Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 4–9 September 2018 |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runner-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 479 (19.96 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (19 goals) |
Best player | ![]() |
The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Surgut, Russia from 4 to 9 September 2018.[1]
The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.[2]
Format
[edit]8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.
Groups
[edit]Group A | Group B |
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Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 6 |
2. | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 3 |
3. | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 30 | -3 | 3 |
4. | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 0 |
4 September 2018 16:00 |
Australia ![]() |
11–8 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-3, 2-4, 4-1 |
4 September 2018 19:00 |
Spain ![]() |
9–13 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 0-5 |
5 September 2018 15:00 |
Spain ![]() |
13–7 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 4-2, 3-1 |
5 September 2018 19:30 |
Australia ![]() |
8–14 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-7, 0-5, 3-2 |
6 September 2018 16:30 |
Australia ![]() |
8–8 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 1-1 |
6 September 2018 19:30 |
China ![]() |
11–19 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 3-5, 3-5, 2-6, 3-3 |
Group B
[edit]Team | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff | Points | |
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1. | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6 | +55 | 6 |
2. | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 4 |
3. | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 33 | -17 | 2 |
4. | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 52 | -44 | 0 |
4 September 2018 14:30 |
New Zealand ![]() |
2–18 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-3, 0-6, 0-4 |
4 September 2018 17:30 |
South Africa ![]() |
3–18 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-5, 1-5, 1-5 |
5 September 2018 16:30 |
New Zealand ![]() |
4–11 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-3, 0-4, 1-3 |
5 September 2018 18:00 |
South Africa ![]() |
1–26 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 1-7, 0-10, 0-4, 0-5 |
6 September 2018 15:00 |
New Zealand ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-0, 2-1, 3-1 |
6 September 2018 18:00 |
United States ![]() |
17–3 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-1, 9-2, 4-0 |
Final round
[edit]- 5th-8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification | 5th-place match | |||||
08 September – Surgut | ||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||
09 September – Surgut | ||||||
![]() | 15 | |||||
![]() | 20 | |||||
08 September– Surgut | ||||||
![]() | 19 | |||||
![]() | 21 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
7th-place match | ||||||
09 September – Surgut | ||||||
![]() | 14 | |||||
![]() | 3 |
5th–8th place classification
[edit]8 September 2018 15:00 |
New Zealand ![]() |
6–15 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 2-3, 2-4 |
8 September 2018 16:30 |
Canada ![]() |
21–2 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-2, 6-0, 6-0, 7-0 |
7th-place match
[edit]9 September 2018 15:00 |
New Zealand ![]() |
14–3 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 3-0, 1-0, 5-1, 5-2 |
5th-place match
[edit]9 September 2018 16:30 |
China ![]() |
20–19 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 3-1, 4-3, 3-4, 0-2 PSO: 10-9 |
- Championship bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
07 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 26 | |||||||||
08 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
07 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||||||
09 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
07 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
08 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 15 | |||||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||||||
07 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 11 | Third place | ||||||||
![]() | 17 | |||||||||
09 September – Surgut | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 8 | |||||||||
![]() | 9 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]7 September 2018 15:00 |
Spain ![]() |
17–3 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 3-1, 5-1, 4-0, 5-1 |
7 September 2018 16:30 |
Australia ![]() |
9–6 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-1, 2-2, 3-2 |
7 September 2018 18:00 |
China ![]() |
5–15 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 0-4, 4-4, 0-3, 1-4 |
7 September 2018 19:30 |
Russia ![]() |
26–0 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 9-0, 4-0, 8-0, 5-0 |
Semifinals
[edit]8 September 2018 18:00 |
Spain ![]() |
5–11 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-4, 1-2, 1-2 |
8 September 2018 19:30 |
Australia ![]() |
3–5 | ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-1, 0-2, 0-1, 1-1 |
Bronze-medal match
[edit]9 September 2018 18:00 |
Spain ![]() |
8–9 | ![]() ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-3, 2-2 | ||||
A. Espar 4 Lloret, Gual, Crespí, Leitón 1 |
Goals | Webster 5 Knox 2 Gofers, Buckling 1 |
Gold-medal match
[edit]9 September 2018 19:30 |
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8–5 | ![]() ![]() |
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Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-1, 2-1, 1-2 | ||||
Steffens 3 J. Neushul 2 Hauschild, A. Fischer, M. Fischer 1 |
Goals | Gorbunova 2 Ivanova, Bersneva, Zubkova 1 |
Final standings
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Ashleigh Johnson, Jordan Raney, Stephania Haralabidis, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Jamie Neushul, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Amanda Longan.[1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian. |
Individual awards
[edit]- Most Valuable Player
Maggie Steffens (USA)
- Best Goalkeeper
Ashleigh Johnson (USA)
- Best Scorer
Anni Espar (ESP) — 19 goals
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "WP World Cup (W), Surgut, Day 6: The USA is again golden". FINA.org. September 9, 2018.