2014 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships

2014 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Madrid
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	25–31 August 2014
Teams	16 (from 5 confederations)
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Hungary
Fourth place	Greece
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The 2014 FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships was the 2nd edition of the U18 women's water polo world championship. The tournament was played in Madrid, Spain, from 25 to 31 August 2014. ^[1]

Format

The 16 participating teams were drawn into four groups of four, which were played in a round-robin format. The group winners advanced automatically to the quarterfinals; the second- and the third-placed teams advanced to the qualification for quarterfinals; the fourth-placed teams advanced to the 13th–16th place classification.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	58	17	+41	6	Quarterfinals
2	Hungary	3	2	0	1	55	20	+35	4	Eighthfinals
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	14	50	−36	2
4	Germany	3	0	0	3	13	53	−40	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: World Aquatics

	Report	South Africa	7–5	Germany
		Score by quarters: 0–0, 3–4, 3–1, 1–0

	Report	United States	14–9	Hungary
		Score by quarters:3–2, 6–3, 2–3, 3–1

	Report	Hungary	22–3	Germany
		Score by quarters:6–1, 3–1, 4–0, 9–1

	Report	South Africa	4–20	United States
		Score by quarters: 2–6, 1–3, 1–4, 0–7

	Report	South Africa	3–24	Hungary
		Score by quarters: 0–6, 0–4, 2–6, 1–8

	Report	United States	24–4	Germany
		Score by quarters:4–1, 7–1, 5–0, 8–2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	2	1	0	47	16	+31	5	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	37	26	+11	5	Eighthfinals
3	Japan	3	1	0	2	23	33	−10	2
4	Brazil	3	0	0	3	16	48	−32	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: World Aquatics

	Report	Brazil	4–11	Japan
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 2–4, 0–4

	Report	Greece	9–9	Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–3, 4–1, 2–2

	Report	Italy	13–9	Japan
		Score by quarters:3–2, 3–2, 2–4, 5–1

	Report	Brazil	4–22	Greece
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–3, 1–6, 0–7

	Report	Brazil	8–15	Italy
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 1–3, 2–5

	Report	Greece	16–3	Japan
		Score by quarters:4–1, 5–1, 4–1, 3–0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	48	14	+34	5	Quarterfinals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	52	19	+33	5	Eighthfinals
3	China	3	1	0	2	36	48	−12	2
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	18	73	−55	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: World Aquatics

	Report	Puerto Rico	4–26	Spain
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–9, 0–6, 1–5

	Report	China	10–21	Netherlands
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 6–6, 2–7, 2–6

	Report	Netherlands	6–6	Spain
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 2–1, 1–0, 1–1

	Report	Puerto Rico	11–22	China
		Score by quarters: 3–7, 2–10, 2–1, 4–4

	Report	Puerto Rico	3–25	Netherlands
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 0–6, 1–6, 1–8

	Report	China	4–16	Spain
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–5, 1–5, 0–2

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	35	18	+17	6	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	33	27	+6	4	Eighthfinals
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	29	24	+5	2
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	20	48	−28	0	13th–16th place classification

Source: World Aquatics

	Report	Canada	7–6	Australia
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–1, 1–1, 0–1

	Report	New Zealand	9–15	Russia
		Score by quarters: 3–5, 1–1, 3–5, 2–4

	Report	Russia	9–8	Australia
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–2, 2–2

	Report	Canada	18–3	New Zealand
		Score by quarters:4–2, 6–0, 4–0, 4–1

	Report	Canada	10–9	Russia
		Score by quarters:4–0, 1–3, 2–4, 3–2

	Report	New Zealand	8–15	Australia
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–3, 2–5, 1–2

Knockout stage

Brackets

Main bracket

	Playoffs				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					United States	6
					Netherlands	4
	Netherlands	13
	Australia	8
									United States	12
									Greece	11
					Greece	10
					China	5
	China	10
	Russia	8
													United States	5
													Canada	4
					Spain	10
					Hungary	11
	Hungary	20
	Japan	14
									Hungary	9
									Canada	10			Third place game
					Canada	8							Greece	10
					Italy	6							Hungary	11
	South Africa	8
	Italy	15

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	Netherlands	10
	China	6
					Netherlands	8
					Italy	11
	Spain	6
	Italy	10
					Seventh place game
					China	1
					Spain	7

9th place bracket

	9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place game
	Japan	13
	Australia	10
					Japan	8
					Russia	15
	South Africa	5
	Russia	17
					Eleventh place game
					Australia	14
					South Africa	4

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				Thirteenth place game
	Germany	5
	Brazil	7
					Brazil	7
					New Zealand	10
	Puerto Rico	6
	New Zealand	13
					Fifteenth place game
					Germany	5
					Puerto Rico	10

13th–16th place semifinals

	Report	Germany	5–7	Brazil
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1

	Report	Puerto Rico	6–13	New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 2–5, 1–6

Fifteenth place game

	Report	Germany	5–10	Puerto Rico
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 3–6, 1–3, 1–0

Thirteenth place game

	Report	Brazil	7–10	New Zealand
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 0–3, 3–1, 2–3

Playoffs

	Report	Hungary	20–14	Japan
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 5–3, 7–2, 3–6

	Report	South Africa	8–15	Italy
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–4, 2–4, 2–3

	Report	Netherlands	13–8	Australia
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 3–1, 5–3

	Report	China	10–8	Russia
		Score by quarters:2–1, 4–4, 2–2, 2–1

9th–12th place semifinals

	Report	Japan	13–10	Australia
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 4–2, 4–2, 4–4

	Report	South Africa	5–17	Russia
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 1–4, 2–3, 1–4

Eleventh place game

	Report	Australia	14–4	South Africa
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–0, 4–0, 5–2

Ninth place game

	Report	Japan	8–15	Russia
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 1–7, 2–2

Quarterfinals

	Report	United States	6–4	Netherlands
		Score by quarters:1–0, 2–0, 2–1, 1–3

	Report	Greece	10–5	China
		Score by quarters:3–1, 3–1, 2–1, 2–2

	Report	Spain	10–11	Hungary
		Score by quarters: 1–6, 2–2, 6–2, 1–1

	Report	Canada	8–6	Italy
		Score by quarters: 0–1, 2–2, 5–2, 1–1

5th–8th place semifinals

	Report	Netherlands	10–6	China
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 1–1, 2–2, 3–1

	Report	Spain	6–10	Italy
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–5, 1–3, 2–1

Seventh place game

	Report	China	1–7	Spain
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 1–2, 0–1, 0–2

Fifth place game

	Report	Netherlands	8–11	Italy
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–3, 1–3, 3–3

Semifinals

	Report	United States	12–11 (PSO)	Greece
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 4–0, 0–3, 3–1   PSO:3–2

	Report	Hungary	9–10	Canada
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–1, 4–3, 2–1

Third place game

	Report	Greece	10–11 (PSO)	Hungary
		Score by quarters:4–0, 2–5, 0–1, 1–1   PSO: 3–4

Final

	Report	United States	5–4	Canada
		Score by quarters:2–0, 1–2, 1–1, 1–1

Final standings

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Hungary
4	Greece
5	Italy
6	Netherlands
7	Spain
8	China
9	Russia
10	Japan
11	Australia
12	South Africa
13	New Zealand
14	Brazil
15	Puerto Rico
16	Germany

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References

1. "FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships 2014". World Aquatics. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
2. "FINA World Women's Youth Water Polo Championships 2014 - Final standings". World Aquatics. Retrieved 31 August 2014.