Water polo at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, organised by the FINA, was held in the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain from 21 July to 2 August 2013.^[1]

Women's water polo
2013 World Aquatics Championships

Tournament details
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21 July – 2 August
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	896 (20.36 per match)
Attendance	35,980 (818 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lieke Klaassen (25 goals)
Awards
Best player	Jennifer Pareja
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Spain defeated Australia 8–6 in the final match to capture their first world championship title.^[2]

Qualification

16 teams qualified for the world championships in 2013 as follows:

• The host nation
• The best 2 teams in the 2012 World League not already qualified as the host nation
• The best 4 teams in the 2012 Olympics not already qualified as the host nation or from the World League
• The best 3 teams in the 2012 European Championships not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best 2 teams in the 2013 Americas Qualification Tournament not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best 2 teams from Asia (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best team from Africa (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• The best team from Oceania (qualification system yet to be organised) not already qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics
• If no team enters from a continent or if a team qualified as the host nation, from the World League, or from the Olympics does not enter, then each vacancy shall be filled by the next highest placed team(s) from the continental qualification tournament with the following rotation: Americas, Europe, Host Continent, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

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Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	–	–	1	Spain
2012 World League Finals	29 May-3 June 2012	Changshu	2	United States  Australia
2012 Olympics	30 July–11 August 2012	London	4	Hungary  China  Russia  Italy
2012 European Championships	18–28 January 2012	Eindhoven	3	Greece  Netherlands  Great Britain
2013 Americas Qualification Tournament	January 2013[4]	Calgary	2	Canada  Brazil
Asia			2	Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan
Africa			1	South Africa
Oceania			1	New Zealand
TOTAL			16

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	41	24	+17	5
Spain	3	2	0	1	40	23	+17	4
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	54	29	+25	3
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	13	72	−59	0

21 July 2013 09:30	Match 1[5]	Russia	22–6	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 225 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–1, 5–2, 6–2
		Prokofyeva 6	Goals	three players 2

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21 July 2013 21:30	Match 8[6]	Spain	14–12	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 5–1, 3–3, 4–4
		Espar, Peña 3	Goals	Smit 4

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23 July 2013 20:10	Match 15[7]	Uzbekistan	3–30	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Makita (JPN), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1–7, 0–9, 1–6, 1–8
		three players 1	Goals	Klaassen 6

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23 July 2013 21:30	Match 16[8]	Spain	6–7	Russia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Drury (USA), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–1, 1–3, 3–2
		López 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 4

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25 July 2013 17:30	Match 21[9]	Russia	12–12	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–2, 1–2, 4–5
		Beliaeva, Ivanova 3	Goals	Klaassen 4

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25 July 2013 21:30	Match 24[10]	Spain	20–4	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 800 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Drury (USA)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 3–0, 6–0, 3–3
		Blas 6	Goals	Plyusova, Halikova 2

Group B

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	45	10	+35	6
China	3	2	0	1	35	21	+14	4
New Zealand	3	1	0	2	22	35	−13	2
South Africa	3	0	0	3	10	46	−36	0

21 July 2013 10:50	Match 2[11]	Australia	15–4	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 320 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Cardenuto (BRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–2, 4–0, 4–1
		Webster 4	Goals	Mason 2

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21 July 2013 12:10	Match 3[12]	China	17–2	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 150 Referees: Drury, Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–0, 5–0, 4–2
		Ma Huanhuan 5	Goals	L. Keet, M. Keet 1

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23 July 2013 09:30	Match 9[13]	South Africa	7–13	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Abramović (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 1–3, 3–4
		White 3	Goals	Hudson, Myles 4

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23 July 2013 10:50	Match 10[14]	Australia	14–5	China	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Bianchi (ITA), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 3–2, 6–0, 4–0
		McGhie 3	Goals	Liu Ping 2

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25 July 2013 18:50	Match 22[15]	Australia	16–1	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Makita (JPN), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 5–1, 5–0, 2–0
		Lincoln-Smith, Webster 3	Goals	White 1

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25 July 2013 20:10	Match 23[16]	China	13–5	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Cardenuto (BRA), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–1, 5–3, 2–1
		Sun Yujun, Song Donglun 3	Goals	Myles 2

Group C

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	38	20	+18	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	30	27	+3	3
Greece	3	1	1	1	29	27	+2	3
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	20	43	−23	0

21 July 2013 13:30	Match 4[17]	United States	12–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 360 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–2, 4–2, 4–2
		Steffens 3	Goals	Tsoukala, Roumpesi 3

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21 July 2013 17:30	Match 5[18]	Canada	14–9	Great Britain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Flahive (AUS), Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–3, 4–3, 3–1
		Alogbo 4	Goals	Gibson-Byrne 4

