	France
Brazil	Russia
Montenegro	Germany
Greece	Romania 2

² Since Argentina did not participate, Romania moved up.

Ladies

Overview

Qualifying competition	date	place	Places	Qualified teams
host	September 7, 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan
Asian Games 2018	4-10 August 2018	Jakarta	1	China
FINA World League 2019	4th-7th June 2019	Budapest	1	United States
Water polo world championships 2019	12.-28. July 2019	Gwangju	1	Spain
Pan American Games 2019	26. – 11. August 2019	Lima	1	Canada
Oceania selection	-	-	1	Australia
Africa selection	-	-	1	South Africa
European water polo championship 2020	12-26 January 2020	Budapest	1	Russia
Olympic qualifying tournament	17.-24. January 2021	Trieste	2
total			10	8th

FINA World League 2019

The Serbian national team qualified as the top ranked team for the games.

rank	team
	United States
	Italy
	Netherlands
4th	Spain
5	Australia
6th	Hungary
7th	Canada
8th	China

World Championship 2019

→ Main article : Water polo world championships 2019

Spain qualified as the best two teams for Tokyo.

rank	team
	United States
	Spain
	Australia
4th	Hungary
5	Russia
6th	Italy
7th	Netherlands
8th	Greece
9	Canada
10	Kazakhstan
11	China
12	New Zealand
13	Japan
14th	South Africa
15th	Cuba
16	South Korea

Pan American Games 2019

At the Pan American Games 2019 in Peru, a quota place was awarded to the United States as the winner of this tournament.

rank	team
	United States
	Canada
	Brazil
4th	Cuba
5	Puerto Rico
6th	Mexico
7th	Venezuela
8th	Peru

Oceania selection

Australia was selected to represent Oceania.

Africa selection

South Africa was selected as the representative for Africa.

Asian Cup 2019

The quota place due to the Asian association should be played at a continental qualifying tournament from February 12 to 16, 2020. However, due to the coronavirus epidemic , this was canceled and the Fédération Internationale de Natation decided to award the starting place to the winner of the 2018 Asian Games . Thus, China will take part in the women's tournament in Tokyo.

European Championship 2020

At the 2020 European Championships in Hungary, 12 nations played for a quota place that was due to the winner of the tournament. Since Spain was already qualified as world champion, Russia received the quota place in second place.

rank	team
	Spain
	Russia
	Hungary
4th	Netherlands
5	Italy
6th	Greece
7th	France
8th	Slovakia
9	Israel
10	Croatia
11	Germany
12	Serbia

Olympic qualifying tournament

In addition to the continental qualifying competitions, a total of two further quota places will be awarded in an Olympic qualifying tournament. This was originally supposed to take place from March 17 to 24, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , it has been postponed. The tournament is now scheduled to take place in Trieste from January 17 to 24, 2021 .

The qualification took place over the continental championships. The group draw in Lausanne resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B
Netherlands	Greece
France	Hungary
Italy	Israel
Uzbekistan	New Zealand
Slovakia	Kazakhstan

Web links

• FINA qualification system (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Wolfgang Philipps: Olympic qualification as "Mini EM"? German Water Polo League , February 15, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .