FINA WOMEN’S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE SUPER FINAL
- June 4-9, 2019
- Venue: Duna Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- Time: UTC+2; 6 hours ahead of ET
- Live Streaming: All matches will stream live on FINA TV, subscription required
- Tournament Central
- Tournament Preview
$202,500 will be up for grab this week at the 2019 Women’s Water Polo World League Super Final in Budapest, Hungary. After the Hungarian public showed out in droves for competition at the 2017 World Championships, FINA decided to return there for this year’s super final – albeit shifted to Duna Arena indoors.
That $202,500 in prize money. That’s the same amount as has been awarded every year since at least 2017, and continues to lag well behind the men’s payouts. In the men’s tournament, which will be held later in June in Belgrade, will award $345,000. That includes a $100,000 payout for the winning team: double what the women’s champions will receive.
Prize Money, Women’s Water Polo World League Super Final
- $50,000
- $40,000
- $30,000
- $25,000
- $20,000
- $15,000
- $12,500
- $10,000
All Amounts in US Dollars.
Format:
The teams are split into 2 groups of 4 teams each, as is below:
Pools
| Group A | Group B |
| China | Australia |
| Hungary | Canada |
| Netherlands | Italy |
| USA | Russia |
Teams will play each opponent in their pool oncce, and points will be awarded based on the results of each match as follows:
- Match won in regulation – 3 points
- Match won in penalty shootout – 2 points
- Match lost in penalty shootout – 1 point
- Match lost or forfeited – 0 points
If teams within a pool are tied at its conclusion, the 1st tie-breaker will be Head-to-Head Result, the 2nd tie-breaker will be Goal Differential, and the 3rd tie-breaker will be Goals Scored.
The preliminary round-robin will be used only to determine seeding, as all 8 teams advance to the quarterfinals. Matches will be played out in a single-elimination, consolation-bracket tournament until all 8 places are decided.
As swimmers we know that not all sports get equal pay because they’re less popular.
Nice Click bait title. I’d be interested to know how much revenue the Mens vs women’s tournament brings in. If they are equal then the payouts would be unfair. But if it is the same as most professional sports, men’s teams tend to bring in more revenue, so they get paid more. Not rocket science.
What exactly is the message here?? … smh
also worth looking at the number of viewers between the men’s and women’s events, more viewers equals more money