Sports season
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
Group A [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Canada
3
3
0
0
0
41
28
+13
9
Super Final
—
15–13
2
China
3
2
0
0
1
31
23
+8
6
Quarterfinals
10–11
—
11–7
10–5
3
Japan
3
1
0
0
2
29
33
−4
3
—
4
New Zealand (H)
3
0
0
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 [ ]
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
Championship bracket
Final ranking [ ]
Super Final [ ]
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 [ ]
Seeding [ ]
Preliminary round [ ]
Group A [ ]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Netherlands
3
3
0
0
0
24
18
+6
9
Quarterfinals
2
Spain
3
2
0
0
1
29
22
+7
6
3
China (H)
3
1
0
0
2
21
29
−8
3
4
Australia
3
0
0
0
3
20
25
−5
0
Source:
FINA Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
(H) Host
Group B [ ]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Pos
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
United States
3
3
0
0
0
36
16
+20
9
Quarterfinals
2
Canada
3
2
0
0
1
29
25
+4
6
3
Russia
3
1
0
0
2
38
31
+7
3
4
Japan
3
0
0
0
3
18
49
−31
0
Source:
FINA Rules for classification: Only goals scored in regular time are counted.
Final round [ ]
5th–8th place bracket
5th–8th place classification [ ]
[4]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
7th place match [ ]
[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
5th place match [ ]
[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Championship bracket
Quarterfinals [ ]
[6]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Semifinals [ ]
[4]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Bronze medal match [ ]
[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Gold medal match [ ]
[5]
All times are CST (UTC+8 )
Final ranking [ ]
[5]
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 [ ]
[5]
Most Valuable Player
Sabrina van der Sloot (NED )
Best Goalkeeper
Top Scorer
Notes [ ]
^ 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 [ ]
Men's tournament Women's tournament