Summer Olympics 2020 / Water polo / Qualification

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Water polo 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 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires 1 JapanJapan Japan
Asian Games 2018 4-10 August 2018 IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta 1 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
FINA World League 2019 18.-23. June 2019 SerbiaSerbia Belgrade 1 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
Water polo world championships 2019 12.-28. July 2019 Korea SouthSouth Korea Gwangju 2 ItalyItaly Italy
SpainSpain Spain
Pan American Games 2019 26. – 11. August 2019 PeruPeru Lima 1 United StatesUnited States United States
Oceania selection - - 1 AustraliaAustralia Australia
Africa selection - - 1 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
European water polo championship 2020 12-26 January 2020 HungaryHungary Budapest 1 HungaryHungary Hungary
Olympic qualifying tournament 14.-21. February 2021 1 NetherlandsNetherlands 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
Gold medal icon.svg SerbiaSerbia Serbia
Silver medal icon.svg CroatiaCroatia Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svg AustraliaAustralia Australia
4th SpainSpain Spain
5 HungaryHungary Hungary
6th JapanJapan Japan
7th KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
8th CanadaCanada Canada

World Championship 2019

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

rank team
Gold medal icon.svg ItalyItaly Italy
Silver medal icon.svg SpainSpain Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg CroatiaCroatia Croatia
4th HungaryHungary Hungary
5 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
6th AustraliaAustralia Australia
7th GreeceGreece Greece
8th GermanyGermany Germany
9 United StatesUnited States United States
10 MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
11 JapanJapan Japan
12 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
13 BrazilBrazil Brazil
14th KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
15th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
16 New ZealandNew Zealand 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
Gold medal icon.svg United StatesUnited States United States
Silver medal icon.svg CanadaCanada Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg BrazilBrazil Brazil
4th ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
5 CubaCuba Cuba
6th Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
7th MexicoMexico Mexico
8th PeruPeru 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
Gold medal icon.svg HungaryHungary Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg SpainSpain Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
4th CroatiaCroatia Croatia
5 SerbiaSerbia Serbia
6th ItalyItaly Italy
7th GreeceGreece Greece
8th RussiaRussia Russia
9 GermanyGermany Germany
10 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia
11 RomaniaRomania Romania
12 TurkeyTurkey Turkey
13 FranceFrance France
14th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
15th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
16 MaltaMalta 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
GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia CroatiaCroatia Croatia
TurkeyTurkey Turkey NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
CanadaCanada Canada FranceFrance France
BrazilBrazil Brazil RussiaRussia Russia
MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro GermanyGermany Germany
GreeceGreece Greece RomaniaRomania Romania 2
2 Since Argentina did not participate, Romania moved up.

Ladies

Overview

Qualifying competition date place Places Qualified teams
host September 7, 2013 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires 1 JapanJapan Japan
Asian Games 2018 4-10 August 2018 IndonesiaIndonesia Jakarta 1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China
FINA World League 2019 4th-7th June 2019 HungaryHungary Budapest 1 United StatesUnited States United States
Water polo world championships 2019 12.-28. July 2019 Korea SouthSouth Korea Gwangju 1 SpainSpain Spain
Pan American Games 2019 26. – 11. August 2019 PeruPeru Lima 1 CanadaCanada Canada
Oceania selection - - 1 AustraliaAustralia Australia
Africa selection - - 1 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
European water polo championship 2020 12-26 January 2020 HungaryHungary Budapest 1 RussiaRussia Russia
Olympic qualifying tournament 17.-24. January 2021 ItalyItaly Trieste 2
total 10 8th

FINA World League 2019

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

rank team
Gold medal icon.svg United StatesUnited States United States
Silver medal icon.svg ItalyItaly Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
4th SpainSpain Spain
5 AustraliaAustralia Australia
6th HungaryHungary Hungary
7th CanadaCanada Canada
8th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China

World Championship 2019

Spain qualified as the best two teams for Tokyo.

rank team
Gold medal icon.svg United StatesUnited States United States
Silver medal icon.svg SpainSpain Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg AustraliaAustralia Australia
4th HungaryHungary Hungary
5 RussiaRussia Russia
6th ItalyItaly Italy
7th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
8th GreeceGreece Greece
9 CanadaCanada Canada
10 KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
11 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China
12 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
13 JapanJapan Japan
14th South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
15th CubaCuba Cuba
16 Korea SouthSouth Korea 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
Gold medal icon.svg United StatesUnited States United States
Silver medal icon.svg CanadaCanada Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg BrazilBrazil Brazil
4th CubaCuba Cuba
5 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico
6th MexicoMexico Mexico
7th VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela
8th PeruPeru 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
Gold medal icon.svg SpainSpain Spain
Silver medal icon.svg RussiaRussia Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg HungaryHungary Hungary
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
5 ItalyItaly Italy
6th GreeceGreece Greece
7th FranceFrance France
8th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia
9 IsraelIsrael Israel
10 CroatiaCroatia Croatia
11 GermanyGermany Germany
12 SerbiaSerbia 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
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands GreeceGreece Greece
FranceFrance France HungaryHungary Hungary
ItalyItaly Italy IsraelIsrael Israel
UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan

Web links

Individual evidence

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