Wednesday, June 2, 2021

FINA Water Polo Super Finals in Athens (GRE) and Tiblisi (GEO)



Athens in Greece and Tiblisi in Georgia will respectively host the Women’s and Men’s FINA Water Polo World League Super Finals from June 14-19 and June 26-July 1.

The Super Final is the very last stage of the Water Polo World League, an annual tournament which gathers the world’s best water polo teams.

Both tournaments will see eight teams vie for the top honours ahead of the Olympic Games, a great way to measure their level and strength against their international opponents given the very few opportunities in the pandemic era.

The women’s tournament will be highlighted by the participation of: Canada, Greece Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain and the USA. Schedule here.

And the men’s contest will see Argentina, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Montenegro and the USA battle it out in Tiblisi. Schedule here.

Extensive coverage will be provided for both tournaments by water polo expert, FINA Media Committee Member Russell McKinnon. All games reports will be available on FINA website.

The Fédération Internationale de Natation, FINA (founded in 1908) is the governing body for aquatics worldwide.

Its five disciplines - Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Artistic Swimming - are all included in the Olympic programme. High Diving is on the World Championships programme since 2013. FINA organises World Championships, World Swimming Championships in 25m-pool and World Masters Championships every two years. FINA counts 209 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).




 

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