The 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 17th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between October 2019 and June 2021 and opened to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final, originally from 9–14 June 2020. The tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, it was announced that it would be played in from January to June 2021.
The United States won their seventh consecutive and 14th overall title, after defeating Hungary in the final.
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. The following points will be awarded per match to each team:
Match won – 3 points Match won by penalty – 2 points Match lost by penalty – 1 point Match lost or forfeited – 0 points
European qualification round 12 November 2019 – 27 March 2021
Inter-Continental Cup 24 – 30 May 2021, Indianapolis, United States — cancelled
Super final
As host country
Qualified teams
Invited teams
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).Schedule
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Rank Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Team Roster Ashleigh Johnson, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Stephania Haralabidis, Jamie Neushul, Jordan Raney, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.
Awards The awards were announced on 19 June 2021.
Award Player MVP Maddie Musselman Best goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson Topscorer Yumi Arima
References
External links
Super final – Results book