# 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament took place in Trieste, Italy. The top two teams advanced to the Olympics.
The tournament was scheduled to take place in March and then from 17 to 24 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It then took place from 19 to 24 January 2021 and was held behind closed doors.
Due to their semifinal win, both Hungary and the Netherlands qualified for the Olympics.

## Participants

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Italy |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Hungary | 6 | Hungary |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Hungary | 6 | Netherlands |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Hungary | 6 | Greece |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Hungary | 6 | France |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Hungary | 6 | Slovakia |
| 2020 European Championship | 12–25 January 2020 | Hungary | 6 | Israel |
| Oceanian Continental Selection | — | — | 1 0 | New Zealand |
| 2018 Asian Games | 16–21 August 2018 | Jakarta | 1 | Kazakhstan |
| Wild card | 19 February 2020 | — | 1 0 | Uzbekistan |
| Total | Total | Total | 10 8 | |

## Draw

The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
| Group A | Group B |
| Netherlands France Italy Uzbekistan Slovakia | Greece Hungary Israel New Zealand Kazakhstan |

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 5 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 2 |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 65 | −50 | 0 |
| 19 January 2021 18:00 | Report | France | 6–19 | Italy | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |||
| 19 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Bouloukbachi, Dhalluin 2 | Goals | Palmieri 5 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| 19 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Netherlands | 22–2 | Slovakia | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 19 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Keuning 6 | Goals | Kačková, Sedláková 1 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| 20 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Netherlands | 7–7 | Italy | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO) |||
| 20 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Van de Kraats 2 | Goals | Marletta, Tabani 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| 20 January 2021 20:00 | Report | France | 17–9 | Slovakia | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 20 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Guillet 5 | Goals | Pecková 3 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| 21 January 2021 16:00 | Report | France | 6–15 | Netherlands | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 21 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Mahieu, Millot 2 | Goals | Genee, Van de Kraats 4 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| 21 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Italy | 26–4 | Slovakia | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |||
| 21 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Palmieri, Queirolo 5 | Goals | Stankovianska 3 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 11 | +30 | 6 |
| 2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 4 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 1 |
| 4 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 54 | −44 | 1 |
| 19 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Hungary | 27–2 | Israel | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Sander Gransjean (NED), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Sander Gransjean (NED), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 19 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Keszthelyi 5 | Goals | Futorian, Yaacobi 1 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Sander Gransjean (NED), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| 19 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Greece | 13–5 | Kazakhstan | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO) |||
| 19 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Tsoukala 7 | Goals | Khritankova 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Boris Margeta (SLO) |
| 20 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Hungary | 23–6 | Kazakhstan | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 20 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Keszthelyi 9 | Goals | Murataliyeva, Roga 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| 20 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Greece | 20–1 | Israel | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 20 January 2021 16:00 | Report | E. Plevritou 7 | Goals | Hochberg 1 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |
| 21 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Hungary | 5–8 | Greece | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO) |||
| 21 January 2021 14:00 | Report | five players 1 | Goals | E. Plevritou 3 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Nenad Peris (CRO) |
| 21 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Israel | 7–7 | Kazakhstan | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 21 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Bogachenko 4 | Goals | three players 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 22 January | 22 January | | | |
| Netherlands | 19 | | | |
| Netherlands | 19 | 23 January | 23 January | | |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 23 January | 23 January | |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | Netherlands | 7 | |
| 22 January | 22 January | | Netherlands | 7 | |
| 22 January | 22 January | Greece | 4 | |
| Slovakia | 3 | Greece | 4 | |
| Slovakia | 3 | | | | 24 January | 24 January |
| Greece | 22 | | | | 24 January | 24 January |
| Greece | 22 | | | | Netherlands | 11 |
| 22 January | 22 January | | | | | Netherlands | 11 |
| 22 January | 22 January | | | | Hungary | 13 |
| France | 7 | | | | Hungary | 13 |
| France | 7 | 23 January | 23 January | | | |
| Hungary | 20 | 23 January | 23 January | | | |
| Hungary | 20 | Hungary | 13 | | | |
| 22 January | 22 January | | Hungary | 13 | | | |
| 22 January | 22 January | Italy | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 15 | Italy | 10 | | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 15 | | | | 24 January | 24 January |
| Israel | 6 | | | | 24 January | 24 January |
| Israel | 6 | | | | Greece | 10 |
| | | | | | Italy | 4 |

#### Fifth place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 23 January | 23 January |
| Kazakhstan | 11 |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | 24 January | 24 January |
| Slovakia | 10 | 24 January | 24 January |
| Slovakia | 10 | Kazakhstan | 10 |
| 23 January | 23 January | | Kazakhstan | 10 |
| 23 January | 23 January | France | 12 |
| France | 11 | France | 12 |
| Israel | 4 | | |
| Israel | 4 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 24 January | 24 January |
| | | Slovakia | 10 |
| | | Israel | 13 |

### Quarterfinals

| 22 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Slovakia | 3–22 | Greece | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 22 January 2021 14:00 | Report | three players 1 | Goals | Tsoukala 6 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| 22 January 2021 16:00 | Report | France | 7–20 | Hungary | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sander Gransjean (NED) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sander Gransjean (NED) |||
| 22 January 2021 16:00 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Keszthelyi 5 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Sander Gransjean (NED) |
| 22 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Italy | 15–6 | Israel | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 22 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Marletta 4 | Goals | Bogachenko, Hochberg 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |
| 22 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Netherlands | 19–6 | Kazakhstan | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |||
| 22 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Van de Kraats 6 | Goals | Turova 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |

### 5–8th place semifinals

| 23 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 11–10 | Slovakia | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |||
| 23 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Novikova 4 | Goals | Stankovianska 4 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| 23 January 2021 16:00 | Report | France | 11–4 | Israel | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Sander Gransjean (NED) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Sander Gransjean (NED) |||
| 23 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Guillet, Millot 3 | Goals | four players 1 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Asumi Tsuzaki (JPN), Sander Gransjean (NED) |

### Semifinals

| 23 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Netherlands | 7–4 | Greece | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |||
| 23 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Megens 3 | Goals | four players 1 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Nenad Periš (CRO) |
| 23 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Hungary | 13–10 | Italy | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |||
| 23 January 2021 20:00 | Report | Keszthelyi 6 | Goals | Marletta 4 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |

### Seventh place game

| 24 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Slovakia | 10–13 | Israel | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sander Gransjean (NED) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sander Gransjean (NED) |||
| 24 January 2021 14:00 | Report | Halocká 4 | Goals | Bogachenko, Farkash 3 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Sander Gransjean (NED) |

### Fifth place game

| 24 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 10–12 | France | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |||
| 24 January 2021 16:00 | Report | Roga 3 | Goals | four players 3 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Róbert Horváth (SVK) |

### Third place game

| 24 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Greece | 10–4 | Italy | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |||
| 24 January 2021 18:00 | Report | Tsoukala 4 | Goals | Chiappini, Garibotti 2 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN) |

### Final

| 24 January 2021 20:30 | Report | Netherlands | 11–13 | Hungary | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
| Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
| 24 January 2021 20:30 | Report | Van de Kraats 5 | Goals | Garda 3 | Bruno Bianchi Aquatic Center, Trieste Referees: Svetlana Dreval (RUS), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team |
| | Hungary |
| | Netherlands |
| | Greece |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Kazakhstan |
| 7 | Israel |
| 8 | Slovakia |