# 2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

The 2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup is an international water polo tournament held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore from 8 to 13 October 2019. It is the seventh edition of the tournament which was known as the FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy until the 2017 edition. The tournament was hosted by the Singapore Swimming Association. Ten nations participated in the Challengers' Cup.
Singapore won over Austria in the final, with the host surpassing their second-place finish in 2009.

## Groups

| Group A | Group B |
| Ireland Malaysia Philippines Singapore Zimbabwe | Austria India Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Indonesia |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Singapore (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 8 | Gold medal match | — | | | 20–5 | 26–5 |
| 2 | Ireland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 6 | Bronze medal match | 8–11 | — | 12–8 | | |
| 3 | Philippines | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 4 | 5th−6th place | 7–11 | | — | 11–8 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 2 | 7th−8th place | | 7–15 | | — | 21–8 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 82 | −61 | 0 | 9th−10th place | | 6–17 | 2–18 | | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Austria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 27 | +52 | 8 | Gold medal match | — | | 19–6 | | 32–5 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 6 | Bronze medal match | 9–11 | — | 15–7 | | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 4 | 5th−6th place | | | — | 17–13 | 30–14 |
| 4 | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 7th−8th place | 7–17 | 10–23 | | — | |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 126 | −86 | 0 | 9th−10th place | | 15–31 | | 6–33 | — |

## Finals
### 9th place game

| 13 October 2019 10:00 | Report | Zimbabwe | 30–3 | Chinese Taipei | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Wee (MAS) |
| OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Wee (MAS) |||
| 13 October 2019 10:00 | Report | 5: Kloppers, Buchanan 4: Fargnoli, Bradwell | Goals | 3: Yu | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Wee (MAS) |

### 7th place game

| 13 October 2019 11:30 | Report | Malaysia | 8–13 | India | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dilapdilap (PHI), Davison (ZIM) |
| OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dilapdilap (PHI), Davison (ZIM) |||
| 13 October 2019 11:30 | Report | 4: Yi X. 2: Yi T. | Goals | 3: Ashwinikumar 2: Sibin, Anathu, Uday, Praveen | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dilapdilap (PHI), Davison (ZIM) |

### 5th place game

| 13 October 2019 15:00 | Report | Philippines | 13–8 | Hong Kong | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Kum (SGP), O'Brien (IRL) |
| OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Kum (SGP), O'Brien (IRL) |||
| 13 October 2019 15:00 | Report | 5: Valdez 4: Serrano | Goals | 4: Choi 2: Kong | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Kum (SGP), O'Brien (IRL) |

### 3rd place game

| 13 October 2019 16:30 | Report | Ireland | 9–14 | Indonesia | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Peila (USA), Kovac (AUT) |
| OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Peila (USA), Kovac (AUT) |||
| 13 October 2019 16:30 | Report | 3: Nolan 2: McMahon, Bridgmont | Goals | 6: Mulia 3: Budiman | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Peila (USA), Kovac (AUT) |

### Gold medal match

| 13 October 2019 18:00 | Report | Singapore | 8–5 | Austria | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Shinde (IND) |
| OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Shinde (IND) |||
| 13 October 2019 18:00 | Report | 3: Cheng-Kang Lee | Goals | 2: Vondrak | OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Shinde (IND) |

## Awards

* 2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
* Singapore 1st title
* Most Valuable Player: An Jun Ang
* Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Salkan Samardzic
* Highest Goal-Scorer: Ridjkie Mulia (37 goals)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Singapore |
| | Austria |
| | Indonesia |
| 4. | Ireland |
| 5. | Philippines |
| 6. | Hong Kong |
| 7. | India |
| 8. | Malaysia |
| 9. | Zimbabwe |
| 10. | Chinese Taipei |
| Source: FINA ||