2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	21 November 2017 to 2 June 2018
Super Final
Finals champions	United States (12th title)
Runners-up	Netherlands
Finals MVP	Sabrina van der Sloot
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons
← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the 15th edition of the annual women's international water polo tournament. It was played between November 2017 and June 2018 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 28 May to 2 June 2018.^[1]^[2]

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

Europe[edit]

November 21, 2017 – May 1, 2018

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	6	3	1	0	2	60	56	+4	11	Super Final	—	9–8	10–11	12–12 (3–1)
2	Russia	6	3	0	0	3	59	59	0	9		7–9	—	9–6	13–11
3	Netherlands	6	3	0	0	3	54	54	0	9		8–11	12–13	—	7–6
4	Hungary	6	2	0	1	3	56	60	−4	7		10–9	12–9	5–10	—

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

Inter-Continental Cup[edit]

April 3–8, 2018, Auckland, New Zealand

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	41	28	+13	9	Super Final	—		15–13
2	China	3	2	1	31	23	+8	6	Quarterfinals	10–11	—	11–7	10–5
3	Japan	3	1	2	29	33	−4	3				—
4	New Zealand (H)	3	0	3	17	34	−17	0		5–15		7–9	—

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

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	0	19	11	+8	6	Quarterfinals	—
2	United States	2	1	0	0	1	21	15	+6	3		8–9	—	13–6
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	0	2	9	23	−14	0		3–10		—

4	New Zealand 2^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[b]		2–20	2–24	5–19	—

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

^ New Zealand was represented by 2nd team
^ Matches of New Zealand 2 are not counted in the competition

5th–8th place bracket

5th–8th place classification		5th place match

7 April

Kazakhstan (pen.)	14 (4)
		8 April
New Zealand	14 (3)
		Kazakhstan	9
7 April
		Japan	11
Japan	^[a]

New Zealand 2
		7th place match

		8 April

		New Zealand	^[b]

		New Zealand 2

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

6 April

China	9
		7 April
Kazakhstan	6
		China	7
6 April
		Australia	8
New Zealand	4
				8 April
Australia	15
				Australia	7
6 April
				United States	10
Japan	9
		7 April
United States	16
		United States	16
6 April
		Canada	11	Bronze medal match
Canada	^[c]
				8 April
New Zealand 2
				China	8

				Canada	9

Final ranking[edit]

Qualified to Super Final

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

Super Final[edit]

May 28 – June 2, 2018, Kunshan, China
In the Super Final the eight qualifying teams are split into two groups of four teams with all teams progressing to the knock-out stage.^[3]

Qualified teams[edit]

Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania
—	Canada United States	China (Host) Japan	Netherlands Russia Spain	Australia

Seeding[edit]

Group A	Group B
Australia (2nd ICC) Spain (1st Europe) China (4th ICC) (Host) Netherlands (3rd Europe)	United States (1st ICC) Russia (2nd Europe) Canada (3rd ICC) Japan (5th ICC)

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	24	18	+6	9	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	1	29	22	+7	6
3	China (H)	3	1	2	21	29	−8	3
4	Australia	3	0	3	20	25	−5	0

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

28 May 2018 18:00	Australia	5–7	Netherlands	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 1–3, 2–1

28 May 2018 20:00	Spain	13–6	China	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–0, 4–1, 2–3

29 May 2018 16:30	Spain	6–7	Netherlands	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 0–2, 2–1, 3–2, 1–2

29 May 2018 19:30	Australia	6–8	China	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 2–2, 1–1, 1–2

30 May 2018 16:30	Spain	10–9	Australia	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 3–2, 2–0

30 May 2018 19:30	China	7–10	Netherlands	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–5, 2–2, 1–1

Group B[edit]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	36	16	+20	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	1	29	25	+4	6
3	Russia	3	1	2	38	31	+7	3
4	Japan	3	0	3	18	49	−31	0

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

28 May 2018 15:00	Russia	9–11	Canada	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 3–4, 3–1, 3–5, 1–1

28 May 2018 16:30	United States	14–4	Japan	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 5–1, 6–2, 2–0

29 May 2018 15:00	Russia	22–10	Japan	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 6–3, 4–2, 9–4, 3–1

29 May 2018 18:00	United States	12–5	Canada	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–2, 5–0, 2–2

30 May 2018 15:00	Russia	7–10	United States	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 3–4, 2–2

30 May 2018 18:00	Canada	13–4	Japan	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 5–0, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1

