Both the men and women’s FINA Water Polo World League Intercontinental-Cups are set to kick-off in Perth, Australia, next week from March 26-31, with sixteen (2x eight) teams that will battle it out in the pool to hopefully secure a berth to the Super Final, to be held in Belgrade (SRB, men) and Budapest (HUN, women) respectively in June 2019.
The following non-European teams are taking part in the women’s Intercontinental Cup in Perth:
GROUP A: New Zealand, USA, China, Japan
GROUP B: Canada, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Australia
While the men’s teams taking part in the Perth event are:
GROUP A: Canada, Japan, South Africa, Australia
GROUP B: Kazakhstan, China, Argentina, New Zealand
Men’s tournament schedule
| DAY 1 | DAY 2 |
DAY 3 |
DAY 4 |
DAY 5 |
DAY 6 |
| CHN vs ARG JPN vs RSA KAZ vs NZL CAN vs AUS |
CAN vs RSA CHN vs NZL JPN vs AUS KAZ vs ARG |
CHN vs KAZ JPN vs CAN ARG vs NZL RSA vs AUS |
2A vs 3B 3A vs 2B 1A vs 4B 4A vs 1B |
LG13 vs LG16 LG14 vs LG15 WG13 vs WG16 WG14 vs WG15 |
LG17 vs LG18 WG17 vs WG18 LG19 vs LG20 WG19 vs WG20 |
Women’s tournament schedule
| DAY 1 |
DAY 2 |
DAY 3 |
DAY 4 |
DAY 5 |
DAY 6 |
| RSA vs KAZ USA vs CHN CAN vs AUS NZL vs JPN |
NZL vs CHN RSA vs AUS USA vs JPN CAN vs KAZ |
RSA vs CAN USA vs NZL KAZ vs AUS CHN vs JPN |
2A vs 3B 3A vs 2B 1A vs 4B 4A vs 1B |
LG13 vs LG16 LG14 vs LG15 WG13 vs WG16 WG14 vs WG15 |
LG17 vs LG18 WG17 vs WG18 LG19 vs LG20 WG19 vs WG20 |
The four best teams of each tournament will earn a spot to the Super Final and will face the three best European teams from the FINA /LEN Water Polo World League Europa-Cup Final.
Daily games reports will be published on FINA website, while all results and rankings will be accessible on the FINA mobile app or FINA website. Live results are provided by FINA partner Microplus Timing.
You can also follow the pool action and watch all the games LIVE streamed or on VoD on FINAtv.