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.

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 MVP Maddie Musselman

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

European Preliminaries
  • November, 2018 – May, 2019

Group A
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
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

Source: FINA

 
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

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

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

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

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

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

Intercontinental Cup

Group A
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
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

[1]
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

[1]
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
Qualified to Super Final
RankTeam
 United States
 Australia
 China
4 Canada
5 Japan
6 Kazakhstan
7 New Zealand
8 South Africa

Super Final

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

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

Seeding
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
Group A

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

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
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

[2]
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

[3]
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

[3]
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

[4]
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

[2]
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

[3]
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

[3]
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

[5]

Individual awards

[3]

References
  1. "Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth". FINA.org. March 31, 2019.
  2. "USA and Italy will clash for highest honours. 5 years after". FINA.org. June 9, 2019.
  3. "USA reigns supreme at the Super Final for the 13th time". FINA.org. June 10, 2019.
  4. "The USA, the Netherlands, Russia and Italy hope for more history". FINA.org. June 8, 2019.
  5. "QUALIFIED! USA Women Punch Ticket To Tokyo With Super Final Gold". USAwaterpolo.org. June 9, 2019.
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