# 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Hungary | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 32 | +21 | 16 | Super Final | — | — | — | — | 12–7 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Spain | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 14 | Super Final | 8–8 (3–2) | — | — | 16–12 | — | — | 18–1 |
| 3 | Russia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 9 | Super Final | 9–12 | 9–17 | — | 12–9 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Greece | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 9 | | 5–9 | — | — | — | — | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 68 | −3 | 8 | | — | 12–11 | 10–15 | 15–16 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Italy | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 7 | | — | 0–5 | 14–9 | — | 12–12 (2–4) | — | — |
| 7 | France | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 0 | | — | — | 9–13 | — | 0–5 | 8–13 | — |
* 1 2 Russia 12–9 Greece

## Inter-Continental Cup

* 24 – 30 May 2021, Indianapolis, United States — cancelled

## Super final

As host country
* Greece
Qualified teams
* Hungary
* Russia
* Spain
Invited teams
* Canada
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* United States

### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 6 |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 63 | −30 | 0 |
| 14 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Hungary | 26–10 | Japan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 14 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Parkes 7 | Goals | three players 2 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| 14 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Canada | 12–10 | Russia | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |||
| 14 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Sohi 3 | Goals | Prokofyeva 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Ursula Wengenroth (SUI) |
| 15 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Canada | 16–10 | Japan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |||
| 15 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Eggens 3 | Goals | Arima 5 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
| 15 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Russia | 14–13 | Hungary | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |||
| 15 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Ivanova, Karimova 3 | Goals | Keszthelyi, Leimeter 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| 16 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Hungary | 12–13 | Canada | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 16 June 2021 15:00 | Report | four players 2 | Goals | Christmas 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| 16 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Japan | 13–21 | Russia | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |||
| 16 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Arima 8 | Goals | Glyzina, Simanovich 5 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 9 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 6 |
| 3 | Greece (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 0 |
| 14 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Spain | 20–11 | Kazakhstan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 14 June 2021 15:00 | Report | four players 3 | Goals | Turova 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| 14 June 2021 20:15 | Report | United States | 16–9 | Greece | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |||
| 14 June 2021 20:15 | Report | three players 3 | Goals | M. Plevritou 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| 15 June 2021 18:30 | Report | United States | 20–2 | Kazakhstan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |||
| 15 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Haralabidis 5 | Goals | Muravyeva, Roga 1 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN) |
| 15 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Greece | 8–14 | Spain | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), György Kun (HUN) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 15 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Tsoukala 3 | Goals | Ortiz 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN), György Kun (HUN) |
| 16 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Spain | 9–18 | United States | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |||
| 16 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Forca 5 | Goals | Fattal 5 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| 16 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Kazakhstan | 11–25 | Greece | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) |||
| 16 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Pochinok, Turova 3 | Goals | Eleftheriadou, E. Plevritou 6 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) |

### Knockout stage
#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 17 June | 17 June | | | |
| Russia (PSO) | 12 | | | |
| Russia (PSO) | 12 | 18 June | 18 June | | |
| Greece | 10 | 18 June | 18 June | |
| Greece | 10 | Russia | 8 | |
| 17 June | 17 June | | Russia | 8 | |
| 17 June | 17 June | United States | 17 | |
| Japan | 6 | United States | 17 | |
| Japan | 6 | | | | 19 June | 19 June |
| United States | 20 | | | | 19 June | 19 June |
| United States | 20 | | | | United States | 14 |
| 17 June | 17 June | | | | | United States | 14 |
| 17 June | 17 June | | | | Hungary | 8 |
| Hungary | 10 | | | | Hungary | 8 |
| Hungary | 10 | 18 June | 18 June | | | |
| Spain | 8 | 18 June | 18 June | | | |
| Spain | 8 | Hungary | 14 | | | |
| 17 June | 17 June | | Hungary | 14 | | | |
| 17 June | 17 June | Canada | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 11 | Canada | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 11 | | | | 19 June | 19 June |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | 19 June | 19 June |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | | | | Russia | 10 |
| | | | | | Canada | 8 |
5–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| 18 June | 18 June |
| Greece | 17 |
| Greece | 17 | 19 June | 19 June |
| Japan | 5 | 19 June | 19 June |
| Japan | 5 | Greece | 9 |
| 18 June | 18 June | | Greece | 9 |
| 18 June | 18 June | Spain | 12 |
| Spain | 20 | Spain | 12 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| | | 19 June | 19 June |
| | | Japan | 18 |
| | | Kazakhstan | 10 |

#### Quarterfinals

| 17 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Hungary | 10–8 | Spain | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 17 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Keszthelyi 3 | Goals | A. Espar, Tarragó 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| 17 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Canada | 11–3 | Kazakhstan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |||
| 17 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Békhazi, McKelvey 3 | Goals | Roga 2 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| 17 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Japan | 6–20 | United States | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
| 17 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Arima 2 | Goals | Steffens 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
| 17 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Russia | 12–10 | Greece | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: György Kun (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: György Kun (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
| 17 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Bersneva 2 | Goals | Eleftheriadou, Tsoukala 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: György Kun (HUN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

| 18 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Greece | 17–5 | Japan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) |||
| 18 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Xenaki 5 | Goals | Arima 2 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Marie-Claude Deslières (CAN) |
| 18 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Spain | 20–8 | Kazakhstan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |||
| 18 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Ruiz 5 | Goals | Turova, Yeremina 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |

#### Semifinals

| 18 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Russia | 8–17 | United States | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |||
| 18 June 2021 18:30 | Report | eight players 1 | Goals | three players 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
| 18 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Hungary | 14–10 | Canada | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 18 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Keszthelyi 4 | Goals | Christmas 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED) |

#### Seventh place game

| 19 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Japan | 18–10 | Kazakhstan | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |||
| 19 June 2021 15:00 | Report | Arima 5 | Goals | Turova 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |

#### Fifth place game

| 19 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Greece | 9–12 | Spain | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
| 19 June 2021 16:45 | Report | Xenaki 3 | Goals | García Godoy 4 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Nenad Periš (CRO) |

#### Third place game

| 19 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Russia | 10–8 | Canada | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 19 June 2021 18:30 | Report | Ivanova 3 | Goals | Wright 3 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), György Kun (HUN) |

#### Final

| 19 June 2021 20:15 | Report | United States | 14–8 | Hungary | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
| Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |||
| 19 June 2021 20:15 | Report | Steffens 4 | Goals | three players 2 | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre, Athens Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | United States |
| 2 | Hungary |
| 3 | Russia |
| 4 | Canada |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Greece |
| 7 | Japan |
| 8 | Kazakhstan |
* 2020 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
* United States 14th title

### Awards

The awards were announced on 19 June 2021.
| Award | Player |
| MVP | Maddie Musselman |
| Best goalkeeper | Ashleigh Johnson |
| Topscorer | Yumi Arima |