Water polo at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

1991 World Water Polo Championship
6th FINA World Aquatics Championships
Location	Australia
Date(s)	3–13 January
Category	1991 World Aquatics Championships
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The 1991 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the second edition of the women's water polo tournament at the World Aquatics Championships, organised by the world governing body in aquatics, the FINA. The tournament was held from 3 to 13 January 1991, and was incorporated into the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.^[1]

Teams

Preliminary round

GROUP A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Netherlands	8	4	4	0	0	49	35	+14
2.	Canada	6	4	3	0	1	40	25	+15
3.	Germany	4	4	2	0	2	38	33	+5
4.	New Zealand	2	4	1	0	3	29	42	–13
5.	France	0	4	0	0	4	28	49	–21

GROUP B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Hungary	6	3	3	0	0	40	18	+22
2.	United States	4	3	2	0	1	30	17	+13
3.	Australia	2	3	1	0	2	27	19	+8
4.	Brazil	0	3	0	0	3	3	46	–43

Final round

GROUP C

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Netherlands	4	3	2	0	1	22	12	+10
2.	Canada	3	3	1	1	1	14	20	–6
3.	United States	3	3	1	1	1	17	18	–1
4.	Hungary	2	3	1	0	2	16	19	–3

Final ranking

RANK[1] TEAM  Netherlands  Canada  United States 4.  Hungary 5.  Australia 6.  Germany 7.  New Zealand 8.  Brazil 9.  France

1991 FINA Women's World champion  Netherlands First title

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player

• ???

• Best Goalkeeper

• ???

RANK	TOPSCORERS	GOALS
1.	Birgit Kempen (GER)	23
2.	Alice Lindhout (NED)	17
3.	Hedda Verdam (NED)	16
4.	Patricia Libregts (NED)	14

Medalists

Netherlands[1] Karla van der Boon (goal), Hellen Boering (goal), Irma Brander, Edmée Hiemstra, Monique Kranenburg, Karin Kuipers, Patricia Libregts, Alice Lindhout, Lilian Ossendrijver, Janny Spijker, Esmeralda van den Water, Marjan op den Velde, Hedda Verdam. Head Coach: Peter van den Biggelaar.

United States Amber Drury Sandy Vessey-Schneider

References

• Results