The 2019 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the 18th edition of the annual men's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2018 and June 2019 and opened to all men's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 18 to 23 June 2019.
In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:
Match won in normal time – 3 points Match won in shootout – 2 points Match lost in shootout – 1 point Match lost in normal time – 0 points
Preliminary rounds
European Qualification October 23, 2018 – March 12, 2019
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Europa Cup Final April 5–7, 2019, Zagreb, Croatia
Bracket
5th–8th place bracket
Final ranking Qualified to Super Final Qualified to Super Final as host country Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Source:
Intercontinental Cup March 26–31, 2019, Perth, Australia
Group A
Group B
Bracket
5th–8th place bracket
Final ranking Qualified to Super Final Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Source:
Super Final June 18–23, 2019, Belgrade, Serbia
Venue Belgrade Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center Capacity: 2,500
Qualified teams Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania — (Host)
Group A
All times are UTC+2.
Group B
All times are UTC+2.
Bracket
5th–8th place bracket
All times are UTC+2.
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
3rd place game
Final
Final ranking
Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8
Source:
Team Roster Gojko Pijetlović, Dušan Mandić, Ognjen Stojanović, Sava Ranđelović, Miloš Ćuk, Duško Pijetlović, Nemanja Vico, Milan Aleksić, Nikola Jakšić, Filip Filipović, Andrija Prlainović, Stefan Mitrović, Branislav Mitrović, Radomir Drašović, Strahinja Rašović. Head coach: Dejan Savić.
Awards Finals MVPTop ScorerBest GoalkeeperMVP Filip Filipović Yusuke Inaba (26 goals) Marko Bijač Filip Filipović
References
External links Official website FINA Water Polo World League Super Final