2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

The 2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 18th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament, running from 25 January to 6 November 2022.^[1]

2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water polo
Duration	25 January – 6 November
Super Final
Finals champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Finals MVP	Rita Keszthelyi

Spain won their first title after a win over Hungary.^[2]

European qualification round

The draw for the european qualification round was conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland on 17 November 2021.^[3]

First round

All six teams advanced to the second round of the European qualifications.^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	2	1	0	1	0	25	24	+1	4	Second round		—	11–9	—
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	0	1	22	18	+4	3			—	—	13–7
3	Greece	2	0	1	0	1	22	27	−5	2			15–14Pen.	—	—

Source: FINA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	2	1	0	0	1	16	21	−5	3	Second round		—	11–10	—
2	Spain	1	0	0	0	1	10	11	−1	0			—	—	15 Mar
3	Russia[a]	1	1	0	0	0	11	5	+6	3	Excluded		11–5	—	—

Source: FINA
Notes:

1. Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[5]

Second round

• 22–24 April 2022, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

The top-four European teams qualified for the Super Final. France replaced Russia.^[6]

	Playoff				Semi-finals				Final
					23 April 2022
					Italy	7
	22 April 2022
					Netherlands	9
	Netherlands	18
									24 April 2022
	France	6
									Netherlands	12
									Spain	11
					23 April 2022
					Hungary	12 (6)
	22 April 2022
					Spain (pen.)	12 (7)			Third place
	Spain	13
									24 April 2022
	Greece	9
									Italy	10
									Hungary	9

Fifth place bracket

	Fifth place game
	24 April 2022
	France	10
	Greece	15

Intercontinental Cup

• 7–13 March 2022, Lima, Peru^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	6	0	0	0	127	25	+102	18	Super final		—	—	11–4	—	28–3	—	33–1
2	Canada	6	5	0	0	1	97	39	+58	15			11–14	—	6–5	—	—	—	24–4
3	United States	6	4	0	0	2	86	30	+56	12			—	—	—	13–5	17–3	—	—
4	Brazil	6	3	0	0	3	54	65	−11	9			2–17	9–19	—	—	—	10–9	—
5	Argentina	6	2	0	0	4	35	89	−54	6			—	3–16	—	3–8	—	12–11	—
6	Cuba	6	1	0	0	5	45	99	−54	3			4–26	4–21	2–21	—	—	—	—
7	Colombia	6	0	0	0	6	30	127	−97	0			—	—	3–26	4–20	9–11	9–15	—

Source: FINA

Super final

2022 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	2–6 November
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Hungary
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	472 (23.6 per match)
Awards
Best player	Rita Keszthelyi
Best goalkeeper	Martina Terré

Teams

As host country

•  Spain

Qualified teams

•  Australia
•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  United States

Invited teams

•  New Zealand

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	0	31	21	+10	9	Semifinals
2	Netherlands	3	1	0	1	1	35	37	−2	4
3	Italy	3	1	0	0	2	43	38	+5	3
4	Canada	3	0	1	0	2	25	38	−13	2

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 November 2022 08:40	Report	Netherlands	6–9	United States	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Stefan Seidl (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–2, 2–3, 2–1
		Moolhuijzen 2	Goals	three players 2

2 November 2022 12:00	Report	Canada	9–16	Italy	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–4, 1–6, 3–3
		McKelvey, La Roche 2	Goals	Marletta 3

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3 November 2022 08:40	Report	Canada	5–11	United States	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Natalia Markopoulou (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 1–5, 2–2, 1–1
		five players 1	Goals	Roemer 4

3 November 2022 10:20	Report	Netherlands	18–17	Italy	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 5–4, 5–4, 3–4, 5–5
		Moolhuijzen 4	Goals	Marletta 6

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4 November 2022 08:40	Report	Netherlands	14–15	Canada	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 2–4, 2–1  PSO: 3–4
		Van de Kraats 4	Goals	McKelvey 4

4 November 2022 12:00	Report	United States	11–10	Italy	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 2–4, 1–2, 3–2
		five players 2	Goals	three players 2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	48	20	+28	9	Semifinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	0	1	45	31	+14	6
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	26	26	0	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	18	60	−42	0

Source: FINA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

2 November 2022 10:20	Report	Australia	7–9	Hungary	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), William MacKay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–2, 2–1, 2–4
		Halligan 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

2 November 2022 13:40	Report	Spain	21–4	New Zealand	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 7–1, 8–1
		Ortiz 4	Goals	Milicich 2

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3 November 2022 12:00	Report	Australia	14–5	New Zealand	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Peter de Jong (NED), Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–1, 4–2, 1–1
		Halligan 6	Goals	Quin 2

3 November 2022 13:40	Report	Spain	15–11	Hungary	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Stefan Seidl (GER), Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 6–2, 4–3, 2–4
		Ortiz 4	Goals	Faragó 3

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4 November 2022 10:20	Report	New Zealand	9–25	Hungary	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Marta Cabañas (ESP), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 5–8, 1–5, 1–7
		Houghton, Nicholson 3	Goals	Gurisatti 6

4 November 2022 13:40	Report	Spain	12–5	Australia	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: William MacKay (CAN), Stefan Seidl (GER)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 4–0, 1–0
		Espar 3	Goals	Ridge 3

Knockout stage

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	5 November
	Italy	13
					6 November
	New Zealand	5
					Italy	13
	5 November
					Australia	11
	Australia	12
	Canada	10
					Seventh place game
					6 November
					New Zealand	6
					Canada	13

5–8th place semifinals

5 November 2022 08:40	Report	Italy	13–5	New Zealand	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Danielle Dabbaghian (USA), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–2, 3–0, 4–2
		three players 2	Goals	Houghton, Nicholson 2

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5 November 2022 10:20	Report	Australia	12–10	Canada	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Peter de Jong (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–3, 5–1, 2–3
		Kearns 4	Goals	Christmas 4

Seventh place game

6 November 2022 08:40	Report	New Zealand	6–13	Canada	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Julien Bourges (FRA), Stefan Seidl (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 0–3, 1–3, 1–3
		Nicholson 3	Goals	Christmas 4

Fifth place game

6 November 2022 10:20	Report	Italy	13–11	Australia	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Nóra Debreceni (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–3, 2–6, 2–0
		Picozzi 3	Goals	Williams 3

Championship bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 November
	United States	9
					6 November
	Hungary	10
					Hungary	11 (7)
	5 November
					Spain (PSO)	11 (8)
	Spain	14
	Netherlands	10
					Third place
					6 November
					United States (PSO)	11 (5)
					Netherlands	11 (4)

Semifinals

5 November 2022 12:00	Report	Spain	14–10	Netherlands	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Julien Bourges (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–2, 3–3, 5–3
		Forca, Ortiz 3	Goals	Moolhuijzen, Sleeking 3

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5 November 2022 13:40	Report	United States	9–10	Hungary	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), William MacKay (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–1, 2–3
		Roemer, Shabb 2	Goals	Szilágyi 3

Third place game

6 November 2022 12:00	Report	United States	16–15	Netherlands	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Giuliana Nicolosi (ITA), Marta Cabañas (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–1, 2–3, 2–4  PSO: 5–4
		Raney 4	Goals	five players 2

Final

6 November 2022 13:40	Report	Hungary	18–19	Spain	Real Club Nautico, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Referees: Nicola Johnson (AUS), Danielle Dabbaghian (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–3, 3–3, 2–2  PSO: 7–8
		Keszthelyi, Pőcze 3	Goals	González 3

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	Spain
2	Hungary
3	United States
4	Netherlands
5	Italy
6	Australia
7	Canada
8	New Zealand