Women’s Water Polo World League European Prelims Set to Begin

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The European preliminary rounds of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League 2018 kick-off tomorrow on Tuesday November 21 across various European cities.

The following four teams will be taking part: Spain, Hungary, Netherlands and Russia

For the first round, the Netherlands will play Hungary at home, in Utrecht (NED) and Spain will face the Russians in Dos Hermanas (ESP).

The women’s European preliminaries will also be played in six rounds, following this calendar from November 2017 to May 2018:

Round Date
#1 21/11/2017 NEDvsHUN ESPvsRUS
#2 19/12/2017 RUSvsNED* HUNvsESP
#3 30/01/2018 HUNvsRUS NEDvsESP
#4 27/02/2018 HUNvsNED RUSvsESP
#5 27/03/2018 NEDvsRUS ESPvsHUN
#6 1/05/2018 RUSvsHUN ESPvsNED

*game will be played on December 22, 2017

After the conclusion of these six rounds, the three best teams from Europe will be qualified for the Super Final to be held from May 28– June 2 2018. They will then be joined by four other teams selected from the Intercontinental Tournament +  the host country team.

There is a total prize money of US$ 202,500 for the 2018 edition, and the winning team gets US$ 50,000 (2nd US$ 40K, 3rd US$ 30K, 4th US$ 25K, 5th US$ 20K, 6th US$ 15K, 7th US$ 12,5K, 8th US$ 10K).

Check out the 2018 Rules & Regulations

World and Olympic champions USA hold the World League title since 2014, while Canada an Russia secured the silver and bronze medals respectively in 2017.

Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)

The Fédération Internationale de Natation, founded in 1908, is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. FINA’s five discipline Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming – are all included in the Olympic programme. High Diving made its first appearance in FINA events at the 2013 FINA World Championships. FINA counts 208 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).

Press release courtesy of FINA.

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