2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
Venue	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 scorers	Konstantin Kharkov; Daniil Merkulov; (24 goals)

Host country

Netherlands

Venue1 (in 1 host city)

Dates14–21 February 2021

Teams12 (from 2 confederations)

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

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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

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

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

2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

See also

References

External links

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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

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

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

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 (PSO)	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

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

20 February 2021 18:00	Report	Montenegro	14–12 (PSO)	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