The FINA Women's Water Polo World League Intercontinental Tournament kicks-off today, Tuesday May 2, in Davis, USA, with six strong teams from America, Asia and Oceania.
From May 2-6, Australia, Canada, China, Japan, Kazakhstan and the USA will play each other once in a round-robin format, in the hope to secure a spot in the World League Super Final to be held in Shanghai, China from June 6-11.
The tournament concludes on May 7, after a full day of playoffs and only the top-four teams (plus China, as the host country) will advance to the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League Super Final.
Olympic and World champions USA are the World League title holders too, and will battle it out for a possible fourth consecutive crown (undefeated since 2014).
The Intercontinental Tournament's schedule unfolds as follows:
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Date |
Game 1 |
Game 2 |
Game 3 |
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Day 1 Tuesday, May 2 |
16:00 AUS-CHN |
17:20 JPN-CAN |
19:30 KAZ-USA |
|
Day 2 Wednesday, May 3 |
16:30 CAN-AUS |
17:50 KAZ-JPN |
19:10 CHN-USA |
|
Day 3 Thursday, May 4 |
16:30 CHN-CAN |
17:50 AUS-KAZ |
19:10 JPN-USA |
|
Day 4 Friday, May 5 |
16:30 KAZ-CHN |
17:50 JPN-AUS |
19:10 CAN-USA |
|
Day 5 Saturday, May 6 |
16:30 CHN-JPN |
17:50 KAZ-CAN |
19:10 AUS-USA |
|
Day 6 Sunday, May 7 |
10:00 5th - 6th |
11:30 3rd - 4th |
13:00 1st - 2nd |
There will be daily match reports available on FINA website here
Read FINA's on-site expert preview here