Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

The women's water polo tournament at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships was held from 14 to 26 July.^[1]

Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Tournament details
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–26 July
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (6th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Hungary
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	1,084 (22.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rita Keszthelyi (24 goals)
Awards
Best player	Roser Tarragó
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The United States captured their sixth overall title after defeating Spain in the final, while Australia won against Hungary to win the bronze medal.^[2]

Participating teams

For the complete team rosters, see Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's team rosters.

Africa

•  South Africa

Americas

•  Canada
•  Cuba
•  United States

Asia

•  China
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  South Korea

Europe

•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Italy
•  Netherlands
•  Russia
•  Spain

Oceania

•  Australia
•  New Zealand

Draw

The draw was held on 7 April 2019.^[3]

Seeding

The seedings were announced on 6 February 2019.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States  Russia  Spain  Australia	Netherlands  China  Greece  Canada	Cuba  Hungary  Italy  New Zealand	Kazakhstan  South Korea  Japan  South Africa

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	60	13	+47	6	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	57	18	+39	4	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	26	41	−15	2
4	South Africa	3	0	0	3	5	76	−71	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

14 July 2019 08:30	Report	South Africa	0–33	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–10, 0–9, 0–7
			Goals	Van de Kraats 7

14 July 2019 09:50	Report	New Zealand	3–22	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 1–4, 0–6, 2–4
		Doyle 2	Goals	Haralabidis 5

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16 July 2019 19:10	Report	United States	12–9	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 1–2, 4–3, 4–2
		Gilchrist, Musselman 3	Goals	Keuning 2

16 July 2019 20:30	Report	South Africa	4–17	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–2, 2–6, 2–3
		Hallendorff 2	Goals	Doyle, McDowall 4

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18 July 2019 16:30	Report	South Africa	1–26	United States	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), An Jin-yong (KOR)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–8, 0–6, 0–5
		Meecham 1	Goals	Musselman 5

18 July 2019 17:50	Report	New Zealand	6–15	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 3–4, 1–4, 2–5
		McDowall 3	Goals	Megens 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	65	23	+42	6	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	91	31	+60	4	Playoffs
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	46	35	+11	2
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	3	3	116	−113	0

Source: Sportresult
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.
(H) Hosts

14 July 2019 11:10	Report	Canada	10–18	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–5, 4–5, 3–6
		Christmas 3	Goals	Prokofyeva 3

14 July 2019 12:30	Report	Hungary	64–0	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jeremy Cheng (SGP), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 16–0, 18–0, 16–0, 14–0
		Parkes 11	Goals

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16 July 2019 08:30	Report	South Korea	1–30	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Jaume Teixidó (ESP), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 0–9, 0–8, 1–6
		Kyung 1	Goals	ten players 3

16 July 2019 09:50	Report	Canada	14–15	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 4–5, 3–5, 5–2
		Fournier, E. Wright 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 7

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18 July 2019 19:10	Report	Canada	22–2	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 5–0, 6–0, 6–0, 5–2
		Christmas, E. Wright 3	Goals	Kyung, Lee J. 1

18 July 2019 20:30	Report	Hungary	12–17	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 4–6, 3–5, 1–2, 4–4
		Vályi 4	Goals	Bersneva 4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	51	16	+35	6	Quarterfinals
2	Greece	3	2	0	1	37	25	+12	4	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	22	37	−15	2
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	16	48	−32	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

14 July 2019 16:30	Report	Cuba	6–9	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–1, 2–4, 1–3
		Chávez 2	Goals	Myrzabekova 3

14 July 2019 17:50	Report	Greece	4–14	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–2, 0–3, 1–3
		four players 1	Goals	Tarragó 6

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16 July 2019 11:10	Report	Spain	18–6	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 7–3, 3–1, 5–1
		three players 3	Goals	Mirshina, Yeremina 2

16 July 2019 12:30	Report	Cuba	4–20	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–6, 0–5, 1–4
		Carrasco 2	Goals	Avramidou 6

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18 July 2019 08:30	Report	Cuba	6–19	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 0–7, 1–6, 4–3, 1–3
		Bernal 3	Goals	García, Ortiz 4

