2019 FINA Water Polo Challengers' Cup

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]

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

Groups

Group A	Group B
Ireland   Malaysia   Philippines   Singapore   Zimbabwe	Austria   India   Chinese Taipei   Hong Kong   Indonesia

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	Malaysia	4	1	0	3	41	54	−13	2	7th−8th place			7–15		—	21–8
5	Zimbabwe	4	0	0	4	21	82	−61	0	9th−10th place			6–17	2–18		—

Source: FINA
(H) Hosts

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	Indonesia	4	3	0	1	78	43	+35	6	Bronze medal match		9–11	—	15–7
3	Hong Kong	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	Chinese Taipei	4	0	0	4	40	126	−86	0	9th−10th place			15–31		6–33	—

Source: FINA

Finals

9th place game

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

7th place game

13 October 2019 11:30	Report	Malaysia	8–13	India	OCBC Aquatic Centre, Singapore Referees: Dilapdilap (PHI), Davison (ZIM)
		Score by quarters: 4–5, 0–2, 3–2, 1–4
		4: Yi X. 2: Yi T.	Goals	3: Ashwinikumar 2: Sibin, Anathu, Uday, Praveen

5th place game

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

3rd place game

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

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: Cheng-Kang Lee	Goals	2: Vondrak

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     Indonesia 4.   Ireland 5.   Philippines 6.   Hong Kong 7.   India 8.   Malaysia 9.   Zimbabwe 10.   Chinese Taipei 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. McKinnon, Russel (13 October 2019). "Day 6: Singapore stuns Austria for Challengers' Cup gold medal". FINA. Singapore. FINA Media Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2019.