Water Polo - Olympic Games XXXII - Tokyo (JPN) 2020

Qualification Procedure

Qualification Procedure (EN) - updated 15 June 2020

Qualification Procedure (FR) - updated 15 June 2020

Qualified Teams for Water Polo

Men

MEN (12 teams)	Qualification Milestones	Qualified Team
	FINA Water Polo World League	- SRB
	18th FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju, KOR	- ITA
		- ESP
	Americas (Pan American Games 2019, Lima, PER)	- USA
	Oceania	- AUS
	Europe (European Championships 2020, Budapest, HUN)	- HUN
	Africa	- RSA
	Asia	- KAZ
	Host	- JPN
	FINA Men’s Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2020

Women

Women (10 teams)	Qualification Milestones	Qualified Team
	FINA Water Polo World League	- USA
	18th FINA World Championships 2019 Gwangju, KOR	- ESP
	Americas (Pan American Games 2019, Lima, PER)	- CAN
	Oceania	- AUS
	Europe (European Championships 2020, Budapest, HUN)	- RUS
	Africa	- RSA
	Asia	- CHN
	Host	- JPN
	FINA Women’s Olympic Games Qualification Tournament

Officials

Referee with Team	- USA	Michael GOLDENBERG
Referee with Team	- ESP	Xevi BUCH
Referee with Team	- ITA	Alessandro SEVERO
Referee with Team	- SRB	Vojin PUTNIKOVIC
Referee with Team	- JPN	Asumi TSUZAKI
Referee with Team	- AUS	Nicola Mendy JOHNSON
Referee with Team	- CAN	Marie-Claude DESLIERES
Referee with Team	- GRE	Georgios STAVRIDIS *
Referee with Team	- CRO	Nenad PERIS *
Referee with Team	- HUN	György KUN *
Referee with Team	- MNE	Stanko IVANOSKI *
Referee with Team	- KAZ	Viktor SALNICHENKO *
Referee with Team	- CHN	Liang ZHANG *
Referee with Team	- NED	Michiel ZWART *
Referee with Team	- RUS	Sergey NAUMOV *
Referee with Team	- GER	Frank OHME *
Referee with Team	- FRA	Sébastien DERVIEUX *
Referee with Team	- RSA	Dion WILLIS *
Referee with Team	- ROU	Adrian ALEXANDRESCU *
Referee with Team	- NZL	John WALDOW *
Neutral Referee	- SLO	Boris MARGETA
Neutral Referee	- ARG	German MÖLLER
Neutral Referee	- URU	Daniel DANERS CHAO
Neutral Referee	- SUI	Ursula WENGENROTH

* If team is not qualified becomes additional Neutral Referee

Desk Officials

VIDEO ANALYSES	- CRO	Mladen RAK
VIDEO ANALYSES	- ESP	Jeume TEIXIDÓ
VIDEO ASSISTANT REF.	- KAZ	Sergey DROZDOV
VIDEO ASSISTANT REF.	- KAZ	Alexandr SHERSHNEV