2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration21 November 2017 to
2 June 2018
Super Final
Finals champions United States (12th title)
  Runners-up Netherlands
Finals MVPNetherlands Sabrina van der Sloot

The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2017 and June 2018 and open to all women's water polo national teams. After participating in a preliminary round, eight teams qualified to play in a final tournament, called the Super Final from 28 May to 2 June 2018.[1][2]

In the world league, there are specific rules that do not allow matches to end in a draw. If teams are level at the end of the 4th quarter of any world league match, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Teams earn points in the standings in group matches as follows:

  • Match won in normal time - 3 points
  • Match won in shootout - 2 points
  • Match lost in shootout - 1 point
  • Match lost in normal time - 0 points

Europe

  • November 21, 2017 – May 1, 2018
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 6 3 1 0 2 60 56 +4 11 Super Final 9–8 10–11 12–12 (3–1)
2  Russia 6 3 0 0 3 59 59 0 9 7–9 9–6 13–11
3  Netherlands 6 3 0 0 3 54 54 0 9 8–11 12–13 7–6
4  Hungary 6 2 0 1 3 56 60 4 7 10–9 12–9 5–10
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Inter-Continental Cup

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 0 41 28 +13 9 Super Final 15–13
2  China 3 2 0 0 1 31 23 +8 6 Quarterfinals 10–11 11–7 10–5
3  Japan 3 1 0 0 2 29 33 4 3
4  New Zealand (H) 3 0 0 0 3 17 34 17 0 5–15 7–9
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 0 19 11 +8 6 Quarterfinals
2  United States 2 1 0 0 1 21 15 +6 3 8–9 13–6
3  Kazakhstan 2 0 0 0 2 9 23 14 0 3–10
4  New Zealand 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] 2–20 2–24 5–19
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Notes:
  1. New Zealand was represented by 2nd team
  2. Matches of New Zealand 2 are not counted in the competition
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
7 April
 
 
 Kazakhstan (pen.) 14 (4)
 
8 April
 
 New Zealand 14 (3)
 
 Kazakhstan 9
 
7 April
 
 Japan 11
 
 Japan [lower-alpha 1]
 
 
 New Zealand 2
 
7th place match
 
 
8 April
 
 
 New Zealand [lower-alpha 2]
 
 
 New Zealand 2
Championship bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
6 April
 
 
 China 9
 
7 April
 
 Kazakhstan 6
 
 China 7
 
6 April
 
 Australia 8
 
 New Zealand 4
 
8 April
 
 Australia 15
 
 Australia 7
 
6 April
 
 United States 10
 
 Japan 9
 
7 April
 
 United States 16
 
 United States 16
 
6 April
 
 Canada 11 Bronze medal match
 
 Canada [lower-alpha 3]
 
8 April
 
 New Zealand 2
 
 China 8
 
 
 Canada 9
 

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final
RankTeam
 United States
 Australia
 Canada
4 China
5 Japan
6 Kazakhstan
7 New Zealand

Super Final

May 28 – June 2, 2018, Kunshan, China
In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.[3]

Qualified teams

Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
 Canada
 United States
 China (Host)
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Russia
 Spain
 Australia

Seeding

Group A Group B
 Australia (2nd ICC)
 Spain (1st Europe)
 China (4th ICC) (Host)
 Netherlands (3rd Europe)
 United States (1st ICC)
 Russia (2nd Europe)
 Canada (3rd ICC)
 Japan (5th ICC)

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 24 18 +6 9 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 3 2 0 0 1 29 22 +7 6
3  China (H) 3 1 0 0 2 21 29 8 3
4  Australia 3 0 0 0 3 20 25 5 0
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host

28 May 2018
18:00
Australia  57  Netherlands Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 1–3, 2–1
28 May 2018
20:00
Spain  136  China Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–0, 4–1, 2–3

29 May 2018
16:30
Spain  67  Netherlands Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–2, 1–2
29 May 2018
19:30
Australia  68  China Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2

30 May 2018
16:30
Spain  109  Australia Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 3–2, 2–0
30 May 2018
19:30
China  710  Netherlands Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–5, 2–2, 1–1

Group B

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 0 36 16 +20 9 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 29 25 +4 6
3  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 38 31 +7 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 18 49 31 0
Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

28 May 2018
15:00
Russia  911  Canada Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 3–5, 1–1
28 May 2018
16:30
United States  144  Japan Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–1, 6–2, 2–0

29 May 2018
15:00
Russia  2210  Japan Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 6–3, 4–2, 9–4, 3–1
29 May 2018
18:00
United States  125  Canada Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–0, 2–2

30 May 2018
15:00
Russia  710  United States Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 3–4, 2–2
30 May 2018
18:00
Canada  134  Japan Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1

Final round

5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th place match
 
      
 
1 June
 
 
 Spain 11
 
2 June
 
 Australia 8
 
 Spain 10
 
1 June
 
 China 5
 
 China 8
 
 
 Japan 7
 
7th place match
 
 
2 June
 
 
 Australia 10
 
 
 Japan 7

5th–8th place classification

[4]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

1 June 2018
15:00
Spain  118  Australia Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 3–1, 1–4
1 June 2018
16:30
China  87  Japan Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 4–3, 2–0

7th place match

[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018
15:00
Australia  107  Japan Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 3–2, 4–2

5th place match

[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018
16:30
Spain  105  China Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1
Championship bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
 
          
 
31 May
 
 
 Spain 11
 
1 June
 
 Russia 12
 
 Russia 3
 
31 May
 
 United States 8
 
 Australia 1
 
2 June
 
 United States 12
 
 United States 8
 
31 May
 
 Netherlands 6
 
 China 2
 
1 June
 
 Canada 5
 
 Canada 5
 
31 May
 
 Netherlands 11 Bronze medal match
 
 Netherlands 18
 
2 June
 
 Japan 7
 
 Russia 7
 
 
 Canada 6
 

Quarterfinals

[6]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

31 May 2018
15:00
Spain  1112  Russia Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 3–0, 1–3  PSO: 3–4
31 May 2018
16:30
Netherlands  187  Japan Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–1, 4–3, 6–2
31 May 2018
18:00
Australia  112  United States Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 0–1, 0–2, 1–5, 0–4
31 May 2018
19:30
China  25  Canada Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 0–1

Semifinals

[4]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

1 June 2018
18:00
Russia  38  United States Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 1–2, 1–0
1 June 2018
19:30
Canada  511  Netherlands Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–4, 1–2

Bronze medal match

[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018
18:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia  76  Canada Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1
Prokofyeva 3
four players 1
Goals Wright 3
three players 1

Gold medal match

[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018
19:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  86  Netherlands 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kunshan, China
Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–2, 2–2
Fattal 3
Seidemann 2
Hauschild, Steffens, Williams 1
Goals van der Sloot 3
Genee, Megens, Sleeking 1

Final ranking

[5]

Individual awards

[5]

Notes

  1. Japan 24–3 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)
  2. New Zealand 12–1 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)
  3. Canada 18–4 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)

References

  1. 1 2 "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2018 fina.org
  3. Women Super Final 2018 fina.org
  4. 1 2 “USA-Netherlands out for gold in FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final“ fina.org June 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 “USA retains FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final in Kunshan“ fina.org June 2, 2018.
  6. “USA-Russia, Canada-Netherlands in Water Polo Super Final semifinals“ fina.org May 31, 2018.
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