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.
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