2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup

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2018 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Dates4-9 September 2018
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (4th title)
Runner-upFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Third placeFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Fourth placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches24
Goals scored479 (20 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg Anni Espar
(19 goals)
Best player Flag of the United States.svg 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]

Contents

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 AGroup B

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints
1.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33004628+186
2.Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31113028+23
3.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31112730-33
4.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30032643−170
04 September 2018
16:00		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg11–8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-3, 2-4, 4-1
04 September 2018
19:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg9–13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Score by quarters: 2-4, 3-2, 4-2, 0-5
05 September 2018
15:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg13–7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Score by quarters: 2-2, 4-2, 4-2, 3-1
05 September 2018
19:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8–14Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-7, 0-5, 3-2
06 September 2018
16:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg8–8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Score by quarters: 2-1, 4-3, 1-3, 1-1
06 September 2018
19:30		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg11–19Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Score by quarters: 3-5, 3-5, 2-6, 3-3

Group B

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

TeamGWDLGFGADiffPoints
1.Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300616+556
2.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32013024+64
3.Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31021633-172
4.Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3003852-440
04 September 2018
14:30		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–18Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-3, 0-6, 0-4
04 September 2018
17:30		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg3–18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Score by quarters: 1-3, 0-5, 1-5, 1-5
05 September 2018
16:30		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg4–11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Score by quarters: 1-1, 2-3, 0-4, 1-3
05 September 2018
18:00		 South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg1–26Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Score by quarters: 1-7, 0-10, 0-4, 0-5
06 September 2018
15:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg10–4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Score by quarters: 2-2, 3-0, 2-1, 3-1
06 September 2018
18:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svg17–3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Score by quarters: 2-0, 2-1, 9-2, 4-0

Final round

5th-8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place classification5th-place match
 
      
 
08 September – Surgut
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6
 
09 September – Surgut
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20
 
08 September– Surgut
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 19
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2
 
7th-place match
 
 
09 September – Surgut
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3

5th–8th place classification

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

8 September 2018
15:00		 New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Score by quarters: 1-4, 1-4, 2-3, 2-4
8 September 2018
16:30		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg21–2Flag of South Africa.svg  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  Flag of New Zealand.svg14–3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Score by quarters:3-0, 1-0, 5-1, 5-2

5th-place match

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9 September 2018
16:30		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg20–19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Score by quarters:3-1, 4-3, 3-4, 0-2  PSO:10-9
Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
07 September – Surgut
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 26
 
08 September – Surgut
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3
 
07 September – Surgut
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9
 
09 September – Surgut
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8
 
07 September – Surgut
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5
 
08 September – Surgut
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5
 
07 September – Surgut
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11Third place
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17
 
09 September – Surgut
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9
 

Quarterfinals

All times are YEKT (UTC+5)

7 September 2018
15:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg17–3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Score by quarters:3-1, 5-1, 4-0, 5-1
7 September 2018
16:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg9–6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Score by quarters:3-1, 1-1, 2-2, 3-2
7 September 2018
18:00		 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5–15Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Score by quarters: 0-4, 4-4, 0-3, 1-4
7 September 2018
19:30		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg26–0Flag of South Africa.svg  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  Flag of Spain.svg5–11Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Score by quarters: 0-3, 3-4, 1-2, 1-2
8 September 2018
19:30		 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Score by quarters:2-1, 0-2, 0-1, 1-1

Bronze-medal match

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9 September 2018
18:00		 Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8–9Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Bronze medal icon.svg
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		 Gold medal icon.svg United States  Flag of the United States.svg8–5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Silver medal icon.svg
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

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