18 July 2019 09:50	Report	Greece	13–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 4–1, 1–3, 4–2
		Xenaki 3	Goals	Zakirova 3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	33	22	+11	6	Quarterfinals
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	32	29	+3	4	Playoffs
3	China	3	1	0	2	26	34	−8	2
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	20	26	−6	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

14 July 2019 19:10	Report	Japan	6–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–1, 2–4, 1–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Chen, Wang X. 2

14 July 2019 20:30	Report	Italy	10–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 3–2, 3–3, 1–4
		Garibotti 3	Goals	Webster 4

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16 July 2019 16:30	Report	Australia	14–12	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 5–3, 3–3, 2–2
		Gofers, Webster 3	Goals	Zhao 4

16 July 2019 17:50	Report	Japan	7–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arima 3	Goals	Bianconi 5

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18 July 2019 11:10	Report	Japan	7–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–1, 1–2, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	Buckling 3

18 July 2019 12:30	Report	Italy	14–6	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Nenad Periš (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–1, 4–2, 2–2
		Garibotti, Tabani 3	Goals	Xiong 2

Knockout stage

Bracket

Championship bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

22 July

United States

15

20 July

Greece

5

Greece

12

24 July

China

8

United States

7

Australia

2

22 July

Russia

7

20 July

Australia

9

Kazakhstan

3

26 July

Australia

13

United States

11

Spain

6

22 July

Spain

12

20 July

Netherlands

8

Netherlands

5

24 July

Canada

4

Spain

16

Hungary

10

Third place game

22 July

26 July

Italy

6

Australia

10

20 July

Hungary

7

Hungary

9

New Zealand

6

Hungary

17

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	24 July
	Greece	4
					26 July
	Russia	13
					Russia	10
	24 July
					Italy	9
	Netherlands	5
	Italy	10
					Seventh place game
					26 July
					Greece	9
					Netherlands	11

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	22 July
	Canada (PSO)	17
					24 July
	China	16
					Canada	24
	22 July
					Kazakhstan	7
	New Zealand	12
	Kazakhstan (PSO)	14
					Eleventh place game
					24 July
					China	14
					New Zealand	12

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place game
	20 July
	South Africa	26
					22 July
	South Korea	3
					South Africa	2
	20 July
					Japan	21
	Cuba	9
	Japan	21
					15th place game
					22 July
					South Korea	0
					Cuba	30

Playoffs

20 July 2019 14:00	Report	Netherlands	5–4	Canada	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 4–2, 0–1, 1–1
		Megens 2	Goals	E. Wright 2

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20 July 2019 15:30	Report	New Zealand	6–17	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Juan Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–4, 1–4, 2–5
		Houghton, McDowall 2	Goals	Keszthelyi 4

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20 July 2019 17:00	Report	Greece	12–8	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 2–2, 4–4, 2–1
		Plevritou 3	Goals	Zhao 4

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20 July 2019 18:30	Report	Kazakhstan	3–13	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–2, 2–3, 0–4
		Myrzabekova 2	Goals	Halligan 4

Quarterfinals

22 July 2019 14:00	Report	United States	15–5	Greece	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 4–0, 4–2, 2–2, 5–1
		Musselman 4	Goals	Eleftheriadou, Xenaki 2

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22 July 2019 15:30	Report	Russia	7–9	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–2, 3–2, 3–3
		Karimova 2	Goals	Webster 3

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22 July 2019 17:00	Report	Spain	12–8	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–3, 2–1, 2–3
		A. Espar, García 4	Goals	van der Sloot 3

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22 July 2019 18:30	Report	Italy	6–7	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 1–1, 1–1
		six players 1	Goals	Gurisatti, Leimeter 2

13th–16th place semifinals

20 July 2019 10:30	Report	South Africa	26–3	South Korea	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Kunihiro Sato (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 7–1, 4–0, 7–1, 8–1
		three players 4	Goals	three players 1

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20 July 2019 12:00	Report	Cuba	9–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), John Waldow (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 2–6, 2–4, 2–5
		Bernal 3	Goals	Arima 5

