World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA, is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The Brazil women's national water polo team represents Brazil in international women's water polo competitions and friendly matches.
Elizabeth Anne "Betsey" Armstrong is an American water polo goalkeeper, who won gold medals with the United States women's national water polo team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games, and 2007 and 2009 world championships. She is a leading goalkeeper in Olympic water polo history, with 102 saves. Armstrong attended Huron High School in Ann Arbor and was a three-year letterwinner on her water polo team. She then went on to graduate from the University of Michigan in 2005, where she was the goalkeeper for the women's water polo team. Betsey graduated with a bachelor's degree in English language and Literature. She is currently the record holder at University of Michigan with 350 saves.
Brazil competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.
Marta Bach Pascual is a Spanish water polo player. She is 5 ft 9 inches tall.
Margaret Ann Steffens is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Steffens set a new Olympic record for the most number of goals scored by an individual player in women's water polo at the Olympic Games.
Anna Espar Llaquet is a Spanish water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. She also won the silver medal at the 2012 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Water polo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 7 to 15 at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham. The water polo competitions was the first sporting event to be conducted at the games, beginning three days before the opening ceremony. This is because the Pan American Games were scheduled to be held roughly around the same time as the 2015 World Aquatics Championships scheduled for Kazan, Russia, thus the competition was moved forward to allow for a sufficient gap between the two events. A total of eight men's and women's teams competed in each respective tournament.
Brazil competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Kiley Susan Neushul is an American water polo player and a graduate of Stanford University.
Roberta Bianconi is an Italian water polo player. She was part of the Italian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2015 World Championships.
Zhang Weiwei is a water polo player of China.
Paula Leitón Arrones is a female water polo player of Spain.
Marina Aranha Zablith is a female water polo player of Brazil.
Alkistis Christina Benekou is a water polo player from Greece.
Anna Viktorovna Zubkova is a former water polo player of Kazakhstan. She was a part of the national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was part of the Kazakhstani team at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Marina Gritsenko was a female water polo player of Kazakhstan.
Canada competed at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14 July to 30 July.
Madeline Musselman is an American water polo player. Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020ne Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It is the fourth time in her career that she has been named the MVP of a major international tournament as she was named the MVP of the FINA World League Super Final in 2019 and again in 2021. She was also named the MVP of the FINA World Championships in 2017 where Team USA won gold; scored 16 goals in six games, including hat trick in 13–6 final-round win over Spain. Additionally, the four-time First-Team All-American, at UCLA, was also named the 2021 and 2022 Women's Total Player of the Year by (Total Waterpolo).
Brazil competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 17 June to 3 July 2022.
