2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–9 September 2018
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (4th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	479 (19.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anni Espar (19 goals)
Best player	Maggie Steffens
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The 2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup was the 17th edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the International Swimming Federation (FINA). The event took place in Surgut, Russia from 4 to 9 September 2018.^[1]

The United States won the gold medal by defeating Russia 8-5 in the final. Australia captured bronze, beating Spain 9-8.^[2]

Format

8 teams qualified for the 2018 FINA World Cup. They are split into two groups of 4 teams. After playing a round-robin every team advanced to the quarterfinals. The best ranked team of Group A played against the fourth ranked team of Group B, the second ranked team of Group A against the third ranked team of Group B the third ranked team of Group A against the second ranked team of Group B and the fourth ranked team of Group A against the best ranked team of Group B. The winners of those quarterfinals advanced to the Semis and played out the champion while the losers of the quarterfinals competed in placement matches.

Groups

Group A	Group B
Spain  Australia  China  Russia	South Africa  New Zealand  United States  Canada

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	Russia	3	3	0	0	46	28	+18	6
2.	Spain	3	1	1	1	30	28	+2	3
3.	Australia	3	1	1	1	27	30	-3	3
4.	China	3	0	0	3	26	43	−17	0

4 September 2018 16:00	Australia	11–8	China
	Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-3, 2-4, 4-1

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4 September 2018 19:00	Spain	9–13	Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 0-5

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5 September 2018 15:00	Spain	13–7	China
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 4-2, 3-1

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5 September 2018 19:30	Australia	8–14	Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-7, 0-5, 3-2

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6 September 2018 16:30	Australia	8–8	Spain
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 1-1

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6 September 2018 19:30	China	11–19	Russia
	Score by quarters: 3-5, 3-5, 2-6, 3-3

Group B

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

	Team	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	61	6	+55	6
2.	Canada	3	2	0	1	30	24	+6	4
3.	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	16	33	-17	2
4.	South Africa	3	0	0	3	8	52	-44	0

4 September 2018 14:30	New Zealand	2–18	United States
	Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-3, 0-6, 0-4

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4 September 2018 17:30	South Africa	3–18	Canada
	Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-5, 1-5, 1-5

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5 September 2018 16:30	New Zealand	4–11	Canada
	Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-3, 0-4, 1-3

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5 September 2018 18:00	South Africa	1–26	United States
	Score by quarters: 1-7, 0-10, 0-4, 0-5

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6 September 2018 15:00	New Zealand	10–4	South Africa
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-0, 2-1, 3-1

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6 September 2018 18:00	United States	17–3	Canada
	Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-1, 9-2, 4-0

Final round

5th-8th place bracket

	5th–8th place classification				5th-place match
	08 September – Surgut
	New Zealand	6
					09 September – Surgut
	China	15
					China	20
	08 September– Surgut
					Canada	19
	Canada	21
	South Africa	2
					7th-place match
					09 September – Surgut
					New Zealand	14
					South Africa	3

5th–8th place classification

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

8 September 2018 15:00	New Zealand	6–15	China
	Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 2-3, 2-4

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8 September 2018 16:30	Canada	21–2	South Africa
	Score by quarters: 2-2, 6-0, 6-0, 7-0

7th-place match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018 15:00	New Zealand	14–3	South Africa
	Score by quarters: 3-0, 1-0, 5-1, 5-2

5th-place match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018 16:30	China	20–19	Canada
	Score by quarters: 3-1, 4-3, 3-4, 0-2  PSO: 10-9

Championship bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	07 September – Surgut
	Russia	26
					08 September – Surgut
	South Africa	0
					Australia	3
	07 September – Surgut
					Russia	5
	Australia	9
									09 September – Surgut
	Canada	6
									United States	8
	07 September – Surgut
									Russia	5
	China	5
					08 September – Surgut
	United States	15
					Spain	5
	07 September – Surgut
					United States	11			Third place
	Spain	17
									09 September – Surgut
	New Zealand	3
									Spain	8
									Australia	9

Quarterfinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

7 September 2018 15:00	Spain	17–3	New Zealand
	Score by quarters: 3-1, 5-1, 4-0, 5-1

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7 September 2018 16:30	Australia	9–6	Canada
	Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-1, 2-2, 3-2

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7 September 2018 18:00	China	5–15	United States
	Score by quarters: 0-4, 4-4, 0-3, 1-4

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7 September 2018 19:30	Russia	26–0	South Africa
	Score by quarters: 9-0, 4-0, 8-0, 5-0

Semifinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

8 September 2018 18:00	Spain	5–11	United States
	Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-4, 1-2, 1-2

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8 September 2018 19:30	Australia	3–5	Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 0-2, 0-1, 1-1

Bronze-medal match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018 18:00	Spain	8–9	Australia
	Score by quarters: 0-2, 4-2, 2-3, 2-2
	A. Espar 4 Lloret, Gual, Crespí, Leitón 1	Goals	Webster 5 Knox 2 Gofers, Buckling 1

Gold-medal match

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

9 September 2018 19:30	United States	8–5	Russia
	Score by quarters: 2-1, 3-1, 2-1, 1-2
	Steffens 3 J. Neushul 2 Hauschild, A. Fischer, M. Fischer 1	Goals	Gorbunova 2 Ivanova, Bersneva, Zubkova 1

Final standings

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player
  •  Maggie Steffens (USA)
• Best Goalkeeper
  •  Ashleigh Johnson (USA)
• Best Scorer
  •  Anni Espar (ESP) — 19 goals

References

• "fina.org September 09, 2018"