BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Longtime Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) official Michael Goldenberg will call the world’s best this summer as an official for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
The recipient of the 2018 Northeast Zone Bill Barnett Distinguished Coaching Award from USA Water Polo for his work with the South Florida Water Polo Club, he will travel with the United States team for the Olympics.
The water polo tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center in Kōtō. Twenty-two teams (twelve for men and ten for women) will compete in the tournament, an increase of two from the previous editions. Similar to Rio 2016, games that end in ties in elimination rounds will be decided by shootouts, as overtime has been abolished since 2013.
2020 Olympics Officials
| Referee with Team |  – USA |
Michael GOLDENBERG |
| Referee with Team |  – ESP |
Xevi BUCH |
| Referee with Team |  – ITA |
Alessandro SEVERO |
| Referee with Team |  – SRB |
Vojin PUTNIKOVIC |
| Referee with Team |  – JPN |
Asumi TSUZAKI |
| Referee with Team |  – AUS |
Nicola Mendy JOHNSON |
| Referee with Team |  – CAN |
Marie-Claude DESLIERES |
| Referee with Team |  – GRE |
Georgios STAVRIDIS * |
| Referee with Team |  – CRO |
Nenad PERIS * |
| Referee with Team |  – HUN |
György KUN * |
| Referee with Team |  – MNE |
Stanko IVANOSKI * |
| Referee with Team |  – KAZ |
Viktor SALNICHENKO * |
| Referee with Team |  – CHN |
Liang ZHANG * |
| Referee with Team |  – NED |
Michiel ZWART * |
| Referee with Team |  – RUS |
Sergey NAUMOV * |
| Referee with Team |  – GER |
Frank OHME * |
| Referee with Team |  – FRA |
Sébastien DERVIEUX * |
| Referee with Team |  – RSA |
Dion WILLIS * |
| Referee with Team |  – ROU |
Adrian ALEXANDRESCU * |
| Referee with Team |  – NZL |
John WALDOW * |
| Neutral Referee |  – SLO |
Boris MARGETA |
| Neutral Referee |  – ARG |
German MÖLLER |
| Neutral Referee |  – URU |
Daniel DANERS CHAO |
| Neutral Referee |  – SUI |
Ursula WENGENROTH |
* If team is not qualified becomes additional Neutral Referee
Desk Officials
| VIDEO ANALYSES | – CRO |
Mladen RAK |
| VIDEO ANALYSES | – ESP |
Jeume TEIXIDÓ |
| VIDEO ASSISTANT REF. | – KAZ |
Sergey DROZDOV |
| VIDEO ASSISTANT REF. | – KAZ |
Alexandr SHERSHNEV |
