Eight of the world’s water polo powerhouses are in Belgrade, Serbia, this week to fight for the FINA Water Polo World League Super Final crown, the last stage of the tournament which run from October 2018 until now.
For the full schedule, fixtures and live streaming details, see below.
From June 18-23, the best squads from the Intercontinental Cup – Australia, Canada, Japan and Kazakhstan will face the strongest European teams – Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Spain.
Among the fiercest contenders in the pool are Olympic water polo champions Serbia and their neighbours Croatia, currently the World water polo title holder and last year’s Super Final silver and bronze medallists Hungary and Spain respectively.
As a reminder, the Final ranking 2018 from the 2018 World League Water Polo Super Final was as follows:
1. Montenegro, 2. Hungary, 3. Spain, 4. Japan, 5. Croatia, 6. Australia, 7. USA, 8. Kazakhstan
The 2019 Super Final will take place at the Sports Center Tasmajdan in Belgrade, one of the most modern sports centre in Serbia with an impressive infrastructure and facilities. The groups’ composition is as follows:
Group A: Hungary, Japan, Canada, Spain
Group B: Australia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Serbia
Competition schedule
Day 1: June 18, 2019
Match #1. 14:00 CRO-KAZ
Match #2. 15:45 HUN-CAN
18:30 Opening Ceremony
Match #4. 19:15 JPN-ESP
Match #3. 21:00 AUS-SRB
Day 2: June 19, 2019
Match #5. 15:00 JPN-CAN
Match #6. 16:45 HUN-ESP
Match #8. 19:15 AUS-KAZ
Match #6. 21:00 CRO-SRB
Day 3: June 20, 2019
Match #9. 15:00 CRO-AUS
Match #10. 16:45 HUN-JPN
Match #12. 19:15 CAN-ESP
Match #11. 21:00 KAZ-SRB
Day 4: June 21, 2019
Quarter-finals
Match #13. 15:00 2A-3B
Match #14. 16:45 3A-2B
Match #15. 19:15 1A-4B
Match #16. 21:00 4A-1B
Day 5: June 22, 2019
Semi-finals
Match #17. 13:30 L13-L16
Match #18. 15:15 L14-L15
Match #19. 17:45 W13-W16
Match #20. 19:30 W14-W15
Day 6: June 23, 2019
Finals
Match #21. 15:00 L17-L18 (7-8)
Match #22. 16:45 W17-W18 (5-6)
Match #23. 19:15 L19-L20 (3-4)
Match #24. 21:00 W19-W20 (1-2)
You can follow the pool action LIVE streamed on FINAtv and daily match reports will be published on FINA website.