Groups released for FINA World Championships

Published Wed 10 Apr 2019

Tournament organisers have released the men's and women's water polo groups for the 18th FINA World Championships to be held in Gwangju, South Korea beginning on 14 July.

Fresh off their gold and silver medal winning performances at the FINA World League Inter-Continental Cup, the Aussie Sharks and Aussie Stingers will take confidence from their results into the FINA World League Super Finals (June) before arriving in South Korea for the major competition.

The Australian men (Aussie Sharks) have been placed in Group B with defending World Champions Croatia, as well as USA and Kazakhstan.

After the Aussie Sharks historic silver medal at the 2018 World Cup and on the back of their recent gold medal at the FINA World League Intercontinental Cup, the team will be looking for a strong performance at the World Championships as they too build towards Tokyo 2020.

2019 FINA World Championships Groups (men):

As part of Group D, the Aussie women (Aussie Stingers) will face Japan, Italy and China.

After recently beating China 12-8 in Perth and coming off a 2018 World Cup bronze medal as well as a 2019 FINA World League Inter-Continental Cup silver medal, the Aussie Stingers are building solid momentum as they head to South Korea.

The Aussie Stingers will be looking for a podium finish to build confidence as they head into the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.