9th–12th place semifinals

22 July 2019 11:00	Report	Canada	17–16 (PSO)	China	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–4, 1–1, 2–1  PSO: 7–6
		Christmas 3	Goals	Zhang 4

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22 July 2019 12:30	Report	New Zealand	12–14 (PSO)	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–2, 2–0, 2–2  PSO: 2–4
		Doyle 4	Goals	Mirshina 4

5th–8th place semifinals

24 July 2019 14:00	Report	Greece	4–13	Russia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 2–4, 1–5
		Plevritou 2	Goals	Bersneva, Karimova 3

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24 July 2019 15:30	Report	Netherlands	5–10	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–3, 1–2, 1–2
		Megens 3	Goals	Avegno 4

Semifinals

24 July 2019 17:00	Report	United States	7–2	Australia	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–0, 1–1, 1–1
		three players 2	Goals	Halligan, Webster 1

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24 July 2019 18:30	Report	Spain	16–10	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Boris Margeta (SLO)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–5, 4–1, 2–1
		Tarragó, Forca 4	Goals	Leimeter 4

15th place game

22 July 2019 08:00	Report	South Korea	0–30	Cuba	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 0–8, 0–9, 0–6, 0–7
			Goals	four players 5

13th place game

22 July 2019 09:30	Report	South Africa	2–21	Japan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–4, 1–6, 0–7
		Moir, Hallendorff 1	Goals	Arima 5

Eleventh place game

24 July 2019 09:30	Report	China	14–12	New Zealand	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Natacha Florestano (BRA), Jeremy Cheng (SGP)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–2, 4–2, 3–6
		Zhang J 3	Goals	McDowall, Houghton 4

Ninth place game

24 July 2019 11:00	Report	Canada	24–7	Kazakhstan	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Dion Willis (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 7–3, 5–1, 4–1, 8–2
		Békhazi 5	Goals	Roga, Mirshina 2

Seventh place game

26 July 2019 14:00	Report	Greece	9–11	Netherlands	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–5, 6–4, 0–1
		Kotsia 3	Goals	Megens, Keuning 3

Fifth place game

26 July 2019 15:30	Report	Russia	10–9	Italy	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Sebastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 5–2, 1–2
		three players 2	Goals	Bianconi, Chiappini 3

Bronze Medal match

26 July 2019 17:00	Report	Australia	10–9	Hungary	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Marie-Claude Deslieres (CAN), Jaume Teixidó (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 4–3, 1–1, 2–2
		Arancini 3	Goals	Keszthelyi 3

Gold Medal match

26 July 2019 18:30	Report	United States	11–6	Spain	Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Nenad Peris (CRO)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 4–0, 2–3
		Neushul 3	Goals	Tarragó 3

Final standing

Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games Qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games as winner of 2019 World League Rank[1] Team  United States  Spain  Australia 4  Hungary 5  Russia 6  Italy 7  Netherlands 8  Greece 9  Canada 10  Kazakhstan 11  China 12  New Zealand 13  Japan 14  South Africa 15  Cuba 16  South Korea

2019 Women's Water Polo World champions  United States Sixth title Team roster Amanda Longan, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Stephania Haralabidis, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Ashleigh Johnson.[1] Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Awards and statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals[5]	Shots	%
1	Rita Keszthelyi	24	55	44
2	Maud Megens	20	42	48
3	Yumi Arima	18	41	44
	Gréta Gurisatti	18	27	67
5	Morgan McDowall	17	32	53
6	Bernadette Doyle	16	32	50
	Dorottya Szilágyi	16	35	46
	Roser Tarragó	16	32	50
9	Rebecca Parkes	15	22	68
	Emma Wright	15	36	42

Awards

The awards and all-star team were announced on 26 July 2019.^[2][6]

Most Valuable Player

• Roser Tarragó

Most Valuable Goalkeeper

• Laura Ester

Highest Goalscorer

• Rita Keszthelyi – 24 goals

Media All-Star Team

• Laura Ester – Goalkeeper
• Aria Fischer – Centre forward
• Stephania Haralabidis
• Rita Keszthelyi
• Maud Megens
• Alena Serzhantova
• Roser Tarragó