2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

Tournament information
Sport	Water polo
Location	OCBC Aquatic Centre
Dates	8–13 October
Host(s)	Singapore
Venue(s)	1
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Singapore
1st runners-up	Austria
2nd runners-up
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	667 (44.47 per match)
MVP	An Jun Ang
Top scorer(s)	Ridjkie Mulia (37 goals)
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The 2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup is an international water polo tournament held at the OCBC Aquatic Centre in Singapore from 8 to 13 October 2019. It is the seventh edition of the tournament which was known as the FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy until the 2017 edition.^[1][2] The tournament was hosted by the Singapore Swimming Association.^[3] Ten nations participated in the Challengers' Cup.^[4]

Singapore won over Austria in the final, with the host surpassing their second-place finish in 2009.^[5]

Groups[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore (H)	4	4	0	0	68	25	+43	8	Gold medal match		—			20–5	26–5
2	Ireland	4	3	0	1	52	32	+20	6	Bronze medal match		8–11	—	12–8
3	Philippines	4	2	0	2	44	33	+11	4	5th−6th place		7–11		—	11–8
4		4	1	0	3	41	54	−13	2	7th−8th place			7–15		—	21–8
5		4	0	0	4	21	82	−61	0	9th−10th place			6–17	2–18		—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	4	4	0	0	79	27	+52	8	Gold medal match		—		19–6		32–5
2		4	3	0	1	78	43	+35	6	Bronze medal match		9–11	—	15–7
3		4	2	0	2	70	61	+9	4	5th−6th place				—	17–13	30–14
4	India	4	1	0	3	63	63	0	2	7th−8th place		7–17	10–23		—
5		4	0	0	4	40	126	−86	0	9th−10th place			15–31		6–33	—

Finals[]

9th place game[]

13 October 2019 10:00	Report		30–3		OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Wee (MAS)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 7–1, 8–1, 9–1
		5: , 4: ,	Goals	3: Yu

7th place game[]

13 October 2019 11:30	Report		8–13	India	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dilapdilap (PHI), Davison (ZIM)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 0–2, 3–2, 1–4
		4: 2:	Goals	3: 2: , , ,

5th place game[]

13 October 2019 15:00	Report	Philippines	13–8		OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Kum (SGP), O'Brien (IRL)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–1, 5–4, 1–1
		5: 4:	Goals	4: 2:

3rd place game[]

13 October 2019 16:30	Report	Ireland	9–14		OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Peila (USA), Kovac (AUT)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 3–4, 2–2
		3: 2: ,	Goals	6: 3:

Gold medal match[]

13 October 2019 18:00	Report	Singapore	8–5	Austria	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Naumov (RUS), Shinde (IND)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–2, 1–1, 1–2
		3:	Goals	2:

Awards[]

2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup
Singapore 1st title

• Most Valuable Player: An Jun Ang^[6]
• Most Valuable Goalkeeper: Salkan Samardzic^[6]
• Highest Goal-Scorer: Ridjkie Mulia (37 goals)^[6]

Final standings[]

Rank Team  Singapore  Austria   4.  Ireland 5.  Philippines 6.   7.  India 8.   9.   10.   Source: FINA[6] References[] ^ "FINA Water Polo Challengers". Singapore Sports Hub. Retrieved 6 October 2019. ^ "Challengers' Cup water polo set for Singapore debut". FINA. Retrieved 11 October 2019. ^ "Calendar". Singapore Swimming. Retrieved 7 October 2019. ^ "PHL water polo team in Singapore as part of SEA Games preparation". BusinessWorld. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019. ^ "Singapore win Fina Water Polo Challengers Cup". The New Paper. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019. ^ a b c d McKinnon, Russel (13 October 2019). "Day 6: Singapore stuns Austria for Challengers' Cup gold medal". FINA. Singapore. FINA Media Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2019.