2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 16th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2018 and June 2019 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 4–9 June 2019.^[1]

2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	3 November 2018 to 9 June 2019
Super Final
Finals champions	United States (13th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Finals MVP	Maddie Musselman

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

Preliminary rounds

European Preliminaries

• November, 2018 – May, 2019

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	6	5	1	0	0	97	52	+45	17	Europa Cup Final		—	12–9	17–13	28–5
2	Spain	6	4	0	1	1	62	47	+15	13			12–14 (PSO)	—	8–7	11–5
3	Greece	6	2	0	0	4	83	79	+4	6			10–11	7–11	—	24–5
4	Israel	6	0	0	0	6	29	93	−64	0			5–19	6–13	8–17	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	6	5	0	0	1	60	51	+9	15	Europa Cup Final		—	13–12	9–6	7–6
2	Hungary	6	3	1	0	2	59	51	+8	11			12–8	—	10–11	13–4
3	Netherlands	6	3	0	1	2	72	46	+26	10			7–9	13–14 (PSO)	—	19–2
4	France	6	0	0	0	6	34	84	−50	0			8–14	5–12	6–18	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Europa Cup Final

• March 29–31, 2019, Turin, Italy

Source: FINA Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
					30 March
					Russia	15
	29 March
					Hungary	14
	Hungary	13
									31 March
	Greece	9
									Russia	9
									Netherlands	11
					30 March
					Italy	11
	29 March
					Netherlands	17			Bronze medal match
	Spain	6
									31 March
	Netherlands	9
									Hungary	13
									Italy	11

Quarterfinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

29 March 2019 15:30	Hungary	13–9	Greece	Turin, Italy Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Ferrari (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–3, 3–3, 2–2
	Parkes 3	Goals	Tsoukala, Chydirioti 2

29 March 2019 17:00	Spain	6–9	Netherlands	Turin, Italy Referees: Naumov (RUS), Savinovic (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–1
	A. Espar, B. Ortiz 2	Goals	Megens, van der Sloot 3

Semifinals

All times are CET (UTC+1).

30 March 2019 15:00	Russia	15–14	Hungary	Turin, Italy Referees: Savinovic (CRO), Colominas (ESP)
	Score by quarters: 4–3, 4–4, 5–5, 2–2
	Karimova 5	Goals	Keszthelyi 5

30 March 2019 16:30	Italy	11–17	Netherlands	Turin, Italy Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Kouretas (GRE)
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 3–5, 4–4
	Bianconi 3	Goals	Megens, Keuning 4

5th place match

All times are CET (UTC+1).

30 March 2019 18:00	Greece	14–17	Spain	Turin, Italy Referees: Dutilh-Dumas (NED), Marjay (HUN)
	Score by quarters: 3–6, 5–4, 2–5, 4–2
	Eleftheriadou 5	Goals	B. Ortiz 8

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

31 March 2019 15:00	Hungary	13–11	Italy	Turin, Italy Referees: Savinovic (CRO), Colominas (ESP)
	Score by quarters: 5–5, 3–1, 2–3, 3–2
	Keszthelyi 6	Goals	Bianconi 4

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

31 March 2019 16:30	Russia	9–11	Netherlands	Turin, Italy Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Ferrari (ITA)
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–4, 2–3, 4–2
	Karimova 4 Gorbunova, Bersneva, Prokofyeva, Serzhantova, Timofeeva	Goals	Megens 4 Wolves 3 Stomphorst, van de Kraats 2

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Russia
	Hungary
4	Italy
5	Spain
6	Greece

Intercontinental Cup

• March 23–31, 2019, Perth, Australia

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	59	15	+44	9	Quarterfinals		—	11–5	18–7	30–3
2	China	3	2	0	0	1	37	25	+12	6			5–11	—	8–7	24–7
3	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	26	33	−7	3			7–18	7–8	—	12–7
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	17	66	−49	0			3–30	7–24	7–12	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	3	0	0	0	49	16	+33	9	Quarterfinals		—	13–9	15–4	21–3
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	38	21	+17	6			9–13	—	13–4	16–4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	0	2	20	37	−17	3			4–15	4–13	—	12–9
4	South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	16	49	−33	0			3–21	4–16	9–12	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	30 March
	Kazakhstan	14
					31 March
	New Zealand	12
					Kazakhstan	7
	30 March
					Japan	16
	Japan	12
	South Africa	7
					Seventh place game
					31 March
					New Zealand	11
					South Africa	8

Championship bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	29 March
	China	16
					30 March
	Kazakhstan	15
					China	8
	29 March
					Australia	12
	New Zealand	4
									31 March
	Australia	15
									Australia	12
	29 March
									United States	14
	Japan	6
					30 March
	Canada	9
					Canada	7
	29 March
					United States	14			Bronze medal match
	United States	22
									31 March
	South Africa	4
									China	11
									Canada	8

Bronze medal match

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All times are AWST (UTC+8).

31 March 2019 16:15	China	11–8	Canada	Perth, Australia
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 2–1, 3–3
	Wang Huan 3	Goals	Alogbo 2

Gold medal match

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All times are AWST (UTC+8).

