2017 FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy

2017 FINA Water Polo Development Trophy
Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Location	, Gżira
Dates	17 October 2017–22 October 2017
Host(s)	Malta
Venue(s)	1
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Uruguay (1st title)
1st runners-up
2nd runners-up	Austria
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	(19 goals)
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The 2017 FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy was the 6th edition of the tournament organized by FINA and reserved for national teams from emerging countries in the world of water polo. It ran from 17 to 22 October 2017 at the in Gżira, Malta; eight teams from four continental confederations participated at the competition.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Uruguay won the 3rd place match, but was later awarded the Trophy due to the disqualification of both Malta and Iran during the gold-medal final.^[4]

Teams[]

CANA Africa	UANA Americas	AASF Asia	LEN Europe
Tunisia	Uruguay	Iran Singapore	Austria Malta

Groups[]

Group A	Group B
Iran Malta Tunisia Uruguay	Austria Singapore

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	37	24	+13	6	Quarterfinals	—			10–8
2	Malta	3	2	1	41	30	+11	4		8–12	—		19–9
3	Uruguay	3	1	2	31	31	0	2		8–15	9–14	—
4	Tunisia	3	0	3	26	36	−10	0				7–9	—

Source: FINA

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	3	0	31	17	+14	6	Quarterfinals	—	12–4
2	Austria	3	1	2	19	26	−7	2			—	7–5
3		3	1	2	28	28	0	2		8–9		—	15–12
4	Singapore	3	1	2	29	30	−1	2		5–10	9–8		—

Source: FINA

Knockout stage[]

All times are local (UTC+2; CEST)

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final



Iran	10

Singapore	4
		Iran	15

		Uruguay	7
Austria	3

Uruguay	9
				Iran	DQ

				Malta	DQ
	10

Tunisia	9
			7

		Malta	18	3rd place match
Malta	21

	6
				Uruguay	11

					5

5th place bracket

5–8th place classification		5th place match



Singapore	8

Austria	9
		Austria (pso)	13 (10)

		Tunisia	12 (10)
Tunisia	8

	6
		7th place match



		Singapore	11 (8)

		(pso)	13 (8)

Quarterfinals[]

20 October 2017 15:30	Report	Austria	3–9	Uruguay	(Gżira) Referees: Zwart (NED), Balzan (MLT)
		Score by quarters: 1—2, 0—3, 0—1, 1—3
		1: , ,	Goals	3: , 2:

20 October 2017 16:50	Report	Iran	10–4	Singapore	(Gżira) Referees: Montagne (URU), Al-Jabri (KSA)
		Score by quarters: 2—1, 2—0, 4—1, 2—2
		4: 2:	Goals	2: ,

20 October 2017 18:10	Report		10–9	Tunisia	(Gżira) Referees: Korolev (AUT), Guerra (PER)
		Score by quarters: 4—3, 3—1, 2—2, 1—3
		2: ,	Goals	4: 2: ,

20 October 2017 19:30	Report	Malta	21–6		(Gżira) Referees: Spiegel (GER), Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 5—1, 5—2, 5—1, 6—2
		10: 3:	Goals	2: , ,

Semifinals[]

21 October 2017 18:10	Report	Iran	15–7	Uruguay	(Gżira) Referees: Spiegel (GER), Korolev (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 2—3, 4—0, 5—3, 4—1
		3: , 2:,	Goals	4: 2:

21 October 2017 19:30	Report		7–18	Malta	(Gżira) Referees: Zwart (NED), Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 2—4, 1—4, 2—4, 2—6
		3: 2:	Goals	4: , 3: Cousin

5th to 8th place[]

21 October 2017 15:30	Report	Tunisia	8–6		(Gżira) Referees: Balzan (MLT), Montagne (URU)
		Score by quarters: 2—1, 3—3, 2—1, 1—1
		3: ,	Goals	2: ,

21 October 2017 16:50	Report	Singapore	8–9	Austria	(Gżira) Referees: Al-Jabry (KSA), Jenhani (TUN)
		Score by quarters: 1—1, 2—3, 3—2, 2—3
		3: 2:	Goals	, ,

Finals[]

7th place[]

22 October 2017 09:30	Report	Singapore	11–13 (PSO)		(Gżira) Referees: Jenhani (TUN), Al-Jabry (KSA)
		Score by quarters: 3—2, 3—3, 2—1, 0—2 PSO: 3—5
		2: , ,	Goals	3:

5th place[]

22 October 2017 10:50	Report	Austria	13–12 (PSO)	Tunisia	(Gżira) Referees: Cheng (SGP), Guerra (PER)
		Score by quarters: 2—3, 1—1, 3—2, 4—4 PSO: 3—2
		3: 2: ,	Goals	4: ,

3rd place[]

22 October 2017 12:10	Report	Uruguay	11–5		(Gżira) Referees: Balzan (MLT), Korolev (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 4—1, 1—1, 2—2, 4—1
		4: 2: ,	Goals	2:

Gold-medal match[]

The final match of the competition between Malta and Iran was abandoned with 33 seconds in the match, with the host team leading 8–6.

The referees had excluded two Maltese and five Iranian players because of a series of altercations erupted after Malta scored the last goal, but the verbal fights increased between the players who were already outside the pool. Although there was no physical violence involved, all of the remaining players in the game rushed out of the water to support their teammates.

The referees decided to cancel the game and refer the incidents to the FINA technical committee under the relevant disciplinary rules. Both finalists were disqualified, thus awarding the Trophy to Uruguay, winner of the 3rd place final.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Awards[]

2017 FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy
Uruguay 1st title

Top Scorer: (19 goals)^[4]
Most Valuable Player: ^[4]
Best Goalkeeper: ^[4]

Final standings[]

Rank^[1]	Team
	Uruguay

	Austria
4	Tunisia
5
6	Singapore
DQ	Iran
DQ	Malta

References[]

^ ^a ^b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "Eight water polo squads join Malta for FINA Water Polo Development Trophy". fina.org. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "6th FINA World men's water polo Development Trophy – Information bulletin" (PDF). fina.org. FINA, . 17 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Gergely Csurka (22 October 2017). "Sad end for a great tournament: after disqualifications, Uruguay finishes first". fina.org. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Dan Palmer (22 October 2017). "Water polo tournament ends in disgrace as both finalists are thrown out". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Andrés Cottini (22 October 2017). "Waterpolo: Uruguay fue oro en el "World Development Trophy" de Malta" [Uruguay won Gold at the "World Development Trophy" in Malta]. futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "Uruguay Awarded FINA Water Polo Development Trophy Title". tasnimnews.com. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 55. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[2] "Eight water polo squads join Malta for FINA Water Polo Development Trophy". fina.org. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[3] "6th FINA World men's water polo Development Trophy – Information bulletin" (PDF). fina.org. FINA, . 17 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[FinalDay-4] Gergely Csurka (22 October 2017). "Sad end for a great tournament: after disqualifications, Uruguay finishes first". fina.org. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[5] Dan Palmer (22 October 2017). "Water polo tournament ends in disgrace as both finalists are thrown out". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[6] Andrés Cottini (22 October 2017). "Waterpolo: Uruguay fue oro en el "World Development Trophy" de Malta" [Uruguay won Gold at the "World Development Trophy" in Malta]. futbol.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[7] "Uruguay Awarded FINA Water Polo Development Trophy Title". tasnimnews.com. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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