2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League

2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
League	FINA Water Polo World League
Sport	Water Polo
Duration	3 November 2018 to 9 June 2019
Super Final
Finals champions	United States (13th title)
Runners-up	Italy
Finals MVP	Maddie Musselman
FINA Women's Water Polo World League seasons
	← 2018 2020 →

Last updated August 06, 2024

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.^[1]

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

March 29–31, 2019, Turin, Italy

Source: FINA Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold 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

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Russia
	Hungary
4	Italy
5	Spain
6	Greece

Intercontinental Cup

March 23–31, 2019, Perth, Australia

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	59	15	+44	9	Quarterfinals	—	11–5	18–7	30–3
2	China	3	2	1	37	25	+12	6		5–11	—	8–7	24–7
3	Japan	3	1	2	26	33	−7	3		7–18	7–8	—	12–7
4	New Zealand	3	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	3	3	0	49	16	+33	9	Quarterfinals	—	13–9	15–4	21–3
2	Canada	3	2	1	38	21	+17	6		9–13	—	13–4	16–4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	20	37	−17	3		4–15	4–13	—	12–9
4	South Africa	3	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 semifinals		Fifth 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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold 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

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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

^[2]
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

Rank	Team
	United States
	Australia
	China
4	Canada
5	Japan
6	Kazakhstan
7	New Zealand
8	South Africa

Super Final

June 4–9, 2019, Budapest, Hungary

Venue

Budapest	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	29	23	+6	9	Quarterfinals	—	8–7	11–9	10–7
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	30	22	+8	6		7–8	—	8–7	15–7
3	Australia	3	1	2	26	27	−1	3		9–11	7–8	—	10–8
4	China	3	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 classification		5th 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

^[3]
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

^[4]
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

^[4]
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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold 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

^[5]
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

^[3]
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

^[4]
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

^[4]
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

^[6]

	Qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics

Rank^[1]	Team
	United States
	Italy
	Russia
4	Netherlands
5	Australia
6	Hungary
7	Canada
8	China

2019 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
United States 13th title

Team Roster

Amanda Longan, Maddie Musselman, Melissa Seidemann, Rachel Fattal, Paige Hauschild, Maggie Steffens (C), Jamie Neushul, Kiley Neushul, Aria Fischer, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Makenzie Fischer, Alys Williams, Ashleigh Johnson, Jordan Raney, Stephania Haralabidis. Head coach: Adam Krikorian.

Individual awards

^[4]

Most Valuable Player
- Maddie Musselman
Best Goalkeeper
- Laura Aarts
Top Scorer
- Maud Megens Rita Keszthelyi — 17 goals

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1 2 "USA and Italy will clash for highest honours. 5 years after". FINA.org. June 9, 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 "USA reigns supreme at the Super Final for the 13th time". FINA.org. June 10, 2019.
↑ "The USA, the Netherlands, Russia and Italy hope for more history". FINA.org. June 8, 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "QUALIFIED! USA Women Punch Ticket To Tokyo With Super Final Gold". USAwaterpolo.org. June 9, 2019.

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[icc-2] 1 2 "Australia and USA claim Intercontinental Cups in Perth". FINA.org. March 31, 2019.

[semis-3] 1 2 "USA and Italy will clash for highest honours. 5 years after". FINA.org. June 9, 2019.

[final-4] 1 2 3 4 5 "USA reigns supreme at the Super Final for the 13th time". FINA.org. June 10, 2019.

[5] "The USA, the Netherlands, Russia and Italy hope for more history". FINA.org. June 8, 2019.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[6] "QUALIFIED! USA Women Punch Ticket To Tokyo With Super Final Gold". USAwaterpolo.org. June 9, 2019.

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Contents

Preliminary rounds

European Preliminaries

Group A

Group B

Europa Cup Final

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

5th place match

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Intercontinental Cup

Group A

Group B

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Super Final

Venue

Qualified teams

Seeding

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

5th–8th place classification

7th place match

5th place match

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Individual awards

Related Research Articles

References

External links