31 March 2019 17:30	Australia	12–14	United States	Perth, Australia
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–5, 2–1, 3–0  PSO: 3–5
	Gofers 4 Webster 3 Buckling 2 three players 1	Goals	Haralabidis, K. Neushul, Gilchrist 3 J. Neushul 2 three players 1

Final ranking

Qualified to Super Final

Rank	Team
	United States
	Australia
	China
4	Canada
5	Japan
6	Kazakhstan
7	New Zealand
8	South Africa

Super Final

• June 4–9, 2019, Budapest, Hungary

Venue

Budapest	Budapest 2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League (Hungary)
Danube Arena
Capacity: 12,500 expanded

Qualified teams

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
—	Canada  United States	China	Hungary  Italy  Netherlands  Russia	Australia

Seeding

Group A	Group B
Netherlands (1st Europa Cup)  Italy (4th Europa Cup)  Australia (2nd ICC)  China (3rd ICC)	United States (1st ICC)  Canada (4th ICC)  Russia (2nd Europa Cup)  Hungary (3rd Europa Cup)

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	29	23	+6	9	Quarterfinals		—	8–7	11–9	10–7
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	0	1	30	22	+8	6			7–8	—	8–7	15–7
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	26	27	−1	3			9–11	7–8	—	10–8
4	China	3	0	0	0	3	22	35	−13	0			7–10	7–15	8–10	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.

4 June 2019 16:15	Netherlands	15–7	China	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 3–3, 4–0

4 June 2019 20:15	Australia	9–11	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 3–5, 2–2, 1–2

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5 June 2019 15:00	Australia	10–8	China	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 3–3, 3–2

5 June 2019 18:30	Netherlands	7–8	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–2, 1–3, 2–2

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6 June 2019 16:45	Netherlands	8–7	Australia	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–2, 2–1, 0–1

6 June 2019 20:15	China	7–10	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 2–2, 2–3

Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	39	20	+19	9	Quarterfinals		—	12–7	12–9	15–4
2	Russia	3	1	1	0	1	36	36	0	5			7–12	—	14–9	19–17 (PSO)
3	Hungary (H)	3	1	0	0	2	34	40	−6	3			9–12	9–14	—	16–14
4	Canada	3	0	0	1	2	33	46	−13	1			4–15	17–19 (PSO)	14–16	—

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host

4 June 2019 14:30	Russia	19–17	Canada	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–5, 7–4  PSO: 4–2

4 June 2019 18:30	United States	12–9	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–1, 2–2, 4–3

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5 June 2019 16:45	United States	15–4	Canada	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 6–0, 3–2, 4–2, 2–0

5 June 2019 20:15	Russia	14–9	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–1, 2–1, 5–4

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6 June 2019 15:00	Russia	7–12	United States	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–5, 0–2, 3–3, 1–2

6 June 2019 18:30	Canada	14–16	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 8–5, 3–5, 1–3

Final round

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place classification				5th place match
	8 June
	Hungary	15
					9 June
	China	14
					Hungary	7
	8 June
					Australia	12
	Australia	15
	Canada	9
					7th place match
					9 June
					China	10
					Canada	13

5th–8th place classification

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

8 June 2019 15:00	Hungary	15–14	China	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 4–5, 3–5

8 June 2019 16:45	Australia	15–9	Canada	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–0, 3–2, 6–4

7th place match

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

9 June 2019 15:00	China	10–13	Canada	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–4, 1–2, 3–5

5th place match

^[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

9 June 2019 16:45	Hungary	7–12	Australia	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–2, 2–3, 0–3, 2–4

Championship bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	7 June
	Netherlands	12
					8 June
	Hungary	10
					Netherlands	6
	7 June
					United States	8
	China	6
									9 June
	United States	21
									United States	10
	7 June
									Italy	9
	Australia	8
					8 June
	Russia	9
					Russia	12
	7 June
					Italy	13			Bronze medal match
	Italy	15
									9 June
	Canada	10
									Netherlands	7
									Russia	10

Quarterfinals

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).

7 June 2019 15:00	Australia	8–9	Russia	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–1, 0–3, 4–2

7 June 2019 16:45	Italy	15–10	Canada	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 6–3, 4–3

7 June 2019 18:30	Netherlands	12–10	Hungary	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–1, 3–4, 3–3

7 June 2019 20:15	China	6–21	United States	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–6, 1–5, 3–4

Semifinals

^[3]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

8 June 2019 18:30	Netherlands	6–8	United States	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 2–1, 1–1

8 June 2019 20:15	Russia	12–13	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–6, 2–1, 1–1, 4–1  PSO: 3–4

Bronze medal match

^[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

9 June 2019 18:30	Netherlands	7–10	Russia	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 2–4, 1–2
	Megens, van der Sloot, Wolves 2 Koolhaas 1	Goals	Prokofyeva 3 seven players 1

Gold medal match

^[4]
All times are CEST (UTC+2).

9 June 2019 20:15	United States	10–9	Italy	Budapest, Hungary
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–2, 4–2, 3–3
	M. Fischer 4 Musselman 2 A. Fischer, Fattal, Haralabidis, Neushul 1	Goals	Tabani, Garibotti, Chiappini 2 Bianconi, Emmolo, Palmieri 1

Final ranking

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Qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics Rank[1] Team  United States  Italy  Russia 4  Netherlands 5  Australia 6  Hungary 7  Canada 8  China

2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League  United States 13th title Team Roster Amanda Longan, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Jamie Neushul, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Ashleigh Johnson, Jordan Raney, Stephania Haralabidis. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

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• Most Valuable Player
  • Maddie Musselman
• Best Goalkeeper
  • Laura Aarts
• Top Scorer
  • Maud Megens Rita Keszthelyi — 17 goals