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23 July 2013 12:10	Match 11[19]	Great Britain	7–13	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 255 Referees: Reemnet (NED), Skovpina (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 2–5, 2–5
		Gibson-Byrne, Gibson 2	Goals	Asimaki 5

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23 July 2013 13:30	Match 12[20]	United States	10–8	Canada	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 3–2, 1–3
		Silver, Seidemann 2	Goals	Perreault 3

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25 July 2013 09:30	Match 17[21]	United States	16–4	Great Britain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–2, 3–1, 7–1
		Clark 3	Goals	Gibson-Byrne 2

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25 July 2013 10:50	Match 18[22]	Canada	8–8	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 650 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 3–0, 1–2
		Eggens 4	Goals	Tsoukala, Asimaki 2

Group D

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	3	0	0	48	17	+31	6
Italy	3	2	0	1	26	22	+4	4
Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	23	32	−9	2
Brazil	3	0	0	3	16	42	−26	0

21 July 2013 18:50	Match 6[23]	Hungary	20–6	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Naumov (RUS), Reemnet (NED)
		Score by quarters: 6–2, 3–0, 3–0, 8–4
		Keszthelyi 5	Goals	Zablith, Chiappini 2

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21 July 2013 20:10	Match 7[24]	Italy	9–7	Kazakhstan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 600 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Ni (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 5–0, 2–3, 1–1
		Di Mario 3	Goals	Akilbayeva, Gritsenko 2

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23 July 2013 17:30	Match 13[25]	Kazakhstan	9–5	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 410 Referees: Taylan (TUR), Golijanin (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 2–0, 2–3
		Jakayeva, Gritsenko 2	Goals	Chiappini 3

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23 July 2013 18:50	Match 14[26]	Hungary	10–4	Italy	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Borrell (ESP), Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 3–1, 3–1, 1–1
		Keszthelyi, Bujka 4	Goals	four players 1

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25 July 2013 12:10	Match 19[27]	Hungary	18–7	Kazakhstan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Williams (NZL), Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 8–1, 4–2, 3–2, 3–2
		Bujka 3	Goals	Jakayeva 4

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25 July 2013 13:30	Match 20[28]	Italy	13–5	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 200 Referees: Skovpina (UZB), Koganov (AZE)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–0, 2–1, 3–3
		three players 3	Goals	Zablith 2

Knockout stage

Championship bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

27 July

Russia

22

29 July

South Africa

3

Russia

17

27 July

Canada

9

Canada

14

31 July

Kazakhstan

8

Russia

6

27 July

Australia

9

Australia

25

29 July

Uzbekistan

2

Australia

9

27 July

Greece

5

Italy

12

2 August

Greece

13

Australia

6

27 July

Spain

8

United States

14

29 July

Brazil

3

United States

6

27 July

Spain

9

Spain

18

31 July

New Zealand

6

Spain

13

27 July

Hungary

12

Third place

Hungary

14

29 July

2 August

Great Britain

5

Hungary

11

Russia

8

27 July

Netherlands

7

Hungary

10

China

10

Netherlands

11

5th place bracket

	5–8th place classification				5th place match
	31 July
	Canada	8
					2 August
	Greece	12
					Greece	12
	31 July
					United States	15
	United States	12
	Netherlands	11
					7th place match
					2 August
					Canada	9
					Netherlands	12

Quarterfinals qualification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

27 July 2013 09:30	Match 25[29]	Russia	22–3	South Africa	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Ni (CHN), Vogel (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 7–2, 6–1, 4–0
		Beliaeva 5	Goals	three players 1

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27 July 2013 10:50	Match 27[30]	Australia	25–2	Uzbekistan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 100 Referees: Moller (ARG), Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 5–1, 5–1, 9–0
		Buckling 6	Goals	Sarancha 2

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27 July 2013 12:10	Match 28[31]	China	10–11	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Bender (GER), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–4, 3–2, 3–3
		Ma Huanhuan 4	Goals	Smit, Klaassen 3

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27 July 2013 13:30	Match 26[32]	Spain	18–6	New Zealand	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Melliar (RSA), Golijanin (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 4–2, 3–2, 6–1
		Pareja 5	Goals	Hudson, Myles 2

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27 July 2013 17:30	Match 29[33]	United States	14–3	Brazil	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Makita (JPN), Skovpina (UZB)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 7–1, 2–2, 2–0
		five players 2	Goals	three players 1

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27 July 2013 18:50	Match 30[34]	Canada	14–8	Kazakhstan	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Williams (NZL), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 5–1, 3–3, 2–2
		Eggens 4	Goals	Shepelina, Gritsenko 2

