FINA WOMEN'S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE SUPER FINAL 2021 Eight-team Super Final kicks-off in Athens (GRE)

The FINA Women’s Water Polo World League Super Final 2021 is taking place from June 14-19 in Athens (GRE) and gathers eight of the best teams in the world. It will also be an excellent appetizer for the Olympic tournament, starting on July 24 in Tokyo (JPN).

From Europe, four squads have qualified after a home and away tournament, dictated by the uncertainties related with the COVID-19 pandemic. They are Hungary, Russia, Spain, and the host country of the Super Final, Greece.

The non-European teams include USA, Canada, Japan and Kazakhstan.

The composition of the two groups playing the preliminary phase of the competition is as follows:

Group A: Hungary, Russia, Canada and Japan


Group B: United States, Spain, Kazakhstan and Greece

 

Schedule of the preliminary round:

Day 1 - June 14, 2021

ESP-KAZ

HUN-JPN

CAN-RUS

USA-GRE

 

Day 2 - June 15, 2021

CAN-JPN

RUS-HUN

USA-KAZ

GRE-ESP

 

Day 3 - June 16, 2021

HUN-CAN

ESP-USA

JPN-RUS

KAZ-GRE

The US team (current Olympic and world champion) is clearly the favourite for the gold, after triumphing in the World League on 13 occasions – moreover, the North Americans have also secured one silver and one bronze medal in the competition. Greece (2005) and Russia (2008) are also included in the list of the previous winners of the World League.

 

Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)

The Fédération Internationale de Natation, founded in 1908, is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. FINA's five discipline Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Artistic Swimming - are all included in the Olympic programme. High Diving made its first appearance in FINA events at the 2013 FINA World Championships. FINA counts 209 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).

 

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