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 Preliminary Round 
 July 25th - August 2nd, 2021 
12 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th  Nations from each Group will qualify for the Quarterfinals  
Group A 
 
  Greece 
  Hungary  Italy 
  Japan  South Africa  United States 
 
Group B
  Australia  Croatia  Kazakhstan  Montenegro 
  Serbia 
  Spain 
 
  
Group A 
Japan Standard Time (GMT +9)  
South Africa   2 - 21   Italy
Quarter-by-Quarter: 0-2, 2-8, 0-7, 0-4
July 25th 2021, h. 10:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Hungary   9 - 10   Greece
Quarter-by-Quarter: 3-2, 3-4, 2-3, 1-1
July 25th 2021, h. 11:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 United States   15 - 13   Japan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 3-3, 4-5, 4-2, 4-3
July 25th 2021, h. 14:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
South Africa   3 - 20   United States
Quarter-by-Quarter: 0-3, 1-9, 1-3, 1-5
July 27th 2021, h. 10:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Italy   6 - 6   Greece
Quarter-by-Quarter: 1-1, 1-1, 0-4, 4-0
July 27th 2021, h. 15:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Japan   11 - 6   Hungary
Quarter-by-Quarter: 3-4, 5-4, 2-5, 1-3
July 27th 2021, h. 18:20, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Hungary   23 - 1   South Africa
Quarter-by-Quarter: 4-0, 5-0, 8-0, 6-1
July 29th 2021, h. 10:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
United States   11 - 12   Italy
Quarter-by-Quarter: 4-2, 3-3, 2-3, 2-4
July 29th 2021, h. 14:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Greece   10 - 9   Japan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 1-1, 4-4, 2-1, 3-3
July 29th 2021, h. 18:20, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
United States   8 - 11   Hungary
Quarter-by-Quarter: 1-2, 3-3, 0-3, 4-3
July 31st 2021, h. 14:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Italy   16 - 8   Japan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 5-0, 3-3, 3-1, 5-4
July 31st 2021, h. 18:20, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 South Africa   5 - 28   Greece
Quarter-by-Quarter: 1-7, 2-5, 1-7, 1-9
July 31st 2021, h. 19:50, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Hungary   5 - 5   Italy
Quarter-by-Quarter: 2-1, 2-1, 1-1, 0-2
August 2nd 2021, h. 10:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Greece   14 - 5   United States
Quarter-by-Quarter: 4-1, 2-2, 5-2, 3-0
August 2nd 2021, h. 14:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Japan   24 - 9   South Africa
Quarter-by-Quarter: 5-4, 7-4, 6-1, 6-0
August 2nd 2021, h. 18:20, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Group A Final Standing 
| Team | P  | W  | D 
  | L 
  | GF 
  | GA 
  | +/-  | Pt.  |    Greece | 5 
  | 4 
  | 1 
  | 0 
  | 68 
  | 34 
  | +34 
  | 9 
  |    Italy | 5 
  | 3 
  | 2 
  | 0 
  | 60 
  | 32 
  | +28 
  | 8 
  |    Hungary | 5 
  | 3 
  | 1 
  | 1 
  | 64 
  | 35 
  | +29 
  | 7 
  |    United States | 5 
  | 2 
  | 0 
  | 2 
  | 59 
  | 53 
  | +6 
  | 4 
  |    Japan | 5 
  | 1 
  | 0 
  | 3 
  | 65 
  | 66 
  | -1 
  | 2 
  |    South Africa | 5 
  | 0 
  | 0 
  | 4 
  | 20 
  | 116 
  | -96 
  | 0 
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 Group B 
Japan Standard Time (GMT +9)  
Australia   10 - 15   Montenegro
Quarter-by-Quarter: 5-4, 2-2, 1-4, 2-5
July 25th 2021, h. 15:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Serbia   12 - 13   Spain
Quarter-by-Quarter: 3-3, 3-5, 3-2, 3-3
July 25th 2021, h. 18:20, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Croatia   23 - 7   Kazakhstan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 4-1, 6-3, 8-1, 5-2
July 25th 2021, h. 19:50, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Montenegro   6 - 8   Spain
Quarter-by-Quarter: 2-3, 1-2, 2-2, 1-1
July 27th 2021, h. 11:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Kazakhstan   5 - 19   Serbia
Quarter-by-Quarter: 2-4, 1-3, 2-6, 0-6
July 27th 2021, h. 14:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Australia   11 - 8   Croatia
Quarter-by-Quarter: 3-3, 2-0, 2-3, 4-2
July 27th 2021, h. 19:50, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Spain   16 - 4   Kazakhstan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 3-0, 3-0, 5-2, 5-2
July 29th 2021, h. 11:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Croatia   13 - 8   Montenegro
Quarter-by-Quarter: 1-1, 6-4, 4-3, 2-0
July 29th 2021, h. 15:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Serbia   14 - 8   Australia
Quarter-by-Quarter: 6-0, 4-1, 1-2, 3-5
July 29th 2021, h. 19:50, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Montenegro   19 - 12   Kazakhstan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 5-3, 6-3, 3-3, 5-3
July 31st 2021, h. 10:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Australia   5 - 16   Spain
Quarter-by-Quarter: 2-4, 1-4, 2-5, 0-3
July 31st 2021, h. 11:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Croatia   14 - 12   Serbia
Quarter-by-Quarter: 5-3, 1-1, 4-4, 4-4
July 31st 2021, h. 15:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Serbia   13 - 6   Montenegro
Quarter-by-Quarter: 6-1, 2-1, 3-2, 2-2
August 2nd 2021, h. 14:00, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 
Spain   8 - 4   Croatia
Quarter-by-Quarter: 2-1, 1-0, 4-2, 1-1
August 2nd 2021, h. 15:30, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
 Australia   15 - 7   Kazakhstan
Quarter-by-Quarter: 4-1, 3-0, 5-2, 3-4
August 2nd 2021, h. 19:50, Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, Tokyo 
Group B Final Standing 
| Team | P  | W  | D 
  | L 
  | GF 
  | GA 
  | +/-  | Pt.  |    Spain | 5 
  | 5 
  | 0 
  | 0 
  | 61 
  | 31 
  | +30 
  | 10 
  |    Croatia | 5 
  | 3 
  | 0 
  | 2 
  | 62 
  | 46 
  | +16 
  | 6 
  |    Serbia | 5 
  | 3 
  | 0 
  | 2 
  | 70 
  | 46 
  | +24 
  | 6 
  |    Montenegro | 5 
  | 2 
  | 0 
  | 3 
  | 54 
  | 56 
  | -2 
  | 4 
  |    Australia | 5 
  | 2 
  | 0 
  | 3 
  | 49 
  | 60 
  | -11 
  | 4 
  |    Kazakhstan | 5 
  | 0 
  | 0 
  | 5 
  | 35 
  | 92 
  | -57 
  | 0 
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