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27 July 2013 20:10	Match 31[35]	Hungary	14–5	Great Britain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 450 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Drury (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 2–0, 4–1
		Bujka 5	Goals	Nixon 2

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27 July 2013 21:30	Match 32[36]	Italy	12–13 (OT, PSO)	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Borrell (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 1–2, 4–2  OT: 1–1, 0–0  PSO: 2–3
		Bianconi 3	Goals	Manolioudaki 4

Quarterfinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

29 July 2013 15:30	Match 33[37]	Russia	17–9	Canada	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 560 Referees: Bender (GER), Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–1, 4–4, 5–2
		Prokofyeva, Ivanova 4	Goals	Békhazi 4

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29 July 2013 17:00	Match 34[38]	Australia	9–5	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 500 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 1–1, 2–2, 3–1
		four players 2	Goals	Avramidou, Roumpesi 2

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29 July 2013 20:15	Match 36[39]	Netherlands	7–11	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–2, 3–2, 3–2
		Klaassen 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

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29 July 2013 21:45	Match 35[40]	Spain	9–6	United States	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Koryzna (POL), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–2, 1–1, 3–1
		Pareja 4	Goals	Craig 3

5th–8th place classification

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

31 July 2013 15:30	Match 37[41]	Canada	8–12	Greece	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Moller (ARG), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 3–1, 1–5, 3–1
		Wright, Eggens 2	Goals	Tsoukala 4

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31 July 2013 17:00	Match 38[42]	United States	12–11	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 400 Referees: Peris (CRO), Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 4–3, 3–2, 3–4
		five players 2	Goals	Klaassen 4

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

31 July 2013 20:15	Match 39[43]	Russia	6–9	Australia	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Margeta (SLO), Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–3, 1–2, 2–3
		Ivanova 2	Goals	Zagame 3

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31 July 2013 21:45	Match 40[44]	Spain	13–12	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Drury (USA), Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–4, 2–3, 2–0
		Espar 4	Goals	Antal 4

7th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 15:00	Match 41[45]	Canada	9–12	Netherlands	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 300 Referees: Vogel (HUN), Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 2–3, 4–3, 2–1
		Valin 4	Goals	Smit, Klaassen 3

5th place match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 20:45	Match 42[46]	Greece	12–15 (OT, PSO)	United States	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Terepenka (CAN), Taylan (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–2, 1–3, 4–1  OT: 1–0, 0–1  PSO: 1–4
		Avramidou 4	Goals	Mathewson 3

Bronze medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 16:30	Match 43[47]	Russia	8–10	Hungary	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Amber Drury (USA), Mario Bianchi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–2, 2–3, 1–2
		A. Antonova 3 Belova, Beliaeva 2 Tankeeva 1	Goals	Keszthelyi, Tóth 3 Szűcs 2 Takács, Menczinger 1

Gold medal match

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

2 August 2013 22:15	Match 44[48]	Australia	6–8	Spain	Piscines Bernat Picornell, Barcelona Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Radoslaw Koryzna (POL), Axel Bender (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Lincoln-Smith, Bishop, Webster, McGhie, Arancini, Southern 1	Goals	Pareja, García, López 2 Tarragó, Blas 1

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

Rank[1] Team  Spain  Australia  Hungary 4  Russia 5  United States 6  Greece 7  Netherlands 8  Canada 9  China 10  Italy 11  Kazakhstan 12  New Zealand 13  Great Britain 14  Brazil 15  South Africa 16  Uzbekistan

2013 Women's Water Polo World champions  Spain First title Team Roster Laura Ester, Marta Bach, Anni Espar, Roser Tarragó, Mati Ortiz, Jennifer Pareja (C), Lorena Miranda, Pili Peña, Andrea Blas, Ona Meseguer, Maica García, Laura López, Patri Herrera.[1] Head Coach: Miki Oca.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Shots	%
1	Lieke Klaassen	25	42	59
2	Rita Keszthelyi	21	41	51
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	19	42	45
4	Barbara Bujka	18	32	56
5	Olga Beliaeva	17	28	61
6	Jennifer Pareja	16	36	44
	Yasemin Smit		38	42
	Christina Tsoukala		46	35

Source: SportResult Archived 2019-06-01 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

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Most Valuable Player

• Jennifer Pareja

Best Goalscorer

• Lieke Klaassen – 25 goals

Best Goalkeeper

• Laura Ester

Media All-Star Team

• Laura Ester – Goalkeeper
• Barbara Bujka – Centre forward
• Rita Keszthelyi
• Lieke Klaassen
• Jennifer Pareja
• Ekaterina Prokofyeva
• Rowena Webster