Final round[edit]

5th–8th place bracket

5th–8th place classification		5th place match

1 June

Spain	11
		2 June
Australia	8
		Spain	10
1 June
		China	5
China	8

Japan	7
		7th place match

		2 June

		Australia	10

		Japan	7

5th–8th place classification[edit]

^[4]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

1 June 2018 15:00	Spain	11–8	Australia	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 5–1, 3–1, 1–4

1 June 2018 16:30	China	8–7	Japan	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 0–2, 4–3, 2–0

7th place match[edit]

^[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018 15:00	Australia	10–7	Japan	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–2, 3–2, 4–2

5th place match[edit]

^[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018 16:30	Spain	10–5	China	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 2–2, 2–1

Championship bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

31 May

Spain	11
		1 June
Russia	12
		Russia	3
31 May
		United States	8
Australia	1
				2 June
United States	12
				United States	8
31 May
				Netherlands	6
China	2
		1 June
Canada	5
		Canada	5
31 May
		Netherlands	11	Bronze medal match
Netherlands	18
				2 June
Japan	7
				Russia	7

				Canada	6

Quarterfinals[edit]

^[6]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

31 May 2018 15:00	Spain	11–12	Russia	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 3–0, 1–3 PSO: 3–4

31 May 2018 16:30	Netherlands	18–7	Japan	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 6–1, 4–3, 6–2

31 May 2018 18:00	Australia	1–12	United States	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 0–1, 0–2, 1–5, 0–4

31 May 2018 19:30	China	2–5	Canada	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–1, 0–2, 0–1

Semifinals[edit]

^[4]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

1 June 2018 18:00	Russia	3–8	United States	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 0–3, 1–2, 1–0

1 June 2018 19:30	Canada	5–11	Netherlands	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–4, 1–2

Bronze medal match[edit]

^[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018 18:00	Russia	7–6	Canada	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 1–1, 2–1
	Prokofyeva 3 four players 1	Goals	Wright 3 three players 1

Gold medal match[edit]

^[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8)

2 June 2018 19:30	United States	8–6	Netherlands	Kunshan, China
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 3–2, 2–2
	Fattal 3 Seidemann 2 Hauschild, Steffens, Williams 1	Goals	van der Sloot 3 Genee, Megens, Sleeking 1

Final ranking[edit]

^[5]

Rank^[1]	Team
	United States
	Netherlands
	Russia
4	Canada
5	Spain
6	China
7	Australia
8	Japan

2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
United States 12th title

Team Roster

Ashleigh Johnson, Brigitta Games, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Kaleigh Gilchrist, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Jamie Neushul, Stephania Haralabidis, Alys Williams, Gabby Stone. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards[edit]

^[5]

Most Valuable Player
- Sabrina van der Sloot (NED)
Best Goalkeeper
- Ashleigh Johnson (USA)
Top Scorer
- Maud Megens (NED) — 15 goals

Notes[edit]

^ Japan 24–3 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)
^ New Zealand 12–1 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)
^ Canada 18–4 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)

References[edit]

^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^ FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2018 fina.org
^ Women Super Final 2018 fina.org
^ a b “USA-Netherlands out for gold in FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final“ fina.org June 1, 2018.
^ a b c d e f “USA retains FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final in Kunshan“ fina.org June 2, 2018.
^ “USA-Russia, Canada-Netherlands in Water Polo Super Final semifinals“ fina.org May 31, 2018.

Rules & Regulations

[table_note_NZL0.28311992868926-3] New Zealand was represented by 2nd team

[table_hth_NZL0.28311992868926-4] Matches of New Zealand 2 are not counted in the competition

[5] Japan 24–3 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)

[6] New Zealand 12–1 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)

[7] Canada 18–4 New Zealand 2 (Match is not counted in the competition)

[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

[2] FINA Women's Water Polo World League 2018 fina.org

[8] Women Super Final 2018 fina.org

[name1-9] “USA-Netherlands out for gold in FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final“ fina.org June 1, 2018.

[name2-10] “USA retains FINA Women's Water Polo Super Final in Kunshan“ fina.org June 2, 2018.

[11] “USA-Russia, Canada-Netherlands in Water Polo Super Final semifinals“ fina.org May 31, 2018.

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