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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
LeagueFINA Water Polo World League
SportWater Polo
Duration3 November 2018 to 9 June 2019
Super Final
Finals champions United States (13th title)
  Runners-up Italy
Finals MVPUnited States Maddie Musselman
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons

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 edit

European Preliminaries edit

  • November, 2018 – May, 2019

Group A edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Qualified to Super Final
Rank Team
    Netherlands
    Russia
    Hungary
4   Italy
5   Spain
6   Greece

Intercontinental Cup edit

Group A edit

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 edit

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 semifinalsFifth 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
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold 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 edit

[2]
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 edit

[2]
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 edit

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

Super Final edit

Venue edit

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

Qualified teams edit

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

Seeding edit

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 edit

Group A edit

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
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
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 edit

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
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
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 edit

5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th 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 edit

[3]
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 edit

[4]
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 edit

[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
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold 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 edit

[5]
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 edit

[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 edit

[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 edit

[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 edit

[6]

Individual awards edit

[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. p. 78. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth". FINA.org. March 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "USA and Italy will clash for highest honours. 5 years after". FINA.org. June 9, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e "USA reigns supreme at the Super Final for the 13th time". FINA.org. June 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "The USA, the Netherlands, Russia and Italy hope for more history". FINA.org. June 8, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "QUALIFIED! USA Women Punch Ticket To Tokyo With Super Final Gold". USAwaterpolo.org. June 9, 2019.

External links edit

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