The national squads of South Africa and Algeria comfortably triumphed in their first respective encounters of the African tournament of the 2009 FINA Men’s Water Polo World League against Morocco and Libya. In Casablanca (MAR), where this African preliminary round is taking place until May 24, 2009 South Africa beat Morocco by 23-3, while Algeria imposed a 26-1 victory over Libya.

The best scorers of these two games were Lyes Rouaia, from Algeria (5 goals) and Pierre Le Roux, from South Africa, with 6 goals.

The second day of the tournament includes the following matches: MAR-LBA, ALG-RSA, RSA-LBA, MAR-ALG